POSSUM Working Groups

From Nov 2024, POSSUM activities are directed through one Science Group, and one Technical Group:

• Science Group (Group Lead: Jennifer West [POSSUM Project Scientist]; Chairs: TBA)
• Technical Group (Group Lead: Cameron Van Eck [POSSUM Project Manager]; Chairs: TBA)

Old Survey Groups

From May 2020, POSSUM activities have been focused on the following four working groups, coordinated within two 'Astrophysics Groups' (AGs) and two 'Technical Groups' (TGs):

• AG 1: The Nearby Universe (co-chairs: Xiaohui Sun, Alec Thomson)
• AG 2: The Distant Universe (co-chairs: Takuya Akahori, Tessa Vernstrom)
• TG 1: Survey Projects (co-chairs: Craig Anderson, Jackie Ma)
• TG 2: Technical Group (co-chairs: Cameron Van Eck, Jennifer West)

Old Old Survey Groups

From mid-2015 to early-2020, POSSUM activities were focused on the following activities, coordinated within 'Survey Groups':

• SG 1: SPICE-RACS (chairs: Alec Thomson, Catherine Hale)
• SG 2: Source Finding (chairs: Jeroen Stil, Shane O'Sullivan)
• SG 3: Survey strategy and commensality (chairs: Josh Marvil, Craig Anderson)
• SG 4: Commissioning and calibration (chairs: Naomi McClure-Griffiths, George Heald)
• SG 5: POSSUM pipeline, quality control, data release and Q-U fitting (chairs: Jennifer West, Cameron Van Eck)
• SG 6: Pilot Survey (chairs: Ann Mao, Jackie Ma)
• SG 7: Single-dish data (chairs: Ettore Carretti, Paddy Leahy)
• SG 8: QU-fitting and RM determination for early science - merged into SG5 on 30 Sep 2019

Old Working Groups

The original 'Working Groups' were used until mid-2015:

• WG 1: Simulations & Imaging (chair: Russ Taylor)
• WG 2: Source Finding (chair: Jeroen Stil)
• WG 3: Survey Strategy (chair: Rainer Beck)
• WG 4: Commissioning & Hardware (chair: Ettore Carretti)
• WG 5: Data Format & Access (chair: Cormac Purcell)
• WG 6: Ionospheric Calibration (chair: Tom Landecker)
• WG 7: Single-dish Data (chair: Xiaohui Sun)
• WG 8: Rotation Measure Synthesis (chair: Bryan Gaensler)
• WG 9: Science Simulations (chairs: George Heald + Jeroen Stil)
• WG 10: Multi-wavelength Coordination (chair: vacant)