Name: Quasar Bazaar Hackweek
Start: 2026-02-02T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-02-06T17:00:00+01:00
Location: IFPU

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