Name: 2021 Spring Collaboration Meeting
Start: 2021-03-08T07:00:00-08:00
End: 2021-03-12T15:30:00-08:00
Location: Online Only

2021 Spring Collaboration Meeting

from Monday, 8 March 2021 (07:00) to Friday, 12 March 2021 (15:30)

Monday, 8 March 2021

07:00 Pre-Meeting Coffee in Gather.Town - Link At Top Of Page
Pre-Meeting Coffee in Gather.Town - Link At Top Of Page
07:00 - 08:00
08:00 Welcome - Johanna Nagy (Washington University St. Louis;McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences)
Welcome
- Johanna Nagy (Washington University St. Louis;McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences)
08:00 - 08:10
08:10 Spokespeople's Update - Julian Borrill (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & UC Berkeley)
Spokespeople's Update
- Julian Borrill (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & UC Berkeley)
08:10 - 08:25
08:25 Publication & Speakers Committee Update - Abigail Crites (University of Toronto;Dunlap Institute)
Publication & Speakers Committee Update
- Abigail Crites (University of Toronto;Dunlap Institute)
08:25 - 08:35
08:35 Membership Committee Update - John Ruhl (Case Western Reserve University;)
Membership Committee Update
- John Ruhl (Case Western Reserve University;)
08:35 - 08:45
08:45 Governing Board Update - Lindsey Bleem (Argonne National Laboratory & KICP)
Governing Board Update
- Lindsey Bleem (Argonne National Laboratory & KICP)
08:45 - 08:55
08:55 Ombudspeople's Report - Renee Hlozek (University of Toronto) Gregory Tucker (Brown University)
Ombudspeople's Report
- Renee Hlozek (University of Toronto)
- Gregory Tucker (Brown University)
08:55 - 09:00
09:00 Project Status - Murdock Gilchriese (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory;)
Project Status
- Murdock Gilchriese (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory;)
09:00 - 09:30
09:30 Break
Break
09:30 - 10:00

10:00 Agency Updates
Agency Updates
10:00 - 10:20

10:20 Poster & Demo Preview
Poster & Demo Preview
10:20 - 10:45
10:45 Preliminary Baseline Design Report Overview - Kevin Huffenberger (Florida State University) John Carlstrom (University of Chicago;Argonne National Laboratory)
Preliminary Baseline Design Report Overview
- Kevin Huffenberger (Florida State University)
- John Carlstrom (University of Chicago;Argonne National Laboratory)
10:45 - 11:30
11:30 Break
Break
11:30 - 12:00

12:00 Identity and Inclusion
Identity and Inclusion
12:00 - 14:00
An Equity, Diversity & Inclusion session focused on Identity and Inclusion by Neli Fanning (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Director, Physical Science Division, University of Chicago) and Tiana Pyer-Pereira (Associate Director in the Office of the Provost, University of Chicago). The goals of session are to bring deeper awareness of the need for inclusion and underscore how the visible and invisible dimensions of our identities influence our perceptions of, and interactions with others.

14:00 EDI Discussion Breakout Rooms
EDI Discussion Breakout Rooms
14:00 - 15:00
Tuesday, 9 March 2021

07:00 Pre-Meeting Coffee in Gather.Town - Link At Top Of Page
Pre-Meeting Coffee in Gather.Town - Link At Top Of Page
07:00 - 08:00
08:00 Governing Board: Code of Conduct - Lindsey Bleem (Argonne National Laboratory & KICP)
Governing Board: Code of Conduct
- Lindsey Bleem (Argonne National Laboratory & KICP)
08:00 - 08:30
08:30 Fireslides 1
Fireslides 1
08:30 - 08:45
08:45 Flowdown - John Ruhl (Case Western Reserve University;)
Flowdown
- John Ruhl (Case Western Reserve University;)
08:45 - 09:25
09:25 Conference Photo
Conference Photo
09:25 - 09:30

