In this three-day conference, we will celebrate the scientific careers of Michael Strauss and Robert Lupton, and their many contributions to astronomical surveys - scientific breakthroughs, innovations in software and hardware developments, and impacts to the astronomical community and its culture. 

The conference will have a mixture of invited talks, round table and breakout discussions and poster presentations about the past, present and future of astronomical surveys, as well as presentations highlighting Michael and Robert’s careers and their impacts on those of their colleagues and students. 

• On the first day of the conference (June 5), we will focus on highlights and lessons from past surveys, especially SDSS.
   
• On the second day (June 6), we will discuss the progress and results from the current generation surveys, such as HSC, DESI, DES, KIDS and HETDEX. 
   
• On the third day (June 7), we will look into the future surveys, both under construction and being planned, such as LSST, PFS, 4MOST, and MegaMapper (and similar projects). 

Alex Amon
Gary Berstein
Federica Bianco 
Mike Blanton
Jim Bosch
Elisa Chisari
Roohi Dalal
Marc Davis
Jo Dunkley
Xiaohui Fan
Doug Finkbeiner
Jenny Greene
Joe Hennawi
Tod Lauer
Khee-Gan Lee
Yen-Ting Lin
Xin Liu
Robert Lupton
Peter Melchior
Marc Postman
Gordon Richards 
Connie Rockosi
Yue Shen
David Schlegel 
David Spergel
Nadia Zakamska

 

 

 

 

 

More speakers to be announced.
 

Most presentations were recorded and can be found here.

 

All talks will take place in the Peyton Hall Auditorium.

Breakfast will be served each day at 8:30 AM in Peyton Hall, Grand Central.

 

		Speaker	Title
Monday (June 5)
Science Session 1	9:00 - 10:40	Chair: Gordon Richards
		Jim Gunn (25)	Opening remarks/introducing Robert Lupton
		Marc Davis (25)	Introducing Michael Strauss
		David Weinberg (25)	SDSS: from I to V
		Connie Rockosi (25)	SDSS - near and far
Break	10:40 - 11:10
Science Session 2	11:10 - 12:25	Chair: Mike Blanton
		Masahiro Takada (25)	HSC
		Marc Postman (25)	Brightest cluster galaxies: our present understanding and the promising future
		Gary Berstein (25)	A revolution in data quality, not just quantity
Lunch	12:25 - 2:00
Science Session 3	2:00 - 3:25	Chair: Joe Hennawi
		Roohi Dalai (15)	Cosmology from cosmic shear with HSC Year 3 data
		Yue Shen (15)	Quasar black hole masses from reverberation mapping
		Nadia Zakamska (15)	The most powerful quasar-driven galactic winds / quasar science with JWST
		Gordon Richards (15)	Machine learning applied to AGN science
		David Spergel (25)	Life as a foundation president
Break	3:25 - 3:55
Discussion Session 1	3:55 - 5:25		Big projects, lessons learned
		Discussion Leaders: Neta Bahcall, Mike Blanton, Gordon Richards
End of Day 1
Tuesday (June 6)
Science Session 4	9:00 - 10:25	Chair: David Schlegel
		Jenny Greene (25)	Finding active galaxies with JWST+UNCOVER
		Xiaohui Fan (15)	Early JWST view of the most distant quasars and their environments
		Mike Blanton (15)	Imaging analysis techniques, selection effects, and the local population of active galactic nuclei
		Xin Liu (15)	Future facilities for electromagnetic observations of dual and binary AGN
		Joe Hennawi (15)	Reionization and QSO lifetimes from high-z QSO proximity zones. Maybe some fun on type-2 quasars at high-z.
Break	10:25 - 10:55
Science Session 5	10:55 - 12:35	Chair: Peter Melchior
		Tod Lauer (25)	Principal component analysis for fun and profit
		Doug Finkbeiner (15)	Photometry on structured backgrounds (and related topics)
		Neven Caplar (15)	Software for time domain astronomy in the LSST era
		Jim Bosch (15)	Underappreciated challenges in Rubin image processing
		Robert Lupton (30)	You've heard enough from me
Lunch	12:35 - 2:00
Discussion Session 2	2:00 - 3:30		Best practice in data analysis
		Discussion Leaders: Peter Melchior, Doug Finkbeiner, ChangHoon Hahn
Break	3:30 - 4:00
Science Session 6 and Video Messages	4:00 - 5:30	Chair: Yue Shen
		Khee-Gan Lee (15)	Solving the missing baryon problem with fast radio bursts
		Niayesh Afshordi (15)	A tale of sirens and stars
		SeungJung Kim (15)	something about Greek art and archaeology
		Video Messages
Banquet	6:00 - 8:00	Frist Campus Center
End of day 2
Wednesday (June 7)
Science Session 7	9:00 - 10:20	Chair: Doug Finkbeiner
	Peter Melchior	Jo Dunkley (25)	Synergies of CMB with optical surveys
		Elisa Chisari (15)	Modelling intrinsic alignments and their applications
		Yen-Ting Lin (25)	Formation and evolution of Brightest Cluster Galaxies
		David Schlegel (15)	Challenges of multi-object spectroscopy
Break	10:20- 10:50
Science Session 8	10:50 - 12:30	Chair: Elisa Chisari
		Alex Amon (25)	Weak lensing cosmology : hopes and headaches
		Nikhil Padmanabhan (25)	Some new ideas on reconstructing initial conditions
		Federica Bianco (25)	Vera C. Rubin observatory: ushering a new era for time domain astronomy
		Peter Melchior (25)	Rubin, Euclid, and Roman walk into a bar
Lunch	12:30 - 2:00
Discussion Session 3 and Summary	2:00 - 4:00		Future projects
		Discussion Leaders: David Schlegel, Shirley Ho, Michael Strauss
		Michael Strauss	Summary
End of Conference

