Community Access and Utilization of Future Archives

What will LSST do for You?

University of Washington, Seattle
September 20-22, 2004

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) is in its preliminary design phase. The functional and performance requirements of the telescope are being developed now from a set of scientific experiments that it will carry out starting as early as 2012, as recommended by the most recent Decadal Survey of astronomy.

LSST will produce a rich and extensive public data archive of unprecedented size that astronomers and physicists will use to attack many fundamental questions. The LSST archive will be unique in that it will be immediately available to the general community and the public.

This meeting in September 2004 is an opportunity to learn about the current scientific thinking connected with LSST, to explore and discuss additional areas for which the LSST dataset might provide valuable information, and to contribute to the definition of the infrastructure and tools that will ensure the legacy of LSST. These discussions will be carried out in the context of other large, optical/infrared survey projects that are in various stages of planning or implementation.

Scheduled Sessions

A preliminary list of scheduled sessions follows. The final program provides additional details.

Overview and LSST

Previous and Current Large Surveys - Lessons Learned

Science from Wide Field Surveys and/or Time Domain Surveys

Data Access and Virtual Observatory Models

Facilities for Follow Up

Contributed Talks on:

Multi-band Searches for Rare Objects

Large Statistical Studies

Moving Objects

Variable Objects

Break out Working Sessions:

Solar System Science

Galactic Science

Extragalactic Science

Break out reports

Poster Review

Open Discussion

Invited Presentations

LSST

SDSS

Pan-STARRS

SNAP

QUEST

UKIDSS

The VO and current archives (CADC, HST, IPAC, and CDS)

Partial List of Invited Speakers(not all confirmed)

Charles Bailyn

Todd Boroson

Roc Cutri

George Djorgovski

Nick Kaiser

Shri Kulkarni

Robert Lupton

Jeremy Mould

Saul Perlmutter

Ray Plante

Peter Quinn

David Schade

Michael Strauss

Christopher Stubbs

Alex Szalay

John Tonry

Tony Tyson

Steve Warren

Location and Access
University of Washington
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.

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