09:30 Break
Break
09:30 - 10:00
DOE Funding - Kathy Turner
DOE Funding
- Kathy Turner
09:30 - 10:00
10:00 Plenary
Plenary
10:00 - 10:30
Contributions

10:00 Preliminary Baseline Design - Readout - Zeeshan Ahmed (SLAC)
10:30 Plenary
Plenary
10:30 - 11:00
Contributions

10:30 Preliminary Baseline Design - Small Aperture Telescopes - John Kovac (Harvard University;Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian)
11:00 Plenary
Plenary
11:00 - 11:30
Contributions

11:00 Preliminary Baseline Design - Data Management - Julian Borrill (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & UC Berkeley)
11:30 Plenary
Plenary
11:30 - 12:00
Contributions

11:30 Science Case beyond the design drivers - Joel Meyers (Southern Methodist University;) Kevin Huffenberger (Florida State University)

11:35 CMB as a Backlight 1 - Simone Ferraro (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

11:47 CMB as a Backlight 2 - Alex van Engelen
12:00 Break
Break
12:00 - 12:30
12:30 Parallel
Parallel
12:30 - 14:00
Contributions

12:30 Data Movement - Alexandra Rahlin (Fermilab; University of Chicago) Eli Dart (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

12:45 Software Infrastructure - Debbie Bard (NERSC, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory;) Theodore Kisner (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & UC Berkeley)

13:00 Data Simulation - Andrea Zonca (University of California San Diego) Sara Simon (Fermilab)

13:15 Data Reduction - Colin Bischoff (University of Cincinnati) Reijo Keskitalo (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & UC Berkeley)

13:30 Transients - Don Petravick (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;) Nathan Whitehorn (Michigan State University;)

13:45 Site Hardware - Tom Crawford (University of Chicago;KICP)
Parallel
Parallel
12:30 - 14:00
Contributions

12:30 Prototype design status - Gunther Haller (SLAC)

13:00 Magnetic Shielding - Alessandro Schillaci (Caltech) Lorenzo Moncelsi (Caltech)

13:20 SSA location (4K vs. 1K) - Darcy Barron (University of New Mexico)

13:40 Warm electronics - Gunther Haller (SLAC)
Parallel
Parallel
12:30 - 14:00
Contributions

12:30 Tidal Disruption Events - Kate Alexander

12:42 tSZ/kSZ from Galaxy samples - Eve Vavagiakis (Cornell University)

12:54 Small-Scale Gravitational Lensing - Boryana Hadzhiyska

13:06 Galactic Science - Susan Clark (Stanford University)

13:30 Non-Gaussianity - Will Coulton (The University of Tokyo)

13:42 Cosmic Birefringence - Yuto Minami
Parallel
Parallel
12:30 - 14:00
Contributions

12:30 SAT PBD intro - Abigail Vieregg (University of Chicago) Akito Kusaka Benjamin Schmitt (Harvard University;) Clem Pryke (University of Minnesota) Joe Saba (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory;) John Kovac (Harvard University;Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian) Kirit Karkare Paul Grimes Scott Paine (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian;)

13:00 SAT PBD, cont - Akito Kusaka (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory;University of Tokyo)

13:20 SAT Zemax optics design - Frederick Matsuda (Kavli IPMU) Tony Stark

13:40 SAT calibration plan - Kirit Karkare (University of Chicago, Fermilab)
16:30 Public Outreach Event
Public Outreach Event
16:30 - 17:30
Young researchers night with Melanie Archipley, Srinivasan Raghunathan, Cynthia Trendafilova & Caterina Umiltà http://cwru.zoom.us/j/97157515958 (Password: 713170) In conjunction with The Institute for the Science of Origins at Case Western University and Astronomy on Tap Champaign.
Wednesday, 10 March 2021

07:00 Pre-Meeting Coffee in Gather.Town - Link At Top Of Page
Pre-Meeting Coffee in Gather.Town - Link At Top Of Page
07:00 - 08:00

