LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration Meeting

US/Eastern
University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh

University Club
    • 8:30 AM 9:30 AM
      Breakfast 1h Ballroom B Foyer (The University Club)

      Ballroom B Foyer

      The University Club

    • 9:30 AM 10:50 AM
      Clusters 419 Allen Hall (U. Pitt.)

      419 Allen Hall

      U. Pitt.

      slides
      • 9:30 AM
        Task H-2--cluster lensing simulations 20m
        Speaker: Ian Dell'Antonio (Brown)
    • 9:30 AM 10:50 AM
      Computing Gold Room (U. Club)

      Gold Room

      U. Club

    • 9:30 AM 10:50 AM
      Cosmo Sims: Current Mocks Conf. Room B (U. Club)

      Conf. Room B

      U. Club

      • 9:30 AM
        Building mock catalogs using machine learning techniques 20m
        Speaker: Shirley Ho
        Slides
      • 9:50 AM
        Simulated Galaxy Catalogs 20m
        Speaker: Risa Wechsler
        Slides
      • 10:10 AM
        SUNGLASS 20m
        Speaker: Alina Kiessling
      • 10:30 AM
        ABC mock catalogs 20m
        Speaker: Salman Habib
        Slides
    • 9:30 AM 10:50 AM
      Photo-z Ivy Room (U. Club)

      Ivy Room

      U. Club

      • 9:30 AM
        Welcome 5m
        Speaker: Jeff Newman
      • 9:35 AM
        Photo-z PDF multi-technique estimation, storage and applications 20m
        Speaker: Matias Carrasco-Kind
        Slides
      • 9:55 AM
        The Likelihood Ratio Method 15m
        Speaker: Jean-Stephane Ricol
        Slides
      • 10:10 AM
        Filter shape effects in photo-z estimation 15m
        Speaker: Adeline Choyer
        Slides
      • 10:25 AM
        Discussion 25m
    • 9:30 AM 10:50 AM
      Supernovae 319 Allen Hall (U. Pitt.)

      319 Allen Hall

      U. Pitt.

    • 9:30 AM 10:50 AM
      Weak Lensing Ballroom B (U. Club)

      Ballroom B

      U. Club

      • 9:30 AM
        Recent Progress in Non-Canonical WL Statistics 25m
        Speaker: Morgan May
        Slides
      • 9:55 AM
        Can we use galaxies to improve our knowledge of the PSF? 25m
        Speaker: Debbie Bard
        Slides
      • 10:20 AM
        Data management updates 30m
        Speaker: Jim Bosch
        Slides
    • 10:50 AM 11:10 AM
      Coffee 20m
    • 11:10 AM 12:30 PM
      Clusters 419 Allen Hall (U. Pitt.)

      419 Allen Hall

      U. Pitt.

      slides
    • 11:10 AM 12:30 PM
      Computing Gold Room (U. Club)

      Gold Room

      U. Club

    • 11:10 AM 12:30 PM
      Cosmo Sims: Mock Reqs. Conf. Room B (U. Club)

      Conf. Room B

      U. Club

      • 11:10 AM
        Validation 20m
        Speaker: Joanne Cohn
        Slides
      • 11:30 AM
        ImSim Inputs 20m
        Speaker: Simon Krughoff
      • 11:50 AM
        Working Group Requests 20m
        Speaker: Debbie Bard
        Slides
    • 11:10 AM 12:30 PM
      Photo-z Ivy Room (U. Club)

      Ivy Room

      U. Club

      • 11:10 AM
        Summary of current simulation tools 10m
        Speakers: Alex Abate, Sam Schimdt
        Slides
      • 11:20 AM
        Simulations 20m
        Speaker: Eda Gjergo
        Slides
      • 11:40 AM
        Microtasking 50m
        Speakers: Carlos Cunha, Jeff Newman
        Slides
    • 11:10 AM 12:30 PM
      Supernovae 319 Allen Hall (U. Pitt.)

