Agenda
Thursday October 18
08:30 Closed session
09:00 Director's report (45 min, Corder)
09:45 Observatory Scientist report (15 min, Carpenter)
ALMA Science
10:00 Break (15 min)
10:15 Charge 1: ALMA scientific capabilities (60 min, Carpenter)
Status of Extension of Capabilities (EOC)
11:15 Charge 2: ALMA system performance (60 min, Carpenter)
Cycle 5 update
3mm VLBI: Cycle 4 update (not for distribution outside ASAC)
3mm VLBI: Cycle 5 update
1mm VLBI: Cycle 4 update (old presentation from March 2018)
1mm VLBI: current status (not for distribution outside ASAC)
Helpdesk
12:15 lunch break
13:15 closed session (30 min)
13:45 Charge 4: Cycle 6 proposal review process (45 min, Carpenter)
Overview
Cycle 6 proposal statistics
Feedback on Cycle 6 from APRC Chair and Reviewers
Systematics in the proposal rankings: Cycles 0-6
14:30 Charge 6: ALMA development program (60 min, Iono, Testi, Wootten)
Development proposals requiring scientific feedback from ASAC
Additional Representative Images for Legacy (ARI-L) in the ALMA Science Archive
Regional updates
East Asia
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EA Development Report (Iono)
North America
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Overview of NA Development activities (Wootten)
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Current NA Development Projects (Brogan)
Europe
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EU Development Report: LTesti_ASAC_ESO-DEV_Oct2018.pdf
15:30 Break (15 min)
15:45 Charge 5: community issues (30 min, ASAC)
16:15 Update on configuration rotation (30 min, Carpenter)
Revised 2-year and 3 year configuration rotations
Configuration plans (excel; v2 are the revised plans)
16:45 Closed session (45 min)
17:30 End of day
18:30 Dinner: Burtons Grill in Stonefield Plaza (just down the street from the Hyatt Place).
Friday October 19
09:00 Closed session (30 min)
09:30 Ad-hoc Charge 1: Joint ALMA/JWST Science (30 min, ASAC)
10:00 Ad-hoc Charge 2: High frequency (30 min; Carpenter, ASAC)
Recent improvements to high frequency observations
10:30 Break (15 min)
10:45 Ad-hoc Charge 3: Distributed peer review metrics (30 min, Carpenter, ASAC)
Comments on possible metrics
11:15 ASAC open discussion (30 min)
11:45 Closed session
12:15 Lunch Break
13:00 Closed session
15:30 Break
16:00 ASAC exit report
17:00 End of day
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AlWootten - 2018-10-09