NTCO AGM 2017
The first NTCO Annual General Meeting (AGM) and project launch was held at the 番茄社区 (UVic), BC from December 14-15, 2017. Lasting two days, the event was open to all NTCO students, team members, and the UVic community. It featured guest speakers, including some of our industrial partners, and poster presentations of the NTCO students' current research and internship experiences working in industry. During the week leading up to the AGM, NTCO provided professional skills training workshops for students, such as Skills for Employment at Observatories sponsored by UVic’s Astronomy Research Centre (ARC). Thank you to all our students, presenters, and other participants for making the first NTCO AGM a success!
Talks
NTCO AGM 2017 Presenters
| Presenter | Affiliation | Session |
| Rob Lipson | 番茄社区 | Session 1: NTCO Overview & Welcoming Remarks |
| Scot Kleinman | Gemini | Skills for Employment at Observatories (workshop) |
| Luc Simard | Herzberg Astrophysics | Skills for Employment at Observatories (workshop); Session 6:New Instruments/Software |
| Brenda Matthews | Herzberg Astrophysics | Skills for Employment at Observatories (workshop) |
| Bryan Gaensler | Dunlap Institute | Skills for Employment at Observatories (workshop) |
| Kim Venn | 番茄社区 | Session 1: NTCO Overview & Welcoming Remarks |
| John Hutchings | Herzberg Astrophysics | Session 1: NTCO Overview & Welcoming Remarks; LRP: Plans and Opportunities for the Next Decade |
| Simon Thibault | Laval University | Session 2: Optics & Photonics; Activities at COPL |
| Olivier Daigle | NuVu Camera | Session 2: Optics & Photonics; Overview of NuVu Camera's Technology |
| Jean-Pierre Veran | Herzberg Astrophysics | Session 2: Optics & Photonics; Pyramid wave-front sensors |
| Rafal Pawluczyk | Fibertech Optica | Session2: Optics & Photonics; Fibertech Optica |
| David Crampton | Herzberg Astrophysics | Session 2: Optics & Photonics; |
| Darren Erickson | Herzberg Astrophysics | Session 2: Optics & Photonics; The MSE Fibre Transmission System |
| David Andersen | Herzberg Astrophysics | Session 3: Manufacturing Precision & Technologies; NFIRAOS: Adaptive Optics for the Thirty Meter Telescope |
| Amir Hadi |
Dynamic Structures |
Session 3: Manufacturing Precision & Technologies; Dynamic Structures and HyDRA |
| Lisa Crofoot | Dynamic Structures | Session 3: Manufacturing Precision & Technologies |
| Neil Rowlands | ComDev/Honeywell | Session 3: Manufacturing Precision & Technologies; Honeywell Aerospace Overview |
| Suresh Sivanandam | Dunlap Institute | Session 6: New Instruments/Software; infrared IFU's, including WIFIS and GIRMOS |
| Frederic Grandmont | ABB Canada | Session 6: New Instruments/Software; Working with/within an Optical System Integrator in Astronomy Projects |
| Laurent Drissen | Laval University | Session 6: New Instruments/Software; SpIOMM/SITELLE project |
| Patrick Côté | Herzberg Astrophysics | Session 6: New Instruments/Software; CASTOR: A Wide-Field, High-Resolution Canadian Space Telescope |
| Lisa Locke | Herzberg Astrophysics | Session 6: New Instruments/Software; phased array feeds |
| Sebastien Fabbro | Herzberg Astrophysics | Session 7: Machine Learning; Machine Learning for Stellar Spectra |
| Hossen Teimoorinia | Herzberg Astrophysics | Session 7: Machine Learning; SDSS |
| Teaghan O'Briain | 番茄社区 | Session 7: Machine Learning; Machine Learning Demo: Medical Imaging Project |
Professional Skills Development Workshops
The 2017 AGM held a Skills for Employment at Observatories workshop sponsored by Uvic’s Astronomy Research Centre (ARC). The workshop was open to all ARC members as well as other interested members of the uvic community. It featured presentations from astronomy partners Lisa Locke (NRC), Bryan Gaensler (Dunlap Institute), and Scot Kleinman (Gemini) and included practical information for job applicants in the field of astronomy. The slides for the presentations can be found below.
| Presentation Title | Presenter | Affiliation |
| Lisa Locke | NRC | |
| Bryan Gaensler | Dunlap institute | |
| Scot Kleinman | Gemini |
Photos
Student Posters
| Poster Title | Student | University |
| Machine Learning Demo: Medical Imaging Project | Teaghan O'Briain | 番茄社区 |
| Automated Testing of Optical Fibers: Adventurous Internship at Fibertech Optica | Farbod Jahandar, Collin Kielty | 番茄社区 |
| Investigating Diagnostic Lines of Sub-MM Galaxies and Identifying Line Emitting Galaxies | Daniel Cunningham | Dalhousie University |
| Project HiCIBaS: High Contrast Imaging Balloon System | Deven Patel, Mireille Ouellet | Université Laval |
| StarNet: Deep Neural Networks in the Analysis of Stellar Spectra | Spencer Bialek | 番茄社区 |
| Interactive Dashboards and Machine Learning Techniques to Improve the Helpdesk Ticket Service of a Global Energy Company | Jared Keown | 番茄社区 |
| CHIME: A New Radio Inferometer to Probe Dark Energy | Ian Tretyakov | University of Toronto |
| A Low-Cost, Very High-order Shack-Hartmann Sensor for Testing TMT Deformable Mirrors |
Mojtaba Taheri Nieh, Jean-Pierre Véran, David Andersen, Olivier Lardière | 番茄社区, National Research Council |
| GeMS of the Night Sky | Stephanie Monty | 番茄社区 |
| Investigating the SPT Unlensed Sample | Emily Pass | Dalhousie University |
| An ALMA Archival Study of the Clump Mass Function in the LMC | Nathan Brunetti | McMaster University |
