Following the Photons
Astronomical Simulations for Instruments & Telescopes
10-12th October 2011, Royal Observatory Edinburgh
Programme
PDF files of the speakers' presentations will be linked, when available, from the titles listed in the programme below.
| Monday 10th October | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | Registration | |
| 11:00 | Welcome and introduction | Prof. Gillian Wright |
| Session 1 - Good Grounding (Chair: ) | ||
| 11:10 | Simulations for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope [PDF/55.5 MB] | Andrew Connolly (Washington) |
| 12:00 | The Design Reference Mission of the European Extremely Large Telescope [PDF/33.5 MB] | Joe Liske (ESO) |
| 12:30 | Spectro-Perfectionsism in SDSS-III [PDF/4.06 MB] | Adam Bolton (Utah) |
| 12:50 | Lunch | |
| 13:50 | Configuring the Pan-STARRS optics - from simulations to operational control system [PPT/10.5 MB] | Nick Kaiser (Hawaii) |
| 14:10 | AAO Fibre Instrument Data Simulator [PPT/6.15 MB] | Michael Goodwin (AAO) |
| 14:30 | Data simulations for the Atacama Large (sub) Millimeter Array [PDF/9.83 MB] | Remy Indebetouw (Virginia) |
| 15:00 | The ALMA Observation Support Tool [PPT/5.2 MB] | Adam Avison (Manchester) |
| 15:20 | Tea & Coffee | |
| 15:50 | Flexure Analysis with the X-shooter Physical Model [PPT/9.37 MB] | Paul Bristow (ESO) |
| 16:10 | Poster presentations | |
| Improving IFU observing efficiency by a factor of 2-4 [PDF/3.12 MB] | Ryan Houghton | |
| Strategic Theory for JWST [PDF/1.86 MB] | Marcel Haas | |
| NIRCam Simulator [PDF/0.26 MB] | Christopher Willmer | |
| 16:30 | Discussion [PPT/0.29 MB] | Chaired by Nick Kaiser |
| 17:00 | Close for the day | |
| Tuesday 11th October | ||
| Session 2 - Space Savers (Chair: ) | ||
| 09:30 | Gaia, the universe in 3D: an overview of the mission [PDF/7.54 MB] | Xavier Luri (Barcelona) |
| 10:20 | End to End simulations for space missions: the case of the EUCLID spectrograph [PDF/2.29 MB] | Bianca Garilli (Milan/Marseille) |
| 10:50 | Tea & Coffee | |
| 11:20 | Imaging simulations for the Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) for the James Webb Space Telescope [PPTX/2.87 MB] | Rene Gastaud (Saclay) |
| 11:50 | A flexible and reusable detector simulator for the Mid Infrared Instrument of the James Web Space Telescope [PPT/6.16 MB] | Steven Beard (UK ATC) |
| 12:10 | Simulating MIRI data with the Multi Object Simulator (MoSim) [PPTX/0.70 MB] | Owen Littlejohns (Leicester) |
| 12:30 | Workshop photo followed by lunch | |
| 13:30 | Instrument simulations for the Herschel mission and their impact on survey design [PPTX/36.7 MB] | Bruce Sibthorpe (UK ATC) |
| 14:00 | Discussion [PPT/0.38 MB] | Chaired by Richard Massey |
| Session 3 - Adding Atmosphere (Chair: ) | ||
| 14:20 | Characterisation and simulation of atmospheric seeing [PDF/4.99 MB] | Richard Wilson (Durham) |
| 14:50 | Measures of shear measurement accuracy [PPTX/10.3 MB] | Richard Massay (IfA) |
| 15:10 | Preparing for Some Extreme Weather [PDF/4.67 MB] | Phil Marshall (Oxford) |
| 15:30 | Tea & Coffee | |
| 16:00 | Real-time Adaptive Optics simulations and results for E-ELT EAGLE and other instruments [PDF/1.63 MB] | Alistair Basden (Durham) |
| 16:20 | Discussion | Chaired by Simon Morris |
| 16:50 | Close for the day | |
| 19:00 | Pre-conference drinks reception | St Leonards Hall |
| 19:30 | Conference Dinner | |
| Wednesday 12th October | ||
| Session 4 - Improving Interpretation (Chair: ) | ||
| 09:30 | Using simulations to commission algorithms and pipelines [PDF/16.5 MB] | Robert Lupton (Princeton) |
| 10:20 | Not satisfied with your processed data? Dont be irate, simulate! [PDF/6.65 MB] | Pierre Chanial (Saclay) |
| 10:40 | Characterising charge - transfer efficiency losses for HST-ACS [PPT/2.93 MB] | Jay Anderson (STScI) |
| 11:00 | Tea & Coffee | |
| 11:30 | Radiation damage on Gaia CCDs, Modelling to mitigate the threat [PDF/4.8 MB] | Thibaut Prodhomme (Leiden) |
| 11:50 | Discussion/Summary [PPTX/31.6 MB] | |
| 12:20 | Closing remarks | |
| 12:30 | Lunch | |
| 12:30 | Tours of the Royal Observatory Edinburgh and the Crawford Collection | Sign up at registration desk |
Poster Session
Observing galaxy formation models with HST and JWST - Marcel Haas Space Telescope Science Institute
Simulating charge transfer in radiation damaged Charge Coupled Devices - David Hall the Open University
Simulating the Near Infrared Camera for JWST - Christopher Willmer Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
E-ELT: First MASS- DIMM measurements at Aklim site in the Anti Atlas Moroccan - Mohammed SABIL Université Cadi Ayyad(FSSM)
A Laboratory Test-Bed for Spectral and Spatial Interferometry - Roser Juanola-Parramon, University College London
Space Born Intensity Interferometry - Nicolas Clarke, University College London
Wednesday 14:00 - 17:00 Training Session for Students
On the Wednesday afternoon we are running a short workshop by Dr. Hermine Schnetler. This will use methods from the ‘Theory of Inventive Problem Solving’ to design part of an astronomical instrument, to illustrate how we can be more creative and innovative on demand. This is primarily aimed at students and early-stage researchers, but is open to all.
Pre-registration is essential, if interested, please email workshop2011@roe.ac.uk
The ROE conference is supported by the UK Astronomy Technology Centre and the Institute for Astronomy of the University of Edinburgh.