Major Objectives for 2015
Catsim:
Update data sets: bright stars, new galfast, (new galaxies?)
Complete the uncertainty functionality in postions/fluxes
Demonstrate we can ingest arbitrary data sets
Complete the CCD pixel prediction
PCA and speed optimization
Variability rework
Images:
Complete integration of galsim with catalogs (sky background - from opsim, rotation angle of telescope)
Parallelization of galsim
Validation of the PSF classes
Investigate sensor effects for galsim
Site:
Complete the new sky model - add twilight (forward prediction model)
integrate with catsim/opsim
add cloud (this is an open question of how to implement cloud)
OpSim:
Complete the filter change (april 7th)
Reference run to Zeljko (Monday)
Complete refactoring to modular design (development path)
-- DDS eval (Michael)
-- extract scheduler
-- modularize the scheduler (constraints specification)
-- Telescope model will be the initial design (one model for opsim and T&S)
-- simple scheduler information (ajc)
Prep for workshop
Rolling cadence Tier 2s (+others?)+
Cloud hosting (ajc) for TIer 1's
SRD metrics (email out the srd/science list and which have defined constraints)
Temporal constraint
CatSim and Sky model
Scott
- New interface for opsim outputs (sqlite + new db format)
- Validation on phosim/catsim SED normalization & magnitudes
- Use new interface to implement realistic (sky background) noise in GalSim
- Refactor photometry code in catsim (make sure vectorized)
- Implement realistic noise in photometry mixin
- Rework variability model & interaction with catsim
Peter:
- Review ESO papers and out current data. Present plan for sky model (1 wk)
- Review Opsim data structure needs for full-sky calculations (1 wk)
- Develop modules to output SED for each sky component (moon, upper atm, lower atm, etc) (4 wk)
- Compare SED models to all-sky camera observations. (1 wk)
MAF/Performance
Peter
- Refactor plotting and driver (2 wk)
- Paper hack (1 wk)
- Tucson March meeting (1 wk)
Lynne
- Solar System Metrics (1 month)
- Work with Peter on refactor plotting & driver & database
- Paper hack (1 week + )
- Tucson March meeting (1 wk)
- Prepare 10 minute talk with Simon for DESC meeting (1-2 days)
- SRD and community metrics with Cathy & Zeljko (2 weeks)
- Rerunning tier 1 with v3.2.1 code
- New reference run
- Push LSE-190 (requirements document)
- Rolling cadence testing and improvements
- Tier 2 runs
- Create solar system proposals (SS Deep drilling, perhaps NEO sweet spot)
- Sensitivity analysis for changing parameters and balancing proposals (with Cathy)
- MAF replacing SSTAR
- New reference run
- Parameter management process (moving to pex config)
- Refactoring review & start refactoring process
- Create telemetry streams
- Extend WFD proposal to arbitrary number of visits (instead of just pairs)
Andy -
- Docker with Opsim etc
- Scheduling workshop -- March 16-20 in Tucson.
Alerts
Darko & Veljko
- communication with comet to do independent testing of format
- testing of speed and comparison of different protocols
- publishing code in sims/DM format
- installing ESPER and testing communication with alertsim
- generating cutouts (phosim/galsim??)
- inclusion any new developement in variable star/galaxy class (i.e. SN...) if feasible..