Name: LISA Canada Workshop
Start: 2021-04-27T07:45:00-07:00
End: 2021-04-29T11:20:00-07:00
Location: Zoom

LISA Canada Workshop

from Tuesday, April 27, 2021 (7:45 a.m.) to Thursday, April 29, 2021 (11:20 a.m.)

Monday, April 26, 2021
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
7:45 a.m. Welcome
7:45 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
Contributions

7:45 a.m. Welcome - Jess McIver (UBC)
8:00 a.m. LISA Science Overview
8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Contributions

8:00 a.m. LISA Science Overview - Kelly Holley-Bockelmann (Vanderbilt U)
8:45 a.m. LISA Detector Overview
8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Contributions

8:45 a.m. LISA Detector Overview - Linda Mondin (ESA) William Joseph Weber (University of Trento)
9:30 a.m. Break
Break
9:30 a.m. - 9:35 a.m.
9:35 a.m. Panel: LISA in Canada
9:35 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Contributions

9:35 a.m. Panel: LISA in Canada - Huan Yang (Uniersity of Guelph) Jess McIver (UBC) John Ruan (Bishop's University) Martin Hewitson (AEI MPG) Nora Lützgendorf (ESA/STScI)
10:00 a.m. Astrophysics Working Group
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Contributions

10:00 a.m. Astrophysics Working Group - Shane Larson (Northwestern U)
10:30 a.m. Cosmology Working Group
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Contributions

10:30 a.m. Cosmology Working Group - Germano Nardini (Stavanger U) Robert Caldwell (Dartmouth U)
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
8:00 a.m. Data Processing Working Group
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Contributions

8:00 a.m. Data Processing Working Group - Antoine Petiteau (APC Paris) John Baker (NASA Goddard)
8:30 a.m. Data Challenge Working Group
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Contributions

8:30 a.m. Data Challenge Working Group - Nikolaos Karnesis (APC Paris/Aristotle U of Thessaloniki,)
9:00 a.m. Highlights of Canadian Research Related to LISA
9:00 a.m. - 9:25 a.m.
Contributions

9:00 a.m. Highlights of Canadian research relevant to LISA - Parallel A - Evan Goetz (UBC) Kristen Dage (McGill U) Laura Sberna (AEI MPG) Miriam Cabero Müller (UBC) Nicholas Viera (McGill U)

9:00 a.m. Highlights of Canadian research relevant to LISA - Parallel B - Anna Heffernan (U Guelph/U C Dublin) Davide Racco (Perimeter/Stanford) Maxence Corman (Perimeter Institute) Vasil Todorinov (U Lethbridge) Zhen Pan (Perimeter Institute)
9:25 a.m. Break
Break
9:25 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
9:30 a.m. Simulation Working Group
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Contributions

9:30 a.m. Simulation Working Group - Sweta Shah (MPI AEI)
10:00 a.m. Fundamental Physics Working Group
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Contributions

10:00 a.m. Fundamental Physics Working Group - Thomas Hertog (KU Leuven)
10:30 a.m. Waveform Working Group
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Contributions

10:30 a.m. Waveform Working Group - Harald Pfeiffer (AEI MPG)
Thursday, April 29, 2021
8:00 a.m. Overview of the LISA Consortium
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Contributions

8:00 a.m. Overview of the LISA Consortium - Nelson Christensen (ARTEMIS/Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur)
8:30 a.m. LISA Hardware and Opportunities for New Contributions
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Contributions

8:30 a.m. LISA Hardware and Opportunities for New Contributions - Martin Gehler (ESA) Martin Hewitson (AEI MPG)
9:30 a.m. Break
Break
9:30 a.m. - 9:35 a.m.
9:35 a.m. Parallel session discussion: Meet the LISA Leadership
9:35 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Contributions

9:35 a.m. Meet the LISA Leadership Room #1: Prospects for Canadian Contributions to LISA Hardware

9:35 a.m. Meet the LISA Leadership Room #3: Waveforms and Astrophysics

9:35 a.m. Meet the LISA Leadership Room #2: Fundamental Physics and Cosmology

9:35 a.m. Meet the LISA Leadership Room #5: Data Processing and Advocacy/Outreach

9:35 a.m. Meet the LISA Leadership Room #4: LISA Data Challenge and Simulation
10:00 a.m. Advocacy and Outreach Working Group
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Contributions

10:00 a.m. Advocacy and Outreach Working Group - Martin Hendry (U Glasgow)
10:30 a.m. Closeout
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Contributions

10:30 a.m. Closeout