ARA Collaboration Meeting

US/Central
Supernova conference room (222 W. Washington Ave., Rm. 5117, 53703)

Supernova conference room

222 W. Washington Ave., Rm. 5117, 53703

222 W. Washington Ave. Suite 500 Madison, WI 53703
Description
The ARA Collaboration Meeting will be in Madison, WI from July 22 to July 24. The meeting will be hosted at the Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) office located on the 5th floor of 222 W. Washington Ave. Fees will be collected Wednesday from attendees not from Madison. We will take cash or credit or debit cards. US$90 if you plan to attend the dinner on Monday night - US$45 if you will not be able to attend.
Participants
  • Albrecht Karle
  • Andrew Laundrie
  • Aongus Ó Murchadha
  • Brian Clark
  • Carl Pfendner
  • Chin-Hao Chen
  • Jim Haugen
  • John Kelley
  • Kael Hanson
  • Kara Hoffman
  • Keiichi Mase
  • Keith Bechtol
  • Kevin Kirchhoff
  • Marybeth Beydler
  • Michael DuVernois
  • Ming Song
  • Ming-Yuan Lu
  • Patrick Allison
  • Romain Gaior
  • Ryan Nichol
  • Stephanie Wissel
  • Thomas Meures
    • 09:00 10:00
      Project Status Supernova conference room

      Supernova conference room

      222 W. Washington Ave., Rm. 5117, 53703

      222 W. Washington Ave. Suite 500 Madison, WI 53703

      meeting will be at 222 W. Washington Ave, 5th floor. Lunch will be provided

      • 09:00
        NSF & Overall Status 20m
        Speaker: Albrecht Karle (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
        Slides
      • 09:20
        Japanese project status 20m
        Speaker: Keiichi Mase (o=chiba,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
      • 09:40
        Taiwan status (will be over lunch via phone) 1m
        Speaker: Pisin Chen
      • 09:41
        General discussion 19m
    • 10:00 11:00
      Paper Status: testbed, GRB, ara2/3, ICRC, Others Supernova at 222, Rm. 5117, 53703

      Supernova at 222, Rm. 5117, 53703

      • 10:00
        TestBed Analysis 10m
      • 10:10
        GRB Analysis 10m
        Speaker: Dr Carl Pfendner (Ohio State University)
        Slides
      • 10:20
        ARA2-3 10m
        Speaker: Thomas Meures (o=ulb,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
        Slides
      • 10:30
        ICRC papers/talks 15m
      • 10:45
        Other upcoming conferences 15m
    • 11:00 12:00
      Other Analysis: Surface Antennas and ARA2+ Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117, 53703)

      Supernova conference room

      222, Rm. 5117, 53703

      • 11:00
        Surface antennas 30m
        Speaker: Mr David Besson (KU)
        Slides
      • 11:30
        ARA2+ analysis 30m
        Speaker: Dr Carl Pfendner (Ohio State University)
        Slides
    • 12:00 13:00
      Working lunch - food will be provided: Taiwan Status Report and Discussion on future papers / proposals Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117, 53703)

      Supernova conference room

      222, Rm. 5117, 53703

      • 12:00
        Taiwan status report 20m
        Speaker: Pisin Chen
        Slides
    • 13:00 14:00
      Operations Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117)

      Supernova conference room

      222, Rm. 5117

      222 W. Washington Ave. Suite 500 Madison, WI 53703
      • 13:00
        Operations 20m
        Speaker: Aongus Ó Murchadha (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
        Slides
      • 13:20
        Reconstruction framework 20m
        Speaker: Christian Bora
        Slides
      • 13:40
        Discussion of future plans, especially s/w 20m
        Speaker: Dr Ryan Nichol (UCL)
        Slides
    • 14:00 15:00
      Calibration Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117)

      Supernova conference room

      222, Rm. 5117

      222 W. Washington Ave. Suite 500 Madison, WI 53703
      • 14:00
        Calibration overview 15m
        Speaker: Prof. Kara Hoffman (o=umd,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
        Slides
      • 14:15
        Antenna calibrations 15m
        Speaker: Keiichi Mase (o=chiba,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
        Slides
      • 14:30
        Optical system calibration 15m
        Speaker: Keiichi Mase (o=chiba,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
        Slides
      • 14:45
        Discussion and future plans 15m
        Slides
    • 15:00 16:00
      ARA-sim Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117)

      Supernova conference room

      222, Rm. 5117

      222 W. Washington Ave. Suite 500 Madison, WI 53703
      • 15:00
        ARA Sim 20m
        Speaker: Dr Carl Pfendner (Ohio State University)
        Slides
      • 15:20
        ARA Sim QC 20m
        Speaker: Mr Brian Clark (The Ohio State University)
        Slides
      • 15:40
        Air shower sensitivity in ice 10m
        Speaker: Ryan Caulfield
        Slides
      • 15:50
        Discussion and future plans 10m
    • 16:00 17:00
      Ice Studies Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117)

