A new virtual speaker series, led by Dr. Donald Figer from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), will be dedicated to the advancement of detectors for a broad range of applications, including astrophysics, biomedical imaging, Earth system science, solar energy, and quantum information. The objectives of this series are to enable future national capabilities by disseminating knowledge, increasing interdisciplinary opportunities, enhancing interactions between academia, industry, and government, and providing student and professional training opportunities.
A multi-institutional committee of technology and discipline experts will select speakers based upon their ability to deliver material that supports the objectives of the series, especially the ability to connect experts from a broad range of fields. The talks will be delivered to audiences around the country through a streaming audio/video facility, and they will also be recorded and archived for later public use. The talks will be given twice per month, with RIT hosting one, and the speaker?s home institution hosting the other. All archived talks will be accessible through a simple browser interface. Funding for this activity is being provided by NSF?s Division of Astronomical Sciences through its Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation program.
," a year-long program dedicated to the advancement of UV/O/IR detectors. The objective of the workshop is to enable future detector capabilities by disseminating knowledge, increasing interdisciplinary opportunities, enhancing interactions between academia, industry, and government, and providing student and professional training opportunities. There was a particular emphasis on informing the scientific community of potential detector developments in the next ten years for next-generation observing platforms. The workshop included avenues for brainstorming by all participants. An organizing committee selected speakers who delivered material to support the objective of the workshop, especially those with the ability to present the most promising detector technology developments. A subset of invitations were reserved specifically for talks that primarily present grand challenges and breakthroughs. The talks were given once per month, alternating between RIT and the speaker’s home institution. The talks were delivered to audiences around the world through RIT’s Adobe Connect streaming audio/video facility, and they are now available in a video archive on the DVW web site for public use. Talks were advertised through community newsletters and email exploders. The objectives of the Detector Virtual Workshop are to: a) produce a summary report that describes the grand challenges, potential breakthroughs, and the most promising detector technologies for astronomy over the next ten years b) enable future scientific breakthroughs through better understanding of detectors c) disseminate knowledge of new detector concepts, existing detector performance, and detector applications d) increase interdisciplinary opportunities e) train undergraduate and graduate students f) connect students with potential future employers g) increase interactions between academia, industry, and government
