Sunday, October 20, 2024
Time | Event |
|---|---|
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. | Welcome get-together (Open to Catalyst Fellows only; Tim Sacco will provide location) |
Monday, October 21, 2024
All events on Monday Oct 21 are schedule to be held in Norris University Center at Northwestern University, unless otherwise noted. Map to Norris
Time | Event |
|---|---|
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Breakfast & Registration – Norris 2nd Floor |
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Plenary 1 – Louis Room (Zoom) Introductions, Andrew Sturner LSST-DA Catalyst Ecosystem, Jeno Sokoloski Rubin Update, Beth Willman |
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Coffee |
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Plenary 2 – Louis Room (Zoom) LINCC Frameworks analysis tools for LSST, Jeremy Kubica The NSF-Simons SkAI Institute in the era of LSST, Vicky Kalogera |
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Breakout Sessions 1 1a. Career coaching for Catalyst Fellows – Lake Room (Zoom) 1b. Mentoring Committee meetings for Catalyst Fellows – Northwestern Room (Zoom link emailed to Fellow Committees) 1c. Networking activity for all others – Louis Room (not available remotely) |
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Breakout Sessions 2 2a. Career coaching for Catalyst Fellows – Lake Room (Zoom) 2b. Mentoring Committee meetings for Catalyst Fellows – Northwestern Room (Zoom link emailed to Fellow Committees) 2c. Networking activity for all others – Louis Room (not available remotely) |
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Coffee |
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Plenary 3 – Louis Room (Zoom) Catalyst Fellow Talks: -Aarya Patil -Christopher Carroll, “Updates from Eastern Washington” -Arrykrishna Mootoovaloo -Tiffany Nichols, “Noisy Debris: Legal and Social Interventions to Mitigate Noise and Interference in Astronomy and Astrophysics” -Tansu Daylan, “Dark Matter Substructure in Gravitational Strong Lenses” -Carrie Holt, “Preparing for Solar System Science with Rubin” |
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Plenary 4 – Louis Room (Zoom) Catalyst Participant Survey |
6:30 p.m. | Informal Evening Reception with DSFP Fellows, at Five & Dime Restaurant |
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
All events on Tuesday Oct 22 are schedule to be held in Norris University Center at Northwestern University, unless otherwise noted. Map to Norris
Time | Event |
|---|---|
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast & Registration; Catalyst Steering Committee Meeting |
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Plenary 5 – Louis Room (Zoom) Day 2 Welcome, Andrew Sturner Senior Soc Sci Team Talks: Lois Trautvetter and Erin Leahey Catalyst Fellow Talks: -Somayeh Khakpash -Azalee Bostroem, “Hydrogen-rich Supernovae in the Ultraviolet” -Xiaolong Li -Shreya Anand, “Discovering rare transients with LSST” |
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Coffee |
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Plenary Session 6 – Louis Room (Zoom) Catalyst Fellow Talks: -Tim Sacco -Charlotte Olsen, “Using galaxies in LSST to explore the nature of the cosmic web — from undergrad to the edge of the observable universe” -Aritra Ghosh, “Harnessing Machine Learning to Probe Galaxy Evolution in the Rubin Era” Symposium Wrap Up and Discussion |
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch |
1:00 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. | Breakout Session 3 3a. Mentor training for Catalyst Mentors, Alex Malz and Igor Andreoni – Lake Room (Zoom) 3b. Science Communication workshop, Heather Barnes / Improv@Work – Wildcat Room (not available remotely) 3c. Structured networking activity – Louis Lobby (not available remotely) |
4:00 p.m. | Bus to Chicago departs The Graduate Evanston Hotel (Map) |
5:15 p.m. | Boarding begins for dinner cruise with Chicago’s First Lady Cruises, Map: 112 E Wacker Dr.; SE corner of Michigan Ave bridge |
5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. | Dinner Cruise on Chicago’s First Lady, with an architecture tour along Chicago River and Lake Michigan |
8:30 p.m. | Return bus to Evanston |
9:00 p.m. | Bus arrives at Graduate Hotel Evanston |
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 | Hack Day
All events on Wednesday Oct 23 are schedule to be held in CIERA at Northwestern University, unless otherwise noted. Map to CIERA
Time | Event |
|---|---|
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Bagels and Coffee – 8th Floor Cafe, CIERA |
9:00 a.m. | Introduction to Hack Day, Code of Conduct – 7600 Conference Room, CIERA |
9:20 a.m. | Review of Submitted Pitches |
10:00 a.m. | Formation of hack groups, and the start of hacking |
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch will be available, but no formal break time will be enforced |
4:00 p.m. | Presentations begin – 7600 Conference Room, CIERA |
5:00 p.m. | End of Hack Day |