Meeting Agenda
Zoom Link:
Tuesday 26 February 2019
8:00
Registration & Coffee
8:10
Welcome & Logistics, (LOC)
Session 1 (Chair: Alan McConnachie)
MSE Overview
8:15
Science Overview, Jen Marshall
8:40
Project Overview, Kei Szeto
9:05
Partnership, Andrew Hopkins
9:25
Education and Public Outreach, Mary Beth Laychak
9:40
MSE, CFHT and Hawaii, Doug Simons
10:05
Coffee (including workshop photo)
Session 2 (Chair: Terese Hansen)
The Futurescape I: Science
10:30
Stars and the Milky Way, post-2025, Nicolas Martin
10:50
The Open Cluster Chemical Abundance and Mapping (OCCAM) Survey: A homogenous study of open clusters using SDSS/APOGEE & Gaia, John Donor
11:02
MSE and bulge/thick disk/ inner halo, Michael Rich
11:14
The Southern Stellar Stream Spectroscopic Survey (S5) and Beyond, Ting Li
11:26
Testing alternative gravity theories with MSE, Guillaume Thomas
11:38
Footprints of Sgr and the LMC on the Milky Way in the MSE era, Chervin Laporte
11:50
Proper Motion Measurements in Dwarf Galaxies of the Milky Way, Andrew Pace
12:02
Discussion / Flex time
12:15
Lunch
Session 3 (Chair: Clare Worley)
13:15
Extragalactic astronomy, post-2025, Danilo Marchesini
13:35
Dusty Quasars and their Hosts in the Peak Epoch of Galaxy Evolution, Andreea Petric
13:47
Spectral variability of AGN, Dragana Ilic
13:59
Mapping the Inner Parsec of Quasars, Viraja Khatu
14:11
Cosmology, post-2025, Elisabeth Krause
14:31
Solving Photometric Redshift Challenges with MSE, Jeff Newman
The Futurescape II: Facilities and Lessons Learned
14:43
The path to 10m MOS, Arjun Dey
15:03
Discussion / Flex time
15:15
Coffee
Session 4 (Chair Dragana Ilic)
15:45
Lessons from SDSS, David Schlegel
16:05
Setting the Standard in the Gaia-ESO Survey, Clare Worley
16:17
The future of spectroscopic surveys, Juna Kollmeier
16:37
The Payne: maximally extracting information from R=2000 spectra, Yuan-Sen Ting
16:49
Robotic Fiber Positioners for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), Michael Schubnell
17:01
MSE and the ELTs, Warren Skidmore
17:21
Discussion / Flex time
17:45
End of Day 1
Evening
Wine & Cheese Reception
Wednesday 27 February 2019
8:00
Arrive & Coffee
Session 5: Data and survey software (Chair: Nicolas Flagey)
8:15
The science development path for MSE, Jen Marshall
8:30
MSE science operations and data products, Nicolas Flagey
8:50
Automated Stellar Characterization in a Probabilistic Framework, Sankalp Gilda
9:02
Wide field spectroscopy in the future data ecosystem, Stephanie Juneau
9:22
The data experience from Weave and 4MOST, Nic Walton
9:42
Introduction of data process of LAMOST, Ali Luo
9:54
Coffee
Session 6: MSE science capabilities and challenges (Chair: Jen Marshall)
10:20
Python Data Analysis and Reduction Tools for Large-Scale Spectroscopy, Erik Tollerud
10:32
Discussion: The MSE Science Platform, Nicolas Flagey
10:50
MSE science instrument package: design and capabilities, Alexis Hill
11:10
MSE science requirements & performance review, Kei Szeto
11:30
MSE Preimaging/Science calibration, Alan McConnachie
11:55
Discussion: The capabilities of MSE
12:15
Lunch
Session 7a: The MSE Science Case (parallel Session, Chair: Andreea Petric)
13:30
Report from SWG1: Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics, Daniel Huber
13:45
Report from SWG2: Chemical Nucleosynthesis, Terese Hansen
14:00
