Program

Monday, June 19, 2006 - Tutorial and Overview

Pre-Program
Time		Topic	Speaker
8:30		LISA Mission Tutorial	Tuck Stebbins
9:15		Astrophysics Tutorial	Scott Hughes
10:00		Data Analysis Tutorial	Alberto Vecchio
10:45		Break
Main Program Start
Time		Topic	Speaker
11:00		Symposium Opening Speaker	Colleen Hartman
11:20		Astronomy/observations in the LISA Timeframe	Roger Blandford
12:10		Fundamental Gravitational Physics in the LISA Timeframe	Clifford Will
13:00		Lunch
14:30		LISA science	Sterl Phinney
15:20		Status/overview of LISA	Karsten Danzmann
16:10		Break
16:25		Status/overview of ground based GW detectors	Peter Saulson
17:15		Status/overview of LPF	Paul McNamara
18:05		Adjourn

Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - Central Massive Black Holes, Cosmological Implications, and the Very Low End of the LISA Sensitivity Band

Time		Topic	Speaker
9:00		Supermassive black hole mergers and cosmological structure formation	Marta Volonteri
9:40		Dynamics of Supermassive black holes	Steinn Sigurdsson
10:20		Break
10:50		Achieving the very low end of the LISA sensitivity band	Stephen Merkowitz
11:30		Numerical relativity, waveforms of comparable-mass BH mergers	Joan Centrella
12:10		Lunch
13:40		Data analysis and source modeling of central massive black holes	Alessandra Buonanno
14:20		Black hole spectroscopy with LISA	Emanuele Berti
14:40		Gravitational radiation from spinning-black-hole binaries	Manuela Campaneli
15:00		Binary Black Hole Simulations	Frank Herrmann
15:20		Break
15:50		Free-fall and LISA Sensitivity Below 0.1 mHz	William Joseph Weber
16:10		Proof Mass Accelerations And Optical Path Length Changes Due To Temperature Fluctuations	Peter Bender
16:30		Torsion Pendulum Investigation of Thermal Gradient-induced Forces on LISA Test Masses	Mauro Hueller
16:50		A Sensitive Torion Balance for LISA Proof Mass Modeling	Stephan Schlamminger
17:10		Outgassing, Temperature Gradients & the Radiometer Effect in LISA: A Torsion Pendulum Investigation	Scott Pollack
17:30		Charge Management for LISA Pathfinder and Development for LISA	Markus Schulte
17:50		Solar, Cosmic Ray, and Environmental Physics For, and With, LISA	Diana Shaul
18:10		Adjourn
19:00		Banquette

Wednesday June 21, 2006 - Dynamics Around a Central Black Hole and the Mid-High End of the LISA Sensitivity Band

Time		Topic	Speaker
9:00		Testing general relativity with extreme-mass ratio inspirals	Scott Hughes
9:40		Astrophysics of extreme-mass ratio inspirals	Clovis Hopman
10:20		Break
10:50		Achieving the mid-high end of the LISA sensitivity band with the LISA short arm	Gerhard Heinzel
11:30		Achieving the mid-high end of the LISA sensitivity band with the LISA long arm	Daniel Shaddock
12:10		Lunch
13:40		Data analysis and source modeling of EMRIs	Curt Cutler
14:20		GWs From MBHs in Colliding Clusters: Implications for LISA (and the BBO)	Pau Amaro-Seoane
14:40		Electromagnetic Signatures of Massive Black Hole Binaries	Tamara Bogdanovic
15:00		Testing Models of Black Hole Merger	Gareth Jones
15:20		Break
15:50		Construction of the LISA Technology Package Optical Bench Interferometer	Christian Killow
16:10		Novel Payload Architectures for LISA	Ulrich Johann
16:30		Clock Noise Removal in LISA	Bill Kilpstein
16:50		Time Delay Interferometry Using the UF LISA Benchtop Simulator	Rachel J. Cruz
17:10		LISA Telescope and Aft Optics Design	Anthony Martino
17:30		An Interferometric Based Optical Read-out Scheme for the LISA Proof-mass	Clive Speake
17:50		Poster Session
18:50		Adjourn

