Name: LSST DESC Collaboration Meeting
Start: 2015-10-26T08:45:00-05:00
End: 2015-10-30T18:00:00-05:00
Location: Building 401

LSST DESC Collaboration Meeting

from Monday, 26 October 2015 (08:45) to Friday, 30 October 2015 (18:00)

Monday, 26 October 2015

08:45 Welcome and student introductions in small working groups.
Welcome and student introductions in small working groups.
08:45 - 09:00
09:00 Dark Energy and Lensing: From GR to Data Analysis - Scott Dodelson (Fermilab/UChicago)
Dark Energy and Lensing: From GR to Data Analysis
- Scott Dodelson (Fermilab/UChicago)
09:00 - 10:15
Room: E1100/E1200
10:15 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:15 - 10:45
Room: Gallery
10:45 How to simulate our Universe - Katrin Heitmann (Argonne National Laboratory)
How to simulate our Universe
- Katrin Heitmann (Argonne National Laboratory)
10:45 - 12:00
Room: E1100/E1200
12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:00
Room: Gallery
13:00 Future Computing Architectures and Data Analysis - Salman Habib (Argonne National Laboratory)
Future Computing Architectures and Data Analysis
- Salman Habib (Argonne National Laboratory)
13:00 - 14:15
Room: E1100/E1200
14:15 Tour of Argonne Leadership Computing Facility
Tour of Argonne Leadership Computing Facility
14:15 - 15:00

15:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Gallery
15:30 Survey Strategy and Dark Energy Systematics - Eric Gawiser (Rutgers University)
Survey Strategy and Dark Energy Systematics
- Eric Gawiser (Rutgers University)
15:30 - 17:00
18:30 Welcome Reception
Welcome Reception
18:30 - 21:30
Room: Gallery
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
09:00
09:00 - 10:30
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

09:00 Welcome - Katrin Heitmann (Argonne National Laboratory)

09:10 DESC Status and Overview of the Science Roadmap (SRM) - Jeff Newman (University of Pittsburgh) Rachel Bean (Cornell University)

09:40 LSST project status - Tony Tyson (University of California, Davis)

10:05 LSST survey strategy and the connection to the DESC SRM plans - Eric Gawiser (Rutgers University)
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Gallery

11:00 LSS working group session I
LSS working group session I
11:00 - 12:30
Room: A1100

Probabilistic PSF Marginalization Task Force (PSF)
Probabilistic PSF Marginalization Task Force (PSF)
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Auditorium

SSim 1 - Infrastucture
SSim 1 - Infrastucture
11:00 - 12:30
Room: E1200

Simulating Galaxies Task Force Session (SGTF)
Simulating Galaxies Task Force Session (SGTF)
11:00 - 12:30
Room: E1100

12:30

12:30 - 14:00
Room: E1100

Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Room: Gallery

Publication Committee
Publication Committee
12:30 - 14:00
Room: Gallery

14:00 CL working group Session1
CL working group Session1
14:00 - 15:30
Room: E1200

LSS + CosmoSim + Data Challenges
LSS + CosmoSim + Data Challenges
14:00 - 15:30
Room: E1100

WL Work Updates
WL Work Updates
14:00 - 15:30
Room: Auditorium

15:00 Advisory Board Meeting
Advisory Board Meeting
15:00 - 16:00
Room: A5000

15:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Gallery

16:00 CL working group session 2
CL working group session 2
16:00 - 17:00
Room: A5000

Photometric Calibrations
Photometric Calibrations
16:00 - 17:00
Room: A1100

Photon Simulation Session
Photon Simulation Session
16:00 - 17:00
Room: E1100

Survey Strategy
Survey Strategy
16:00 - 17:00
Room: Auditorium

TJP 1: Updates and SRM overview
TJP 1: Updates and SRM overview
16:00 - 17:00
Room: E1200
17:00 Special JuDO Session - Ali Vanderveld (Groupon)
Special JuDO Session
- Ali Vanderveld (Groupon)
17:00 - 18:00
Room: A1100
18:00 Collaboraion Meeting Banquet
Collaboraion Meeting Banquet
18:00 - 21:00
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
09:00 Plenary Session
Plenary Session
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Computing, Analysis, and Technical group SRM plans - Aaron Roodman (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) Andy Connolly (University of Washington) Rachel Mandelbaum (Carnegie Mellon University)