07:30 Random Pairings
Random Pairings
07:30 - 08:00
Everyone who joins will be randomly paired with someone they don’t know to make new connections. The topics of conversation are up to you and your conversation partner, and will surely vary widely! No sign-up required, stay for one or two pairings, starting at :30 and :45
08:00 Plenary
Plenary
08:00 - 08:15
Contributions

08:00 Report Back - Readout - Tucker Elleflot (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
08:15 Plenary
Plenary
08:15 - 08:30
Contributions

08:15 Report Back - Small Aperture Telescopes - John Kovac (Harvard University;Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian)
08:30 Plenary
Plenary
08:30 - 08:45
Contributions

08:30 Report Back - Data Management - Julian Borrill (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & UC Berkeley)
08:45 Plenary
Plenary
08:45 - 09:00
Contributions

08:45 Report Back - Science Case - Joel Meyers (Southern Methodist University;) Kevin Huffenberger (Florida State University)
09:00 Junior Scientist Advancement Committee - Darcy Barron (University of New Mexico)
Junior Scientist Advancement Committee
- Darcy Barron (University of New Mexico)
09:00 - 09:15
An overview of the events the JSAC has planned for this week.
09:30 Break + NSF Funding Discussion with Vladimir Papitashvili & Nigel Sharp
Break + NSF Funding Discussion with Vladimir Papitashvili & Nigel Sharp
09:30 - 10:00
10:00 Plenary
Plenary
10:00 - 10:30
Contributions

10:00 Preliminary Baseline Design - Detectors - Brenna Flaugher (Fermilab)
10:30 Plenary
Plenary
10:30 - 11:00
Contributions

10:30 Preliminary Baseline Design - Large Aperture Telescopes - Michael Niemack (Cornell University)
11:00 Plenary
Plenary
11:00 - 11:30
Contributions

11:00 Preliminary Baseline Design - Data Acquisition & Control - Laura Newburgh (Yale University)
11:30 Plenary
Plenary
11:30 - 11:45
Contributions

11:30 Preliminary Baseline Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Tensor-to-Scalar Ratio - Colin Bischoff (University of Cincinnati)
11:45 Plenary
Plenary
11:45 - 12:00
Contributions

11:45 Preliminary Baseline Design Validation - Measurement to Science: Galaxy Clusters - Srinivasan Raghunathan (MSU/UCLA)
12:00 Break
Break
12:00 - 12:30
12:30 Parallel
Parallel
12:30 - 14:00
Contributions

12:30 DAQ1 - Cosmin Deaconu (University of Chicago)

12:50 DAQ2 - Nathan Whitehorn (Michigan State University;)

13:10 DAQ3 - Brian Koopman (Yale University)

13:30 DAQ4 - Abigail Crites (University of Toronto;Dunlap Institute)

13:50 DAQ5 - Laura Newburgh (Yale University)
Parallel
Parallel
12:30 - 14:00
Contributions

12:30 Optical Follow-Up - Lindsey Bleem (Argonne National Laboratory & KICP)

12:50 DM Simulations - Reijo Keskitalo (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & UC Berkeley)

13:10 Source Modeling - Zack Li

13:30 Discussion
Parallel
Parallel
12:30 - 14:22
Contributions

12:30 Introduction - Colin Bischoff (University of Cincinnati) Kimmy Wu (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

12:33 Performance-based forecasting - Clem Pryke (University of Minnesota)

12:50 SAT systematics - Colin Bischoff (University of Cincinnati)

13:00 Lensing template generation and LAT systematics - Julien Carron (University of Geneva) Kimmy Wu (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

13:17 Results from low-ell BB Data Challenge 06 - Caterina Umilta (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;)

13:35 Bayesian lensing, delensing, and foreground cleaning - Ben Thorne (UC Davis) Marius Millea (Berkeley)

13:48 Foreground models update - Brandon Hensley (Princeton University)
Parallel
Parallel
12:30 - 14:00
Contributions

12:30 Dark detectors - Lorenzo Moncelsi (Caltech)

