Review of Progress Toward the Decadal Survey Vision in New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics
View the Report View Related Press References Astronomy and Astrophysics Midterm Assessment Symposium The Midterm Astronomy and Astrophysics Assessment Committee organized a Science Symposium on December 12, 2015, at the Beckman Center on the campus of the University of California at Irvine. This symposium assessed the progress that has been made on the high-priority science questions and discovery areas identified in the 2010 "New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics" decadal survey report. View the symposium program If you were unable to attend the symposium in person, we invite you to view a professional recording of the proceedings. Statement of Task
The National Research Council shall convene an ad hoc committee to review the responses of NASA's Astrophysics program, NSF's Astronomy program, and DOE's Cosmic Frontiers program (hereafter the Agencies' programs) to previous NRC advice, primarily the 2010 NRC decadal survey, "New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics" (NWNH).
In the context of funding circumstances that are substantially below those assumed in NWNH, the committee's review will include the following tasks:
1. Describe the most significant scientific discoveries, technical advances, and relevant programmatic changes in astronomy and astrophysics over the years since the publication of the decadal survey;
2. Assess how well the Agencies' programs address the strategies, goals, and priorities outlined in the 2010 decadal survey and other relevant NRC reports;
3. Assess the progress toward realizing these strategies, goals, and priorities; and
4. In the context of strategic advice provided for the Agencies' programs by Federal Advisory Committees, and in the context of mid-decade contingencies described in the decadal survey, recommend any actions that could be taken to maximize the science return of the Agencies' programs.
The review should not revisit or alter the scientific priorities or mission recommendations provided in the decadal survey and related NRC reports but may provide guidance on implementation of the recommended science and activities portfolio and on other potential activities in preparation for the next decadal survey.
Meetings Meeting 1:
October 8-10, 2015; Washington, DC
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Meeting 2:
December 12-14, 2015; Irvine, CA (symposium)
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Meeting 3:
January 11-13, 2016; Washington, DC
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Meeting 4
February 26-27, 2016, Washington, DC
View Agenda I View Presentations Committee Members View Bios Jacqueline N. Hewitt (Chair)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Adam S. Burrows
Princeton University
Neil J. Cornish
Montana State University
Andrew W. Howard
University Hawaii-Manoa
Bruce Macintosh
Stanford University
Richard F. Mushotzky
University of Maryland
Angela V. Olinto
University of Chicago
Steven M. Ritz
University of California, Santa Cruz
Alexey Vikhlinin
Harvard-Smithsonian CfA
David H. Weinberg
Ohio State University
Rainer Weiss
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Eric M. Wilcots
University of Wisconsin
Edward L. Wright
University of California, Los Angeles
A. Thomas Young
Lockheed Martin, retired
Staff
David Lang
Senior Program Officer
Katie Daud
Research Associate
Dionna Wise
Program Coordinator
Presentations
*Below is an archive list of presenter names and a link to the slides presented at the committee meeting during open session. We have only included the slides for which the presenter has given consent to post. Presenter names and slides are listed in the order of the agenda.
October 8-9, 2015
Paul Hertz, NASA
Jim Ulvestad, NSF
Kathy Turner, DOE
Meredith Drosback, OSTP-No Slides
Fabio Favata-No Slides
Kazuhisa Mitsuda, JAXA
Neil Gehrels, NASA
Vern Pankonin, NSF
Tuck Stebbins, NASA
Rob Petre, NASA
December 12-14, 2015
Jacqueline Hewitt- View Vimeo Recording Roger Blandford, Stanford University
Rachel Bean, Cornell University - View Vimeo Recording
Xavier Siemens, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Alison Coil, UCSD - View Vimeo Recording
Megan Donahue, Michigan State University
Roger Chevalier, University of Virginia - View Vimeo Recording
Lars Bildsten, UCSD
Michael Shull, University of Colorado, Boulder - View Vimeo Recording
Julianne Dalcanton, University of Washington
Lee Hartmann, University of Michigan - View Vimeo Recording
Scott Gaudi, Ohio State University
Jeremy Kasdin, Princeton
Pat McCarthy, GMTO
Steve Kahn, Stanford University
Ed Stone, Caltech
Gary Sanders, MIT
David Williams, UCSC
Karsten Danzmann, Max Planck Institute
Grace Hu, OMB - No Slides
JD Kundu, OMB - No Slides
January 11-13, 2016
Jim Ulvestad, NSF
Kathy Turner, DOE
Paul Hertz, NASA
February 26. 2016
Jim Ulvestad, NSF
Kathy Turner, DOE
Paul Hertz, NASA
* No slides indicates that the presenter did not utilize slides during their presentation. * Permission pending indicates that the presenter has not given us consent to publish the slides they presented at the meeting. *Written materials submitted to a study committee by external sources are listed in the project's public access file and can be made available to the public upon request via the Academies Public Access Records Office.
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