NTCO AGM 2017

The first NTCO Annual General Meeting (AGM) and project launch was held at the University of Victoria (UVic), BC from December 14-15, 2017. Lasting two days, the event was open to all NTCO students, team members, and the UVic community. It featured guest speakers, including some of our industrial partners, and poster presentations of the NTCO students' current research and internship experiences working in industry. During the week leading up to the AGM, NTCO provided professional skills training workshops for students, such as Skills for Employment at Observatories sponsored by UVic’s Astronomy Research Centre (ARC). Thank you to all our students, presenters, and other participants for making the first NTCO AGM a success!

Talks

NTCO AGM 2017 Presenters

 

Presenter	Affiliation	Session
Rob Lipson	University of Victoria	Session 1: NTCO Overview & Welcoming Remarks
Scot Kleinman	Gemini	Skills for Employment at Observatories (workshop)
Luc Simard	Herzberg Astrophysics	Skills for Employment at Observatories (workshop); Session 6:New Instruments/Software
Brenda Matthews	Herzberg Astrophysics	Skills for Employment at Observatories (workshop)
Bryan Gaensler	Dunlap Institute	Skills for Employment at Observatories (workshop)
Kim Venn	University of Victoria	Session 1: NTCO Overview & Welcoming Remarks
John Hutchings	Herzberg Astrophysics	Session 1: NTCO Overview & Welcoming Remarks; LRP: Plans and Opportunities for the Next Decade
Simon Thibault	Laval University	Session 2: Optics & Photonics; Activities at COPL
Olivier Daigle	NuVu Camera	Session 2: Optics & Photonics; Overview of NuVu Camera's Technology
Jean-Pierre Veran	Herzberg Astrophysics	Session 2: Optics & Photonics; Pyramid wave-front sensors
Rafal Pawluczyk	Fibertech Optica	Session2: Optics & Photonics; Fibertech Optica
David Crampton	Herzberg Astrophysics	Session 2: Optics & Photonics;
Darren Erickson	Herzberg Astrophysics	Session 2: Optics & Photonics; The MSE Fibre Transmission System
David Andersen	Herzberg Astrophysics	Session 3: Manufacturing Precision & Technologies; NFIRAOS: Adaptive Optics for the Thirty Meter Telescope
Amir Hadi	Dynamic Structures	Session 3: Manufacturing Precision & Technologies; Dynamic Structures and HyDRA
Lisa Crofoot	Dynamic Structures	Session 3: Manufacturing Precision & Technologies
Neil Rowlands	ComDev/Honeywell	Session 3: Manufacturing Precision & Technologies; Honeywell Aerospace Overview
Suresh Sivanandam	Dunlap Institute	Session 6: New Instruments/Software; infrared IFU's, including WIFIS and GIRMOS
Frederic Grandmont	ABB Canada	Session 6: New Instruments/Software; Working with/within an Optical System Integrator in Astronomy Projects
Laurent Drissen	Laval University	Session 6: New Instruments/Software; SpIOMM/SITELLE project
Patrick Côté	Herzberg Astrophysics	Session 6: New Instruments/Software; CASTOR: A Wide-Field, High-Resolution Canadian Space Telescope
Lisa Locke	Herzberg Astrophysics	Session 6: New Instruments/Software; phased array feeds
Sebastien Fabbro	Herzberg Astrophysics	Session 7: Machine Learning; Machine Learning for Stellar Spectra
Hossen Teimoorinia	Herzberg Astrophysics	Session 7: Machine Learning; SDSS
Teaghan O'Briain	University of Victoria	Session 7: Machine Learning; Machine Learning Demo: Medical Imaging Project

Professional Skills Development Workshops

The 2017 AGM held a Skills for Employment at Observatories workshop sponsored by Uvic’s Astronomy Research Centre (ARC). The workshop was open to all ARC members as well as other interested members of the uvic community. It featured presentations from astronomy partners Lisa Locke (NRC), Bryan Gaensler (Dunlap Institute), and Scot Kleinman (Gemini) and included practical information for job applicants in the field of astronomy. The slides for the presentations can be found below. 

Presentation Title	Presenter	Affiliation
A Day in the Life of a Microwave Engineer	Lisa Locke	NRC
Applying for Jobs in Astronomy	Bryan Gaensler	Dunlap institute
So You Want to Work in an Observatory	Scot Kleinman	Gemini

Photos

Student Posters