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Science with LSST and Other Large Surveys:
Community Access and Utilization of Future Archives
What will LSST do for You?
University of Washington, Seattle
September 20-22, 2004
[Printable Version]
Final Program 9/17/04
Day 1: Monday, Sept 20, 2004: FSH 102 (Posters in hallway adjacent)
Session I: Overview and LSST (8:30 - 10:00)
Chair: Suzanne Hawley
- Welcome - Craig Hogan (5 min)
- Introduction and Charge - Kem Cook (5 min)
- LSST SWG Report - Michael Strauss (20 min)
- LSST Science and Design - Tony Tyson (20 min)
- LSST Corporation and Project Status - Don Sweeney (20 min)
- LSST Data Management - Tim Axelrod (20 min)
Coffee Break/Posters (10:00 - 10:30)
Session II: Previous/Current Surveys - Lessons Learned (10:30 - 12:30)
Chair: Kem Cook
- 2MASS - Roc Cutri (20 min)
- SDSS - Robert Lupton (20 min)
- RAPTOR/OGLE/ROTSE - Przemyslaw Wozniak (20 min)
- CFHT - Christian Veillet (20 min)
- QUEST - Charles Baltay (20 min)
- GRB Afterglows - Shri Kulkarni (20 min)
Lunch (12:30 - 1:30)
Session III: Science from Wide Field Surveys (1:30 - 3:00)
(10 min talks)
Chair: Todd Boroson
- Multi-band searches
- Phil Marshall
- Dan Stern
- Steve Warren
- Large statistical studies
- Andrew Connolly
- Ulrich Hopp
- Lutz Haberzettl
- Todd Small
- Bhuvnesh Jain
Coffee Break/Posters (3:00 - 3:30)
Session III, continued (3:30 - 5:00)
Chair: Zeljko Ivezic
- Moving objects, astrometry
- Dave Monet
- Al Harris
- Sebastien Lepine
- Imants Platais
- Variable objects
- Andy Becker
- Steve Howell
- Peter Garnavich
- Paula Szkody
- Tom Vestrand
Wine/beer/munchies/posters (5:00 - 6:00)
Dinner (everyone is on their own)
Day 2: Tuesday, Sept 21, 2004: FSH 102 (Posters in hallway adjacent)
Session IV: Data Access and Virtual Observatory Models (8:30 - 10:15)
Chair: Michael Strauss
- IVOA - Peter Quinn (20 min)
- IPAC - Bruce Berriman (20 min)
- CADC - Luc Simard (20 min)
- HST - Rick White (15 min)
- NVO - Ray Plante (15 min)
- SDSS - Ani Thakar (15 min)
Coffee Break/Posters (10:15 - 10:45)
Session V: Proposed Wide-field Surveys (10:45 - 12:30)
Chair: Chris Stubbs
- SNAP - Bill Carithers (15 min)
- UKIDSS - Steve Warren (15 min)
- Pan-STARRS - Ken Chambers (15 min)
- QUEST - George Djorgovski (15 min)
- TAOS - Matt Lehner (15 min)
- DES - Mike Gladders (15 min)
- VST/VISTA/EST - Luiz da Costa (15 min)
Lunch (12:30 - 1:30)
Session V, continued (1:30 - 2:00)
Chair: Tony Tyson
- Destiny - Tod Lauer (15 min)
- DCT - Ted Bowell (15 min)
Session VI: Facilities for Followup (2:00 - 3:00)
Chair: Tony Tyson
- Large Telescopes / Instruments - Jeremy Mould (20 min)
- Small Telescope Networks - Charles Bailyn (15 min)
- The Telescope System - Keivan Stassun (15 min)
- Microlensing Followup - Dave Bennett (10 min)
Coffee Break/Posters (3:00 - 3:30)
Session VII: Breakout Groups (3:30 - 5:30): FSH 102, FSH 108, FSH 109
Input given to groups: current LSST plans for filters, exposure times, data quality, data cadence
Charge to groups: What is needed to facilitate efficient and productive
data mining? What quantities should be stored in the database?
How to access the database? Different needs for different science projects?