09:40 Town-hall style Q&A about the SRM - Rachel Bean (Cornell University)

10:00 Lightning Talks from Junior Members

10:25 Announcement from the DESC Publications Committee - Will Dawson (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Gallery

11:00 Realistic SEDs for photo-z Task Force
Realistic SEDs for photo-z Task Force
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Auditorium

SAWG I
SAWG I
11:00 - 12:30
Room: E1100

TJP 2: SRM DC1 Projects
TJP 2: SRM DC1 Projects
11:00 - 12:30
Room: E1200

12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Room: Gallery

12:30 - 14:00
Room: E1100

JuDO Lunch
JuDO Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Room: A1100

Non-Gaussian Statistics Task Force
Non-Gaussian Statistics Task Force
12:30 - 14:00
Room: E1200

Publication Committee
Publication Committee
12:30 - 14:00
Room: Gallery

14:00 CoSim WG
CoSim WG
14:00 - 15:30
Room: A1100

SAWG II
SAWG II
14:00 - 15:30
Room: E1100

Supernova WG
Supernova WG
14:00 - 15:30
Room: E1200

WL DC1 projects
WL DC1 projects
14:00 - 15:30
Room: Auditorium

15:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Gallery

16:00 CI
CI
16:00 - 17:00
Room: E1100

SS and CS Planning Session
SS and CS Planning Session
16:00 - 17:00
Room: E1200

TJP + WL
TJP + WL
16:00 - 17:00
Room: A1100

17:00 CFHTLS repro. task force
CFHTLS repro. task force
17:00 - 18:00
Room: E1200

CL-CS Sim needs
CL-CS Sim needs
17:00 - 18:00
Room: A1100

Software Development for Individual and Joint Likelihoods
Software Development for Individual and Joint Likelihoods
17:00 - 18:00
Room: E1100

18:00 Collaboration Council Meeting
Collaboration Council Meeting
18:00 - 19:00
Room: E1200
Thursday, 29 October 2015
08:30
08:30 - 10:00
Contributions

08:30 Updates from the Collaboration Council - Phil Marshall (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

08:50 LSST Data Management (DM) status - Jim Bosch (Princeton University)

09:15 Summaries of active DESC Task Forces

09:35 DESC junior members on the job market, and jobs at DESC institutions - Pat Burchat (Stanford)
10:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Gallery

10:30 CL session 4
CL session 4
10:30 - 12:00
Room: Auditorium

Intrinsic Alignments
Intrinsic Alignments
10:30 - 12:00
Room: A1100

Photo-z 2
Photo-z 2
10:30 - 12:00
Room: E1200

SSim 2 - Projects
SSim 2 - Projects
10:30 - 12:00
Room: E1100

12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:00
Room: Gallery

12:00 - 13:00
Room: A1100

13:00 Blending CX1 key project (WL led)
Blending CX1 key project (WL led)
13:00 - 14:30
Room: A1100

SL: DC1 Projects
SL: DC1 Projects
13:00 - 14:30
Room: E1200

Stats Taskforce
Stats Taskforce
13:00 - 14:30
Room: E1100

14:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
14:30 - 15:00
Room: Gallery
15:00 Plenary Session
Plenary Session
15:00 - 16:30
Room: Auditorium
Contributions

15:00 DES science verification results, and lessons learned for the DESC - Josh Frieman (Fermilab)

15:30 LSST Camera updates - Chris Stubbs (Harvard)

15:55 Announcement: SAMSI - Chad Schafer (Carnegie Mellon University)

16:00 Announcement: future DESC collaboration meetings - Rachel Mandelbaum (Carnegie Mellon University)

16:05 Closing comments - Rachel Bean (Cornell University)
Friday, 30 October 2015