      Supernova conference room

      222, Rm. 5117

      222 W. Washington Ave. Suite 500 Madison, WI 53703
      • 16:00
        Splines 15m
        Speaker: John Kelley (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
        Slides
      • 16:15
        Radiosplines 15m
        Speaker: Ming-Yuan Lu (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
        Slides
      • 16:30
        Deep pulser 15m
        Speaker: Bob Morse (IceCube 222)
        Slides
      • 16:45
        Discussions 15m
    • 19:00 20:30
      Dinner 1h 30m 10 N Livingston Street (Sujeo)

      10 N Livingston Street

      Sujeo

      Sujeo
      http://www.sujeomadison.com/
      10 N Livingston Street

    • 09:00 10:00
      Existing stations Supernova conference room

      Supernova conference room

      222 W. Washington Ave., Rm. 5117, 53703

      222 W. Washington Ave. Suite 500 Madison, WI 53703
      • 09:00
        ARA1 repair 20m
        Speaker: Michael DuVernois (University of Wisconsin--Madison)
        Slides
      • 09:20
        Improvements & discussion 20m
        Slides
      • 09:40
        We'll move something from the afternoon h/w session 20m
    • 10:00 11:00
      ARA4 - ARA7 Status and Plans Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117)

      Supernova conference room

      222, Rm. 5117

      222 W. Washington Ave. Suite 500 Madison, WI 53703
      • 10:20
        Discussion & near term plans 40m
    • 11:00 12:00
      2015 & 2016 On-Ice Plans Supernova conference room

      Supernova conference room

      222 W. Washington Ave., Rm. 5117, 53703

      222 W. Washington Ave. Suite 500 Madison, WI 53703
      • 11:00
        Support landscape 10m
        Speaker: Jim Haugen (University of Wisconsin--Madison)
        Slides
      • 11:10
        What are we going to deploy? 30m
        Slides
      • 11:40
        Make schedule & deliberables 20m
    • 12:00 13:00
      Working lunch - food will be provided: Discussion on Pole Plans Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117)

      Supernova conference room

      222, Rm. 5117

      • 12:00
        Discussion of Pole Plans 1h
    • 13:00 14:00
      New Technologies: Ideas, Digitizers, Antennas Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117)

      Supernova conference room

      222, Rm. 5117

      • 13:00
        DRS4, call in from Israel 1m
        Slides
      • 13:01
        ARAcalTA 15m
        Speaker: Keiichi Mase (o=chiba,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
        Slides
      • 13:16
        Interferometry (delay to Friday) 15m
        Speaker: Abigail Vieregg (o=research,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
        Slides
      • 13:31
        Timing array 15m
        Speaker: Mr Perry Sandstrom (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
        Slides
      • 13:46
        Bipolar triggering 14m
        Speaker: Kevin Kirchhoff
        Slides
    • 14:00 15:00
      Trigger & reconstruction Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117)

      Supernova conference room

      222, Rm. 5117

      • 14:00
        Reconstruction 20m
        Speaker: Andrew Shultz (University of Nebraska - Lincoln)
        Slides
      • 14:20
        Triggering 20m
        Speaker: Ming-Yuan Lu (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
        Slides
      • 14:40
        Discussion 20m
    • 15:00 16:00
      ARA Drill Program Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117)

      Supernova conference room

      222, Rm. 5117

      222 W. Washington Ave. Suite 500 Madison, WI 53703
      • 15:00
        ARA hot water drill 20m
        Speaker: Terry Benson (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
        Slides
      • 15:20
        Smaller drill options (RAM etc.) 10m
      • 15:30
        Discussion 30m
    • 16:00 17:00
      Collaboration planning Supernova conference room

      Supernova conference room

      222 W. Washington Ave., Rm. 5117, 53703

      222 W. Washington Ave. Suite 500 Madison, WI 53703
      • 16:00
        Hello from Abby/Chicago 10m
        Speaker: Abigail Vieregg (o=research,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
      • 16:10
        Hello from Stephanie/Cal State 10m
        Speaker: Dr Stephanie Wissel (California Polytechnic State University)
        Slides
      • 16:20
        Collaboration procedures etc. 20m
      • 16:40
        Next collaboration meeting 20m
    • 09:00 10:00
      Schedule & Deliverables Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117, 53703)

      Supernova conference room

      222, Rm. 5117, 53703

      222 W. Washington Ave. Suite 500 Madison, WI 53703
      • 09:00
        Schedule & deliverables 30m
      • 09:30
        To do list 30m
    • 10:00 11:00
      Budget & Proposals Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117)

      Supernova conference room

      222, Rm. 5117

      222 W. Washington Ave. Suite 500 Madison, WI 53703
      • 10:00
        New proposals/sources of funding 20m
      • 10:20
        Money needs & availability 20m
      • 10:40
        R&D contributions/efforts 20m
    • 11:00 12:00
      Any Remaining Business Supernova conference room (222, Rm. 5117)

      Supernova conference room

      222, Rm. 5117

      • 11:00
        What add-ons do we want? 20m
      • 11:20
        Design/trade studies 20m
      • 11:40
        Last call for discussions 20m