Name: 5th LSST Regional Workshop
Start: 2026-08-31T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-04T16:00:00+02:00
Location: IFPU

5th LSST Regional Workshop

from Monday, 31 August 2026 (09:00) to Friday, 4 September 2026 (16:00)

Monday, 31 August 2026

11:00 Registration and welcome lunch

11:00 - 14:00
14:00 Session 1: Block 1
Block 1
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 Welcome & Logistics - Giada Pastorelli (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)) Leo Alberto Girardi (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)) Simone Zaggia (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

14:10 LSST and Data Preview 2 Status Update - Zeljko Ivezic (University of Washington)

14:30 Crowded stellar fields in Rubin-LSST - Massimo Dall'Ora (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte)

14:50 Updates on TRILEGAL and SPICE4LSST - Giada Pastorelli (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

15:10 Updates on PARSEC & COLIBRI stellar models - Guglielmo Costa (University of Padova) Michele Trabucchi (University of Padova)
15:30 coffee break
coffee break
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 Session 1: Block 2
Block 2
16:00 - 16:40
Contributions

16:00 PhotoD with the LSST - Lovro Palaversa (Ruđer Bošković Institute)

16:20 PhotoD with LSST: Stellar Photometric Distances Out to the Edge of the Galaxy - Lovorka Gajović (Ruđer Bošković Institute)
Tuesday, 1 September 2026
09:30 Session 2: Block 1
Block 1
09:30 - 10:30
Contributions

09:30 LSST a new challenge in the variable star world - Tamás Szklenár (HUN-REN CSFK, Konkoly Observatory)

09:50 Bridging the Gap to Rubin-LSST: Multi-band ugriz Characterization of High-Fidelity Variable Stars in the Galactic Bulge - Mahtab Gholami (INAF-OACN)

10:10 Supercomputer ‘Bura’ as a dedicated SPC for Rubin-related science: Supporting Data-Intensive Astronomy and Scientific Collaborations - Tomislav Jurkic (University of Rijeka, Faculty of Physics)
10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Session 2: Block 2
Block 2
11:00 - 12:30
Contributions

11:00 Mapping the cosmic web with Rubin-LSST - András Kovács (Konkoly Observatory)

11:20 Systematic from photometric errors in cross-correlation based studies of LSST and CMB lensing data - Kishan Deka (NCBJ, Warsaw)

11:40 Low surface galaxies as probes for galaxy science and cosmology - Agnieszka Pollo (National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw)

12:00 Detailed morphological analysis of large, well resolved galaxies - Zsolt Frei (Eötvös Universty & Konkoly Observatory)
12:30 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Session 2: Block 3
Block 3
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 Searching for the first strongly lensed supernovae with LSST - Nikki Arendse (University of Nova Gorica)

14:20 The QhX Hub: A Catalogue of Coherent and Quasi-Coherent Variability in LSST AGN - Andjelka Kovacevic (University of Belgrade)

14:40 Multi-Head ALNP: An Attentive Latent Neural Process for AGN light curve reconstruction and parameters inference - Natale De Bonis (University of Belgrade)

15:00 Follow-up strategy for the quasar with strong coherent variability discovered in LSST DP1 - Dragana Ilic (Department of Astronomy, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade)
15:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 Session 2: Block 4
Block 4
16:00 - 17:30
Contributions

16:00 Machine Learning classification of Tidal Disruption Events from partial optical light curves - Oleksandra Razim (University of Nova Gorica)

16:20 Class-contrastive and self-supervised learning for Tidal Disruption Events classification with limited labels - Gabriella Contardo (University of Nova Gorica; SISSA)

16:40 Recent developments of the TiDE code - Zsófia Kovács-Stermeczky (Konkoly Observatory)

17:00 Improving the Detection of Faint, Fast-Moving Asteroids with Machine Learning - Karlo Mrakovčić (University of Rijeka, Faculty of Physics)
Wednesday, 2 September 2026
09:30 Session 3: Block 1
Block 1
09:30 - 10:30
Contributions

09:30 Deriving colour compensations for LSST’s photometry with AuxTel - Martín Rodríguez Monroy (Konkoly Observatory)

09:50 Toward a Universal Language for Astronomical Transients - Veljko Vujcic (Astronomical Observatory Belgrade)

10:10 Transients in the First Alerts of LSST - Ernestine Umuzigazuba (University of Nova Gorica)
10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Hands-on sessions & co-working
11:00 - 12:30
Contributions

11:00 Data visualization and outreach
12:30 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 - 14:00

14:00 Discussion

14:00 - 15:30

15:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:00

16:00 Optional Activity: Paint your LSST Science

16:00 - 17:30

19:30 Social Dinner
Social Dinner
19:30 - 21:30
Thursday, 3 September 2026
09:30 Hands-on sessions & co-working
09:30 - 11:00
Contributions

09:30 Hands-on session on DP2 Data Access and Data Quality
11:00 Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 Hands-on sessions & co-working
11:30 - 13:00
Contributions

11:30 Hands-on session on Variability with DP2 data
13:00 Lunch break
Lunch break
13:00 - 14:30
14:30 Hands-on sessions & co-working
14:30 - 16:00
Contributions

14:30 Stellar populations and variability co-working session
19:00 Public outreach event in Basovizza
19:00 - 21:00
Contributions

19:00 Vera Rubin Observatory - La più grande mappa dell'Universo
Friday, 4 September 2026
09:30 Hands-on sessions & co-working
09:30 - 11:00
Contributions

09:30 Hands-on session - Co-working
11:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30