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This page explains some of the internal committees of the VERITAS collaboration, including their roles and current membership:
VERITAS Executive Committee
The VERITAS Executive Committee is established by the Teaming Agreement (TA) between:
- Iowa State University,
- McGill University,
- Purdue University,
- the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
- the University of California, Los Angeles,
- the University of Chicago,
- University College Dublin,
- the University of Leeds,
- the University of Utah, and
- Washington University.
The TA establishes the VERITAS Executive Committee (VEC) as the supervisory and regulatory body with ultimate decision-making authority within the Collaboration. The current members of the VEC are:
- Wystan Benbow (SAO)
- Stella Bradbury (Leeds University)
- Wei Cui (Purdue University)
- Henrik Krawczynski (Washington University in St. Louis, Chair)
- Dave Kieda (University of Utah, Chair)
- Frank Krennrich (Iowa State University)
- Gernot Maier (DESY/Zeuthen, collaborators' representative)
- John Quinn (University College Dublin)
- Ken Ragan (McGill University)
- Scott Wakely (University of Chicago)
- David Williams (University of California, Santa Cruz, collaborators' representative)
- Vladimir Vassiliev (University of California, Los Angeles)
- Steve Criswell (SAO, VERITAS project office, ex-officio)
- Pascal Fortin (SAO, Operations manager, ex-officio)
- Geza Gyuk (Adler Planetarium, Outreach Coordinator, ex-officio)
- Rene Ong (University of California, Los Angeles, Spokesperson, ex-officio)
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VERITAS Science Board
The VERITAS Science Board (VSB) is the primary body in the Collaboration that organizes the science program of VERITAS. The VSB has general responsibility for the observing program, the suite of scientific activities of the Collaboration, and the scientific interactions of the Collaboration with the outside world. The chair of the VSB is the VERITAS Spokesperson. The VERITAS Science Board, through the Spokesperson, reports to the VEC on a regular basis (at least twice per year) on the status of the VERITAS science activities. The current members of the VSB are:
- Jim Buckley (Washington University in St. Louis)
- Karen Byrum (Argonne National Laboratory)
- Jodi Christiansen (Cal Poly State University)
- John Finley (Purdue University)
- Lucy Fortson (University of Minnesota)
- Geza Gyuk (Adler Planetarium)
- Dave Hanna (McGill University)
- Jamie Holder (University of Delaware)
- Phil Kaaret (University of Iowa)
- Stephan LeBohec (University of Utah)
- Reshmi Mukhherjee (Barnard College, Deputy Spokesperson)
- Rene Ong (University of California, Los Angeles, Spokesperson)
- Martin Pohl (Potsdam)
- John Quinn (University College Dublin)
- Josh Reynolds (Cork Institute of Technology)
- Joachim Rose (University of Leeds)
- Scott Wakely (University of Chicago)
- Amanda Weinstein (Iowa State University)
- David Williams (University of California, Santa Cruz)
- Dave Kieda (University of Utah [ex-officio])
- Pascal Fortin (SAO, Operations manager [ex-officio])
- Steve Criswell (SAO Project Office [ex-officio])
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The Time Allocation Committee
The VSB decides the overall science program of VERITAS, which is divided into three categories: the Key Science Programs, Director's Discretionary Time, and the Bulk Program. The Bulk Science program is determined and administered by the VERITAS Time Allocation Committee (TAC). The current membership of the TAC is:
- Amy Furniss (University of California, Santa Cruz)
- Jeff Grube (Adler Planetarium)
- Jamie Holder (Bartol/University of Delaware)
- Phil Kaaret (University of Iowa)
- Brian Humensky (University of Chicago)
- Henric Krawczynski (Washington University in St. Louis, Chair)
- Nepomuk Otte (University of California, Santa Cruz)
- John Quinn (University College Dublin)
- Rene Ong (University of California, Los Angeles [ex-officio])
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The Speaker's Bureau
The Speaker's Bureau coordinates VERITAS invitations to major conferences and workshops. To request a VERITAS speaker, send email to: speakersbureau AT veritas DOT sao DOT arizona DOT edu
The current membership is:
- John Finley (Purdue, Chair)
- Gernot Maier (DESY Zeuthen)
- Henric Krawczynski (Washington University at St. Louis)
- Lucy Fortson (University of Minnesota)
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The VERITAS Publication Committee
The VERITAS Publication Committee (VPC) oversees VERITAS scientific publications. Its current membership is:
- Pat Moriarty (Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Chair)
- Ken Ragan (McGill)
- David Williams (University of California, Santa Cruz)
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