Name: ARA Collaboration Meeting
Start: 2015-07-22T08:00:00-05:00
End: 2015-07-24T14:00:00-05:00
Location: 222 W. Washington Ave., Rm. 5117, 53703

ARA Collaboration Meeting

from Wednesday, July 22, 2015 (8:00 AM) to Friday, July 24, 2015 (2:00 PM)

Monday, July 20, 2015
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Supernova conference room
Contributions

9:00 AM NSF & Overall Status - Albrecht Karle (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)

9:20 AM Japanese project status - Keiichi Mase (o=chiba,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)

9:40 AM Taiwan status (will be over lunch via phone) - Pisin Chen

9:41 AM General discussion
10:00 AM testbed, GRB, ara2/3, ICRC, Others
testbed, GRB, ara2/3, ICRC, Others
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Contributions

10:00 AM TestBed Analysis

10:10 AM GRB Analysis - Carl Pfendner (Ohio State University)

10:20 AM ARA2-3 - Thomas Meures (o=ulb,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)

10:30 AM ICRC papers/talks

10:45 AM Other upcoming conferences
11:00 AM Surface Antennas and ARA2+
Surface Antennas and ARA2+
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Supernova conference room
Contributions

11:00 AM Surface antennas - David Besson (KU)

11:30 AM ARA2+ analysis - Carl Pfendner (Ohio State University)
12:00 PM Taiwan Status Report and Discussion on future papers / proposals
Taiwan Status Report and Discussion on future papers / proposals
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Supernova conference room
Contributions

12:00 PM Taiwan status report - Pisin Chen
1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Supernova conference room
Contributions

1:00 PM Operations - Aongus Ó Murchadha (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

1:20 PM Reconstruction framework - Christian Bora

1:40 PM Discussion of future plans, especially s/w - Ryan Nichol (UCL)
2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Supernova conference room
Contributions

2:00 PM Calibration overview - Kara Hoffman (o=umd,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)

2:15 PM Antenna calibrations - Keiichi Mase (o=chiba,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)

2:30 PM Optical system calibration - Keiichi Mase (o=chiba,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)

2:45 PM Discussion and future plans
3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Supernova conference room
Contributions

3:00 PM ARA Sim - Carl Pfendner (Ohio State University)

3:20 PM ARA Sim QC - Brian Clark (The Ohio State University)

3:40 PM Air shower sensitivity in ice - Ryan Caulfield

3:50 PM Discussion and future plans
4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Supernova conference room
Contributions

4:00 PM Splines - John Kelley (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)

4:15 PM Radiosplines - Ming-Yuan Lu (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)

4:30 PM Deep pulser - Bob Morse (IceCube 222)

4:45 PM Discussions
7:00 PM Dinner
Dinner
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Room: 10 N Livingston Street
Thursday, July 23, 2015
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Supernova conference room
Contributions

9:00 AM ARA1 repair - Michael DuVernois (University of Wisconsin--Madison)

9:20 AM Improvements & discussion

9:40 AM We'll move something from the afternoon h/w session
10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Supernova conference room
Contributions

10:00 AM Hardware status & related items - Patrick Allison (Ohio State University)

10:20 AM Discussion & near term plans
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Supernova conference room
Contributions

11:00 AM Support landscape - Jim Haugen (University of Wisconsin--Madison)

11:10 AM What are we going to deploy?

11:40 AM Make schedule & deliberables
12:00 PM Discussion on Pole Plans
Discussion on Pole Plans
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Supernova conference room
Contributions

12:00 PM Discussion of Pole Plans
1:00 PM Ideas, Digitizers, Antennas
Ideas, Digitizers, Antennas
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Supernova conference room
Contributions

1:00 PM DRS4, call in from Israel

1:01 PM ARAcalTA - Keiichi Mase (o=chiba,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)

1:16 PM Interferometry (delay to Friday) - Abigail Vieregg (o=research,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)

1:31 PM Timing array - Perry Sandstrom (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)

1:46 PM Bipolar triggering - Kevin Kirchhoff
2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Supernova conference room
Contributions

2:00 PM Reconstruction - Andrew Shultz (University of Nebraska - Lincoln)

2:20 PM Triggering - Ming-Yuan Lu (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)

2:40 PM Discussion
3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Supernova conference room
Contributions

3:00 PM ARA hot water drill - Terry Benson (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)

3:20 PM Smaller drill options (RAM etc.)

3:30 PM Discussion
4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Supernova conference room
Contributions

4:00 PM Hello from Abby/Chicago - Abigail Vieregg (o=research,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)

4:10 PM Hello from Stephanie/Cal State - Stephanie Wissel (California Polytechnic State University)

4:20 PM Collaboration procedures etc.

4:40 PM Next collaboration meeting
Friday, July 24, 2015
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Supernova conference room
Contributions

9:00 AM Schedule & deliverables

9:30 AM To do list
10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Supernova conference room
Contributions

10:00 AM New proposals/sources of funding

10:20 AM Money needs & availability

10:40 AM R&D contributions/efforts
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Supernova conference room
Contributions

11:00 AM What add-ons do we want?

11:20 AM Design/trade studies

11:40 AM Last call for discussions

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