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HERA Survey

A wider field.
A steady search.

The Simonyi Survey Telescope structure inside the dome at Vera C. Rubin Observatory
Vera C. Rubin Observatory · Simonyi Survey Telescope structure, 2023Photo: Rubin Observatory/AURA/DOE/NSF · CC BY 4.0
THE SURVEY APPROACH

The research engine behind SCOPE.

HERA Survey is the AI research architecture being developed to drive SCOPE’s mathematical sky survey. Its objective is reliable progress across many questions, with short research windows and economical token use.

Like a wide-field observing programme, it seeks useful discoveries throughout a broad landscape—not only at its most famous landmarks.

01 / COORDINATION

Local work. Global perspective.

A meta lead coordinates research teams and independent advisors, combining parallel work on details with a search for simplifying structures.

02 / ECONOMY

Bounded time and cost.

The architecture is being evaluated for correctness first, with inference cost used to distinguish equally successful approaches.

03 / REVIEW

A claim is a starting point.

SCOPE’s separate review process assesses the resulting argument. Selected valuable results are intended to receive formal verification.

HERA Survey I is under evaluation. SCOPE is preparing for first light; the records currently shown are demonstration examples.

How SCOPE works

Telescope photographs illustrate the observing metaphor. SCOPE and HERA are independent of the pictured observatories and space missions; no affiliation or endorsement is implied.