Scientific Organizing Committee: 
Xiaohui Fan 
Joe Hennawi
David Schlegel
Yue Shen
Jim Annis
Mike Blanton
Elisa Chisari 
Peter Melchior
Gordon Richards
Roohi Dalal
Michael Strauss
Robert Lupton
 

Local Organizing Committee:

Stephanie Reif, [email protected]
Peter Melchior, [email protected]
Mindy Lipman, [email protected]
Roohi Dalal, [email protected]

By Plane:

It is easiest to get to Princeton from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) or Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) and this is what we recommend.  John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and LaGuardia International Airport (LGA) are also relatively nearby but the ground transportation is more difficult and time-consuming.  

Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) is 40 miles north. From Newark Airport, the easiest way to get to Princeton is to take the AirTrain from the terminal to the Newark Airport stop, and change to a southbound NJ Transit Train on the Northeast Corridor line.

Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) is 55 miles south. From Philadelphia International Airport, take the SEPTA Airport Line to 30th Street and transfer to the Trenton Line.  In Trenton, transfer to the NJ Transit Northeast Corridor Line or take A1 Limo (or taxi or Uber) to Princeton.

 

By Train:

From New York and points north

Take NJ Transit via the Northeast Corridor Line from New York Penn Station to Princeton Junction Station. Then transfer to the Princeton shuttle train "The Dinky" to Princeton Station.

If you are traveling from north of New York on Amtrak, you may transfer to NJ Transit in either New York Penn Station or Metropark.  Travel to Princeton Junction Station. Then transfer to the Princeton shuttle train "The Dinky" to Princeton Station.
 

From Philadelphia and points south

If you are starting in Center City, Philadelphia, take the SEPTA Trenton Line to Trenton. If you are starting south of Philadelphia, take Amtrak to Trenton. (There are also a few Northbound Amtrak trains each day that stop at Princeton Junction)

From Trenton, take NJ Transit to Princeton Junction Station. Then transfer to the Princeton shuttle train "The Dinky" to Princeton Station.

 

By Car:

Visitor can park at the Stadium Drive Garage: 

148 Fitzrandolph Rd, Princeton, NJ 08540

Below are directions from the Garage to Peyton Hall.

Turn left out of the parking garage, 0.2 miles
Turn right onto Stadium Drive (between Finney-Campbell Field and Weaver Track Stadium)
Continue 0.3 miles with Princeton Stadium (football) on the left
Peyton Hall will be the first building on your right

Click here to receive a visitor parking permit.

 

 

For directions on traveling around the Princeton Area to Peyton Hall visit our directions page.

 

The Nassau Inn
10 Palmer Square, Princeton

• The Nassau Inn is just a 17 minute, 0.9 miles walk to Peyton Hall.
• Use this link to book a room in the discounted room block
• To reserve via phone call: 609-921-7500, please make sure to reference Booking #27971, to get the discounted rate. 
• Discounted rate of $164 (plus tax) per night will expire on May 4, 2023.

Hyatt Place Princeton
3565 US Highway 1, Princeton

• The Hyatt Place Princeton is 3 miles from campus.  A shuttle will run in the morning to bring attendees to campus and in the evening to bring them back.
• Use this link to book a room in the discounted room block, use "G-SLFP" as the group code, to get the discounted rate. 
• To reserve via phone call: 1-888-492-8847, please make sure to reference "G-SLFP", to get the discounted rate. 
• Discount rate of $139 (plus tax) per night will expire on May 5, 2023.