13:00 Options & decisions - John Ruhl (Case Western Reserve University;)

13:30 Wafer layout discussion - Brenna Flaugher (Fermilab)
Parallel
Parallel
12:30 - 14:00
Contributions

12:30 South Pole LAT (SPLAT) updates - Nick Emerson (University of Arizona)

12:38 Chilean LAT (CHLAT) updates - Steve Parshley (Cornell University)

12:46 Chilean LAT Survey Strategy and Sidelobes - Patricio Gallardo (Cornell University)

12:54 Simons Observatory LAT Receiver Update - Ningfeng Zhu (University of Pennsylvania)

13:02 S4 LAT Receiver (LATR) updates - Bradford Benson (Fermilab; University of Chicago)

13:27 LAT Commissioning Receiver - Jeff McMahon

13:35 LAT Calibration Hardware and baffling finishes - Johanna Nagy (Washington University St. Louis;McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences)

13:45 Discussion
14:00 Random Pairings
Random Pairings
14:00 - 14:30
Everyone who joins will be randomly paired with someone they don’t know to make new connections. The topics of conversation are up to you and your conversation partner, and will surely vary widely! No sign-up required, stay for one or two pairings, starting at :00 and :15
Thursday, 11 March 2021

07:00 Pre-Meeting Coffee in Gather.Town - Link At Top Of Page
Pre-Meeting Coffee in Gather.Town - Link At Top Of Page
07:00 - 08:00
08:00 Plenary
Plenary
08:00 - 08:15
Contributions

08:00 Report Back - Detectors - Brenna Flaugher (Fermilab)
08:15 Plenary
Plenary
08:15 - 08:30
Contributions

08:15 Report Back - Large Aperture Telescopes - Michael Niemack (Cornell University) Nick Emerson (University of Arizona)
08:30 Plenary
Plenary
08:30 - 08:45
Contributions

08:30 Report Back - Data Acquisition & Control - Laura Newburgh (Yale University)
08:45 Plenary
Plenary
08:45 - 09:00
Contributions

08:45 Report Back - DV/M2S Tensor-to-Scalar Ratio - Kimmy Wu (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
09:00 Plenary
Plenary
09:00 - 09:15
Contributions

09:00 Report Back - DV/M2S Galaxy Clusters - Nicholas Battaglia (Cornell University;)
09:20 Elections and Voting Commission - Thomas Cecil (Argonne National Laboratory) Darcy Barron (University of New Mexico) Benjamin Schmitt (Harvard University;)
Elections and Voting Commission
- Thomas Cecil (Argonne National Laboratory)
- Darcy Barron (University of New Mexico)
- Benjamin Schmitt (Harvard University;)
09:20 - 09:30
An overview of this spring's elections
09:30 Break
Break
09:30 - 10:00
10:00 Plenary
Plenary
10:00 - 10:30
Contributions

10:00 Preliminary Baseline Design - Module Assembly & Testing - Bradford Benson (Fermilab; University of Chicago)
10:30 Plenary
Plenary
10:30 - 11:00
Contributions

10:30 Preliminary Baseline Design - Sites - Amy Bender (Argonne National Laboratory; KICP) Kam Arnold (UC San Diego)
11:00 Plenary
Plenary
11:00 - 11:30
Contributions

11:00 Preliminary Baseline Design Validation: Technical to Measurement - Reijo Keskitalo (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & UC Berkeley)
11:30 Plenary
Plenary
11:30 - 11:45
Contributions

11:30 Preliminary Baseline Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Light Relics - Christian Reichardt (University of Melbourne) Cynthia Trendafilova (Southern Methodist University;) Marilena Loverde (Stony Brook University;)
11:45 Plenary
Plenary
11:45 - 12:00
Contributions

11:45 Preliminary Baseline Design Validation: Measurement to Science - Transients - Nathan Whitehorn (Michigan State University;)
12:00 Break
Break
12:00 - 12:30
12:30 Parallel
Parallel
12:30 - 14:00
Contributions

