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Tues, May 31Wed, June 1Thurs, June 2Fri, June 3Sat, June 4
8:15BreakfastBreakfastBreakfastBreakfastBreakfast
9:00Welcome
/ Introduction to Gamma-ray Astro  - Liz Hays
and Introductions - Liz, Jamie + Intro to Fermi LAT - LizBlazars and Emission Part II - Tiffany

Science with Fermi GBM - Cori

Science with Fermi LAT Pulsars - Matthew
Intro to Fermi LAT
10:00

Intro to the Fermi Mission and Sky - Liz Hays

Intro to Fermi GBM - Cori Fletcher

Neutron Stars and Gravitational Waves - Cecilia Chirenti

Future MeV observations and AMEGO-X - Henrike FleischhackBurstCube, a cubesat mission to detect gravitational wave counterparts - Jeremy Perkins
11:00BreakBreakBreakBreak (Photo!)Break
11:30Blazars and Emission - Tiffany Lewis

Intro to Maximum Likelihood - Matthew Kerr

Neutron Stars and Gravitational Waves Part II - Cecilia ChirentiStudent Talks / 1 Slide Summaries

Student Talks / 1 Slide Summaries

12:30LunchLunchLunchLunchLunch
1:30

Getting started with Fermi: Tools and Resources - Joe Eggen, Joe Asercion, Alex Reustle (remote), Nestor Mirabal (remote), Don Horner (remote)

Getting Started with Likelihood Analysis - Liz, Joe, Matthew

Intro to git and Github - Henrike Fleischhack



Next Steps with Likelihood - Liz, Matthew, Jeremy Perkins

Special guest Cole Miller will join us to answer your questions on practical astrostatistics 

Optional breakout: Fermitools advanced installation - Joe A.

Advanced Likelihood - Liz, Matthew, Jeremy

Time to work on Student Projects

Optional breakouts: Pulsar timing - Matthew; Multimission fitting with 3ML - Henrike 

Advanced Tutorials (Lightcurves and upper limits) - Liz, Jeremy / Time to work on Student Projects


4:45End of the Day Tag-upEnd of the Day Tag-upEnd of the Day Tag-upEnd of the Day Tag-upEnd of the Day Tag-up





Crab Feast TBD

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Mon, June 6Tues, June 7Wed, June 8Thurs, June 9Fri, June 10
8:15BreakfastBreakfastBreakfastBreakfastBreakfast
9:00Gamma-ray Binaries - Jamie HolderNeutrinos associated with TXS 0506+056 - Joshua Wood
Final Wrap-up!

Photon Adventure - Amy Furniss

TeV Ground-based Astronomy - Amy

Final wrap-up items and packing up


10:00

Ground-based Gamma-ray Astronomy with HAWC - Henrike

Gamma-ray burst science from Multimessenger observations - Judy

Student Talks / 1 Slide Summaries  Fermi LAT Catalog Analysis - Jean Ballet (remote)Project Results and Feedback (All)
10:00Workshop Close Out
11:00BreakBreakBreakBreakBreak
11:30Student Talks / 1 Slide Summaries

Student Talks / 1 Slide Summaries

Impostor Syndrome workshop - AmyStudent Talks / 1 Slide Summaries  Workshop Close Out
12:30LunchLunchLunchLunchLunch
1:30GBM Tutorial - Joshua Wood

Student Projects

Free Afternoon (may trade with Mon or Wed)

GBM tutorial follow up/ Accounting for trials - Josh

Working with Spectral and spatial shapes - Liz

Advanced topics: Systematics and validation checks - Liz, Henrike, Judy

Student Projects


4:45 End of the Day Tag-up
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