Telecon20230921

LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Town Hall Telecon - Thursday, 21 Sep 2023 @ 16:00 UTC, 09:00 US Pacific

Telecon time: 09:00 US Pacific / 11:00 US Central / 12:00 US Eastern / 18:00 Central Europe

The call will be one hour long.

Topic: OpenLVKEM Town Hall
Time: Sep 21, 2023 11:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting: https://wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/j/96460338524?pwd=dTJUTWJ3QnVoSnhYRnQ3U3NSeDlnQT09
Meeting ID: 964 6033 8524
Passcode: 027400

Announcements and introduction
- From Iair Arcavi: The next Gravitational Wave Physics and Astronomy Workshop (GWPAW) will be held in Tel Aviv, Israel, on May 27-31, 2024. [https://www.gwpaw2024.space/] [Poster]
- Request a slot at an upcoming meeting
LVK updates
- Updates on LIGO [https://dcc.ligo.org/LIGO-G2301988/public]. There is a problem with access to this file that we are getting fixed.
- Update from KAGRA [KAGRA update - OpenLVKEM, Sep. 21, 2023.pdf]
- Update from low-latency working group [https://dcc.ligo.org/LIGO-G2301986/public]. There is a problem with access to this file that we are getting fixed.
Discussion
- Proposal to migrate OpenLVKEM wiki & forum to a community supported venue: SCiMMA is willing to do this.
- Proposal to establish a scientific organizing committee (~3-5 members) responsible for scheduling meetings, managing the agenda, maintaining the wiki.
Future items:
- SCiMMA presentations on kafka alert systems.
- Discussion of early-warning expectations in O4.
- Interpreting alert information.
- other?