Program
The workshop meetings will be held on September 3, 2015 in the Kersten Physics Teaching Center (KPTC) and the Laboratory for Astrophysics and Space Research (LASR) at the University of Chicago.

Program [PDF]

September 3, 2015 - Thursday
9:00 AM - 9:30 AMBreakfast
KPTC Lounge (206)
 Science & Infrastructure Talks Part 1Chair: Nan LiKPTC 120
9:30 AM - 9:35 AMJosh Frieman, Chicago/Fermilab
Welcome
9:35 AM - 9:50 AMStephen M Kent, Fermilab
Reddening Law in the DES Survey Footprint
9:50 AM - 10:05 AMEric Morganson, NCSA
Examining Outer Milky Way Structures with PS1 and DES
10:05 AM - 10:20 AMAmanda Pagul, University of Chicago
Counts in Cells: Constraining Galaxy Statistics
10:20 AM - 10:35 AMZoheyr Doctor, UC
Search for Kilonovae in DES Supernovae Fields
10:35 AM - 10:50 AMDiscussion Buffer
10:50 AM - 11:05 AMCoffee Break
KPTC Lounge (206)
 Science & Infrastructure Talks Part 2Chair: Alex Drlica-WagnerKPTC 120
11:05 AM - 11:20 AMSamuel Flender, ANL
Measurements of the kSZ using DES + SPT
11:20 AM - 11:35 AMThomas Diehl, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Results of a Search for Strong Gravitational Lenses in SVA1 and Y1A1 using ''Blue Near Anything''
11:35 AM - 11:50 AMMichael Gladders, UChicago
Thoughts on Strong Lensing from Sloan
11:50 AM - 12:05 PMNan Li, KICP & Argonne
Simulations of Cluster Scale Strong lensing
12:05 PM - 12:15 PMDiscussion Buffer
12:15 PM - 1:00 PMLunch
KPTC Lounge (206)
 Afternoon sessionChair: Lindsey BleemKPTC 120
Hacks in KPTC + LASR
1:00 PM - 1:15 PMFelipe Menanteau, NCSA, University of Illinois
DES Data Access
1:15 PM - 1:35 PMRavi Gupta, ANL
DES at Adler After Dark (with Brian Nord)
1:35 PM - 3:00 PMHack Session: Open Room
1:35 PM - 3:30 PMCarrasco Kind Matias, NCSA
Hack Session: DES data access + Data Quality (with K. Bechtol & A. Drlica-Wagner)
1:35 PM - 3:00 PMBrian Nord, Fermilab
Hack Session: DES outreach
1:35 PM - 3:00 PMDaniel Scolnic, KICP
Hack Session: DES Calibration
3:00 PM - 3:15 PMCoffee Break
KPTC Lounge (206)
3:15 PM - 3:30 PMHack Review
3:30 PM - 3:45 PMJosh Frieman, Chicago/Fermilab
DES Projections
3:45 PM - 4:30 PMGroup brainstorming: New ideas + Discussion of papers to be completed in next year