      319 Allen Hall

      U. Pitt.

    • 11:10 AM 12:30 PM
      Weak Lensing Ballroom B (U. Club)

      Ballroom B

      U. Club

      • 11:10 AM
        More about using the wavefront information 30m
        Speaker: Michael Schneider
        Slides
      • 11:40 AM
        Bayesian Shear Estimation with the Bernstein-Armstrong method 30m
        Speaker: Erin Sheldon
        Slides
      • 12:10 PM
        Update on GREAT3 and its relevance for LSST DESC 20m
        Speaker: Rachel Mandelbaum
        Slides
    • 12:30 PM 1:30 PM
      Lunch 1h 2nd floor lobby (The University Club)

      2nd floor lobby

      The University Club

    • 1:30 PM 3:00 PM
      Clusters 419 Allen Hall (U. Pitt.)

      419 Allen Hall

      U. Pitt.

      slides
      • 1:30 PM
        Current status of simulations 20m
        Slides
    • 1:30 PM 3:00 PM
      Cosmo Sims: ImSim Hands-On Conf. Room B (U. Club)

      Conf. Room B

      U. Club

      • 1:30 PM
        CatSim/PhoSim 20m
        Speaker: Debbie Bard
        Slides
    • 1:30 PM 3:00 PM
      Strong Lensing Ivy Room (U. Club)

      Ivy Room

      U. Club

    • 1:30 PM 3:00 PM
      Supernovae 319 Allen Hall (U. Pitt.)

      319 Allen Hall

      U. Pitt.

    • 1:30 PM 3:00 PM
      Theory/Joint Probes Gold Room (U. Club)

      Gold Room

      U. Club

      • 1:30 PM
        Combining photometric surveys with spectroscopic ones 10m
        Speaker: Sarah Bridle
        Slides
      • 1:40 PM
        Magnification estimator 20m
        Speaker: Michael Schneider
        Slides
      • 2:00 PM
        Updates from members 15m
      • 2:15 PM
        Discussion on software tools 20m
      • 2:35 PM
        Discussion on combining probes 20m
    • 1:30 PM 3:00 PM
      Weak Lensing Ballroom B (U. Club)

      Ballroom B

      U. Club

      • 1:30 PM
        N_eff estimate from comparison of ground / space data 40m
        Speaker: Will Dawson
        Slides
      • 2:10 PM
        Update on studies of chromatic effects on weak lensing 40m
        Speaker: Josh Meyers
        Slides
    • 3:00 PM 3:30 PM
      Coffee 30m
    • 3:30 PM 5:30 PM
      Clusters 419 Allen Hall (U. Pitt.)

      419 Allen Hall

      U. Pitt.

      slides
    • 3:30 PM 5:30 PM
      LSS Gold Room (U. Club)

      Gold Room

      U. Club

      Conveners: Eric Gawiser, Shirley Ho
      • 3:30 PM
        Survey Depth and Randoms 15m
        Speaker: Eduardo Rozo (KIPAC)
        Slides
      • 3:45 PM
        Mode-projection Tests for LSST 15m
        Speaker: Anthony Pullen (JPL)
        Slides
      • 4:00 PM
        Machine Learning, Systematics, and LSS 15m
        Speaker: Matias Carrasco-Kind (Illinois)
        Slides
      • 4:15 PM
        Probing the Early Universe using Large Scale Structure 15m
        Speaker: Nishant Agarwal (CMU)
        Slides
      • 4:30 PM
        Fast, Accurate Galaxy Power Spectra with Cosmic Emulation 15m
        Speaker: Juliana Kwan (Argonne)
        Slides
      • 4:45 PM
        Big Dithers are Crucial for LSST Survey Uniformity 15m
        Speaker: Eric Gawiser (Rutgers)
        Slides
    • 3:30 PM 5:30 PM
      Supernovae 319 Allen Hall (U. Pitt.)

