SCIOPS 2019 workshop Programme

 

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Tuesday, 19th November          Link to Day 1 

 
Time Speaker Affliliation   Title
14:00 - 14:15 M. Kissler-Patig ESA   Welcome and Introduction from ESA
14:15 - 14:30 M. Sterzik ESO   Introduction from ESO
Chair : M. Branchesi      
1. Collaboration between large scientific teams
14:30 - 15:00 D. Shoemaker MIT   LIGO, Virgo, KAGRA, and beyond: Ground-based Gravitational Wave Observatories (PDF), (PPT)
15:00 - 15:30 S. Vergani CNRS - Paris Observatory   Strategies, challenges and perspectives of the EM follow-up of gravitational sources: the ENGRAVE and SVOM collaborations (PDF), (KEY)
15:30 - 16:00 N. Tanvir University of Leicester   Gamma-Ray Bursts across the electromagnetic spectrum and beyond (PDF), (PPT)
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break      
16:30 - 16:50 C. Dabin CNES   Euclid Processing Pipeline Operations (from raw telemetry up to mass mapping of the universe) (PDF), (PPT)
16:50 - 17:10 M. Ehle ESA   Multi-Messenger astrophysics with Athena (PDF), (PPT)
17:10 - 17:30 U. Lammers ESA   Multi-messenger astronomy with LISA (PDF)
17:30 - 19:00 Icebreaker Reception    
         
Wednesday, 20th November    Link to Day 2 
Chair : M Sterzik      
2. Space- and ground-based observatories evolving in the MMA era
Time Speaker Affliliation   Title
09:30 - 10:00 E. Kuulkers ESA   Coordinating observations between ground and space based facilities (PDF), (PPT)
10:00 - 10:20 N. Schartel ESA   Joint Programs in the Context of Cross Facilities Collaboration in the Multi-Messenger Era (PDF), (PPT)
10:20 - 10:40 M. Rejkuba ESO   Scheduling at ESO (PDF), (PPT)
10:40 - 11:00 A. Mehner ESO Chile   Target of Opportunity and Rapid Response Mode observations at ESO (PDF)
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break      
Chair : B. Blum      
11:30 - 11:50 B. Berriman Caltech/IPAC-NExScI   New Infrastructure to Support TDA and MMA at the Keck Observatory and the Keck Observatory Archive (PDF), (PPT)
11:50 - 12:10 J. Evans Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian   High Impact Data and Products using Community Standards and Tools – The Chandra Experience (PDF), (PPT)
12:10 - 12:30 J. Kennea Penn State   Swift Observations of Everything (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love TOOs) (PDF), (KEY)
12:30 - 12:50 D. Götz CEA Saclay - Irfu/Département d'Astrophysique   The SVOM contribution to Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (PDF)
12:50 - 13:10 X. Dupac ESA   Survey operations for the Euclid cosmology mission (PDF), (PPT)
13:10 - 13:30 M. Fuessling Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO)   Operational Concepts of the CTA Observatory in the Time Domain Astronomy (PDF)
13:30 - 15:00 Group photo + Lunch Break    
15:00 - 15:20 E. Bozzo University of Geneva   The Transient High-Energy Sky and Early Universe Surveyor (THESEUS) (PDF)
15:20 - 15:40 F. Carbognani European Gravitational Observatory   Toward a common Gravitational Wave detectors distributed cyber infrastructure (PDF), (PPT)
Chair : B. Leibundgut      
3 Tools, services and standards to support multi wavelength astronomy
15:40 - 16:10 G. Fabbiano Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian   Discovery in Astrophysics (Invited) (PDF), (PPT)
16:10 - 16:40 R. D'Abrusco Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian   Astronomy in the next decades: steps towards a benevolent (archival) panopticon (PDF)
16:40 - 17:10 Coffee Break      
17:10 - 17:30 M. Allen CDS, Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg   Addressing common challenges for FAIR astronomy data (PDF), (KEY)
17:30 - 17:50 D. Baines ESA   ESASky: ESA's interface to astronomical data (PDF)
         
Thursday, 21st November        Link to Day 3 
Chair : M. Diaz Trigo      
4. Tools, services and standards to support MMA
Time Speaker Affliliation   Title
09:30 - 10:00 J. Colome IEEC-CSIC   Algorithms, interfaces and frameworks for efficient cross facility scheduling (PDF), (PPT)
10:00 - 10:20 J.U. Ness ESA   Multi-mission coordinations (PDF)
10:20 - 10:40 V. Savchenko University of Geneva   Interoperability and automation in searches for Hard X-ray counterparts of multi-messenger transients with INTEGRAL (PDF)
10:40 - 11:00 J. Nordin Humboldt University of Berlin   Transient alert processing, analysis and distribution using AMPEL (PDF)
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break      
Chair : C. Arviset      
11:30 - 12:00 S. Antier APC   Low Latency gravitational alerts of the LIGO/Virgo collaboration (PDF)
12:00 - 12:20 G. Belanger ESA   On the potential of machine learning in science operations (PDF), (KEY)
12:20 - 12:40 D. Corre LAL / CNRS   The GRANDMA global network for GW counterpart observation (PDF)
12:40 - 13:00 G. Greco INFN-FIrenze/Urbino University   Interoperable multi-messenger approach for GW sky localization and EM follow-up: practical tools and methods supported by the ESCAPE project. (PDF)
13:00 - 13:30 I. Momcheva STScI   Multi-Messenger data and data analysis in the CLOUD (PDF), (KEY)
13:30 - 15:00  Lunch Break      
15:00 - 17:00 Discussion / Brainstorming Session    
17:00 - 17:30 Tour of site for interested attendant    
         
Friday, 22nd November            Link to Day 4 
Chair : M. Ehle      
5. Cultural and policy changes needed
Time Speaker Affliliation   Title
09:30 - 10:00 T. Matheson National Optical Astronomy Observatory   Time-Domain Discovery in the 2020s (PDF)
10:00 - 10:30 S. Matheussen NWO   ASTERICS Policy Forum  (PDF), (PPT)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break      
Chair : C. Arviset & A. Kaufer    
11:00 - 13:30 Reports from Brainstorming Sessions & discussion on findings
  1. Astronomy in the cloud (PDF)
  2. VO Visibility/ Planning Protocols (PDF)
  3. Ground based & space based facilities coordination
  4. Data Format Convergence
  5. Data rights Public vs propietary
  6. Collaboration Tools (PDF)

posters:

  1. Korea-Giant Magellan Telescope Science Operation (PDF)
  2. Considerations for using the ObsVisSAP protocol for multi-observatory coordination with HST and JWST (PDF)
  3. Transient characterization using the Virtual Observatory (PDF)