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Please note that workshop times are given in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04).

Monday - May 2, 2011

Arrival, registration, dinner, and opening reception. The cafeteria opens for dinner at 5:00pm. An opening reception is scheduled to begin at 7pm local time. For those of you arriving before the dinner or reception, please feel free to explore the Observatory. You may walk down the road to the telescopes if you are looking for some exercise. There will be a walking map of the site included with your registration materials. You can also visit the Science Center and check out the interactive science exhibits and take one of the free public tours.

Tuesday - May 3, 2011 - Focus: Data Understanding

Time Focus Activity Location
7:30am   breakfast cafeteria
8:00am   continued registration and lightning talk sign-ups Jansky Auditorium lobby
8:30am   workshop welcome & overview by Dr. Karen O'Neil Jansky Auditorium
8:45am current and future challenges (science perspective) science keynote by Dr. Joseph Lazio Jansky Auditorium
9:45am current and future challenges (science perspective) panel-guided group discussion with Michael Wise (leader), Andrew Connolly & Joseph Lazio Jansky Auditorium
10:30am   break and lightning talk sign-ups Jansky Auditorium lobby
11:00am data understanding invited science talk by Dr. Andrew Connolly Jansky Auditorium
11:45am data understanding invited technology talk by Dr. David Pugmire Jansky Auditorium
12:30pm   lunch and demos cafeteria (lunch) & Jansky Auditorium (demos)
2:00pm data understanding - data mining and knowledge extraction

lightning talks (10 minutes total per talk)

 Jansky Auditorium
2:45pm data understanding - data mining and knowledge extraction panel-guided group discussion with Sergiu Sanielevici (leader) & Amy Kimball Jansky Auditorium
3:30pm   break and lightning talk sign-ups Jansky Auditorium lobby
4:00pm data understanding - visualization analytics

lightning talks (10 minutes total per talk)

 Jansky Auditorium
4:45pm data understanding - visualization analytics panel-guided group discussion with David Pugmire (leader) & Jeff Kern Jansky Auditorium
5:30pm   dinner cafeteria
6:30pm   dessert, drinks, and poster viewing Science Center
7:30pm NSF Vision and Goals for astronomical data intensive computing over the next decade
  • Dr. James Ulvestad, Division Director for Astronomical Sciences
  • Dr. Robert Pennington, Program Officer for the Office of Cyberinfrastructure
  • Dr. Nigel Sharp, Program Manager for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
 Science Center Auditorium

Wednesday - May 4, 2011 - Focus: Data Processing

Time Focus Activity Location
7:30am   breakfast cafeteria
8:45am current and future challenges (technology perspective) technology keynote by Dr. Alex Szalay Jansky Auditorium
9:45am current and future challenges (technology perspective) panel-guide discussion with Reagon Moore (leader), Ercan Kamber & Alex Szalay Jansky Auditorium
10:30am   break and lightning talk sign-ups Jansky Auditorium lobby
11:00am data processing invited technology talk by Dr. Bruce Berriman Jansky Auditorium
11:45am data processing invited science talk by Dr. Jill Tarter Jansky Auditorium
12:30pm   lunch and GBT bus tour cafeteria (lunch) & tour leaves from cafeteria at 1pm
2:00pm data processing - multi-core & data parallel approaches

lightning talks (10 minutes total per talk)

 Jansky Auditorium
2:45pm data processing - multi-core & data parallel approaches panel-guided discussion with Nigel Sharp (leader) & Cliff Woolley Jansky Auditorium
3:30pm   break and lightning talk sign-ups Jansky Auditorium lobby
4:00pm data processing - pipelines & data organization lightning talks (10 minutes total per talk) Jansky Auditorium
4:45pm data processing - pipelines & data organization panel-guided group discussion with Mike Folk (leader), Anastasia Alexov & Cameron Kiddle Jansky Auditorium
5:30pm   dinner cafeteria
6:30pm   dessert, drinks, and poster viewing Science Center
7:30pm industry showcase for partnership and collaboration Dr. Bruce Elmegreen, IBM, Dr. Cliff Woolley, NVIDIA & Dr. Ercan Kamber, RAID Science Center Auditorium

Thursday - May 5, 2011 - Focus: Data Management

Time Focus Activity Location
7:30am   breakfast cafeteria
9:00am data management invited science talk by Dr. Robert Hanisch Jansky Auditorium
9:45am data management invited technology talk by Dr. Michael Wise Jansky Auditorium
10:30am data management panel-guided group discussion with Robert Hanisch (leader) & Chris Mattmann Jansky Auditorium
11:15am   break and lightning talk sign-ups Jansky Auditorium lobby
11:45am data management

lightning talks (10 minutes total per talk)

 Jansky Auditorium
12:30pm   lunch and demos cafeteria (lunch) & Jansky Auditorium (demos)
2:00pm moving forward & next steps summary of workshop Jansky Auditorium
3:30pm   break Jansky Auditorium lobby
4:00pm moving forward & next steps open discussion Jansky Auditorium
6:00pm   barbeque featuring The Elk River Ramblers Science Center

Friday - May 6, 2011

Time Activity Location
8:00am breakfast cafeteria
9:00am Site and Green Bank Telescope tour tours leave from cafeteria
12:00pm lunch cafeteria