The twenty-second session of the LSST Discovery Alliance DSFP was hosted by the Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The curriculum focuses on Data Visualization and Ethics.
The guest instructors for S22 were:
Dr. Aaron Geller, Information Technology and Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics, Northwestern University
Dr. Angus Forbes, Nvidia Corporation
Dr. Tiffany Nichols, Department of History and Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University
Additional lectures were given by the DSFP leadership team:
Dr. Bryan Scott 
Dr. Adam Miller
"Perception is a fantasy that coincides with reality."
~ Christ Firth
Monday, October 21, 2024 Location: 1800 Sherman Ave Rm 7-600
- 09:00 AM – 9:30 AM o Welcome!: Code of Conduct Conversation; B Scott
- 09:30 AM – 10:30 AM o Lecture I: Introduction to Visualization in a Scientific Workflow; B Scott
- 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM o BREAK
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM o Problem I: Data Sketches; B Scott
- 12:00 PM – 01:30 PM o LUNCH
- 01:30 PM – 02:30 PM o Lecture II: Principles of Perception; A Geller
- 02:30 PM – 03:30 PM o Problem II: Principles of Perception; A Geller
- 03:30 PM – 04:00 PM o BREAK
- 04:00 PM – 05:30 PM o Problem III: ML Enabled Visualization; B Scott
- 06:30 PM – ??:?? PM o Group Dinner at Five and Dime
“The best investment is in the tools of one's own trade.”
~ Benjamin Franklin
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 Location TBA
- 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM o Lecture III: Introduction to Web Based Visualization; A Geller
- 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM o BREAK
- 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM o Problem IV: Introduction to Web Based Visualization; A Geller
- 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM o LUNCH
- 01:00 PM - 03:20 PM o Lecture IV: PD Talk with Catalyst
- 03:20 PM - 04:00 PM o BREAK
- 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM o Lecture V: Introduction to Visualization Tools; B Scott
- 04:30 PM - 05:30 PM o Problem V: Applied Visualization Tools; B Scott
"The best graphics are about the useful and important, about life and death, about the universe. Beautiful graphics do not traffic with the trivial."
~ Edward R Tufte
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Location: 1800 Sherman Ave Rm 7-600 and additional breakout spaces
- 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM o Hack Pitch
- 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM o BREAK
- 10:30 AM - 05:00 PM o Hack Session
Chicago Architecture Tour - meet at Davis St. Metra Station
“The only way to create an ethical culture is to live it.”
~ Mike Loukides
Thursday, October 24, 2024 Location: 1800 Sherman Ave Rm 7-600
- 09:00 AM – 10:00 AM o Lecture VI: Beyond the Pattern, Building an Ethical Framework to Address Bias in Data and Analysis I; T Nichols
- 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM o BREAK
- 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM o Problem VI: Beyond the Pattern, Building an Ethical Framework to Address Bias in Data and Analysis I; T Nichols
- 12:00 PM – 01:30 PM o LUNCH
- 01:30 PM – 02:30 PM o Lecture VII: Beyond the Pattern, Building an Ethical Framework to Address Bias in Data and Analysis II; T Nichols
- 02:30 PM – 03:30 PM o Problem VII: Beyond the Pattern, Building an Ethical Framework to Address Bias in Data and Analysis II; T Nichols
- 03:30 PM – 04:00 PM o BREAK
- 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM o Lecture VIII/Problem VIII: Slide Design; A Miller
"Data visualization is not just about making information pretty; it’s about making complex data comprehensible and actionable."
~ ChatGPT
Friday, October 25, 2024 Location: 1800 Sherman Ave Rm 7-600
- 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM o Lecture IX: Accelerating Visualization Tasks with LLMs; A Forbes
- 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM o BREAK
- 10:30 AM – 11:30 PM o Problem IX: Hands on Exercises using LLMs for Visualization; A Forbes
- 11:30 AM – 01:00 PM o LUNCH
- 01:00 PM – 02:00 PM o Lecture X: Complex Network Reconstruction with Polyphy; A Forbes
- 02:00 PM – 02:30 PM o BREAK
- 02:30 PM – 04:00 PM o Problem X: Hands-on Exercises Using Polyphy; A Forbes
- 04:00 PM – 04:30 PM o Summary and Reflection