Tentative Workshop Schedule

Thursday, June 5th

  • 2:00pm: Collisionless HIgh-beta Magnetized Experiment Researching Astrophysical Systems (CHIMERAS) Overview

  • 2:15pm: Discussion on Overview

  • 2:25pm: Progress report: Proposed parameters (10 mins presentation, 10 mins initial discussion)

  • 2:45pm: Progress report: Diagnostics (10 mins presentation, 10 mins initial discussion)

  • 3:05pm: Progress report: The necessity of a source/target geometry (10 mins presentation, 10 mins initial discussion)

  • 3:25pm: Progress report: Results from the first source-target simulations (5 mins presentation, 5 mins discussion)

  • 3:35pm: Coffee Break

  • 4:00pm: How can Machine Learning and Uncertainty Quantification advance CHIMERAS science? (10 mins intro, 35 mins discussion)

  • 4:45pm: Focused Discussion: Diagnostics

  • 6:15pm: Workshop Dinner at Oliverios

Friday, June 6th

  • 8:30am: Bagel and Muffin Breakfast

  • 9:00am: Friday Welcome: Code of conduct reminder

  • 9:05am: Focused Discussion: Machine Size and Shape

  • 10:30am: Coffee Break

  • 11:00am: Focused Discussion: Cost Estimates: What physical items do we need to build CHIMERAS and what is the approximate cost of each? Approximately where in the project timeline should we plan to acquire each item?

  • 12:30pm: Lunch Break

  • 2:00pm: Focused Discussion: Project Planning Timeline, Proposal Strategy, and Outlook

  • 3:45pm: Coffee Break

  • 4:15pm: Individual pitches: meeting participants are invited to give a brief (No more than 5 minutes, 1-3 slide) pitch on a science problem, machine design, or diagnostic idea for CHIMERAS. Each pitch will be followed by 10 minutes of group discussion.

  • 5:50pm: Closing Announcements