12:30 Introduction - Christian Reichardt (University of Melbourne) Marilena Loverde (Stony Brook University;)

12:34 Forecasting framework for Neff - Srinivasan Raghunathan (UC Los Angeles;)

12:44 Systematic studies: Foregrounds - Benjamin Wallisch (UC San Diego & Institute for Advanced Study)

12:52 Systematic studies: Beam effects - Daniel Grin (Haverford) Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine (University of New Mexico)

13:00 Systematic studies: non-linear lensing biases - Colin Hill (Columbia)

13:05 Tools: joint ϕ-delensed-E bandpower estimation - Marius Millea (Berkeley)

13:10 Discussion of the Neff case

13:45 Review of PBDR text
Parallel
Parallel
12:30 - 14:00
Contributions

12:30 Transients from ACT - Kevin Huffenberger (Florida State University)

12:50 Transients from SPT - Sam Guns

13:10 Theory - Tarranah Eftekhari

13:30 Discussion
Parallel
Parallel
12:30 - 14:00
Contributions

12:30 Systematics - BICEP/Keck perspective - Colin Bischoff (University of Cincinnati)

12:45 Hardware model maturity - Sara Simon (Fermilab)

13:00 Systematics - ACT perspective - Sigurd Naess (Center for Computational Astrophysics)

13:15 Systematics - Simons Array perspective - Yuji Chinone (University of Tokyo)

13:45 Systematics - SPT perspective - Tom Crawford (University of Chicago;KICP)
Parallel
Parallel
12:30 - 14:00
Contributions

12:30 Module Design and Assembly - Adam Anderson (Fermilab;) Greg Derylo (Fermilab)

13:00 Testing and Testbeds - Bradford Benson (Fermilab; University of Chicago)

13:30 Interfaces Wafers and Horn Arrays - Sara Simon (Fermilab)
Parallel
Parallel
12:30 - 14:00
Contributions

12:30 Chile Site: Layout & Power - Kam Arnold (UC San Diego)

13:00 South Pole Site: Layout - Amy Bender (Argonne National Laboratory; KICP)

13:10 South Pole Site: SAT tower & blue buildings - Erik Nichols (University of Chicago; Remote Science Services LLC)

13:20 South Pole Site: SPLAT High bay - Nick Emerson (University of Arizona)

13:30 LAT/SAT Calibration Infrastructure Requirements & Strategy - Johanna Nagy (Washington University St. Louis;McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences) Kirit Karkare (University of Chicago, Fermilab)

13:45 Commissioning Targets - John Ruhl (Case Western Reserve University;)
14:00 Poster/Demo Session in Gather.Town
Poster/Demo Session in Gather.Town
14:00 - 16:00
https://gather.town/app/j2Ozbwz01WxI9YKH/CMB-S4

16:30 Public Outreach Event
Public Outreach Event
16:30 - 17:30
Instrumentation Night with Johanna Nagy & John Ruhl https://cwru.zoom.us/j/98167644862?pwd=SkhPMDlINGJQQWRYcEhrRnl6WFZ0Zz09 Passcode: 955185 In conjunction with The Institute for the Science of Origins at Case Western University and Astronomy on Tap Champaign.
Friday, 12 March 2021

07:00 Pre-Meeting Coffee in Gather.Town & Networking with European colleagues in the Career Room - Link At Top Of Page
Pre-Meeting Coffee in Gather.Town & Networking with European colleagues in the Career Room - Link At Top Of Page
07:00 - 08:00
08:00 Plenary
Plenary
08:00 - 08:15
Contributions

08:00 Report Back - Module Assembly & Testing - Bradford Benson (Fermilab; University of Chicago)
08:15 Plenary
Plenary
08:15 - 08:30
Contributions

08:15 Report Back - Sites - Amy Bender (Argonne National Laboratory; KICP) Kam Arnold (UC San Diego)
08:30 Plenary
Plenary
08:30 - 08:45
Contributions

