LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration Meeting

Name: LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration Meeting
Start: 2013-12-04T08:00:00-05:00
End: 2013-12-06T18:00:00-05:00
Location: University of Pittsburgh

4 Dec 2013, 08:00 → 6 Dec 2013, 18:00 US/Eastern

University of Pittsburgh

University Club

Wednesday 4 December
- 08:30
  
  Breakfast Ballroom B Foyer (The University Club)
  
  Ballroom B Foyer
  
  The University Club
- Computing Gold Room (U. Club)
  
  Gold Room
  
  U. Club
- Cosmo Sims: Current Mocks Conf. Room B (U. Club)
  
  Conf. Room B
  
  U. Club
  - 1
    
    Building mock catalogs using machine learning techniques
    
    Speaker: Shirley Ho
    
    Slides
  - 2
    
    Simulated Galaxy Catalogs
    
    Speaker: Risa Wechsler
    
    Slides
  - 3
    
    SUNGLASS
    
    Speaker: Alina Kiessling
  - 4
    
    ABC mock catalogs
    
    Speaker: Salman Habib
    
    Slides
- Weak Lensing Ballroom B (U. Club)
  
  Ballroom B
  
  U. Club
  - 5
    
    Recent Progress in Non-Canonical WL Statistics
    
    Speaker: Morgan May
    
    Slides
  - 6
    
    Can we use galaxies to improve our knowledge of the PSF?
    
    Speaker: Debbie Bard
    
    Slides
  - 7
    
    Data management updates
    
    Speaker: Jim Bosch
    
    Slides
- Clusters 419 Allen Hall (U. Pitt.)
  
  419 Allen Hall
  
  U. Pitt.
  
  slides
  - 8
    
    Task H-2--cluster lensing simulations
    
    Speaker: Ian Dell'Antonio (Brown)
- Photo-z Ivy Room (U. Club)
  
  Ivy Room
  
  U. Club
  - 9
    
    Welcome
    
    Speaker: Jeff Newman
  - 10
    
    Photo-z PDF multi-technique estimation, storage and applications
    
    Speaker: Matias Carrasco-Kind
    
    Slides
  - 11
    
    The Likelihood Ratio Method
    
    Speaker: Jean-Stephane Ricol
    
    Slides
  - 12
    
    Filter shape effects in photo-z estimation
    
    Speaker: Adeline Choyer
    
    Slides
  - 13
    
    Discussion
- Supernovae 319 Allen Hall (U. Pitt.)
  
  319 Allen Hall
  
  U. Pitt.
- 10:50
  
  Coffee
- Computing Gold Room (U. Club)
  
  Gold Room
  
  U. Club
- Cosmo Sims: Mock Reqs. Conf. Room B (U. Club)
  
  Conf. Room B
  
  U. Club
  - 14
    
    Validation
    
    Speaker: Joanne Cohn
    
    Slides
  - 15
    
    ImSim Inputs
    
    Speaker: Simon Krughoff
  - 16
    
    Working Group Requests
    
    Speaker: Debbie Bard
    
    Slides
- Weak Lensing Ballroom B (U. Club)
  
  Ballroom B
  
  U. Club
  - 17
    
    More about using the wavefront information
    
    Speaker: Michael Schneider
    
    Slides
  - 18
    
    Bayesian Shear Estimation with the Bernstein-Armstrong method
    
    Speaker: Erin Sheldon
    
    Slides
  - 19
    
    Update on GREAT3 and its relevance for LSST DESC
    
    Speaker: Rachel Mandelbaum
    
    Slides
- Clusters 419 Allen Hall (U. Pitt.)
  
  419 Allen Hall
  
  U. Pitt.
  
  slides
- Photo-z Ivy Room (U. Club)
  
  Ivy Room
  
  U. Club
  - 20
    
    Summary of current simulation tools
    
    Speakers: Alex Abate, Sam Schimdt
    
    Slides
  - 21
    
    Simulations
    
    Speaker: Eda Gjergo
    
    Slides
  - 22
    
    Microtasking
    
    Speakers: Carlos Cunha, Jeff Newman
    
    Slides
- Supernovae 319 Allen Hall (U. Pitt.)
  
