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26Feb2016

Friday, February 26, 2016

PROJECT NEWS - Para español, vea abajo

The 2016 LSST Joint Technical Meeting concluded on Wednesday, after bringing 150 members of the project team together for three days of lively discussion and productive work at the Chaminade in Santa Cruz, CA.   The management team stayed over an extra day to discuss topics of project communication and culture, including implementation of an ombudsperson program to provide a trusted system for reporting workplace issues within the Project.  The Group photo has been tweeted – check it out!

The “continuous pour” on Cerro Pachón, filling the pier evacuation with concrete, finished ahead of schedule and with total success!  This 31-hour non-stop effort was completed by a hard-working team on the summit with cooperation of the full moon and our astronomical neighbors, Gemini South and SOAR, which we very much appreciate!  Images have been posted to our Facebook page and the LSST image gallery, which continues to be updated weekly with construction pictures. 

The contract amendment dedicated to the purchase of LSST hardware at NCSA was fully executed this week, clearing the way to procure the first $2M of compute and storage equipment for the DM project, hardware which will soon be visible on the NCSA webcam

UPCOMING 2016 MEETINGS with LSST INVOLVEMENT

(those with asterisk* are LSSTC funded):

March 7-11

LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC) meeting, SLAC

March 8-10

2nd Annual US-Chile Education Summit, Chile

March 21

LSSTC Part 1 and Part 2 Proposals due*

March 24-25

LSST Transients Working Group Workshop*, Argonne National Laboratory

April 5-7

LSST Photo-Z Workshop*, University of Pittsburgh

April 11-13

LSSTC Board Meeting* in Washington, DC

April 25 – 29

Future Sky Surveys and Big Data Workshop, Daejoen, Korea

May 22 – 25

Cross-correlation Spectacular with LSST:  Exploring Synergies Between LSST
and External Datasets to Discover Fundamental Physics
*, BNL

May 24-26

XLDB 2016 Conference, SLAC

June  6-10

Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy VI*, Carnegie Mellon University

June 12-16

Meeting of the Stars, Milky Way and Local Volume Science Collaboration* at AAS 228, San Diego, CA

June 20-24

LSST@Europe2*, Belgrade, Serbia

June 28-July

SPIE Astronomical Telescopes & Instrumentation, Edinburgh, Scotland

July 18-22

LSST DESC meeting, at Oxford, UK

August 15-19

LSST 2016 Project & Science Workshop, Tucson, AZ


Noticias del Proyecto

La Reunión técnica conjunta LSST 2016 concluyó el miércoles, después de que 150 miembros del equipo del proyecto juntos durante tres días de intensos debates y trabajo productivo en el Chaminade en Santa Cruz, CA.   El equipo de gestión se alojo un día extra para discutir temas de cultura y comunicación del proyecto, incluyendo la implementación de un programa de defensor del pueblo para proporcionar un sistema de confianza para informar de problemas en el lugar de trabajo dentro del proyecto. La Group photo ha sido twiteado, ¡compruébelo!

El “vertido continuo" en Cerro Pachón, llenando la evacuación del muelle de hormigón, ha terminado antes de lo previsto y con total éxito! Estas 31-horas de esfuerzo sin parar fue completado por un gran equipo trabajando en la cumbre con la cooperación de la luna llena y nuestros vecinos astronómicos, Gemini Sur y SOAR, que apreciamos mucho! Las imágenes han sido publicadas en nuestro Facebook page y en LSST image gallery, que continúa siendo actualizado semanalmente con la construcción de imágenes. 

La enmienda del contrato dedicado a la compra de hardware LSST en NCSA fue ejecutado plenamente esta semana, despejando el camino para adquirir los primeros $2M en equipos de computación y almacenamiento para el proyecto DM, el hardware pronto estará visible en la NCSA webcam

PRÓXIMAS REUNIONES CON PARTICIPACIÓN LSST 2016

(aquellos con un asterisco* son financiados por LSSTC):

Marzo 7-11

LSST Reunión de colaboración científica de Energía Oscura (DESC), SLAC

Marzo 8-10

Segundo anual US-Chile Education Summit, Chile

Marzo 21 

LSSTC Part 1 and Part 2 Proposals due* Fecha limite para propuestas

Marzo 24-25

LSST Transients Working Group Workshop*, del Laboratorio Nacional de Argonne

Abril 5-7

LSST Photo-Z Workshop* en la Universidad de Pittsburgh

Abril 11-13

Reunión de la Junta LSSTC* en Washington, D.C.

Abril 25-29

Future Sky Surveys and Big Data Workshop, Daejoen, Corea

Mayo 22-25

Cross-correlation Spectacular with LSST:  Exploring Synergies Between LSST 
and External Datasets to Discover Fundamental Physics
*, BNL

Mayo 24-26

XLDB 2016 Conferencia, SLAC

Junio 6-10

Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy VI*, de Carnegie Mellon University

Junio 12-16

Reunión de Stars, Milky Way and Local Volume Science Collaboration* en AAS 228, San Diego, CA.

Junio 20-24

LSST@Europe2*, Belgrado, Serbia

Junio 28-julio

SPIE Astronomical Telescopes & Instrumentation, Edimburgo, Escocia

Julio 18-22

 DESC Reunión LSST, en Oxford, Reino Unido

Agosto 15-19

LSST 2016 Taller de Proyecto & Ciencia, Tucson, AZ

 

Financial support for Rubin Observatory comes from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through Cooperative Agreement No. 1258333, the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science under Contract No. DE-AC02-76SF00515, and private funding raised by the LSST Corporation. The NSF-funded Rubin Observatory Project Office for construction was established as an operating center under management of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA).  The DOE-funded effort to build the Rubin Observatory LSST Camera (LSSTCam) is managed by the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC).
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