The hackathon is structured to maximize hands-on development and collaboration
Orientation & Kickoff
Deep Work
Presentations & Wrap-Up
The full schedule will be posted here as the program is finalized
| Time | Session | Speaker/Details |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Registration & Coffee | SkAI Institute Cafe |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Welcome Remarks & Hackathon Goals | Organizers |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Rubin Observatory & the Alert Stream: A Primer | TBD |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Dataset Orientation & Infrastructure Setup | TBD |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Hackathon Team Formation & Project Pitches | All Participants |
| 14:00 - 17:00 | Hacking Session 1 | |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee Break (during hacking) | |
| Time | Session | Speaker/Details |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Morning Check-in & Coffee | SkAI Institute Cafe |
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Invited Talk: TBD | TBD |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Hacking Session 2 | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Hacking Session 3 | |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Mid-Hackathon Check-ins & Team Updates | All Teams |
| 18:00 | Hackathon Reception & Dinner | SkAI Hub |
| Time | Session | Speaker/Details |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Morning Coffee | SkAI Institute Cafe |
| 09:30 - 11:00 | Final Hacking Sprint | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Team Presentations | All Teams |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Discussion: Next Steps & Future Work | All Participants |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Closing Remarks (Hackathon Concludes) | Organizers |
Project ideas and team formation will begin the morning of Day 1. Participants are encouraged to come with ideas, datasets, or half-formed tools they want to develop.
Details on computing access and datasets will be shared with registered participants in advance of the hackathon.
Each team will give a short presentation on Day 3 describing what they built, what worked, and what comes next. Slides and code will be shared with the community.