      319 Allen Hall

      U. Pitt.

    • 3:30 PM 4:30 PM
      Weak Lensing Ballroom B (U. Club)

      Ballroom B

      U. Club

      • 3:30 PM
        Update on deblending studies 30m
        Speaker: David Kirkby
        Slides
      • 4:00 PM
        To shoot or not to shoot. In-depth comparison between RTM and FTM 30m
        Speaker: James Jee
    • 4:00 PM 4:30 PM
      Photo-z: Microtasking Conf. Room B (U. Club)

      Conf. Room B

      U. Club

      • 4:00 PM
        Illinois 1m
        Slides
      • 4:01 PM
        Arizona 1m
        Slides
    • 4:30 PM 5:30 PM
      Cosmo Sims: With photo-z Conf. Room B (U. Club)

      Conf. Room B

      U. Club

      • 4:30 PM
        Photo-zs' needs: short and long term 10m
        Speaker: Carlos Cunha
        Slides
      • 4:40 PM
        Impact of SED uncertainty in cosmological constraints 15m
        Speaker: Sam Schimdt
        Slides
      • 4:55 PM
        Simulations: present and future 15m
        Speaker: Katrin Heitmann
    • 4:30 PM 6:30 PM
      OPEN ROOM Ivy Room (U. Club)

      Ivy Room

      U. Club

    • 8:30 AM 9:30 AM
      Breakfast 1h Ballroom B foyer (The University Club)

      Ballroom B foyer

      The University Club

    • 9:30 AM 10:50 AM
      Plenary 1 Ballroom B (The University Club)

      Ballroom B

      The University Club

      • 9:30 AM
        Welcome from U. Pittsburgh 5m
      • 9:35 AM
        Welcome from CMU 5m
      • 9:40 AM
        Practical information 5m
      • 9:45 AM
        State of the Collaboration 10m
        Speaker: B Jain
        Slides
      • 9:55 AM
        Proposed Governance Plan and Membership Policy; Timeline for Future Elections 20m
        Speakers: F Gilman, P Burchat
        Slides
      • 10:15 AM
        Governance: Open Time for Feedback 20m
        Speaker: P Burchat
      • 10:35 AM
        Computing resources & models 10m
        Speaker: R Dubois
        Slides
    • 10:50 AM 11:10 AM
      Coffee 20m
    • 11:10 AM 12:30 PM
      Plenary 1 Ballroom B (The University Club)

      Ballroom B

      The University Club

      • 11:10 AM
        Software Framework 20m
        Speaker: S Dodelson
        Slides
      • 11:30 AM
        Highlight Projects: Computing 10m
        Slides
      • 11:40 AM
        Highlight Projects: Analysis 45m
        Speaker: J Newman
        Slides
      • 12:25 PM
        Parallel Plans 5m
    • 12:30 PM 1:30 PM
      Lunch 1h 2nd floor lobby (University Club)

      2nd floor lobby

      University Club

    • 1:30 PM 3:00 PM
      Intrinsic Alignments Gold Room (The University Club)

      Gold Room

      The University Club

      Conveners: Alina Kiessling, Rachel Mandelbaum
      • 1:30 PM
        Intrinsic alignment simulations 20m
        Speaker: Michael Schneider
        Slides
      • 1:50 PM
        Intrinsic alignments in hydro simulations 20m
        Speaker: Ananth Tenneti
        Slides
      • 2:10 PM
        Self-calibrating the intrinsic alignment signal: methods for indirect measurement 20m
        Speaker: Michael Troxel
        Slides
      • 2:30 PM
        Intrinsic alignments observations with SDSS-III 20m
        Speaker: Sukhdeep Singh
        Slides
    • 1:30 PM 3:00 PM
      OPEN ROOM Ivy Room (The University Club)

      Ivy Room

      The University Club

    • 1:30 PM 3:00 PM
      Strong Lensing Conference Room B (The University Club)

      Conference Room B

      The University Club

      Convener: Phil Marshall
    • 1:30 PM 3:00 PM
      Supernovae/Photo-z's: Simulations and Synergies Conference Room A (Universe)

