2021 Virtual-GEM Workshop

Schedule

Below is a high-level session schedule (TBD) for the 2021 Virtual GEM Summer Workshop, provided by the Focus Group Leaders and Research Area Coordinators. For the most up to date workshop information, please refer to the GEM Workshop Website.

Please also refer to the GEM Focus Groups, Modeling Methods Methods and Validation Resource Group, and Machine Learning in Geospace pages for more information.

Sunday, July 25

Student Day

Student Day is on July 25th (Sunday), 2021 and aims to introduce the students to the GEM workshop. This year, the whole student day will be held via both gather.town and Zoom, and we are excited to have six student tutorial speakers covering the GEM space science topics and a special topic on the Decadal Survey. Other than the tutorial talks, we will have the ice breaker event virtually through gather.town and we also welcome the whole GEM community to participate. The students can access the Zoom call either by entering Meeting Room A, B and C on gather.town or through the Zoom link (similar to what we did last year), through V-GEM student day webpage. Please see the student day schedule in the GEM student forum. The Student Day schedule is here.

Introduction

• Intro: What is GEM? - Agnit Mukhopadhyay and Mei-Yun Lin

Student Tutorials

• Dayside Magnetosphere - Pauline Dredger (University of Texas at Arlington)
• Nightside Magnetosphere - Akhtar Ardakani (University of New Hampshire)
• Inner Magnetosphere - Shannon Hill (University of Michigan)
• Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling - Aaron West(University of Minnesota Twin Cities)
• Global System Modeling - Elizabeth Vandegriff (University of Texas at Arlington)
• Data Science - Anthony Roger (University of New Hampshire)

Special Topic

• Decadal Survey (Invited Speaker) - Dr. Ian Cohen (JHU/APL)

Monday, July 26

1100-1230 EDT: Plenary Session

• GEM History, Present, and Future - Panelists: L. Lanzerotti, W. Lotko, K. Nykyri, Moderators: M. Cooper, M. Gkioulidou
• Decadal Future Panel - Moderators: Ian Cohen and Yihua Zheng

        ‣ Helio 2050 recap/discussions: Li-Jen Chen, Larry Kepko, Shasha Zou

        ‣ Agency representatives: Maura Hagan/Co-Chair of the Committee on Solar and Space Physics, Jared Leisner/NASA, Lisa Winter/NSF, Elsayed Talaat/NOAA

1300-1430 EDT: Concurrent Session 1

• ULF Wave Modeling, Effects, and Applications (UMEA)
• Interhemispheric Approaches to Understand M-I Coupling (IHMIC)
• The Impact of the Cold Plasma in the Magnetospheric Physics (CP)
• Magnetotail Dipolarization and Its Effects on the Inner Magnetosphere (DIP)

1500-1630 EDT: Concurrent Session 2

• ULF Wave Modeling, Effects, and Applications (UMEA)
• Interhemispheric Approaches to Understand M-I Coupling (IHMIC)
• The Impact of the Cold Plasma in the Magnetospheric Physics (CP)
• Magnetotail Dipolarization and Its Effects on the Inner Magnetosphere (DIP)

Tuesday, July 27

1100-1230 EDT: Plenary Session

• SWMI Tutorial - D. Sibeck, Moderators: Rachel Rice, Austin Brenner
• SBCCI - DEI tutorial - Janet Vertesi, Moderators: Riley Troyer, Mike Coughlan

1300-1430 EDT: Concurrent Session 1

• Joint Session, ULF Wave Modeling, Effects, and Applications (UMEA), 3D Ionospheric Electrodynamics and its Impact on MIT Coupling (IEMIT)
• Particle Heating and Thermalization in Collisionless Shocks in the MMS Era (BSH)
• Merged Modeling and Measurement of Injection Ionospheric Plasma into the Magnetosphere and its Effects (M3-I2)
• Self-Consistent Inner Magnetospheric Modeling (SCIMM)

1500-1630 EDT: Concurrent Session 2

• Magnetic Reconnection in the Age of the Heliophysics System Observatory (RX)
• Dayside Kinetic Processes in Global Solar Wind- Magnetosphere Interaction (DAYS)
• Merged Modeling and Measurement of Injection Ionospheric Plasma into the Magnetosphere and its Effects (M3-I2)
• Self-Consistent Inner Magnetospheric Modeling (SCIMM)

1700-1900 EDT: SBCCI - Mental Health

• The Sam Bingham Community Cares Initiative
• Pub Quiz on Mental Health
• Invited Presentation by Dr. Mary McMillan

Wednesday, July 28

1100-1230 EDT: Plenary Session

• NSF - Lisa Winter
• NSF - Roman Makarevich
• NASA - Jesse Woodroffe
• NOAA - Howard Singer
• MIC Tutorial - C. Kletzing, Moderators: Waqar Younas, Chi Zhang

1300-1430 EDT: Concurrent Session 1

• Joint Session: Magnetic Reconnection in the Age of the Heliophysics System Observatory (RX), Dayside Kinetic Processes in Global Solar Wind- Magnetosphere Interaction (DAYS)
• 3D Ionospheric Electrodynamics and its Impact on MIT Coupling (IEMIT)
• System Understanding of Radiation Belt Particle Dynamics through Multi-spacecraft and Ground-based Observations and Modeling (RB)

1500-1630 EDT: Concurrent Session 2

• Particle Heating and Thermalization in Collisionless Shocks in the MMS Era (BSH)
• 3D Ionospheric Electrodynamics and its Impact on MIT Coupling (IEMIT)
• System Understanding of Radiation Belt Particle Dynamics through Multi-spacecraft and Ground-based Observations and Modeling (RB)
• Machine Learning as it pertains in the Geospace Environment

Thursday, July 29

1100-1230 EDT: Plenary Session

• IMAG Tutorial - M. Hudson, Moderators: Longzhi Gan, Aaron F West
• MPS Tutorial - J. Raeder, Moderators: Hsinju Chen, Nehpreet Walia

1500-1630 EDT: Concurrent Session 2

• RA1 - SWMI Decadal Discussions
• RA2 - MPS Decadal Discussions
• RA3 - IMAG Decadal Discussions
• RA4 - MIC Decadal Discussions
• RA5 - GSM Decadal Discussions

Friday, July 30

• Student Tutorial - B. Ferdousi, Moderators: Agnit Mukhopadhyay, Mei-Yun Lin
• GSM Tutorial - K. Sorathia, Moderators: Elizabeth Vandegriff, Nwankwo Onyinye Gift

1300-1430 EDT: Concurrent Session 1

• Joint Session: ULF Wave Modeling, Effects, and Applications (UMEA), The Impact of the Cold Plasma in the Magnetospheric Physics (CP)
• Modeling Methods and Validation (MMV)
• Machine Learning as it pertains in the Geospace Environment

1500-1630 EDT: SBCCI - Social Hour

• The Sam Bingham Community Cares Initiative