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LSST:UK All-Hands Meeting (Cardiff, 13-15 May 2019) Registration deadline: Monday, 6 May at 16:00

The LSST:UK Consortium is holding an all-hands meeting in Cardiff from 13-15 May and wishes to invite all those interested in UK involvement in LSST to attend. This meeting is open to all, not just those who have been involved in LSST:UK to date.

This meeting takes place at an important point for LSST and for LSST:UK. Telescope construction is nearing a successful conclusion in Chile and the Project is now starting to focus on plans for Commissioning and models for survey operations, while, in the UK, the STFC-funded LSST:UK Science Centre (LUSC) project is reaching the end of its Phase A (“Development”) and starting Phase B (“Commissioning”).

Invited speakers will review progress from LUSC Phase A and plans for Phase B, and there will be a number of contributed talks given by members of the wider LSST:UK community who participate in the international LSST Science Collaborations.

With the start of LSST Commissioning now less than 18 months away, this is a very good time for all those interested in LSST to gather and discuss preparation for the start of LSST survey operations in 2022.

Further details of the meeting can be found at
https://lsst-k.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HOME/pages/650215429/LSST+UK+All+Hands+Meeting+Cardiff+13th+15th+May+2019, including links to the registration page and provisional programme.

Bob Mann and Stephen Smartt
(LSST:UK Project Leader and Project Scientist)

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STFC Food Network+ Annual Meeting – Registration Deadline this Friday

We’re excited to be planning our second Annual Meeting, on 28th and 29th June in Sheffield. It’s great to see so many people already registered.

This meeting will be focussed around the projects we funded in the first funding round, and with plenty of time for small group and 1:1 discussion between talks in the hope of stimulating new project ideas ahead of the future funding rounds. We also cleared the schedule for the second afternoon to allow time for “unconference” (spontaneously scheduled according to interest) group activities and/or discussions you would like to have with existing or potential collaborators.

Our deadline for registrations is the end of the day this Friday (15th June) so if you’d like to join us please make sure you register by this time in order to secure your place.

The event will be held at Inox in the Students Union Building – you can find directions to this through our registration page along with details of our current draft agenda.

If you would like to stay overnight then you may wish to book into one of the following hotels that have been recommended to us – these are all within a 20minute walk/5minute taxi ride of the venue and have free parking for residents*

• Halifax Hall Hotel (£65BB)
• Jonas Hotel (£55BB)
• Student Accommodation (£40RO)

*if you require parking at the Jonas Hotel please let me know and I will email a temporary permit to you

With thanks and best wishes,

Alison Fletcher l Project Manager & Network Coordinator
C39, Sackville Street Building l School of Physics and Astronomy & School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering l The University of Manchester l Manchester l M1 3WE
alison.fletcher@manchester.ac.uk

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Nuclear Security Science Network (NuSec) Technical Workshop

Algorithms for Autonomous Decision Making in Nuclear Security
Nuclear Security Science Network (NuSec) Technical Workshop
Monday 18 September 2017
Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE

The scope of this NuSec technical workshop includes Algorithms for Automated Decision Making, the Interpretation and Analysis of Complex Multiple Data Streams, and the Practical Implementation of Decision Making Systems in the Context of Border Protection and Other Scenarios.

The workshop will consist of technical presentations in the morning and smaller interactive round-table discussions in the afternoon.

The afternoon session will focus on two key areas for improving the use of algorithms in nuclear security: What Algorithms Emerging from Today’s Research Could Provide Benefit to Nuclear Security Applications? and How Can We Provide the Data Required for the Application and Testing of These Algorithms?

The workshop will also include Poster Presentations from our Summer 2017 Research Pilot Projects and details of our on-going NuSec and External Funding Opportunities.
There be plenty of time for networking opportunities with fellow Academic, Industrial and Government colleagues.

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