Please join the Research IT Reading Group <https://wikihub.berkeley.edu/display/istrit/Research+IT+Reading+Group> for a discussion with David Schlegel about future astronomical surveys.
*Presenters*: David Schlegel, Senior Scientist, Physics Division, LBNL; and BIDS Senior Fellow <http://bids.berkeley.edu/people/david-schlegel> *When: *Thursday, July 16 from noon - 1pm *Where: *200C Warren Hall, 2195 Hearst St (see building access instructions below). *Event format: *The reading group is a brown bag lunch (bring your own) with a short ~20 min talk followed by ~40 min group discussion. LBNL astrophysicist David Schlegel has argued in one of the readings for our 16 July meeting that *"LSST [the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope] promises to be the largest optical imaging survey of the sky. [And yet, by] almost any measure relative to computers that will be available (thanks to the steady progression of Moore's Law), LSST will be a small data set. LSST will never fill more than 22 hard drives. Individual investigators will be able to maintain their own data copies to analyze as they choose."* Following Dr. Schlegel's presentation, we'll discuss how research data on LSST's projected scale will and should be stored, sampled, copied, transported, and analyzed using current and projected technology capabilities. *Please review the following prior to the July 16th meeting:* === First, the question as to whether future astronomical surveys are “big”: - http://arxiv.org/abs/1203.0591 - https://asaip.psu.edu/forums/lsst-forum/654621109 - http://www.datasciencecentral.com/forum/topics/the-3vs-that-define-big-data Then the question of what we should be doing with these data: - http://arxiv.org/abs/1008.0738 *===* *Warren Hall access:* For those who do not have keycard access to the building, please take the *elevator *to the second floor (stairwell door requires keycard). Before noon, let the receptionist know you're joining the Reading Group in 200C and s/he will let you in and show you the way. *After noon, look for a sign next to the receptionist window* to the right as you exit the elevators. We'll post a note with a phone number that you can call or text, and someone will come out to open the locked doors
