Draft face-to-face agenda March 1, 2004

ASAC Meeting, 10-11 May 2004 at Cavendish Laboratory,  Department of Physics, Cambridge, UK


INFORMATION ON ACCOMMODATION and TRAVEL

The Committee 
CHARGE from the ALMA Board

10 May 2004


9:30 am 1. Organization and IPT liaisons (Closed session) (Mundy, Schilke)


9:30 am 2. Project status report (Tarenghi?)

Reading Materials:
ALMA Project Plan v1.0
ALMA Bilateral Agreement


10:30 am Discussion

 

11:00 am Break


11:15 pm 3. Report from Japan (Hasegawa?)


            - ALMA Progress in Japan

            - ACA 
Reading materials:
  ACA Project Book


11:45 pm Discussion


12:00 pm 4. Outreach ( )

        - ALMA/NA Science Workshop, ANASAC

        - ESAC Meeting
        - ALMA science meeting (2004? 5?)

        - ARCs

12:30 pm Lunch


13:30 pm Science IPT Review (Wootten)

13:45 pm
           5. Calibration Requirements and Specifications, Calibration Plan (Charge 2; ?) 

            - review of calibration plan, addressing science loss as a function of the relative and absolute amplitude calibration accuracy of ALMA

            - astronomical source calibration activities that should be started before or during early science operations, whether on other facilities or (when available) ALMA.

            - absolute calibration suggestion from Welch: status of tests

Reading materials
Bryan's Calibration Group Web HQ
Bandpass Calibration Memo (Bacmann and Guilloteau)


14:30 pm Discussion


15:00 pm Break


15:15 pm 6.  Total Power and Phae Stability
 
              - specifications for total power and phase stability for ALMA (Charge 1)

Reading materials

16:00 am Discussion


16:30 pm 7.  Science Software Requirements (Charge 5; Lucas)

 Reading Materials:
Software Science Requirements and Use Cases
 
17:30 pm Discussion

18:00 pm Break for Dinner


11 May 2004

 9:00 am 8.  ALMA System Design Review ()

Reading Materials:
List of Critical Documents

 9:30 am Discussion


 10:00 am 9. Operations (Charge 4; Emerson?)

           
Reading Materials: 

Operations Plan (when available)

10:30 am Discussion


11:00 am Break


11:15 am 10. Early Science in ALMA Operations (Charge 3; ?)
Reading Materials:


11:45 am Discussion of Operations Items


12:00 pm   Discussion


13:00 pm Lunch


14:00 pm 11. Drafting of report (Closed Session)


14:30 pm Discussion


15:30pm 12. Presentation of Findings (All)

 

16:00 pm Adjourn