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
QSO 101: Intro to QSO by Manuela Bischetti
Intro to QSO by Manuela Bischetti
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Room 205
12:00 PM
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM
QSO as standard candles: Elisabetta Lusso
Elisabetta Lusso
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: Room 205
3:15 PM
QSO as variable objects: D. Ilic & A. Kovacevic; J. Necker; D.W. Hogg (TBC)
D. Ilic & A. Kovacevic; J. Necker; D.W. Hogg (TBC)
3:15 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Room 205
Contributions
3:15 PM
Intro to QSO as Variable objects: Dragana Ilic & Andjelka Kovacevic
3:55 PM
Jannis Necker
4:25 PM
Hogg (Day TBC) -- AGN do not exhibit strictly sinusoidal brightness variations: arxiv 2509.10601
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
9:30 AM
QSO for Cosmology:: 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
QSO for Cosmology:: N. Arsenov & A. Kovacs; F. Sinigaglia
N. Arsenov & A. Kovacs; F. Sinigaglia
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
Franceco Sinigaglia: Fast and accurate Gaia-unWISE quasar mock catalogs from LPT and Eulerian bias
12:30 PM
Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
1:45 PM
QSO for Cosmology:: J. Bermejo-Climent: PNG from Quaia https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.16948
J. Bermejo-Climent: PNG from Quaia https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.16948
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Room: Room 205
2:15 PM
QSO as variable objects: D. Huppenkothen: Periodicity detection and its pitfalls.
D. Huppenkothen: Periodicity detection and its pitfalls.
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Room 205
3:30 PM
Unconference: Breakout & Brainstorming session
Breakout & Brainstorming session
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Room: Room 205
4:45 PM
-: Wrap-up of the day
Wrap-up of the day
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Room 205
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
9:30 AM
Ongoing-work talks
9:30 AM - 10:20 AM
Room: Room 205
Contributions
9:30 AM
Mahlet Shiferaw - Quaia
9:55 AM
Abby Williams - Quaia
11:00 AM
Unconference
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Room 205
12:30 PM
Lunch
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Unconference / Hack
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Room 205
3:00 PM
Sid Chaini (remote) Tutorial/Presentation on DiMMAD Anomaly Detection in Time-series (2510.23702) / DistClassiPy
Sid Chaini (remote) Tutorial/Presentation on DiMMAD Anomaly Detection in Time-series (2510.23702) / DistClassiPy
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Room: 214
5:00 PM
-: Wrap-up of the day
Wrap-up of the day
5:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Room: Room 205
Thursday, February 5, 2026
9:30 AM
Unconference / Hack
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Room 205
12:30 PM
Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:55 PM
2:00 PM
Unconference
2:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Room: Room 205
4:45 PM
-: Wrap-up of the day
Wrap-up of the day
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Room 205
Friday, February 6, 2026
9:00 AM
Unconference / Hack
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Room 205
12:00 PM
Lunch
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