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Group 1 - Solar System (Chair, Zeljko Ivezic)
Group 2 - Galactic (Chair, Kem Cook)
Group 3 - Extragalactic (Chair, Todd Boroson)
Banquet (Ivar's) (7:00 - 9:00)
Day 3: Wednesday Sept 22, 2004: FSH 102
Session VIII: Breakout Group Presentations (8:30 - 9:30)
Chair: Craig Hogan
- Solar System - Zeljko Ivezic (20 min)
- Galactic - Kem Cook (20 min)
- Extragalactic - Todd Boroson (20 min)
Poster Summary (9:30 - 10:00)
Suzanne Hawley
Coffee Break (10:00 - 10:30)
Session IX: Discussion (10:30 - 11:30)
(moderated by breakout chairs)
Summary (11:30 - 12:00)
Chris Stubbs
Meeting Ends, Wed noon
List of Posters
Image Subtraction and Hough-Transform Backmasking for Transient Variability Searches
David R. Alves
YSTAR-KAO Detection of Optical Transients
Byun, Yong-Ik
VIRUS: A massively-replicated IFU spectrograph for the HET
Niv Drory
The Faint Sky Variablity Survey -- get your copy today
Mark Huber
SDSS Data Quality Assessment & Implications for LSST
J. Allyn Smith
The Scale Expanding Cosmos Theory
Johan Masreliez
Data Mining in Distributed Databases for Interacting Galaxies
Kirk Borne
Reduction pipeline for wide field imaging data
Lutz Haberzettl
Mapping the structure of the Galaxy using SDSS stellar sample
Mario Juric
Reaching Many Schools and Science Centers with LSST Data
Carl Pennypacker
Tracking stellar magnetic processes in the time domain
Peregrine M. McGehee
A strategy for finding Near Earth Objects with SDSS
Sean Raymond
The environments of LSB Galaxies from SDSS
Dominik Rosenbaum
Parallel Visualization/Analysis of Large Data Sets
Thomas Quinn
A LSST precursor experiment: Data Management for the CFHT Legacy Survey
Luc Simard
Observing Extrasolar Planetary Transits with LSST
John Bochanski & Mark Claire
Deep Lens Survey
Shear-selected clusters from the Deep Lens Survey
Vera Ellinger Margoniner
A Search for Eclipsing Jovian Companions to M Dwarfs Using the 2MASS Calibration Database
Peter Plavchan
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Location and Access
University of Washington
Fishery Sciences Building
1122 NE Boat Street
Seattle, WA 98105
For further information, contact
Vickie Graybeal (logistical issues) or
Kem Cook (technical/scientific issues),
or visit the
Department of Astronomy
at the University of Washington.
Refer to the
Finding Charts for Visitors for additional area information.
Registration
Join Us!
Download and print the
registration form
and mail with your registration fee of $150 US by August 31, 2004.
Call for Abstracts
Contributed talks on science from wide-field and/or time-domain surveys are solicited.
Poster contributions on all aspects of wide-field, time-domain surveys, archive design, data access and data mining are encouraged.
Submit an abstract today!
Area Accommodations
Mention the 'UW LSST Meeting' when making your reservation to get the group rate.
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Watertown * |
| $129/night, 0.85 miles (Map) |
| 206-826-4242 (reservations) |
| 1-866-944-4242 (toll free) |
| * Group rate expires Aug 19 |
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University Inn * |
| $109/night, 0.75 miles (Map) |
| 206-632-5055 (reservations) |
| 1-800-733-3855 (toll free) |
| * Group rate expires Aug 19 |
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Best Western
University Tower Hotel * |
| $99/night, 0.72 miles (Map) |
| 206-634-2000 (reservations) |
| 1-800-899-0251 (toll free) |
| * Group rate expires Aug 12 |
Science Organizing Committee
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Todd Boroson |
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Kem Cook |
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Suzanne Hawley |
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Zeljko Ivezic |
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Michael Strauss |
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Christopher Stubbs |
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Tony Tyson |
Local Organizing Committee
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Scott Anderson |
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Bruce Balick |
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Andy Becker |
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Vickie Graybeal |
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Suzanne Hawley |
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Zeljko Ivezic |
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