Quasar Bazaar Hackweek
from
Monday, February 2, 2026 (9:00 AM)
to
Friday, February 6, 2026 (5:00 PM)
Monday, February 2, 2026
9:00 AM
Welcome & Introductions of everyone
Welcome & Introductions of everyone
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Room 205
11:00 AM
Intro to QSO by Manuela Bischetti
Intro to QSO by Manuela Bischetti
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Room 205
12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Elisabetta Lusso
Elisabetta Lusso
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Room: Room 205
2:45 PM
D. Ilic & A. Kovacevic; J. Necker; D. Huppenkothen; D.W. Hogg
D. Ilic & A. Kovacevic; J. Necker; D. Huppenkothen; D.W. Hogg
2:45 PM - 5:05 PM
Room: Room 205
Contributions
2:45 PM
Intro to QSO as Variable objects: Dragana Ilic & Andjelka Kovacevic
3:25 PM
Jannis Necker
3:55 PM
Daniela Huppenkothen (Day TBC): Informal presentation about periodicity detection and its pitfalls.
4:35 PM
Hogg (Day TBC) -- AGN do not exhibit strictly sinusoidal brightness variations: arxiv 2509.10601
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
9:30 AM
K. Storey-Fisher; S. Cristiani
K. Storey-Fisher; S. Cristiani
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Room 205
Contributions
9:30 AM
Quaia data & Results (Kate Storey-Fisher)
10:15 AM
QUBRICS data and results (Stefano Cristiani)
11:30 AM
N. Arsenov & A. Kovacs; M. Shiferaw
N. Arsenov & A. Kovacs; M. Shiferaw
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Room 205
Contributions
11:30 AM
Nestor Arsenov / Andras Kovacs: Tracing the high-z cosmic web with Quaia: catalogues of voids and clusters in the quasar distribution
12:00 PM
Mahlet Shiferaw: Fast and accurate Gaia-unWISE quasar mock catalogs from LPT and Eulerian bias
12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM
Breakout & Brainstorming session
Breakout & Brainstorming session
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Room 205
4:30 PM
Wrap-up of the day
Wrap-up of the day
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Room 205
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Room 205
12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
1:15 PM
(Time/day TBC)
(Time/day TBC)
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: Room 205
Contributions
1:15 PM
Mahlet Shiferaw - Quaia
1:35 PM
Abby Williams - Quaia (TBC)
1:55 PM
Hogg - SphereX (TBC)
2:15 PM
Jose Bermejo-Climent: PNG from Quaia
3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Room: Room 205
4:45 PM
Wrap-up of the day
Wrap-up of the day
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Room: Room 205
Thursday, February 5, 2026
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Room 205
12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
1:15 PM
1:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Room 205
4:30 PM
Wrap-up of the day
Wrap-up of the day
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Room 205
Friday, February 6, 2026
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Room 205
12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
1:30 PM
Share-back, wrap-up and next steps
Share-back, wrap-up and next steps
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Room 205