Agenda
Monday, May 22
9:00
Welcome, Dave Silva
9:10
Goals of this workshop, Tom Matheson
Sources of Alerts
9:30
ZTF Alerts as an LSST Precursor, Eric Bellm
10:00
A prototype architecture for alert stream processing at LSST scale, Maria Patterson
10:30
Break (coffee and light refreshments)
11:00
From DES to LSST: Transient Processing Goes from Hours to Seconds, Eric Morganson
11:15
Sources: Discussion
12:00
Lunch (on your own)
Observatories and Their Time-Domain Policies
(scheduling, observation protocols, data access and reduction)
1:30
A community-based LSST follow-up system, Bob Blum
1:45
Time Domain follow-up plans at CTIO, Steve Heathcote
2:00
SOAR 2020: Capabilities and Plans, Jay Elias
2:15
Gemini Operations for Time Domain Follow-up, Bryan Miller
2:30
Apache Point Observatory and Time Domain Astronomy, Nancy Chanover
2:45
Keck Observatory and Time Domain Astronomy, Randy Campbell
3:00
Break (coffee and light refreshments)
3:30
The MMT Observatory and Time-Domain Astronomy, Grant Williams
3:45
Synergies with the Chandra X-ray Observatory, Joshua Wing
4:00
Las Cumbres Observatory and the MSIP public time opportunity, Todd Boroson
4:20
Discussion: Observatory Policies
5:00
End of day
Tuesday, May 23
Brokering Alerts
(annotation, categorization, ranking)
9:00
NEOfixer: A Broker for Near Earth Asteroid Follow-up, Rob Seaman
9:20
ANTARES and infrastructure for filtering alerts, Gautham Narayan and Monika Soraisam
10:30
Break (coffee and light refreshments)
11:00
Discussion and hack session with ANTARES
12:00
Lunch (on your own)
1:30
The NOAO Data Lab, Knut Olsen
2:00
Demonstrations with Data Lab
3:00
Break (coffee and light refreshments)
3:30
Continuing hack sessions, Data Lab and ANTARES
5:00
End of day
Wednesday, May 24
Telescope/Observation Managersa
(tools to interact with observatories and manage follow-uap oaaaaabservations)
8:55
Discussion format for TOMs session, Curtis McCully
9:00
Introduction to TOMs, Rachel Street
9:15
Examples of TOM systems, Iair Arcavi
9:45
Discussion
10:15
Break (coffee and light refreshments)
10:45
Structure and functionality of TOM Systems, Rachel Street
11:15
Discussion, many TOMs or one, Andy Howell
11:30
Outline proposal for community involvement in development, Todd Boroson
12:00
Lunch (on your own)
Unconference
In addition to the main meeting room, we will have two breakout rooms
1:30
Unconference, first session
3:00
Break (coffee and light refreshments)
3:30
Unconference, second session
5:00
End of day
Thursday, May 25
9:00
Reports from breakout sessions:
- Observing modes/time allocation, Jay Elias
- Protocols/APIs for requesting observations and receiving data/scheduling, Rachel Street
- Classification challenge, Adam Miller
- Tools for TOMs, Andy Howell
- Spectroscopy reduction tools, Curtis McCully
10:30
Break (coffee and light refreshments)
11:00
General discussion, plans for development, set up working groups, define next steps
12:00
End of meeting
Monday, May 22 |
|
|---|---|
| 9:00 | Welcome, Dave Silva |
| 9:10 | Goals of this workshop, Tom Matheson |
| Sources of Alerts | |
| 9:30 | ZTF Alerts as an LSST Precursor, Eric Bellm |
| 10:00 | A prototype architecture for alert stream processing at LSST scale, Maria Patterson |
| 10:30 | Break (coffee and light refreshments) |
| 11:00 | From DES to LSST: Transient Processing Goes from Hours to Seconds, Eric Morganson |
| 11:15 | Sources: Discussion |
| 12:00 | Lunch (on your own) |
| Observatories and Their Time-Domain Policies (scheduling, observation protocols, data access and reduction) |
|
| 1:30 | A community-based LSST follow-up system, Bob Blum |
| 1:45 | Time Domain follow-up plans at CTIO, Steve Heathcote |
| 2:00 | SOAR 2020: Capabilities and Plans, Jay Elias |
| 2:15 | Gemini Operations for Time Domain Follow-up, Bryan Miller |
| 2:30 | Apache Point Observatory and Time Domain Astronomy, Nancy Chanover |
| 2:45 | Keck Observatory and Time Domain Astronomy, Randy Campbell |
| 3:00 | Break (coffee and light refreshments) |
| 3:30 | The MMT Observatory and Time-Domain Astronomy, Grant Williams |
| 3:45 | Synergies with the Chandra X-ray Observatory, Joshua Wing |
| 4:00 | Las Cumbres Observatory and the MSIP public time opportunity, Todd Boroson |
| 4:20 | Discussion: Observatory Policies |
| 5:00 | End of day |
Tuesday, May 23 |
|
| Brokering Alerts (annotation, categorization, ranking) |
|
| 9:00 | NEOfixer: A Broker for Near Earth Asteroid Follow-up, Rob Seaman |
| 9:20 | ANTARES and infrastructure for filtering alerts, Gautham Narayan and Monika Soraisam |
| 10:30 | Break (coffee and light refreshments) |
| 11:00 | Discussion and hack session with ANTARES |
| 12:00 | Lunch (on your own) |
| 1:30 | The NOAO Data Lab, Knut Olsen |
| 2:00 | Demonstrations with Data Lab |
| 3:00 | Break (coffee and light refreshments) |
| 3:30 | Continuing hack sessions, Data Lab and ANTARES |
| 5:00 | End of day |
Wednesday, May 24 |
|
| Telescope/Observation Managersa (tools to interact with observatories and manage follow-uap oaaaaabservations) |
|
| 8:55 | Discussion format for TOMs session, Curtis McCully |
| 9:00 | Introduction to TOMs, Rachel Street |
| 9:15 | Examples of TOM systems, Iair Arcavi |
| 9:45 | Discussion |
| 10:15 | Break (coffee and light refreshments) |
| 10:45 | Structure and functionality of TOM Systems, Rachel Street |
| 11:15 | Discussion, many TOMs or one, Andy Howell |
| 11:30 | Outline proposal for community involvement in development, Todd Boroson |
| 12:00 | Lunch (on your own) |
| Unconference In addition to the main meeting room, we will have two breakout rooms |
|
| 1:30 | Unconference, first session |
| 3:00 | Break (coffee and light refreshments) |
| 3:30 | Unconference, second session |
| 5:00 | End of day |
Thursday, May 25 |
|
| 9:00 | Reports from breakout sessions:
|
| 10:30 | Break (coffee and light refreshments) |
| 11:00 | General discussion, plans for development, set up working groups, define next steps |
| 12:00 | End of meeting |