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22Jan2016

Friday, January 22, 2016

PROJECT NEWS Para español, vea abajo

S. Kahn, V. Krabbendam, and B. Willman are *not* traveling to Washington, DC, as planned for the January 22nd meeting of the AURA Management Council for LSST (AMCL) due to severe weather.  Instead the meeting will be held via videoconferencing. The AMCL provides financial oversight and advocacy for the management of LSST.

Several members of the Telescope & Site team head to Madrid, Spain next week for a Final Design Review of the Telescope Mount Assembly (TMA) with prime contractor Empresarios Agrupados. 

On Cerro Pachón, Besalco management honored its employees for completing the first year of LSST construction activities on the summit with no serious injuries or job-site accidents.

The first production sensor was received by the Camera team in December and is undergoing testing at SLAC.  Successful completion of this analysis is a Level 2 milestone, tracked at the DOE agency level.

PERSONNEL NOTES

The Project Office is happy to announce the arrival of two new employees, who are onboarding this week.  We welcome Rob Kooper (NCSA) with his expertise in workflows and middleware and Christopher Montgomery, who has joined the LSST Project Office in Tucson as our Training Coordinator.

Employees are invited to attend an LSST Orientation & Onboarding Session on Tuesday, January 26th at 1:30PM in Room 27 in Tucson. This orientation is not intended solely for new employees; it is important that we all share a common understanding of LSST policies, standards, culture, practices, and tools as we continue toward our mutual goal of building the LSST.  Those interested in participating remotely should contact Daniel Calabrese.

UPCOMING MEETINGS with LSST INVOLVEMENT

(those with asterisk* are LSSTC funded):

February 8-10

NSF Status Review, Tucson, AZ

February 22-24

LSST Joint Technical Meeting, Santa Cruz, CA

March 7-11

LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC) meeting, SLAC

March 8-10

2nd Annual US-Chile Education Summit, Chile

April 11-13

LSSTC Board Meeting* in Washington, DC

May 22 – 25

Cross-correlation Spectacular with LSST:  Exploring Synergies Between LSST
and External Datasets to Discover Fundamental Physics
, BNL

May 24-26

XLDB 2016 Conference and Workshop, SLAC

June  6-10

Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy VI*, Carnegie Mellon University

June 12-16

Meeting of the Stars, Milky Way and Local Volume Science Collaboration* at AAS 228, San Diego, CA

June 20-24

LSST@Europe2*, Belgrade, Serbia

June 28-July

SPIE Astronomical Telescopes & Instrumentation, Edinburgh, Scotland

July 18-22

LSST DESC meeting, at Oxford, UK

August 15-19

LSST 2016 Project & Science Workshop, Tucson, AZ


Noticias del Proyecto

S. Kahn, V. Krabbendam y B. Willman *no* viajaran a Washington, DC, como estaba previsto el 22 de Enero para la Reunión del Consejo de Administración de AURA para LSST (AMCL) debido a condiciones climáticas severas.  Por el contrario, la reunión se celebrará a través de videoconferencia.  La AMCL proporciona supervisión financiera y la promoción de la gestión de LSST.

Varios miembros del equipo de telescopio y del sitio van a Madrid, España la próxima semana para una revisión del diseño final del Telescopio Mount Assembly (TMA) con el contratista principal Empresarios Agrupados.

En Cerro Pachón, la gerencia de Besalco rindió homenaje a sus empleados por completar el primer año de  actividades de la construcción de LSST sin graves lesiones o accidentes en el sitio de trabajo.

El primer sensor de producción fue recibido por el equipo de cámara en diciembre y se está probando en SLAC.  La exitosa culminación de este análisis es un hito L2, rastreado al nivel de agencia de DOE.

Notas del personal

La Oficina del Proyecto incorpora esta semana a dos empleados, la. Le damos la bienvenida a Rob Kooper (NCSA) con su experiencia en flujos de trabajo y middleware y Christopher Montgomery, quien se ha unido a la oficina del proyecto LSST en Tucson como nuestro coordinador de capacitación.

Los empleados están invitados a asistir a una sesión de orientación& Integración de LSST el martes, 26 de enero a las 1:30h en la sala 27, en Tucson. Esta orientación no está destinada únicamente para los nuevos empleados; es importante que todos compartamos un entendimiento común de las políticas, normas, cultura, prácticas y herramientas de LSST para continuar hacia nuestro objetivo común de construir LSST. Los interesados en participar deben contactar de forma remota a Daniel Calabrese.

PROXIMAS REUNIONES CON PARTICIPACION DE LSST

(aquellos con asterisco * son financiado por LSSTC):

Febrero 8-10

Revisión de estado de NSF, Tucson, AZ

Febrero 22-24

Reunión técnica conjunta LSST, Santa Cruz, CA

Marzo 7-11

LSST Energía Oscura Ciencia colaboración (DESC) reunión, SLAC

Marzo 8-10

Segundo anual US-Chile Education Summit, Chile

Abril 11-13

Reunión de la Junta LSSTC* en Washington, D.C.

Mayo 22 - 25

Cross-correlation Spectacular with LSST:  Exploring Synergies Between LSST 
and External Datasets to Discover Fundamental Physics
, BNL

Mayo 24-26

XLDB 2016 Conferencia y Taller, SLAC

Junio 6-10

Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy VI*, de la Carnegie Mellon University

Junio 12-16

Reunión de la Stars, Milky Way and Local Volume Science Collaboration* en AAS 228, San Diego, CA.

Junio 20-24

LSST@Europe2*, Belgrado, Serbia

Junio 28 - Julio

SPIE Astronomical Telescopes & Instrumentation, Edimburgo, Escocia

Julio 18-22

Reunión DESC LSST, en Oxford, Reino Unido

Agosto 15-19

LSST 2016 & Science Workshop, Tucson, AZ

 

Financial support for Rubin Observatory comes from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through Cooperative Agreement No. 1258333, the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science under Contract No. DE-AC02-76SF00515, and private funding raised by the LSST Corporation. The NSF-funded Rubin Observatory Project Office for construction was established as an operating center under management of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA).  The DOE-funded effort to build the Rubin Observatory LSST Camera (LSSTCam) is managed by the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC).
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 to promote the progress of science. NSF supports basic research and people to create knowledge that transforms the future.
NSF and DOE will continue to support Rubin Observatory in its Operations phase. They will also provide support for scientific research with LSST data.   




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