Livingston Observatory Host:
Mark Coles (coles_m@ligo-la.caltech.edu)
Gerry Stapfer (stapfer_g@ligo-la.caltech.edu)
LSC Conference Administration:
Jennifer Holder (phone 617-253-4824; holder@ligo.mit.edu)
Bonnie Wascom (phone 225-686-3100; bonnie@ligo-la.caltech.edu)
Note: If anyone attending the conference needs to be contacted during the meeting, please call Bonnie Wascom, LIGO Livingston Site Administrator at 225-933-0339.
REGISTRATION
The conference fee is $140.
Please submit this form in order to register for the conference.
Payment Procedure:
You may pay in advance. Please email or telephone Bonnie Wascom
at the Livingston Observatory (see above) to register and pay in advance by
credit card. If you wish to pay in advance by check, please send a check, made
out to LIGO, to
Bonnie Wascom
LIGO Livingston
19100 LIGO Lane
Livingston, Louisiana 70754
All forms of payment will be accepted at the on-site registration between the hours of 8:00am and 9:00am, Wednesday March 14th.
AGENDA
| DATES AND TIMES: | ||
| Mar 14 | Wednesday | 8:00 - 17:00 |
| Mar 15 | Thursday | 9:00 - 17:00 |
| Mar 16 | Friday | 8:00 - 17:00 |
| Mar 17 | Saturday | 8:30 - 16:00 |
| WEDNESDAY March 14 | ||
| 08:00 | Registration | |
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**** Plenary meeting ****
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| 08:30 | Organization and announcements | |
| 08:45 | State of the LIGO Project | Gary Sanders |
| 09:15 | State of the Collaboration and plans for the meeting | Rainer Weiss |
| 09:35 | State of LSC data analysis activities and software | Alan Wiseman |
| 10:00 | Fermi Lab LSC membership | Tom Nash |
| 10:15 | Break/snack | |
| 10:30 | Planning for Advanced LIGO | David Shoemaker Dennis Coyne |
| 11:00 | Concepts for cryogenic LIGO | Riccardo DeSalvo |
| 11:20 | Update on the LIGO Data Analysis System (LDAS) | Albert Lazzarini |
| 11:50 | LDAS capabilities | Pat Brady Sam Finn Kent Blackburn |
| 12:15 | Lunch | |
| 13:45 | The view from the NSF | Vic Cook |
| 14:15 | Collaboration with VIRGO | Gary Sanders |
| 14:45 | Proposal for collaborative observations with bar detectors | Bill Hamilton (Preliminary topic and speaker) |
| 15:00 | Implementation of the LSC presentations policy | David Shoemaker Peter Saulson |
| 15:30 | Break/snack | |
| 15:45 | Joint session of detector characterization and upper limit groups | |
| 16:15 | LSC committee meetings | |
| 19:00 | LSC Dinner at White Oak Plantations | |
| THURSDAY March 15 | ||
| 08:00 | Business meeting of the LSC Council | |
| 09:00 | LSC committee meetings | |
| 10:30 | Break/snack | |
| 10:45 | LSC committee meetings | |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:15 | LSC committee meetings | |
| 15:45 | Break/snack | |
| 19:00 | Executive committee supper in Baton Rouge | |
| FRIDAY March 16 | ||
| 08:00 | LSC committee meetings | |
| 09:45 | Break/snack | |
| 10:00 | LSC committee meetings | |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:15 | LSC committee meetings | |
| 14:45 | Break/snack | |
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**** Plenary meeting ****
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| 15:00 | Reports from the LSC committees | |
| 16:45 | Meeting ends | |
| 20:00 | Demonstration of the LDAS at the Livingston Site | |
| SATURDAY March 17 | ||
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**** Plenary meeting of all upper limit groups *****
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NOTE FOLLOWING IS STILL PRELIMINARY
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| 08:30 | Discussion of detector response, noise and data quality | Daniel Sigg StanWhitcomb Rainer Weiss |
| 09:15 | Discussion of common software needs | Alan Wiseman and others |
| 10:00 | Discussion of common computing hardware needs | |
| 10:30 | Break/snack | |
| 10:45 | Separate meetings of the upper limit groups | |
| 12:15 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 | Separate meetings of the upper limit groups | |
| 15:00 | Break | |
| 16:00 | Meeting ends | |
| WORKING / UPPER LIMIT GROUPS | CHAIR(S) |
| Optics | David Reitze |
| Laser | Benno Willke |
| Advanced Interferometer Configurations | Ken Strain |
| Isolation and Suspension Systems | David Shoemaker |
| Astronomical Signatures | Bruce Allen Alan Wiseman |
| Detector Characterization | Keith Riles Daniel Sigg |
| Inspiral Sources | Patrick Brady Gabriela Gonzalez |
| Burst Sources | Sam Finn Peter Saulson |
| Stochastic Sources | Joe Romano Peter Fritschel |
| Periodic Sources | Stuart Anderson Mike Zucker |
Reminder:
In an effort to make talks more readily available to the LSC community, all
presentations must be submitted in PDF, Powerpoint, or Word formats. When posted
on the web, all talks will be in the required PDF format. However, providing
native Powerpoint and Word files is requested to enhance viewing versatility.
