SUNRISE is a multidisciplinary project aimed at transferring the acquired knowledge, tools, and scientific developments from a large team of astronomers on deep imaging surveys into the era of upcoming large-sky surveys. 

SUNRISE focuses on the two core science topics, both based on the exploitation of data from large VST optical surveys: 

The frontier of next-generation all-sky surveys lies in the exploration of the deep and variable Universe. The study of the cosmic structures down to the lowest surface brightness (LSB) regime and across the time domain is the core science of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) and of the Euclid Wide Survey, which will be performed with the new ground-based Vera Rubin Telescope and the Euclid space mission, respectively. 

The team proposing the SUNRISE project is part of the Italian community of scientists, who are deeply involved in both projects and have a leading role in many scientific tasks. During the last decade, as also part of preparatory work for the upcoming facilities for surveys cited above, the SUNRISE team has gained world-recognized expertise in designing, performing and analyzing the data acquired from the most competitive, wide-field facilities available in the optical wavelength range (e.g. the VLT Survey Telescope, VST, the Large Binocular Telescope, LBT), which are delivering data with depth and resolution approaching those expected from the forthcoming Vera Rubin Observatory and Euclid. As a result, the SUNRISE team has developed an increasing ability to exploit large data-sets through both traditional and Machine Learning (ML) approaches, developing ad-hoc software tools and methods for analysis.
The SUNRISE project aims at