ESA Datalabs Euclid Hackathon 2026

[Patricia Cruz]

ESA Datalabs Euclid Hackathon 2026: The Search for Anomalies in Euclid DR1
23 – 26 November 2026 | ESAC, Madrid, Spain

 

Dear colleagues,

 

On 12 November 2026, the Euclid First Public Data Release (DR1) will open ~2,000 square degrees of sky — one seventh of the planned Euclid Wide Field — to the world. Two weeks later, we invite you to ESAC to help us find what is hiding in it.

 

Somewhere in DR1 are the rarest objects in the Universe: strong gravitational lenses, edge-on protoplanetary disks, collisional ring galaxies, galaxies of unusual morphology, and phenomena no one has yet thought to look for. These anomalies are among our most informative probes of galaxy evolution and cosmology, precisely because they are so rare.

 

The first two days will introduce the Euclid mission and its data, ESA's science platforms (the Euclid Data Space, ESA Datalabs, and ESASky), and the anomaly-detection methods that make discovery at this scale possible, including ESA's AnomalyMatch tool. The final two days take the form of a hackathon, in which teams will search DR1 for the rarest objects it contains, using benchmarked ESA methods or approaches of their own.

 

Everything found here will become a scientific catalogue, released as an ESASky target list and written up for a peer-reviewed journal, with every contributing participant credited as a co-author.

 

Astronomers, computer scientists, students, and the simply curious are all welcome, and contributions from early-career researchers are especially encouraged. There is no registration fee.

 

Registration and abstract submission are now open:
https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/esa-datalabs-euclid-hackathon-2026/home

 

Key dates

• Abstract submission closes: 15 September 2026
• Scientific programme published: 30 September 2026
• Registration closes: 15 October 2026
• Travel support announced: 20 October 2026
• Hackathon: 23 – 26 November 2026

We look forward to seeing you in Madrid.

On behalf of the organising committee,
David O'Ryan

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ESA/ESAC 

European Space Astronomy Centre

Madrid, Spain

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[Patricia Cruz]

ESA Datalabs Euclid Hackathon 2026: The Search for Anomalies in Euclid DR1
23 – 26 November 2026 | ESAC, Madrid, Spain

 

Dear colleagues,

 

On 12 November 2026, the Euclid First Public Data Release (DR1) will open ~2,000 square degrees of sky — one seventh of the plannedEuclid Wide Field — to the world. Two weeks later, we invite you to ESAC to help us find what is hiding in it.