      Conference Room A

      Universe

      Conveners: Alex Abate, Jeffrey Newman (U. Pittsburgh)
      • 1:30 PM
        Photo-z simulations 10m
        Speaker: Eda Gjergo
        Slides
      • 1:40 PM
        Photo-z simulations 10m
        Speaker: A Abate
        Slides
      • 1:50 PM
        Simulations Discussion 20m
        Speaker: A Abate
      • 2:10 PM
        Synergies Discussion 40m
        Speaker: Michael Wood-Vasey
    • 3:00 PM 3:30 PM
      Coffee 30m
    • 3:30 PM 5:00 PM
      Computing: Cross software working group meeting/user center Conference Room A (The University Club)

      Conference Room A

      The University Club

      Convener: A Connolly
      • 3:30 PM
        ImSim on Demand Concept 15m
        Slides
      • 3:45 PM
        PanDA status 10m
        Slides
      • 3:55 PM
        LSST & DES data 15m
        Slides
      • 4:10 PM
        OpsSim 15m
        Slides
      • 4:25 PM
        CatSim & DM 10m
      • 4:35 PM
        Mission Computing at NERSC 15m
        Slides
    • 3:30 PM 5:30 PM
      Computing: PhoSim Power Users Gold Room (The University Club)

      Gold Room

      The University Club

      Convener: J Peterson
      • 3:30 PM
        Features of PhoSim You Might Not Know 20m
        Speaker: Wei Cui
        Slides
      • 3:50 PM
        Validation and Predictions of Chromatic Effects in PhoSim 20m
        Speaker: Josh Myers
        Slides
      • 4:10 PM
        Star/Galaxy Separation and the PhoSim Recipe Book 20m
        Speaker: Debbie Bard
        Slides
      • 4:30 PM
        Atmosphere Model Exploration 20m
        Speaker: Michael Schneider
        Slides
      • 4:50 PM
        What do we miss when we ray-trace? 20m
        Speaker: James Jee
        Slides
      • 5:10 PM
        Validation of Sensor Features in PhoSim 20m
        Speaker: Andrei Nomerotski
        Slides
    • 3:30 PM 5:00 PM
      OPEN ROOM Ivy Room (The University Club)

      Ivy Room

      The University Club

    • 3:30 PM 5:00 PM
      Theory/Joint Probes: Modified Gravity Conference Room B (The University Club)

      Conference Room B

      The University Club

      Conveners: Rachel Bean, Salman Habib
      • 3:30 PM
        Gravity on Cosmic Scales and LSST 30m
        Speaker: Eric Linder
        Slides
      • 4:00 PM
        Effect of massive neutrinos and dynamical dark energy on large scale structure 30m
        Speaker: Rahul Biswas
        Slides
      • 4:30 PM
        Discussion on modified gravity requirements for simulations 30m
        Slides
    • 6:00 PM 9:00 PM
      Banquet 3h Ballroom B (Universe)

      Ballroom B

      Universe

    • 8:30 AM 9:30 AM
      Breakfast 1h Ballroom B foyer (the University Club)

      Ballroom B foyer

      the University Club

    • 9:30 AM 10:50 AM
      Baryonic Effects and Dark Energy Cosmology Ivy Room (the University Club)

      Ivy Room

      the University Club

      Convener: Andrew Zentner
      • 9:30 AM
        Katrin Heitmann: State of the Art with N-Body 15m
        Slides
      • 9:50 AM
        Andrew Zentner: Baryonic Effects on Dark Energy Constraints from Lensing & Mitigation Strategies 20m
      • 10:10 AM
        Tim Eifler: Mitigating Baryonic Effects using Principal Component Analysis 15m
      • 10:30 AM
        Discussion 20m
    • 9:30 AM 10:50 AM
      Computing: CatSim -> PhoSim -> DM Stack hands-on demonstration Ballroom B (The University Club)

      Ballroom B

      The University Club

      Conveners: Debbie Bard, Simon Krughoff
    • 9:30 AM 10:50 AM
      LSS: With photo-z: Cross-correlations, magnification, etc. Conference Room B (the University Club)

