By applying a display ecology to the {\em Deeper, Wider, Faster} proactive, simultaneous telescope observing campaign, we have shown a dramatic reduction in the time taken to inspect DECam CCD images for potential transient candidates and to produce time-critical triggers to standby telescopes. We also show how facilitating rapid corroboration of potential candidates and the exclusion of non-candidates improves the accuracy of detection; and establish that a practical and enjoyable workspace can improve the experience of an otherwise taxing task for astronomers. We provide a critical road-test of two advanced displays in a research context -- a rare opportunity to demonstrate how they can be used rather than simply discuss how they might be used to accelerate discovery.
@article{arxiv.1704.01281,
title = {Collaborative workspaces to accelerate discovery},
author = {Bernard Meade and Christopher Fluke and Jeff Cooke and Igor Andreoni and Tyler Pritchard and Christopher Curtin and Stephanie R. Bernard and Albany Asher and Katherine J. Mack and Michael T. Murphy and Dany Vohl and Alex Codoreanu and Srdjan M. Kotus and Fanuel Rumokoy and Chuck Horst and Tristan Reynolds},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.01281},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
19 pages, 11 figues, 2 tables, accepted to Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, March 2017