  319 Allen Hall
  
  U. Pitt.
- 12:30
  
  Lunch 2nd floor lobby (The University Club)
  
  2nd floor lobby
  
  The University Club
- Cosmo Sims: ImSim Hands-On Conf. Room B (U. Club)
  
  Conf. Room B
  
  U. Club
  - 23
    
    CatSim/PhoSim
    
    Speaker: Debbie Bard
    
    Slides
- Strong Lensing Ivy Room (U. Club)
  
  Ivy Room
  
  U. Club
- Theory/Joint Probes Gold Room (U. Club)
  
  Gold Room
  
  U. Club
  - 24
    
    Combining photometric surveys with spectroscopic ones
    
    Speaker: Sarah Bridle
    
    Slides
  - 25
    
    Magnification estimator
    
    Speaker: Michael Schneider
    
    Slides
  - 26
    
    Updates from members
  - 27
    
    Discussion on software tools
  - 28
    
    Discussion on combining probes
- Weak Lensing Ballroom B (U. Club)
  
  Ballroom B
  
  U. Club
  - 29
    
    N_eff estimate from comparison of ground / space data
    
    Speaker: Will Dawson
    
    Slides
  - 30
    
    Update on studies of chromatic effects on weak lensing
    
    Speaker: Josh Meyers
    
    Slides
- Clusters 419 Allen Hall (U. Pitt.)
  
  419 Allen Hall
  
  U. Pitt.
  
  slides
  - 31
    
    Current status of simulations
    
    Slides
- Supernovae 319 Allen Hall (U. Pitt.)
  
  319 Allen Hall
  
  U. Pitt.
- 15:00
  
  Coffee
- LSS Gold Room (U. Club)
  
  Gold Room
  
  U. Club
  
  Conveners: Eric Gawiser, Shirley Ho
  - 32
    
    Survey Depth and Randoms
    
    Speaker: Eduardo Rozo (KIPAC)
    
    Slides
  - 33
    
    Mode-projection Tests for LSST
    
    Speaker: Anthony Pullen (JPL)
    
    Slides
  - 34
    
    Machine Learning, Systematics, and LSS
    
    Speaker: Matias Carrasco-Kind (Illinois)
    
    Slides
  - 35
    
    Probing the Early Universe using Large Scale Structure
    
    Speaker: Nishant Agarwal (CMU)
    
    Slides
  - 36
    
    Fast, Accurate Galaxy Power Spectra with Cosmic Emulation
    
    Speaker: Juliana Kwan (Argonne)
    
    Slides
  - 37
    
    Big Dithers are Crucial for LSST Survey Uniformity
    
    Speaker: Eric Gawiser (Rutgers)
    
    Slides
- Weak Lensing Ballroom B (U. Club)
  
  Ballroom B
  
  U. Club
  - 38
    
    Update on deblending studies
    
    Speaker: David Kirkby
    
    Slides
  - 39
    
    To shoot or not to shoot. In-depth comparison between RTM and FTM
    
    Speaker: James Jee
- Clusters 419 Allen Hall (U. Pitt.)
  
  419 Allen Hall
  
  U. Pitt.
  
  slides
- Supernovae 319 Allen Hall (U. Pitt.)
  
  319 Allen Hall
  
  U. Pitt.
- Photo-z: Microtasking Conf. Room B (U. Club)
  
  Conf. Room B
  
  U. Club
  - 40
    
    Illinois
    
    Slides
  - 41
    
    Arizona
    
    Slides
- Cosmo Sims: With photo-z Conf. Room B (U. Club)
  
  Conf. Room B
  
  U. Club
  - 42
    
    Photo-zs' needs: short and long term
    
    Speaker: Carlos Cunha
    
    Slides
  - 43
    
    Impact of SED uncertainty in cosmological constraints
    
    Speaker: Sam Schimdt
    
    Slides
  - 44
    
    Simulations: present and future
    
    Speaker: Katrin Heitmann
- OPEN ROOM Ivy Room (U. Club)
  
  Ivy Room
  
  U. Club
Thursday 5 December
- 08:30
  
  Breakfast Ballroom B foyer (The University Club)
  
  Ballroom B foyer
  
  The University Club
- Plenary 1 Ballroom B (The University Club)
  
  Ballroom B
  
  The University Club
  - 45
    
    Welcome from U. Pittsburgh
  - 46
    
    Welcome from CMU
  - 47
    
    Practical information
  - 48
    
    State of the Collaboration
    
    Speaker: B Jain
    
    Slides
  - 49
    
    Proposed Governance Plan and Membership Policy; Timeline for Future Elections
    
    Speakers: F Gilman, P Burchat
    
    Slides
  - 50
    
    Governance: Open Time for Feedback
    
    Speaker: P Burchat
  - 51
    
    Computing resources & models
    
    Speaker: R Dubois
    
    Slides
- 10:50
  
  Coffee
- Plenary 1 Ballroom B (The University Club)
  
  Ballroom B
  
  The University Club
  - 52
    
    Software Framework
    
    Speaker: S Dodelson
    
    Slides
  - 53
    
    Highlight Projects: Computing
    
    Slides
  - 54
    
    Highlight Projects: Analysis
    
    Speaker: J Newman
    
    Slides
  - 55
    
    Parallel Plans
- 12:30
  
  Lunch 2nd floor lobby (University Club)
  
  2nd floor lobby
  
  University Club
- Intrinsic Alignments Gold Room (The University Club)
  
