University of Delaware

Department of Physics and Astronomy

Biden School of Public Policy and Administration

Data  Science Institute

LSST Survey Scientist

federica b. bianco

she/her

University of Delaware

Department of Physics and Astronomy

Biden School of Public Policy and Administration

Data  Science Institute

LSST Survey Scientist

federica b. bianco

she/her

Overview

TVS INTRO, Street + Bianco, 2019

TVS INTRO, Street + Bianco, 2019

An international community of practice built on principles of cooperation, equity, and solidarity

A community of practice funded on principles of Equity, Inclusivity, Cooperation

Rubin LSST survey design

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Rubin LSST survey design

https://www.lsst.org/content/charge-survey-cadence-optimization-committee-scoc

Rubin has involved the community to an unprecedented level in survey design this is a uniquely "democratic" process!

Survey Cadence Optimization Committee

Rubin LSST survey design

~30 peer review papers  

https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/0067-0049/page/rubin_cadence

newer simulations ->

newer simulations ->

4 – 24 hour gaps between epochs will enable kilonova parameter estimation

Kilonovae science projections for LSST

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Grad student

Since 2019 we study the sky (and more!) mostly with AI

Postdoc

NSF $600K Detecting and studying light echoes in the era of Rubin and Artificial Intelligence

NSF $1.5M Collaborative Research: HDR DSC: Delaware and Mid-Atlantic Data Science Corps

NSF $400K Every Datapoint Counts: Atmosphere-aided Flare Studies in the Rubin era

NSF $400K Chance favors the prepared astrophysicists: forcing serendipitous discoveries in the era of big surveys and AI

NSF Graudate Student Research Fellowship Shar Daniels - Fast Transients with ZTF and LSST

NASA FINESST Fellowship Sid Chaini - Anomaly Detection

NASA Space Grant Jaden Clarke - Neural Networks and Information Theory for Cosmological Microlensing

Current sponsored programs PI Bianco:
 

Dynamic Universe, Artificial Intelligence, Democratizing Knowledge

NSF $600K Detecting and studying light echoes in the era of Rubin and Artificial Intelligence

NSF $1.5M Collaborative Research: HDR DSC: Delaware and Mid-Atlantic Data Science Corps

NSF $400K Every Datapoint Counts: Atmosphere-aided Flare Studies in the Rubin era

NSF $400K Chance favors the prepared astrophysicists: forcing serendipitous discoveries in the era of big surveys and AI

NSF Graudate Student Research Fellowship Shar Daniels - Fast Transients with ZTF and LSST

NASA FINESST Fellowship Sid Chaini - Anomaly Detection

NASA Space Grant Jaden Clarke - Neural Networks and Information Theory for Cosmological Microlensing

Current sponsored programs PI Bianco:
 

Dynamic Universe, Artificial Intelligence, Democratizing Knowledge

About me
 

Leadership Style and Experience

Discovery Engine

10M alerts/night

Community Brokers

Pitt-Google

Broker

BABAMUL

Discovery is just the start

LSST

LSST

ARGUS

Vision and Strategy | TDA

Bring the centrality of LCO to the discovery process into the consciousness of all TDA scientists
 

Example: Building connections with more institutions through visiting scholarships

Advantages:

Keeps the intellectual environment at LCO lively and growing

Zero-cost solutions that leverage LCO assets

I bring a broad understanding of the global landscape of TDA and the ability to articulate it to any audience

Opportunities and challenges in AI

Keeping AI humancentric

• ENG: predictive fauliures
• SOFT: from reactive to predictive scheduling
• SOFT: further automazation of reduction pipeline and identification of special cases
• SCI: anonmaly detection and discovery prioritization

Vision and Strategy | AI

Embrace AI keeping the origanization human centric

I bring a deep sociotechnical understanding of AI at the intersection with astronomy

Listen, understand, focus on what benefits LCO the most

Advantages:

Lots of funding in AI

LCO has a historical dataset of operations which is a unique asset

LCO has been at the cutting edge of applied education in astronomy

Vision and Strategy | EPO

Vision and Strategy | EPO

Expand to other untapped communities HBCUs

I bring experience and connections working with HBCUs and international connections

Renew focus on international communities and look for international donors

Look for HBCU-specific sponsoring programs

Advantages:

International funding may be more achievable than US funding right now