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...