08:30 Report Back - DV/M2S Transients - Joaquin Vieira (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;)
08:45 Plenary
Plenary
08:45 - 09:00
Contributions

08:45 Report Back - DV/M2S Light Relics - Christian Reichardt (University of Melbourne) Marilena Loverde (Stony Brook University;)
09:00 Plenary
Plenary
09:00 - 09:15
Contributions

09:00 Report Back - DV/T2M - Reijo Keskitalo (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & UC Berkeley)
09:20 Education & Public Outreach Overview - Colin Bischoff (University of Cincinnati) Juliet Crowell (University of Chicago;)
Education & Public Outreach Overview
- Colin Bischoff (University of Cincinnati)
- Juliet Crowell (University of Chicago;)
09:20 - 09:30
09:30 Break
Break
09:30 - 10:00
10:00 Education & Public Outreach Round Table - Kasey Wagoner (Princeton University;) Rebecca Thompson (Fermilab) Juliet Crowell (University of Chicago;) Colin Bischoff (University of Cincinnati) Adam Anderson (Fermilab;) Kevin Huffenberger (Florida State University)
Education & Public Outreach Round Table
- Kasey Wagoner (Princeton University;)
- Rebecca Thompson (Fermilab)
- Juliet Crowell (University of Chicago;)
- Colin Bischoff (University of Cincinnati)
- Adam Anderson (Fermilab;)
- Kevin Huffenberger (Florida State University)
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 Education & Public Outreach Parallel - Juliet Crowell (University of Chicago;) Colin Bischoff (University of Cincinnati)
Education & Public Outreach Parallel
- Juliet Crowell (University of Chicago;)
- Colin Bischoff (University of Cincinnati)
10:30 - 12:00
External Collaboration Committee Parallel - Lloyd Knox (UC Davis) Simone Ferraro (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Rachel Bean (Cornell University;)
External Collaboration Committee Parallel
- Lloyd Knox (UC Davis)
- Simone Ferraro (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
- Rachel Bean (Cornell University;)
10:30 - 11:15
Junior Members' Closed Session - Zhilei Xu (MIT)
Junior Members' Closed Session
- Zhilei Xu (MIT)
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Career Panel (hosted by Junior Scientist Advancement Committee) - Darcy Barron (University of New Mexico)
Career Panel (hosted by Junior Scientist Advancement Committee)
- Darcy Barron (University of New Mexico)
11:00 - 12:00
Join us on Gather.Town for an event highlighting career options for physics and astrophysics PhDs. https://gather.town/app/j2Ozbwz01WxI9YKH/CMB-S4 Panelists include: Tahlia DeMaio - Product Expert at Hex Technologies Dan Grin - Faculty at Haverford College since 2016 Zigmund Kermish - Senior Data Scientist at Spotify (PhD with POLARBEAR) Ben Schmitt - current CMB postdoc at Harvard, former European Energy Security Advisor, IEEE science and technology policy fellow at US Dept of State Amy Trangsrud - Systems engineer at JPL (PhD with SPIDER) Joaquin Vieira - Faculty at UIUC since 2013, PI of TIM (NASA balloon mission)
12:00 Break
Break
12:00 - 12:30
12:30 Radio Frequency Interference - Scott Paine (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian;)
Radio Frequency Interference
- Scott Paine (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian;)
12:30 - 12:45
12:45 Fireslides 2
Fireslides 2
12:45 - 13:00
13:00 Town Hall & Close-Out - Julian Borrill (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & UC Berkeley) John Carlstrom (University of Chicago;Argonne National Laboratory)
Town Hall & Close-Out
- Julian Borrill (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & UC Berkeley)
- John Carlstrom (University of Chicago;Argonne National Laboratory)
13:00 - 13:30
13:30 Social Event in Gather.Town
Social Event in Gather.Town
13:30 - 15:30
Join us for 2 hours of fun and games in gather.town to unwind after a long week. https://gather.town/app/j2Ozbwz01WxI9YKH/CMB-S4