# Collaborative workspaces to accelerate discovery

## TL;DR

This paper demonstrates how collaborative display environments can significantly speed up the inspection of astronomical images, improve detection accuracy, and enhance the user experience during time-critical telescope campaigns.

## Contribution

It provides a practical evaluation of advanced display technologies in a real research setting, showing their impact on discovery speed and accuracy.

## Key findings

- Reduced image inspection time for transient candidates
- Improved detection accuracy through rapid corroboration
- Enhanced user experience with collaborative workspaces

## Abstract

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.