Any versions needing conversion on site to PDF may take somewhat longer to post.
There will be LCD projectors and Windows-based computers in every meeting room. You may connect directly to the projector from your laptop or bring your copy on a floppy disk.
It is preferred that an electronic copy of your presentation be sent in advance of the conference to Linda Turner. Her mailing address, email and phone number are:
LIGO Laboratory, MS 18-34
1200 E. California Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91125turner@ligo.caltech.edu
(626)395-3047
The first page of your presentation should have the following information:
Presentation Title
Presenter's Name
Presenter's Institute Affiliation
Date
LSC Session Name
DCC Number
DCC numbers can be obtained either from the LIGO website or by email from Linda.
HOTEL INFORMATION
Hotel reservations for the LSC Convention need to be made ASAP. There is a limited block of rooms with discounted group rates which have been set aside at two of the local hotels in Baton Rouge (I-10 & College Drive area) for the LSC conference.
Hampton Inn ($72 per night) and Radisson Hotel ($99 per night). Both hotels have mostly the same amenities and are located near one another. The Radisson is a little nicer and rooms are reserved on the concierge level which includes evening cocktails and hors d'oeuvre.
Anyone interested in reserving one of these rooms should call:
Hampton Inn @ 225-926-9990
Radisson Hotel @ 225-925-2244
or email Bonnie Wascom (LIGO Livingston Site Administrator) bonnie@ligo-la.caltech.edu.
Be sure to tell the hotel operator that you want one of the rooms set aside
for the LSC!
To reserve a room for you, Bonnie needs the following information:
Your name
A credit card number and type of card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express)
Smoking or non-smoking
One king or two double beds
Length of stay if anything other than for checking in on 13th, check out 17th
GENERAL INFORMATION
Directions:
The conference is being held at the White Oak Plantation in Baton Rouge. The
address is:
White Oak Plantation
17660 George O'Neal Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
The plantation is east of the College Drive area where the Hampton Inn and Radisson are located; it is west of LIGO Livingston.
Get onto Interstate 12.
Exit Interstate 12 at O'Neal Lane (Exit #7) and go south.
Turn left/east onto George O'Neal Road (6th traffic light from I-12).
The plantation is at the end of George O'Neal Road, driveway is on the left/north.
Information about White Oak Plantation is available at http://www.jfolse.com/whiteoak.html.
Maps are available from web sites such as Expedia or Mapquest.
Messages:
If anyone attending the conference needs to be contacted during the meeting,
please call Bonnie Wascom, LIGO Livingston Site Administrator at 225-933-0339.
Weather:
60's or 70's but bring rain gear and a jacket.
Computer Access:
Very limited number of computers for email and laptop connections,
as this is not happening on the Livingston site. Contact Bonnie Wascom for phone
access (for incoming messages or to make phone calls).
LSC Dinner Information:
Wednesday, March 14, 7pm
If you have special dietary needs/concerns about this or any other meals being served, please phone or email Bonnie Wascom.
Executive Committee Dinner:
Thursday, March 15, JUBAN'S Restaurant, 3739 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge
Directions will be given out at registration.
ATTENDEE LIST