The 17th Meeting of the JWST Users Committee (JSTUC)

Committee Meetings

Mon 11 Nov 2024

Tue 12 Nov 2024

Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
3700 San Martin Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218

The 17^th meeting of the JSTUC was held in person on November 11-12, 2024. Topics included:

Updates from partners
Status updates from the JWST Project at GSFC and the Science & Operations Center
Grants Working Group updates and Cycle 4 grant funding expectations
Pure parallels implementation
Pipeline updates
Cycle 4 submission statistics and new initiatives for Cycle 5
Community Targets of Opportunity programs
Community outreach and plans for summer school

More information is available on the JSTUC page.

Time	Topic	Presenter
8:45-9:00	Executive session
9:00-9:10	JSTUC Chair Welcome & Overview	C. Papovich
9:10-9:25	STScI Director's Welcome	J. Lotz
9:25-9:30	Summary of topics raised for discussion	N. Reid
9:30-10:00	Goddard Project Update	J. Rigby
10:00-10:30	SOC Status	T. Brown
10:30-10:40	Discussion
10:40-11:00	Break
11:00-11:20	ESA Perspective	C. Evans
11:20-11:40	CSA Perspective	J. Dupuis
11:40-12:00	NASA Perspective	E. Smith
12:00-12:15	Discussion
12:15-12:30	Executive session
12:30-13:30	Lunch & free time
13:30-13:55	JWST Grants FRC/Formula Working Group Grants Working Group Report	A. Sarajedini
13:55-14:20	Grant Funding Expectations for JWST Cycle 4	K. Alatalo/N. Reid/P. Sessa
14:20-14:40	Discussion
14:40-15:00	Pure Parallels Implementation Pure Parallel Working Group Report	M. Garcia Marin
15:00-15:15	Break
15:15-16:00	Pipeline Update	D. Law
16:00-16:15	Discussion
16:15-17:00	Closed session
17:00-17:30	Executive session
18:30-21:30	Dinner

Time	Topic	Presenter
8:45-9:00	Executive session
9:00-9:45	Cycle 4 GO/AR proposal submission statistics & TAC plans Full JWST Cycle 4 submission statistics	K. Alatalo
9:45-10:05	New initiatives for Cycle 5	A. Moro-Martin
10:05-10:25	Community ToO programs	M. Lopez-Morales
10:25-10:45	Break
10:45-11:20	TAC process discussion Background The distributed review process and how people grade (from STUC 2013)
11:20-11:50	Discussion: proposal page limits, late breaking news, and Cycle 5 timeline Cycle 3 timeline discussion (from JSTUC 8/2022)
11:50-12:15	Astro community outreach, including summer school plans	M. Garcia Marin
12:15-12:30	General discussion
12:30-13:00	Executive session
13:00-13:45	Lunch and free time
13:45-15:00	Executive session and drafting of the report
15:00-15:30	Feedback to the STScI Director and JWST Senior Project Scientist

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