Date:

Time: 13:00 ET 

Link to Video recording

Passcode: R#7s^q6Y

General:

    1. New SSG members



VLASS News:

  1. Observing and data processing status: Amy Kimball and Mark Lacy
    • TBD


  1. Science highlights:
    • New POSSUM paper (synergy with VLASS polarimetry!)



  1. Events:
    • Conferences:
      • Rare GEMS in Big Data (Kate will give a talk)
      • Hotwiring the Transient Universe (Dillon submitted an abstract)
        Greg talking on radio tools
      • SPARCS (Kristina will give a remote talk on VLASS, Pallavi will talk about spectral modeling with radio surveys)
      • HEAD meeting?  (Greg, Kate will be there; Kate will highlight VLASS)
      • CASCA 2024 (TO) - Canadian Astronomical Society
        Greg put in a late abstract on radio surveys
      • AAS 224 - Yjan Gordon organizing an informal meet-up, Brian Kent and Mark Lacy  Jurgen Ott will be at the meeting
      • ML for Astrophysics - ?
      • IAU General Assembly (Mark will present a talk on VLASS in Galaxies & Cosmologies session; )
      • ADASS meeting will be in Malta in November.  Please express what astro/computing topics you would like showcased at the meeting in Malta: https://www.tricider.com/brainstorming/2URcLLLvi4t
      • HEACOSS-24, Yerevan Oct 2024 - ML giving a talk on radio surveys.
      • Tidal disruption events and nuclear transients: Entering the data rich era (https://sites.google.com/view/tdes-crete2024/home?authuser=0) (2-6 Sept., Crete). Charlotte will present on changing-look AGN (including VLASS data).


  • Talk: “VLASS Imaging Update” - Juergen Ott

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VLASS Epoch 4Deadline for co-author contributions is April 22.

    • The proposal will be submitted to Tony Beasley on April 30.



Future meetings: (subject to change; check your email/Slack for updates)

    • SSG: May 13 (tentative) at 1pm EDT / 11am MDT / 17:00 UTC



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Reference material:

  • Terms of reference document: pdf 
  • VLASS Slack workspace and SSG channel (contact Bryan Gaensler)
  • Confluence page
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