LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration Meeting

US/Eastern
University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh

University Club
    • 08:30
      Breakfast Ballroom B Foyer (The University Club)

      Ballroom B Foyer

      The University Club

    • Clusters 419 Allen Hall (U. Pitt.)

      419 Allen Hall

      U. Pitt.

      slides
      • 1
        Task H-2--cluster lensing simulations
        Speaker: Ian Dell'Antonio (Brown)
    • Computing Gold Room (U. Club)

      Gold Room

      U. Club

    • Cosmo Sims: Current Mocks Conf. Room B (U. Club)

      Conf. Room B

      U. Club

      • 2
        Building mock catalogs using machine learning techniques
        Speaker: Shirley Ho
        Slides
      • 3
        Simulated Galaxy Catalogs
        Speaker: Risa Wechsler
        Slides
      • 4
        SUNGLASS
        Speaker: Alina Kiessling
      • 5
        ABC mock catalogs
        Speaker: Salman Habib
        Slides
    • Photo-z Ivy Room (U. Club)

      Ivy Room

      U. Club

      • 6
        Welcome
        Speaker: Jeff Newman
      • 7
        Photo-z PDF multi-technique estimation, storage and applications
        Speaker: Matias Carrasco-Kind
        Slides
      • 8
        The Likelihood Ratio Method
        Speaker: Jean-Stephane Ricol
        Slides
      • 9
        Filter shape effects in photo-z estimation
        Speaker: Adeline Choyer
        Slides
      • 10
        Discussion
    • Supernovae 319 Allen Hall (U. Pitt.)

      319 Allen Hall

      U. Pitt.

    • Weak Lensing Ballroom B (U. Club)

      Ballroom B

      U. Club

      • 11
        Recent Progress in Non-Canonical WL Statistics
        Speaker: Morgan May
        Slides
      • 12
        Can we use galaxies to improve our knowledge of the PSF?
        Speaker: Debbie Bard
        Slides
      • 13
        Data management updates
        Speaker: Jim Bosch
        Slides
    • 10:50
      Coffee
    • Clusters 419 Allen Hall (U. Pitt.)

      419 Allen Hall

      U. Pitt.

      slides
    • 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
    • Photo-z Ivy Room (U. Club)

      Ivy Room

      U. Club

      • 17
        Summary of current simulation tools
        Speakers: Alex Abate, Sam Schimdt
        Slides
      • 18
        Simulations
        Speaker: Eda Gjergo
        Slides
      • 19
        Microtasking
        Speakers: Carlos Cunha, Jeff Newman
        Slides
    • Supernovae 319 Allen Hall (U. Pitt.)

      319 Allen Hall

      U. Pitt.

    • Weak Lensing Ballroom B (U. Club)

      Ballroom B

      U. Club

      • 20
        More about using the wavefront information
        Speaker: Michael Schneider
        Slides
      • 21
        Bayesian Shear Estimation with the Bernstein-Armstrong method
        Speaker: Erin Sheldon
        Slides
      • 22
        Update on GREAT3 and its relevance for LSST DESC
        Speaker: Rachel Mandelbaum
        Slides
    • 12:30
      Lunch 2nd floor lobby (The University Club)

      2nd floor lobby

      The University Club

    • Clusters 419 Allen Hall (U. Pitt.)

      419 Allen Hall

      U. Pitt.

      slides
      • 23
        Current status of simulations
        Slides
    • Cosmo Sims: ImSim Hands-On Conf. Room B (U. Club)

      Conf. Room B

      U. Club

      • 24
        CatSim/PhoSim
        Speaker: Debbie Bard
        Slides
    • Strong Lensing Ivy Room (U. Club)

      Ivy Room

      U. Club

    • Supernovae 319 Allen Hall (U. Pitt.)

      319 Allen Hall

      U. Pitt.

    • Theory/Joint Probes Gold Room (U. Club)

      Gold Room

      U. Club

      • 25
        Combining photometric surveys with spectroscopic ones
        Speaker: Sarah Bridle
        Slides
      • 26
        Magnification estimator
        Speaker: Michael Schneider
        Slides
      • 27
        Updates from members
      • 28
        Discussion on software tools
      • 29
        Discussion on combining probes
    • Weak Lensing Ballroom B (U. Club)

      Ballroom B

      U. Club

      • 30
        N_eff estimate from comparison of ground / space data
        Speaker: Will Dawson
        Slides
      • 31
        Update on studies of chromatic effects on weak lensing
        Speaker: Josh Meyers
        Slides
    • 15:00
      Coffee
    • Clusters 419 Allen Hall (U. Pitt.)

      419 Allen Hall

      U. Pitt.

      slides
    • 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
    • Supernovae 319 Allen Hall (U. Pitt.)

      319 Allen Hall

      U. Pitt.

    • 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
    • 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

    • 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

    • 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
    • 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