Final Announcement
2011 Sagan Exoplanet Summer Workshop
Exploring Exoplanets with Microlensing
July 25-29, 2011
New Location! Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall, 101 Guggenheim,
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA Hosted by the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute
2011 Summer Workshop Attendees
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Click on the following for more information:
| Agenda | Registration | Hands-on Sessions |
| Financial Aid | Local Information | Talk Submission Info |
| Participants | Important Dates | Organizing Committees |
Agenda
Click here for the final workshop agenda.
Click here for the POP schedule and posted presentations.
Hands-on Sessions
Hands-on Sessions during the workshop will be led by microlensing experts and will introduce attendees to data reduction and modeling techniques. These sessions will take place in the Lees Kubota lecture hall with attendees working in small groups. Attendees will need to bring a laptop with x11, ssh, and FTP to participate in these sessions. We will provide temporary IDL licenses for those who need it.
Information for each hands-on session and the required software can be found on the following links:
- Software Installation Manual: information for installing the software needed to participate in the hands-on sessions during the workshop. Please install this software before the first hands-on session; there is not time during the workshop to complete this.
- #1 Mon PM: Extracting Parameters from a Planetary Microlensing Event Without a Computer
- #2 Tues PM: DIA Data Reduction and Generation of Light Curves from a Survey/Follow-up Dataset
- The following Software Manuals are for Hands-on Sessions #3, #4, and #5 - prepared by Subo Dong and Jan Skowron; this software will be on the computers located at IPAC that we'll be using during the workshop. It will be available for you to take with you at the workshop conclusion.
- Tutorial for Modeling Sessions: setting up the fitting programs for the hands-on sessions
- ulens mcmc Manual: software to help with fitting a microlensing model to an observed light curve
- ulens binary light curve Manual: graphical tool for studying the light curve of binary microlensing events
- ulens binary images Manual: graphical tool for studying the image configuration in binary-lens microlensing
- Modeling Session Home Page
- #3 Tues PM: Fitting a Single Lens Model to the Data with Least Square and MCMC
- #4 Thurs PM: Generating a Planetary Microlensing Light Curve Model with the Combination of Point Source and Finite Source Calculations
- #5 Thurs PM: Modeling a Planetary Microlensing Light Curve with Approximately Known Initial Parameters with MCMC
Registration - click to register
- Early On-line Registration (Feb. 4 - June 7, 2011): $250
- Late On-line Registration (June 8 - July 8, 2011): $300 now extended to July 13!
- On-site Registration: $350
- Extra Ticket for Wednesday morning tour to history of science exhibit at the Huntington Library: $40 (includes breakfast, admission, guided tour, and transportation)
- Extra Ticket for Thursday evening workshop banquet at Porto Alegre: $48
Registration Fee includes:
- opening reception
- conference attendance and materials
- transportation between the hotels and Caltech on workshop dates
- light breakfast each day of the workshop
- box lunches on Monday and Friday (and Wednesday for tour participants only)
- light snacks and drinks during morning and afternoon breaks each day of the workshop
- 1 ticket to attend workshop tour on Wednesday morning (extra tickets available for purchase)
- 1 ticket to attend workshop dinner on Thursday (extra tickets available for purchase)
Participants
Click here for the list of registered workshop participants.
Financial Support
Attendees may apply for limited financial support to attend the workshop. The application was due March 4, 2011 and decisions were announced by March 25, 2011. If you are awarded travel and/or lodging support for the workshop, you must abide by all rules in the travel guidelines and stay at the Pasadena Sheraton.
Local Information
Click here for lots of useful information on the workshop venue, workshop hotels, workshop events and much more! (Read this page to make your workshop week easier!)
Talk Submission Link
July 1, 2011: deadline for POP and poster submissions by workshop attendees.
July 15, 2011: deadline for talk submissions by workshop speakers.
Workshop speakers and registered attendees may submit their presentations online (link will made live in June). Workshop attendees may submit two kinds of presentations: POPs and electronic posters, submitted separately. Both are intended to spark discussion throughout the week.
Research POPs are short (2 minute) presentations that will be presented on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday during the workshop. The file should contain no more than 2 slides. The POP schedule will be published roughly two weeks before the workshop.
Electronic posters will be shown throughout the workshop on a 42-inch flat screen in the lobby outside the lecture hall as well as inside the lecture hall during breaks and lunch. The file should contain one slide (which can be taken from your POP presentation or prepared separately). For best display of the electronic posters, please submit them as PDF files, in landscape format with a ~16:9 aspect ratio and a display resolution of at least 1280 x 960. We encourage you to include a picture of yourself in your electronic poster so that other attendees who are interested in your work can find you.
Important Dates
- December 2010: First announcement
- February 4, 2011: On-line Registration and Financial Support application period open
- March 4, 2011: Financial Support application due
- March 25, 2011: Financial Support decisions announced
- early June, 2011: Talk/POP/Poster submission page on-line
- June 7, 2011: Early Registration Fee deadline
- June 22, 2011: Hotel Registration deadline to be eligible for group rate
- July 1, 2011: POP/Poster Submission deadline
- July 8, 2011: On-line Registration closed; final agenda posted - now extended to July 13!
- July 15, 2011: Talk Submission by workshop speakers deadline
- July 24, 2011: Sagan Exoplanet Summer Workshop Opening Reception
- July 25-29, 2011: 2011 Sagan Exoplanet Summer Workshop
Click here for information and presentations from previous summer workshops.
Questions? Sagan_Workshop@ipac.caltech.edu