Thursday June 22, 2006 - Stellar-Mass Binaries, Stochastic Sources, and the Mid-Low End of the LISA Sensitivity Band

Time		Topic	Speaker
9:00		Astrophysics of white dwarf binaries	Gijs Nelemans
9:40		Astrophysics of neutron star binaries	Chris Belczynski
10:20		Break
10:50		Achieving the mid-low end of the LISA sensitivity band	Stefano Vitale
11:30		Data analysis and source modeling of binaries and stochastic backgrounds	Neil Cornish
12:10		Lunch
13:40		The Resolving Power of LISA: Comparing Techniques for Binary Analysis	Shane Larson
14:00		Angular Momentum Transport in Double White Dwarf Binaries	Patrick Motl
14:20		Tomographic Method for Resolving the Galactic Binaries: Including Multiple	Rajesh Nayak
14:40		Gravitational Waves from Compact Objects Accreting onto Active Galactic Nuclei	Jeremy Schnittman
15:00		An Automatic RJMCMC Analysis Approach to Study White Dwarf Binary Systems	Alexander Stephan Stroeer
15:20		If PBHs exist, what would be the gw background noise they would produce for LISA, DECIGO, and BBO?	Odylio Aguiar
15:40		Break
16:10		Summary of Stanford GRS Development Work	Aaron J. Swank
16:30		In-flight Diagnostics in LISA Pathfinder	Alberto Lobo
16:50		Control of Space Technology 7 Disturbance Reduction System Experiment	Peiman Maghami
17:10		Experiences and Design Drivers for the Inertial Sensor on the LISA Pathfinder Mission	Fabio Nappo
17:30		LISA Pathfinder FEEP Subsystem	Davide Nicolini
17:50		Colloid Micro-Newton Thruster Development for the ST7-DRS and LISA Missions	John Ziemer
18:10		Adjourn

Friday June 23, 2006 - Exotic Science, Data Analysis, and LISA SystemTechnology

Time		Topic	Speaker
9:00		New Physics with LISA	Craig Hogan
10:00		Break
Parallel Session: Data Analysis
10:30		Detecting Extreme-Mass-Ratio-Inspirals With LISA Using Time-Frequency Models	Linquing Wen
10:50		Gazing at the Haystack: An Approach for Parameter Extraction for Multiple, Overlapping Signals from	Jeff Crowder
11:10		Searching for Supermassive Black Hole Binaries in LISA Using an McMc Search Algorithm	Edward Porter
11:30		When is Enough Good Enough Source Modeling	Louis Rubbo
11:50		Parameter estimation of stellar-mass binaries with eccentric orbits in LISA	Sukanta Bose
12:10		Overview of the Mock LISA Data Challenges	Alberto Vecchio
12:30		A Mock LISA Data Challenge How-To	Michele Vallisneri
12:50		The LISA-Code Software Simulator	Eric Plagnol
Parallel Session: LISA System and Technology
10:30		LISA System Design Overview	Peter Gath
10:50		Overview of the LISA Phasemeter	Daniel Shaddock
11:10		Arm-locking in a LISA-like Hardware Model	James Ira Thorpe
11:30		The LISA Technology Package - System Design and Operations	Axel E. Hammesfahr
11:50		Lessons Learned on LTP Development - From Basic Technology to Detailed Design	Cesar Garcia-Marirrodriga
12:10		Calibration Methods for the LISA Pathfinder Drag-Free System and Expected Performance	Walter Fichter
12:30		Managing Disturbance Sources on LISA Pathfinder	Dave Wealthy
12:50		LISA Phasemeter prototyping	Vinzenz Wand
13:10		Lunch/Adjourn
14:00		Tours