Workshops

Spring 2018

Applications in the Natural Sciences and Physical Systems

Feb 26, 2018 to Mar 2, 2018

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Click on the titles of individual talks for abstract, slides and archived video.

Monday, February 26th, 2018
9:00 am–9:20 am		Coffee and Check-In
9:20 am–9:30 am		Opening Remarks
9:30 am–10:30 am		Alert Streams in the LSST Era: Challenges and Opportunities Eric Bellm, Astronomy, University of Washington
10:30 am–11:00 am		Break
11:00 am–12:00 pm		Machine Learning for Time-Domain Astrophysics Josh Bloom, Astronomy, UC Berkeley
12:00 pm–1:30 pm		Lunch
1:30 pm–2:30 pm		Gravitational-Wave Astronomy with Advanced LIGO: Detections, Implications, and Future Prospects Alessandra Corsi, Physics & Astronomy, Texas Tech University
2:30 pm–3:00 pm		Break
3:00 pm–4:00 pm		Real-Time Response to Understand Our Dynamic Sky Mansi Kasliwal, Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology
4:00 pm–5:00 pm		Reception

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018
9:00 am–9:30 am		Coffee and Check-In
9:30 am–10:30 am		Towards Real-Time Detection and Tracking of Spatio-Temporal Features: Blob-Filaments in Fusion Plasma John Wu, Scientific Data Management Research, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
10:30 am–11:00 am		Break
11:00 am–12:00 pm		SPOT Suite: Scalable, Autonomous Data Management and Scientific Workflows for X-Ray Light Sources Craig Tull, Physics & X-Ray Science Computing, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
12:00 pm–1:30 pm		Lunch
1:30 pm–2:30 pm		Data Analytics for Free Electron Lasers Amedeo Perazzo, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2:30 pm–3:00 pm		Break
3:00 pm–4:00 pm		Quantum Pattern Recognition in High Energy Physics Illya Shapoval, Physics & X-Ray Science Computing, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Wednesday, February 28th, 2018
9:00 am–9:30 am		Coffee and Check-In
9:30 am–10:30 pm		"Real-time” Decisions at LHC Experiments: Discussion Points on How to Make the Most of a Data Firehose Caterina Doglioni, Physics, Lund University
10:30 am–11:00 am		Break
11:00 am–12:00 pm		Accelerating Data Collection and Processing at the Large Hadron Collider Benjamin Nachman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Simons Institute
12:00 pm–1:30 pm		Lunch
1:30 pm–2:30 pm		The NOAA Warn-on-Forecast Program: Meeting the Real-Time Requirements of Thunderstorm-Scale Ensemble Model Prediction Corey Potvin, Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, NOAA National Severe Storms Lab
2:30 pm–3:00 pm		Break
3:00 pm–4:00 pm		Optimizing Robot Action for and around People Anca Dragan, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, UC Berkeley

Thursday, March 1st, 2018
9:00 am–9:30 am		Coffee and Check-In
9:30 am–10:30 am		High Performance Computing Solutions for Real-World Transportation Systems Understanding Jane MacFarlane, Energy Technologies, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and UC Berkeley
10:30 am–11:00 am		Break
11:00 am–12:00 pm		Incentives and Games in Large Scale Mobility Alexandre Bayen, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley
12:00 pm–1:30 pm		Lunch
1:30 pm–2:30 pm		The Challenge of Accurate, Fast Multi-Scale, Multi-Physics Simulations Hans Johansen, Applied Numerical Algorithms, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
2:30 pm–3:00 pm		Break
3:00 pm–4:00 pm		Designing Astronomical Projects for Real-Time Discovery, Operational Efficiency, and Statistical Re-Use of Legacy Data David Hogg, Physics, New York University

Friday, March 2nd, 2018
9:00 am–9:30 am		Coffee and Check-In
9:30 am–10:30 am		The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) Armin Rest, Physics, Harvard University
10:30 am–11:00 am		Break
11:00 am–12:00 pm		Tsunami Forecast: Connecting Science with Warning Operations Vasily Titov, Ocean Environment Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
12:00 pm–1:30 pm		Lunch
1:30 pm–2:30 pm		Astro Survey Spinoffs: Leveraging Big Data for Discovery Science Hakeem Oluseyi, Physics and Space Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology
2:30 pm–3:00 pm		Break
3:00 pm–4:00 pm		Automating Data Collection for Functional Genomics Sarah Richardson, Microbyre