5.A. Post Detection

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Student Union 323-A

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8-3-2022 10:45 AM

End Date

8-3-2022 11:45 AM

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  1. A Post-Detection Hub: proposing a new impetus and framework for Post Detection SETI / John Elliot
    A problem many of us recognize: post-detection is a matter of considerable significance for SETI, but has often suffered from inadequate coordination, insufficient research, and a lack of funding. Arguably, a Post-Detection capability could and should exist outside of the Search, as we may give up on this (in the future) but 'they' may not give up on us; thus, we may have contact when no longer actively searching. The discovery may also be non-intelligent or an artifact, so we argue that such a provision must 'live' as long as (and alongside) any search for ET life or space exploration continues. In that way, Post-Detection expertise will have maintained and developed capabilities, so strategies will be in place, for action.
    Initial steps have included work such as the DISC Quotient (Elliott & Baxter, 2012) which details a post detection plan for decipherment and dissemination, based on the science of signal decipherment and societal impact strategies. However, much more is required to develop a dynamic policy and technological framework, which coherently and (as far as possible) comprehensively plans across all its comprising multidisciplinary stages and resulting implications for humanity.
    The UKSRN’s (UK SETI Research Network) proposed contribution for this is to have a Post- Detection Hub, which draws interested members of the global SETI community together to work on topics ranging from message decipherment and data analytics to development of regulatory protocols, space law and societal impact strategies. In this paper we present our aims and objectives for the Post Detection Hub, alongside its rationale and philosophy.
  2. Technosignatures and post-detection / Kathryn Denning
    Much discussion about SETI and post-detection focuses on actual relationships or interchanges with aliens. However, most potential technosignature detection scenarios today are of a different sort: distant and ambiguous. This paper outlines some areas within the latter arena which might usefully be researched by social scientists and humanists.

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5.A. Post Detection

Student Union 323-A

  1. A Post-Detection Hub: proposing a new impetus and framework for Post Detection SETI / John Elliot
    A problem many of us recognize: post-detection is a matter of considerable significance for SETI, but has often suffered from inadequate coordination, insufficient research, and a lack of funding. Arguably, a Post-Detection capability could and should exist outside of the Search, as we may give up on this (in the future) but 'they' may not give up on us; thus, we may have contact when no longer actively searching. The discovery may also be non-intelligent or an artifact, so we argue that such a provision must 'live' as long as (and alongside) any search for ET life or space exploration continues. In that way, Post-Detection expertise will have maintained and developed capabilities, so strategies will be in place, for action.
    Initial steps have included work such as the DISC Quotient (Elliott & Baxter, 2012) which details a post detection plan for decipherment and dissemination, based on the science of signal decipherment and societal impact strategies. However, much more is required to develop a dynamic policy and technological framework, which coherently and (as far as possible) comprehensively plans across all its comprising multidisciplinary stages and resulting implications for humanity.
    The UKSRN’s (UK SETI Research Network) proposed contribution for this is to have a Post- Detection Hub, which draws interested members of the global SETI community together to work on topics ranging from message decipherment and data analytics to development of regulatory protocols, space law and societal impact strategies. In this paper we present our aims and objectives for the Post Detection Hub, alongside its rationale and philosophy.
  2. Technosignatures and post-detection / Kathryn Denning
    Much discussion about SETI and post-detection focuses on actual relationships or interchanges with aliens. However, most potential technosignature detection scenarios today are of a different sort: distant and ambiguous. This paper outlines some areas within the latter arena which might usefully be researched by social scientists and humanists.