Report from SWG5: Galaxies, Aaron Robotham/Kim-Vy Tran
14:15
Report from SWG6: Active Galactic Nuclei and Supermassive Black Holes, Yue Shen
14:30
Breakout sessions: A -- SWG1/SWG2 B -- SWG5/SWG6
Session 7b: Engineering challenges (parallel session)
13:30
Discussion on system calibration challenges
15:00
Coffee
Session 8 (Chair: Andreea Petric)
15:30
Report from SWG3: The Milky Way and Resolved Stellar Populations, Carine Babusiaux/Sarah Martell
15:45
Report from SWG7: Cosmology, Christophe Yeche
16:00
Breakout sessions: C -- SWG3 D -- SWG7
16:30
Report from SWG4: Astrophysical Tests of Dark Matter, Manoj Kaplinghat
16:45
Report from SWG8: Transients and Time Domain Astronomy, Adam Burgasser
17:00
Breakout sessions: E -- SWG4 F -- SWG8
17:30
END DAY 2
Thursday 28 February 2019
8:00
Arrive & Coffee
Session 9 (Chair: Arjun Dey)
8:30
Reports from break-out sessions; 6 x 10 minutes
9:30
Wide field spectroscopy panel discussion, Chair: Arjun Dey
including:
SDSSV – Peter Frinchaboy
WEAVE – Mike Irwin
4MOST – Nicolas Walton
DESI – Connie Rockosi
PFS – Danilo Marchesini
LAMOST – Xiaowei Liu
MSE – Alan McConnachie
10:30
Coffee
Session 10 (Chair: Mary Beth Laychak)
11:00
Preliminary Design: Activities, Priorities, Opportunities, Kei Szeto
11:20
Partnership & Community Strategic Plans, Jen Marshall
11:40
Final discussion and Workshop summary, Stephanie Juneau
12:00
END DAY 3 / END CONFERENCE
Zoom Link:
Tuesday 26 February 2019
| 8:00 | Registration & Coffee |
| 8:10 | Welcome & Logistics, (LOC) |
| Session 1 (Chair: Alan McConnachie) | |
|---|---|
| MSE Overview | |
| 8:15 | Science Overview, Jen Marshall |
| 8:40 | Project Overview, Kei Szeto |
| 9:05 | Partnership, Andrew Hopkins |
| 9:25 | Education and Public Outreach, Mary Beth Laychak |
| 9:40 | MSE, CFHT and Hawaii, Doug Simons |
| 10:05 | Coffee (including workshop photo) |
| Session 2 (Chair: Terese Hansen) | |
| The Futurescape I: Science | |
| 10:30 | Stars and the Milky Way, post-2025, Nicolas Martin |
| 10:50 | The Open Cluster Chemical Abundance and Mapping (OCCAM) Survey: A homogenous study of open clusters using SDSS/APOGEE & Gaia, John Donor |
| 11:02 | MSE and bulge/thick disk/ inner halo, Michael Rich |
| 11:14 | The Southern Stellar Stream Spectroscopic Survey (S5) and Beyond, Ting Li |
| 11:26 | Testing alternative gravity theories with MSE, Guillaume Thomas |
| 11:38 | Footprints of Sgr and the LMC on the Milky Way in the MSE era, Chervin Laporte |
| 11:50 | Proper Motion Measurements in Dwarf Galaxies of the Milky Way, Andrew Pace |
| 12:02 | Discussion / Flex time |
| 12:15 | Lunch |
| Session 3 (Chair: Clare Worley) | |
| 13:15 | Extragalactic astronomy, post-2025, Danilo Marchesini |
| 13:35 | Dusty Quasars and their Hosts in the Peak Epoch of Galaxy Evolution, Andreea Petric |
| 13:47 | Spectral variability of AGN, Dragana Ilic |
| 13:59 | Mapping the Inner Parsec of Quasars, Viraja Khatu |
| 14:11 | Cosmology, post-2025, Elisabeth Krause |
| 14:31 | Solving Photometric Redshift Challenges with MSE, Jeff Newman |
| The Futurescape II: Facilities and Lessons Learned | |
| 14:43 | The path to 10m MOS, Arjun Dey |
| 15:03 | Discussion / Flex time |
| 15:15 | Coffee |
| Session 4 (Chair Dragana Ilic) | |
| 15:45 | Lessons from SDSS, David Schlegel |
| 16:05 | Setting the Standard in the Gaia-ESO Survey, Clare Worley |
