Name: Space astronomy science platforms focus week
Start: 2025-12-09T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-12-12T12:30:00+00:00
Location: Virtual

Space astronomy science platforms focus week

from Tuesday 9 December 2025 (10:00) to Friday 12 December 2025 (12:30)

Monday 8 December 2025
Tuesday 9 December 2025
10:00 Session block 1
Session block 1
10:00 - 11:00
Contributions

10:00 Introduction - Nigel Hambly (Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh)

10:30 ESA DataLabs: Gaia and Euclid DataLabs, present and planned - Jos de Bruijne (ESA)
11:30 Session block 2
Session block 2
11:30 - 12:30
Contributions

11:30 The SPACIOUS platform: design features from an end-user perspective - Brendan O'Brien (IfA, University of Edinburgh)

12:00 Gaia visualisation services on the SPACIOUS platform - Andre Moitinho (University of Lisbon)
14:00 Session block 3
Session block 3
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 Gaia data analysis services on the SPACIOUS platform: GUASOM - Marco Alvarez

14:30 SPACIOUS opportunities in the coming year - Xavier Luri (University of Barcelona)

15:00 Euclid data releases and their exploitation - Andy Taylor (University of Edinburgh)
16:00 Session block
Session block
16:00 - 17:00
Contributions

16:00 Towards a Gaia Science Exploitation and Data Analysis Platform: Usage Scenarios and Requirements - Pedro Garcia Lario (ESA)

16:30 From terminal to platform: challenges on building up a Cloud Science Platform in an HPC world at DZA - Marc Drobek (German Center for Astrophysics (DZA))
Wednesday 10 December 2025
09:30 Session block 1
Session block 1
09:30 - 11:00
Contributions

09:30 The Gaia survey selection function and the GaiaUnlimited project - Anthony Brown (University of Leiden)

10:00 Heteroscedastic Observations of Large-Amplitude Long-Period Variables - Steven Gough-Kelly (Jeremiah Horrocks Institute, University of Lancashire)

10:30 Star Clusters in the Gaia Era - Sagar Malhotra (University of Barcelona)
11:30 Session block 2
Session block 2
11:30 - 12:30
Contributions

11:30 Deriving the Galactic Star Formation History using Gaia data (science) - Marc del Alcázar-Julià (University of Barcelona)

12:00 Deriving the Galactic Star Formation History using Gaia data (demo) - Alfred Castro (University of Barcelona)
14:00 contributed talks session 1
contributed talks session 1
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 An ML-based calibration framework for radio astronomy - Sam Leeney

14:30 Studies of white dwarf stars from Gaia and the Virtual Observatory - Fran Jimenez-Esteban (CAB (CSIC-INTA) Madrid)

15:00 The angular momentum spiral of the Milky Way disc in Gaia - Rashid Yaaqib (University of Edinburgh)
16:00 contributed talks session 2
contributed talks session 2
16:00 - 17:00
Thursday 11 December 2025

09:30 Session block
Session block
09:30 - 17:30
Friday 12 December 2025

09:30 Session block 1
Session block 1
09:30 - 11:00
11:30 Workshop summary and open discussion - Nigel Hambly (Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh)
Workshop summary and open discussion
- Nigel Hambly (Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh)
11:30 - 12:30
A summary of the week and a chance for an open discussion as to science platform design and future requirements