From roy.williams at ligo.org  Thu Aug 25 09:21:03 2011
From: roy.williams at ligo.org (Roy Williams)
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:21:03 -0700
Subject: Gravitational Wave Open Data Workshop
Message-ID: <4E56766F.40407@ligo.org>

Just a reminder of this workshop, it is Oct 27/28 in Louisiana. We 
welcome all astronomers! There will be a tour of the high-technology 
that is Advanced LIGO, as well as a chance to see beautiful New Orleans 
on Halloween weekend.

OPEN DATA FOR GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE ASTRONOMY
http://www.ligo.caltech.edu/gwodw2011/

After the first detections of astrophysical gravitational waves (after 
2014), the challenge will be finding photons from the same source, 
through a rapid-followup program -- detection of an afterglow will lead 
to new insight into source astrophysics and fundamental physics. This 
workshop aims to bring together experts from the gravitational wave 
community with astronomers and open data experts in a two-day workshop 
to address the question: How should LIGO proceed in releasing 
gravitational wave data to maximize scientific return?