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External Collaboration Committee Kickoff

Lloyd Knox, Rachel Bean, Simone Ferraro

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The External Collaborators Committee

ECC Leadership

Knox

Bean

Ferraro

What is the External Collaborations Committee?

  • Mandated in bylaws
  • Just created two weeks ago
  • Raison d’etre: provide the necessary link to external follow-up observations or survey data that are required to maximize the science return from CMB-S4.
  • Near-term goal: facilitate science forecasting that requires external collaboration (e.g., with LSST), and that could impact CMB-S4 design.

We are looking to the Science Council to establish priorities for such forecasting projects, and to take the lead on planning any such forecasting exercises. We will then work with external collaborations to develop any necessary publication agreements and resource-sharing agreements.

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We expect our membership to expand, to include people with strong links to simulation and forecasting activities in external collaborations.

ECC Parallel Session is 10:30 am to 11:15 am Pacific

We will discuss potential forecasting projects and their prioritization and challenges to their execution -- in particular looking for challenges that can be solved with coordination with external collaborations. We expect with similar efforts in SO, so we can learn from their experience and avoid duplication of effort.

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Process today

  1. listing of ideas for forecasting that might require external collaboration. (~15 minutes)
  2. discussion of prioritization (~15 minutes)
  3. identification of next steps (~15 minutes)

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Notes