      Conference Room B

      the University Club

      Conveners: Jeffrey Newman (U. Pittsburgh), Shirley Ho
      • 9:30 AM
        Dan Matthews: The cross-correlation technique and lensing magnification 20m
        Slides
      • 9:50 AM
        Mubdi Rahman: Unleashing the power of clustering redshifts 10m
        Slides
      • 10:00 AM
        Sam Schmidt: The CIB from Planck using cross-correlations 10m
        Slides
      • 10:10 AM
        Anthony Pullen: Interloper bias in emission line surveys 10m
        Slides
    • 10:50 AM 11:10 AM
      Coffee 20m
    • 11:10 AM 12:30 PM
      Covariance Matrices Ballroom B (the University Club)

      Ballroom B

      the University Club

      Convener: Michael Schneider
      • 11:10 AM
        Cosmology Dependent Covariances with Cosmic Emulators 20m
        Speaker: Juliana Kwan (ANL)
        Slides
      • 11:30 AM
        Dynamics Driving non-Gaussian Covariance & ALPT Mocks 20m
        Speaker: Mark Neyrinck (JHU)
        Slides
      • 11:50 AM
        How many simulations do we need to generate covariance matrices for LSST? 20m
        Speaker: Kiessling Alina (JPL)
      • 12:10 PM
        Cosmology-dependent covariances 20m
        Speaker: Michael Schneider (LLNL)
        Slides
    • 11:10 AM 12:30 PM
      Deep simulated field for testing DM Conference Room B (the University Club)

      Conference Room B

      the University Club

      Convener: Phil Marshall
    • 11:10 AM 12:30 PM
      OPEN ROOM Ivy Room (the University Club)

      Ivy Room

      the University Club

    • 12:30 PM 1:30 PM
      Lunch 1h 2nd floor lobby (the University club)

      2nd floor lobby

      the University club

    • 1:30 PM 2:55 PM
      Plenary 2 Conference Room A (Universe)

      Conference Room A

      Universe

      • 1:30 PM
        Governance Comments 5m Conference Room A

        Conference Room A

        Universe

        Speaker: B Jain
        Slides
      • 1:35 PM
        Governance vote 10m Conference Room A

        Conference Room A

        Universe

        Speaker: R Pain
        Slides
      • 1:45 PM
        Report from Workshop on Precision Astronomy with Fully Depleted CCDs 15m
        Speaker: A Nomerotski
        Slides
      • 2:00 PM
        Updates on DM, PhoSim, and Catsim 15m Conference Room A

        Conference Room A

        Universe

        Speaker: S Krughoff
        Slides
      • 2:15 PM
        Updates on OpSim 10m Conference Room A

        Conference Room A

        Universe

        Speaker: S Ridgeway
        Slides
      • 2:25 PM
        Update on CosmoSims & WG report 15m Conference Room A

        Conference Room A

        Universe

        Speaker: K Heitmann
        Slides
      • 2:40 PM
        Weak Lensing report 5m Conference Room A

        Conference Room A

        Universe

        Slides
      • 2:45 PM
        Theory / Joint Probes Report 5m Conference Room A

        Conference Room A

        Universe

        Slides
      • 2:50 PM
        Supernovae Report 5m Conference Room A

        Conference Room A

        Universe

        Slides
    • 2:55 PM 3:10 PM
      Coffee 15m
    • 3:10 PM 4:30 PM
      Plenary 2 Conference Room A (Universe)

      Conference Room A

      Universe

      • 3:10 PM
        Strong Lensing Report 5m
        Slides
      • 3:15 PM
        Photo-z Report 5m
        Slides
      • 3:20 PM
        LSS Report 5m
        Slides
      • 3:25 PM
        Clusters Report 5m
        Slides
      • 3:30 PM
        Updates from the Technical Coordinator 15m
        Speaker: C Stubbs
        Slides
      • 3:45 PM
        Report of the LSST Director / FDR Feedback 20m
        Speaker: S Kahn
        Slides
      • 4:05 PM
        Closing 1m
        Slides