  Gold Room
  
  The University Club
  
  Conveners: Alina Kiessling, Rachel Mandelbaum
  - 56
    
    Intrinsic alignment simulations
    
    Speaker: Michael Schneider
    
    Slides
  - 57
    
    Intrinsic alignments in hydro simulations
    
    Speaker: Ananth Tenneti
    
    Slides
  - 58
    
    Self-calibrating the intrinsic alignment signal: methods for indirect measurement
    
    Speaker: Michael Troxel
    
    Slides
  - 59
    
    Intrinsic alignments observations with SDSS-III
    
    Speaker: Sukhdeep Singh
    
    Slides
- OPEN ROOM Ivy Room (The University Club)
  
  Ivy Room
  
  The University Club
- Strong Lensing Conference Room B (The University Club)
  
  Conference Room B
  
  The University Club
  
  Convener: Phil Marshall
- Supernovae/Photo-z's: Simulations and Synergies Conference Room A (Universe)
  
  Conference Room A
  
  Universe
  
  Conveners: Alex Abate, Jeffrey Newman (U. Pittsburgh)
  - 60
    
    Photo-z simulations
    
    Speaker: Eda Gjergo
    
    Slides
  - 61
    
    Photo-z simulations
    
    Speaker: A Abate
    
    Slides
  - 62
    
    Simulations Discussion
    
    Speaker: A Abate
  - 63
    
    Synergies Discussion
    
    Speaker: Michael Wood-Vasey
- 15:00
  
  Coffee
- Computing: Cross software working group meeting/user center Conference Room A (The University Club)
  
  Conference Room A
  
  The University Club
  
  Convener: A Connolly
  - 64
    
    ImSim on Demand Concept
    
    Slides
  - 65
    
    PanDA status
    
    Slides
  - 66
    
    LSST & DES data
    
    Slides
  - 67
    
    OpsSim
    
    Slides
  - 68
    
    CatSim & DM
  - 69
    
    Mission Computing at NERSC
    
    Slides
- Computing: PhoSim Power Users Gold Room (The University Club)
  
  Gold Room
  
  The University Club
  
  Convener: J Peterson
  - 70
    
    Features of PhoSim You Might Not Know
    
    Speaker: Wei Cui
    
    Slides
  - 71
    
    Validation and Predictions of Chromatic Effects in PhoSim
    
    Speaker: Josh Myers
    
    Slides
  - 72
    
    Star/Galaxy Separation and the PhoSim Recipe Book
    
    Speaker: Debbie Bard
    
    Slides
  - 73
    
    Atmosphere Model Exploration
    
    Speaker: Michael Schneider
    
    Slides
  - 74
    
    What do we miss when we ray-trace?
    
    Speaker: James Jee
    
    Slides
  - 75
    
    Validation of Sensor Features in PhoSim
    
    Speaker: Andrei Nomerotski
    
    Slides
- OPEN ROOM Ivy Room (The University Club)
  
  Ivy Room
  
  The University Club
- Theory/Joint Probes: Modified Gravity Conference Room B (The University Club)
  
  Conference Room B
  
  The University Club
  
  Conveners: Rachel Bean, Salman Habib
  - 76
    
    Gravity on Cosmic Scales and LSST
    
    Speaker: Eric Linder
    
    Slides
  - 77
    
    Effect of massive neutrinos and dynamical dark energy on large scale structure
    
    Speaker: Rahul Biswas
    
    Slides
  - 78
    
    Discussion on modified gravity requirements for simulations
    
    Slides
- 18:00
  
  Banquet Ballroom B (Universe)
  
  Ballroom B
  
  Universe
Friday 6 December
- 08:30
  
  Breakfast Ballroom B foyer (the University Club)
  
  Ballroom B foyer
  
  the University Club
- Baryonic Effects and Dark Energy Cosmology Ivy Room (the University Club)
  
  Ivy Room
  
  the University Club
  
  Convener: Andrew Zentner
  - 79
    
    Katrin Heitmann: State of the Art with N-Body
    
    Slides
  - 80
    
    Andrew Zentner: Baryonic Effects on Dark Energy Constraints from Lensing & Mitigation Strategies
  - 81
    
    Tim Eifler: Mitigating Baryonic Effects using Principal Component Analysis
  - 82
    
    Discussion
- Computing: CatSim -> PhoSim -> DM Stack hands-on demonstration Ballroom B (The University Club)
  
  Ballroom B
  
  The University Club
  
  Conveners: Debbie Bard, Simon Krughoff
  - 83
    Videos from Simon Krughoff, text from Debbie Bard
    
