PAC

PAC07
18-19 November, 1999
LIGO MIT


I. Agenda

Thursday, November 18
08:00-08:15 Executive Session B. Barish, W. Frazer
08:15-08:30 Welcoming Statement C. Canizares
08:30-08:45 Current Plan - NSF/LIGO
Review of LIGO Status
V. Cook
08:45-10:00 Status of Installation and Commissioning D. Coyne
10:00-10:15 Break  
10:15-10:40 Simulation Status H. Yamamoto
10:40-11:05 LDAS Software Development K. Blackburn
11:05-11:30 LDAS Hardware Status S. Anderson
11:30-22:30 Overview: Status of Data Analysis and Simulation A. Lazzarini
11:45-12:45 Executive Working Lunch [Committee Members]  
12:45-15:15 Review of Proposals to NSF
Short Oral Presentations from Proposing Groups
 
12:45-13:10 Stanford R. Wagoner
13:10-13:35 Caltech T. Prince
13:35-14:00 U of Florida D. Tanner
14:00-14:25 U of Michigan R. Gustafson / K. Riles
14:25-14:50 Louisiana Tech N. Zotov
14:50-15:15 U of Wisconsin, Milwaukee B. Allen
15:15-15:30 Break  
15:30-17:30 Review of Proposals to NSF
Short Oral Presentatiosn from Proposing Groups
 
15:30-15:55 U of Wisconsin, Milwaukee A. Wiseman
15:55-16:20 LSU J. Giaime
16:20-16:45 U of Oregon J. Brau
16:45-17:10 Louisiana Tech Z. Greenwood / K. Johnston
17:10-17:35 Carleton College N. Christensen
17:35-18:05 Caltech R. Drever
18:05-18:30 Closing Statements, day 1 B. Barish, W. Frazer
19:00-21:30 Dinner  
Friday, November 19
08:30-09:00 Executive Session B. Barish, W. Frazer
09:00-10:15 LIGO II Proposal D. Shoemaker, G. Sanders
10:15-10:30 Break  
10:30-11:30 MIT Group Report R. Weiss, D. Shoemaker
11:30-12:30 Tour of MIT LASTI  
12:30-14:00 Lunch  
12:30-13:30 Executive Working Lunch [Committee Members]  
13:30-16:30 Executive Session / Report Writing  



II. Attendees

PAC members

Avery, Paul [U of Florida]
Barish, Barry [Caltech / LIGO]
Brillet, Alain [CNRS / VIRGO]
Domingo, John [Jefferson Lab]
Frazer, William [LBNL]
Hamilton, William [LSU]
Meshkov, Sydney [Caltech / LIGO]
Nash, Thomas [Fermilab]
Sandberg, Vernon [LANL]
Sanders, Gary [Caltech / LIGO]
Saulson, Peter [Syracuse U]
Seiden, Abraham [UC Santa Cruz]
Stebbins, Robin [U of Colorado / JILA]


Invited guests

Allen, Bruce [UWM]
Anderson, Stuart [Caltech]
Blackburn, Kent [Caltech]
Brau, James [U of Oregon]
Canizares, Claude [MIT]
Coles, Mark [LLO]
Collins, Harold [KES]
Cook, Vic [NSF]
Coyne, Dennis [Caltech]
Drever, Ronald [Caltech]
Eisenstein, Robert [NSF]
Finn, Samuel [Penn State]
Fritschel, Peter [MIT]
Giaime, Joseph [LSU]
Greenwood, Zeno [Louisiana Tech]
Gustafson, Richard [U of Michigan]
Johnston, Kathleen [Louisiana Tech]
Lazzarini, Albert [Caltech]
Libbrecht, Ken [Caltech]
Matherny, Otto [LHO]
Mitselmakher, Gena [U of Florida]
Prince, Thomas [Caltech]
Raab, Frederick [LHO]
Riles, Keith [U of Michigan]
Shoemaker, David [MIT]
Tanner, David [U of Florida]
Wagoner, Robert [Stanford]
Weiss, Rainer [MIT]
Wiseman, Alan [UWM]
Whitcomb, Stan [Caltech]
Yamamoto, Hiroaki [Caltech]
Zotov, Natalia [Louisiana Tech]
Zucker, Michael [MIT]


Dinner information

Sidney's Grille
20 Sidney St
Cambridge, MA 02139
617.494.0011



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