Agenda

December 8-9, 2020, 9AM-1PM Pacific

LSSTC Slack channel: scoc2020

Note that session recordings are linked to the title of each session.

Session 1 (9:00AM-10:50AM): Introduction to SCOC and Call for Cadence Notes

  • Workshop goals and outline (10 min)
  • SCOC introduction, goals, decision process, and timeline (10 min)
  • Information about the SCOC call for Cadence Notes and their expected content (20 min)
  • Introduction to gather.town (the tool for breakouts, 10 min); map: http://ls.st/doc-36748
  • Breakout groups (at Gather town, http://ls.st/gather1 see slack scoc2020): Science Collaborations and their SCOC liaisons (60 min)

  Break: 10:50AM-11:00AM

 

Session 2 (11:00AM-1:00PM): Existing Survey Cadence Simulations

    • Introduction to survey cadence simulations (includes brief justification for the baseline cadence, e.g. its footprint definitions, and links to pre-recorded more detailed material and published papers and other docs).  Slides: https://ls.st/doc-36764
    • Overview of existing cadence simulation families (white papers rationale, high-level summaries)  Slides: http://ls.st/doc-36765
    • Breakout groups (at Gather town, http://ls.st/gather1 see slack scoc2020): Science Collaborations and their SCOC liaisons 

     

    Session 3 (9:00AM-10:50AM): Analysis of Existing Survey Cadence Simulations

      • Overview of core MAF science metrics - what they are and how they vary with survey strategy, plus missing metrics. Slides: http://ls.st/doc-36757
      • Introduction to basic MAF and introduction to Jupyter Lab @ DataLab (resources to enable post-workshop MAF-like analysis). Slides: http://ls.st/doc-36766  Detailed information about Jupyter Lab @ DataLab: http://ls.st/datalab2020
      • Breakout groups (at Gather town, http://ls.st/gather1 see slack scoc2020 for password): split by main “open questions”: i) footprint definitions and area vs. visit count tradeoffs, ii) optimal exposure time and observing time allocation per band, iii) temporal sampling strategies, iv) DDF strategies

        Break: 10:50AM-11:00AM

       

      Session 4 (11:00AM-1:00PM): Open House Discussion

        • What did we learn so far from existing MAF metrics? (report progress relative to COSEP)  Slides: http://ls.st/doc-36760  
        • Contributed 1-slide 2-min presentations of various ideas not captured in Cadence Notes  

                Slides  Eric Feigelson: http://ls.st/doc-36767   Gordon Richards: http://ls.st/doc-36769   Jean-Charles Cuillandre: http://ls.st/doc-36770   Xiaolong Li: http://ls.st/doc-36775  Fabio Ragosta  http://ls.st/doc-36781   Rosanne Di Stefano: http://ls.st/doc-36776   Rachel Street: http://ls.st/doc-36777 Dan Scolnic http://ls.st/doc-36778 Yasaman Homayouni http://ls.st/doc-36779  Will Clarkson  http://ls.st/doc-36780

        • Open questions and tradeoffs (rationale for the questions asked in the Cadence Notes call)
        • The best ways to support people using Jupyter Lab @ DataLab (office hours vs. documents)
        • Remaining steps in SCOC’s decision process, comments and suggestions, feedback on Cadence Notes call
        • AOB (any other business)

        All sessions will be recorded and made publicly available, with real-time minutes written by SCOC members. 

        Survey Cadence Optimization Information Webpage (with workshop updates): https://www.lsst.org/content/charge-survey-cadence-optimization-committe...