    Speaker: S Krughoff
    
    Slides
    
    part1.mov
    
    part2.mov
    
    part3.mov
    
    part4.mov
    
    text
- 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
  - 84
    
    Dan Matthews: The cross-correlation technique and lensing magnification
    
    Slides
  - 85
    
    Mubdi Rahman: Unleashing the power of clustering redshifts
    
    Slides
  - 86
    
    Sam Schmidt: The CIB from Planck using cross-correlations
    
    Slides
  - 87
    
    Anthony Pullen: Interloper bias in emission line surveys
    
    Slides
- 10:50
  
  Coffee
- Covariance Matrices Ballroom B (the University Club)
  
  Ballroom B
  
  the University Club
  
  Convener: Michael Schneider
  - 88
    
    Cosmology Dependent Covariances with Cosmic Emulators
    
    Speaker: Juliana Kwan (ANL)
    
    Slides
  - 89
    
    Dynamics Driving non-Gaussian Covariance & ALPT Mocks
    
    Speaker: Mark Neyrinck (JHU)
    
    Slides
  - 90
    
    How many simulations do we need to generate covariance matrices for LSST?
    
    Speaker: Kiessling Alina (JPL)
  - 91
    
    Cosmology-dependent covariances
    
    Speaker: Michael Schneider (LLNL)
    
    Slides
- Deep simulated field for testing DM Conference Room B (the University Club)
  
  Conference Room B
  
  the University Club
  
  Convener: Phil Marshall
- OPEN ROOM Ivy Room (the University Club)
  
  Ivy Room
  
  the University Club
- 12:30
  
  Lunch 2nd floor lobby (the University club)
  
  2nd floor lobby
  
  the University club
- Plenary 2 Conference Room A (Universe)
  
  Conference Room A
  
  Universe
  - 92
    
    Governance Comments Conference Room A
    
    Conference Room A
    
    Universe
    
    Speaker: B Jain
    
    Slides
  - 93
    
    Governance vote Conference Room A
    
    Conference Room A
    
    Universe
    
    Speaker: R Pain
    
    Slides
  - 94
    
    Report from Workshop on Precision Astronomy with Fully Depleted CCDs
    
    Speaker: A Nomerotski
    
    Slides
  - 95
    
    Updates on DM, PhoSim, and Catsim Conference Room A
    
    Conference Room A
    
    Universe
    
    Speaker: S Krughoff
    
    Slides
  - 96
    
    Updates on OpSim Conference Room A
    
    Conference Room A
    
    Universe
    
    Speaker: S Ridgeway
    
    Slides
  - 97
    
    Update on CosmoSims & WG report Conference Room A
    
    Conference Room A
    
    Universe
    
    Speaker: K Heitmann
    
    Slides
  - 98
    
    Weak Lensing report Conference Room A
    
    Conference Room A
    
    Universe
    
    Slides
  - 99
    
    Theory / Joint Probes Report Conference Room A
    
    Conference Room A
    
    Universe
    
    Slides
  - 100
    
    Supernovae Report Conference Room A
    
    Conference Room A
    
    Universe
    
    Slides
- 14:55
  
  Coffee
- Plenary 2 Conference Room A (Universe)
  
  Conference Room A
  
  Universe
  - 101
    
    Strong Lensing Report
    
    Slides
  - 102
    
    Photo-z Report
    
    Slides
  - 103
    
    LSS Report
    
    Slides
  - 104
    
    Clusters Report
    
    Slides
  - 105
    
    Updates from the Technical Coordinator
    
    Speaker: C Stubbs
    
    Slides
  - 106
    
    Report of the LSST Director / FDR Feedback
    
    Speaker: S Kahn
    
    Slides
  - 107
    
    Closing
    
    Slides

LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration Meeting

University of Pittsburgh

Ballroom B Foyer

The University Club

Gold Room

U. Club

Conf. Room B

U. Club

Ballroom B

U. Club

419 Allen Hall

U. Pitt.

Ivy Room

U. Club

319 Allen Hall

U. Pitt.

Gold Room

U. Club

Conf. Room B

U. Club

Ballroom B

U. Club

419 Allen Hall

U. Pitt.

Ivy Room

U. Club

319 Allen Hall

U. Pitt.

2nd floor lobby

The University Club

Conf. Room B

U. Club

Ivy Room

U. Club

Gold Room

U. Club

Ballroom B

U. Club

419 Allen Hall

U. Pitt.

319 Allen Hall

U. Pitt.

Gold Room

U. Club

Ballroom B

U. Club

419 Allen Hall

U. Pitt.

319 Allen Hall

U. Pitt.

Conf. Room B

U. Club

Conf. Room B

U. Club

Ivy Room

U. Club

Ballroom B foyer

The University Club

Ballroom B

The University Club

Ballroom B

The University Club

2nd floor lobby

University Club

Gold Room

The University Club

Ivy Room

The University Club

Conference Room B

The University Club

Conference Room A

Universe

Conference Room A

The University Club

Gold Room

The University Club

Ivy Room

The University Club

Conference Room B

The University Club