The twentieth session of the LSSTC DSFP was hosted by SETI Breakthrough Listen at the University of California, Berkeley in March 2024. The curriculum focuses on Time Series Methods.

The guest instructors for S20 were:

Griffin Hosseinzadeh
Christina Hedges
Sarah Blunt
Sharan Banagiri
Julianne McCall 🌍

Additional lectures were given by the DSFP leadership team:

Bryan Scott
Lucian Walkowicz 🌍

Breakthrough Listen Local Organizing Partners:
Karen Aguilar
Matt Lebofsky
Andrew Siemion
James Davenport

“But now I'm not so sure I believe in beginnings and endings. There are days that define your story beyond your life.”

~ Louise Banks, Arrival

Tilden Room Monday, March 25, 2024

• 09:00 AM – 09:30 AM o Introduction of Guest Instructors and Code of Conduct Conversation
• 09:30 AM - 09:45 AM o Overview of Time Series Methods and Welcome from SETI Breakthrough Listen
• 09:45 AM – 10:45 AM o Lecture I Introduction to Time Series: B Scott
• 10:45 AM – 11:15 AM o BREAK
• 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM o Problem I Fourier Analysis I: B Scott
• 12:15 PM – 01:45 PM o LUNCH
• 01:45 PM – 02:30 PM o Lecture II Fourier Analysis II: B Scott
• 02:30 PM – 03:30 PM o Problem II Signal Processing and Filtering: B Scott
• 03:30 PM – 04:00 PM o BREAK
• 04:00 PM – 05:00 PM o Lecture III Lomb Scargle Periodograms I: S Blunt

"Time is the currency of the universe, and we are all spendthrifts."

~ Poul Anderson, Tau Zero

131 Campbell Hall Tuesday, March 26, 2024

• 09:00 AM – 09:30 AM o Lecture III – Lomb Scargle Periodograms I: S Blunt (cont)
• 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM o Problem III – Lomb Scargle Periodograms I: S Blunt
• 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM o BREAK
• 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM o Lecture IV Regression for Time Series I: C Hedges
• 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM o LUNCH
• 01:30 PM – 02:30 PM o Problem IV – Regression for Time Series I: C Hedges
• 02:30 PM – 03:30 PM o Lecture V Regression for Time Series II: C Hedges
• 03:30 PM - 04:00 PM o BREAK
• 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM o Problem V – Regression for Time Series II: C Hedges
• 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM o Lecture VI The Art of Cadence Diplomacy: L Walkowicz
• 06:30 PM - ??:?? PM o Group Dinner: Cancun Sabor Mexicano - 2134 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA

"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff."

~ The Tenth Doctor, Doctor Who

131 Campbell Hall Wednesday, March 27, 2024

• 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM o Lecture VII – Lomb Scargle Periodograms II: S Blunt
• 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM o BREAK
• 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM o Problem VII: Lomb Scargle Periodograms II: S Blunt
• 12:00 PM - ??:?? PM o BREAK

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"Outside the ship, the thin membrane of space-time rippled with the gravitational waves, like a placid lake surface disturbed by a night breeze."

~ Liu Cixin, The Three Body Problem

131 Campbell Hall Thursday, March 28, 2024

• 09:00 AM – 10:00 AM o Lecture VIII: Matched Filtering: S Banagiri
• 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM o BREAK
• 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM o Problem VIII: Matched Filtering: : S Banagiri
• 12:00 PM – 01:30 PM o LUNCH
• 01:30 PM – 02:30 PM o Lecture IX: Autoregressive Methods: S Banagiri
• 02:30 PM – 04:00 PM o Problem IX: Autoregressive Methods: S Banagiri
• 04:00 PM – 04:30 PM o BREAK
• 04:30 PM – 05:00 PM o Hack Pitch Session

"Someone once told me that time was a predator that stalked us all our lives. I rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment, because it will never come again."

~ Jean Luc Picard, Star Trek: Generations

131 Campbell Hall Friday, March 29, 2024

• 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM o Lecture X – Science Communication and Policy: J McCall
• 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM o Problem X - Science Communication and Policy: J McCall
• 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM o BREAK
• 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM o Hack Session
• 12:00 PM – 01:30 PM o LUNCH
• 01:30 PM – 04:30 PM o Hack Session;
• 04:30 PM – 05:00 PM o Discussion of Time Series Methods and Hack Session Results