Gstlal F2F – Feb 19th - 25th

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If you have questions please reach out to Leo Tsukada (leo.tsukada@unlv.edu)

Location Details

Robert L. Bigelow Physics Building (BPB)

  • 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas , NV 89154
  • Room number: 217
  • Zoom connection info : TBD

Travel Info:

Fun places in Las Vegas:

Too many

Lodging:

There are lots of hotels near UNLV campus or Strip, which is a short uber/lyft ride from campus.

Hyatt Place Las Vegas

  • 0.6 mi/13 min walk to campus
  • Discount rates: 2 bed room for $159. Limited to 6 reservations only.
    If interested, please reserve a room through the dedicated website.

Serene Vegas Boutique Hotel

  • 0.7 mi/15 min walk to campus

Virgin Hotels Las Vegas

  • 0.8 mi/17 min walk to campus

Alexis Park Resort

  • 0.9 mi/18 min walk to campus
  • Discount rates: 2 bed room for around $105. Limited to 5 reservations only.
    If interested, please researve a room through the dedicated website.

Airbnb

  • There are many Airbnb options near UNLV campus, though the campus area is not the safest
  • Avoid North side of campus

Airports:

LAS (Harry Reid International Airport)

  • Will have to be picked up and/or uber to Strip or UNLV (less than 10 min)
  • Can rent a car if desired.

Tentative Schedule:

Every morning: coffee & tea

Wendesday Feb. 19: O4b operation & GWTC4/offline filtering retrospective

Location: BPB 217

9:00 - 9:30am: Coffee, tea

9:30 - 10am : Introductions. Discuss goals for the week (All)

10 - 11am : O4b online ops retrospective: all sky, EW, SSM (Shomik, Amanda, Victoria?)

11 - 11:30am : computing retrospective (Cort)

12:00 - 1:30pm Lunch

1:30 - 2pm : GWTC4 retrospective (Leo)

2 - 2:30pm : offline filtering retrospective - R&P injection (Prat?, Cody?, Amanda?)

2:30 - 3pm : offline filtering retrospective - IMBH (Debnandini)

3 - 3:30pm : offline filtering retrospective - SSM (Shio, Victoria)

Evening:

Thursday: O4c and GWTC5 planning

ROOM 217 (by 3:30, colloquium will take place from 3:30)

9:00 - 9:30am: Coffee, tea

9:30 - 12pm : O4c-b / commissioning break planning, come up with the timeline (All) Add to talk: To burn-in or not to burn-in (Zach, all)

12:00 - 1:30pm Lunch

1:30 - 5pm : GWTC5 planning, come up with the timeline (All)

Evening:

Friday Feb. 21: Future Roadmap & Miscellaneous Projects

ROOM 217 (morning only)

9:00 - 9:30am: Coffee, tea

9:30 - 10:30 am : SGNL (aka new greg) update

10: 30 - 11:30am : Discussion on potential SGNL deployment for O4c-b (after commissioning break)

11:30 - 12:00 pm : wish-list for sgnl in O5, task assignment

12:00 - 1:30pm Lunch Move to room 249

1:30 - 2:00pm : Targeted search for BNS using location information of counterpart (Noah)

2:00 - 2:30pm : Multi-Messenger Prospects from Compact Binary Mergers in the Next Decade (Urja)

2:30 - 3:00pm : Rapid-PE RIFT update (Caitlin)

3:00-3:30pm : Proposal for a Low-Latency Early Warning Mock Data Challenge (Amanda)

3:30-4pm: PSD investigation update (Zach)

(4:00 - 4:15 pm: Cosmology mass model update (Shio))

Evening: social dinner

Monday Feb. 24: Hackathon 1

Location: BPB 217

9:00 - 9:30am coffee & tea

12:00 - 1:30pm Lunch

Evening:

Tuesday Feb. 25: Hackathon 2

Location: BPB 217

9:00 - 9:30am coffee & tea

12:00 - 1:30pm Lunch

Evening: