arXiv · 2208.02781
From Data to Software to Science with the Rubin Observatory LSST
Abstract
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) dataset will dramatically alter our understanding of the Universe, from the origins of the Solar System to the nature of dark matter and dark energy. Much of this research will depend on the existence of robust, tested, and scalable algorithms, software, and services. Identifying and developing such tools ahead of time has the potential to significantly accelerate the delivery of early science from LSST. Developing these collaboratively, and making them broadly available, can enable more inclusive and equitable collaboration on LSST science. To facilitate such opportunities, a community workshop entitled "From Data to Software to Science with the Rubin Observatory LSST" was organized by the LSST Interdisciplinary Network for Collaboration and Computing (LINCC) and partners, and held at the Flatiron Institute in New York, March 28-30th 2022. The workshop included over 50 in-person attendees invited from over 300 applications. It identified seven key software areas of need: (i) scalable cross-matching and distributed joining of catalogs, (ii) robust photometric redshift determination, (iii) software for determination of selection functions, (iv) frameworks for scalable time-series analyses, (v) services for image access and reprocessing at scale, (vi) object image access (cutouts) and analysis at scale, and (vii) scalable job execution systems. This white paper summarizes the discussions of this workshop. It considers the motivating science use cases, identified cross-cutting algorithms, software, and services, their high-level technical specifications, and the principles of inclusive collaborations needed to develop them. We provide it as a useful roadmap of needs, as well as to spur action and collaboration between groups and individuals looking to develop reusable software for early LSST science.
Explore related subjects
Keep this discovery
Katelyn Breivik, Andrew J. Connolly, K. E. Saavik Ford, Mario Jurić, Rachel Mandelbaum, Adam A. Miller, Dara Norman, Knut Olsen, William O'Mullane, Adrian Price-Whelan, Timothy Sacco, J. L. Sokoloski, Ashley Villar, Viviana Acquaviva, Tomas Ahumada, Yusra AlSayyad, Catarina S. Alves, Igor Andreoni, Timo Anguita, Henry J. Best, Federica B. Bianco, Rosaria Bonito, Andrew Bradshaw, Colin J. Burke, Andresa Rodrigues de Campos, Matteo Cantiello, Neven Caplar, Colin Orion Chandler, James Chan, Luiz Nicolaci da Costa, Shany Danieli, James R. A. Davenport, Giulio Fabbian, Joshua Fagin, Alexander Gagliano, Christa Gall, Nicolás Garavito Camargo, Eric Gawiser, Suvi Gezari, Andreja Gomboc, Alma X. Gonzalez-Morales, Matthew J. Graham, Julia Gschwend, Leanne P. Guy, Matthew J. Holman, Henry H. Hsieh, Markus Hundertmark, Dragana Ilić, Emille E. O. Ishida, Tomislav Jurkić, Arun Kannawadi, Alekzander Kosakowski, Andjelka B. Kovačević, Jeremy Kubica, François Lanusse, Ilin Lazar, W. Garrett Levine, Xiaolong Li, Jing Lu, Gerardo Juan Manuel Luna, Ashish A. Mahabal, Alex I. Malz, Yao-Yuan Mao, Ilija Medan, Joachim Moeyens, Mladen Nikolić, Robert Nikutta, Matt O'Dowd, Charlotte Olsen, Sarah Pearson, Ilhuiyolitzin Villicana Pedraza, Mark Popinchalk, Luka C. Popović, Tyler A. Pritchard, Bruno C. Quint, Viktor Radović, Fabio Ragosta, Gabriele Riccio, Alexander H. Riley, Agata Rożek, Paula Sánchez-Sáez, Luis M. Sarro, Clare Saunders, Đorđe V. Savić, Samuel Schmidt, Adam Scott, Raphael Shirley, Hayden R. Smotherman, Steven Stetzler, Kate Storey-Fisher, Rachel A. Street, David E. Trilling, Yiannis Tsapras, Sabina Ustamujic, Sjoert van Velzen, José Antonio Vázquez-Mata, Laura Venuti, Samuel Wyatt, Weixiang Yu, Ann Zabludoff. 2022-08-04. From Data to Software to Science with the Rubin Observatory LSST. https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.02781
Cite the original work for its findings. Save a collection to share your selection of sources.