Rubin Science Assemblies

Thursday mornings at 9:00am Pacific.

Connection info: Rubin Science Assemblies Zoom link request form

Weekly virtual sessions on learning to use the Rubin data products, pipelines, and services, run by the Rubin Community Science team (CST). All are welcome; students are especially encouraged. New to Rubin? Drop in and let Rubin staff help you get started.

Format

Alternates between tutorials and drop-in office hours, with the occasional presentation.

• Tutorial - A hands-on demonstration of data analysis in the Rubin Science Platform.
• Drop-in office hour - Get help, ask questions, or co-work with Rubin staff and attendees.
• Presentations - A talk, typically without a hands-on component.

Assemblies with tutorials or presentations are recorded (links below).

Schedule and recordings for 2026

In early 2026, the assemblies are prioritizing presentations and hands-on tutorials on alerts, brokers, and follow-up resources. Note that ANTARES already presented:

• From Mar 6 2025: The ANTARES Broker

Assemblies in 2026:

• Jan 22, tutorial: Commissioning data and preparing for alerts
• Feb 12, tutorial: The Babamul Broker
• Feb 19, tutorial: The Fink Broker
• Feb 26, tutorial: The Lasair Broker
• Mar 26, tutorial: The ALeRCE Broker
• Apr 2, tutorial: The Pitt-Google Broker
• Apr 9, tutorial: The Points of Interest Broker
• Apr 16, tutorial: The AMPEL Broker
• Apr 23, presentation: Follow-up with Gemini Observatory: Once in a Rubin Gem, Elena Sabbi
• Apr 30, tutorial: The SNAPS Broker
• May 7, tutorial: Early preparation for LSSTCam and Data Preview 2
• May 14: cancelled for staff event
• May 21, drop-in office hour
• May 28, tutorial: Cutout Services
• Jun 4, presentation: Survey Strategy: New v5.3 Baseline Simulation
• Jun 11, tutorial: Extendedness Parameters
• Jun 18, presentation: Early Science Updates and Q&A Session
• Jun 25: week of the Rubin Data Academy
• Jul 2, drop-in office hour: Start of the LSST Q&A
• Jul 9, tutorial: Alerts: retrieve and visualize contents with the RSP
• Jul 16, drop-in office hour
• Jul 23: cancelled
• Jul 30: week of the Rubin Community Workshop

Special assemblies for the release of Early Data Preview 2

• Tue Aug 4, 9am & 5pm Pacific: "Get started with Early Data Preview 2". These two sessions will repeat the Rubin Community Workshop breakout of the same name (Wed 1:30pm), and will feature a slide-based introduction to the dataset and hands-on tutorials.
• Thu Aug 6, 9am & 5pm Pacific: "EDP2 drop-in Q&A help session". Rubin staff will be on hand to answer any and all EDP2-related questions.

August: summer break

Assemblies will continue weekly in September 2026.

• Sep 10, drop-in office hour
• Sep 17, tutorial: TBD
• Sep 24, drop-in office hour
• Oct 1, tutorial: TBD
• Oct 8, drop-in office hour
• Oct 15, tutorial: TBD

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