| 16:17 | The future of spectroscopic surveys, Juna Kollmeier |
| 16:37 | The Payne: maximally extracting information from R=2000 spectra, Yuan-Sen Ting |
| 16:49 | Robotic Fiber Positioners for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), Michael Schubnell |
| 17:01 | MSE and the ELTs, Warren Skidmore |
| 17:21 | Discussion / Flex time |
| 17:45 | End of Day 1 |
| Evening | Wine & Cheese Reception |
Wednesday 27 February 2019
| 8:00 | Arrive & Coffee |
| Session 5: Data and survey software (Chair: Nicolas Flagey) | |
|---|---|
| 8:15 | The science development path for MSE, Jen Marshall |
| 8:30 | MSE science operations and data products, Nicolas Flagey |
| 8:50 | Automated Stellar Characterization in a Probabilistic Framework, Sankalp Gilda |
| 9:02 | Wide field spectroscopy in the future data ecosystem, Stephanie Juneau |
| 9:22 | The data experience from Weave and 4MOST, Nic Walton |
| 9:42 | Introduction of data process of LAMOST, Ali Luo |
| 9:54 | Coffee |
| Session 6: MSE science capabilities and challenges (Chair: Jen Marshall) | |
| 10:20 | Python Data Analysis and Reduction Tools for Large-Scale Spectroscopy, Erik Tollerud |
| 10:32 | Discussion: The MSE Science Platform, Nicolas Flagey |
| 10:50 | MSE science instrument package: design and capabilities, Alexis Hill |
| 11:10 | MSE science requirements & performance review, Kei Szeto |
| 11:30 | MSE Preimaging/Science calibration, Alan McConnachie |
| 11:55 | Discussion: The capabilities of MSE |
| 12:15 | Lunch |
| Session 7a: The MSE Science Case (parallel Session, Chair: Andreea Petric) | |
| 13:30 | Report from SWG1: Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics, Daniel Huber |
| 13:45 | Report from SWG2: Chemical Nucleosynthesis, Terese Hansen |
| 14:00 | Report from SWG5: Galaxies, Aaron Robotham/Kim-Vy Tran |
| 14:15 | Report from SWG6: Active Galactic Nuclei and Supermassive Black Holes, Yue Shen |
| 14:30 | Breakout sessions: A -- SWG1/SWG2 B -- SWG5/SWG6 |
| Session 7b: Engineering challenges (parallel session) | |
| 13:30 | Discussion on system calibration challenges |
| 15:00 | Coffee |
| Session 8 (Chair: Andreea Petric) | |
| 15:30 | Report from SWG3: The Milky Way and Resolved Stellar Populations, Carine Babusiaux/Sarah Martell |
| 15:45 | Report from SWG7: Cosmology, Christophe Yeche |
| 16:00 | Breakout sessions: C -- SWG3 D -- SWG7 |
| 16:30 | Report from SWG4: Astrophysical Tests of Dark Matter, Manoj Kaplinghat |
| 16:45 | Report from SWG8: Transients and Time Domain Astronomy, Adam Burgasser |
| 17:00 | Breakout sessions: E -- SWG4 F -- SWG8 |
| 17:30 | END DAY 2 |
Thursday 28 February 2019
| 8:00 | Arrive & Coffee |
| Session 9 (Chair: Arjun Dey) | |
|---|---|
| 8:30 | Reports from break-out sessions; 6 x 10 minutes |
| 9:30 | Wide field spectroscopy panel discussion, Chair: Arjun Dey |
| including: | |
| SDSSV – Peter Frinchaboy | |
| WEAVE – Mike Irwin | |
| 4MOST – Nicolas Walton | |
| DESI – Connie Rockosi | |
| PFS – Danilo Marchesini | |
| LAMOST – Xiaowei Liu | |
| MSE – Alan McConnachie | |
| 10:30 | Coffee |
| Session 10 (Chair: Mary Beth Laychak) | |
| 11:00 | Preliminary Design: Activities, Priorities, Opportunities, Kei Szeto |
| 11:20 | Partnership & Community Strategic Plans, Jen Marshall |
| 11:40 | Final discussion and Workshop summary, Stephanie Juneau |
| 12:00 | END DAY 3 / END CONFERENCE |