$\text{BTSbot}$: A Multi-input Convolutional Neural Network to Automate and Expedite Bright Transient Identification for the Zwicky Transient Facility

Nabeel Rehemtulla, Adam A. Miller, Michael W. Coughlin +1

The Bright Transient Survey (BTS) relies on visual inspection ("scanning") to select sources for accomplishing its mission of spectroscopically classifying all bright extragalactic…