EuroVO-DCA Support to Data Centres from non-partner countries Enrique Solano

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EuroVO-DCA WP6 coordinator

Introduction Sofia VO-Info Workshop, 24-25 January 2008

EuroVO-DCA

Support to Data Centres from non-partner countries

Enrique Solano

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Outline

• The Virtual Observatory

– IVOA

• Euro-VO

– Euro-VO DCA

» WorkPackage 6

» Examples of projects

supported by WP6

• The Workshop

– Purpose and objectives

– Organization

– After the Workshop

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The Virtual Observatory

A solution for the efficient scientific

exploitation of the large, heterogeneous

astronomical datasets distributed

worldwide.

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IVOA CCreated in June 2002 with the mission to facilitate the

international coordination and collaboration among projects.

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The VO in Europe• Phase-A project. 2002-2004

• Funded by FPV

Three communities explicitly taken into account by Euro-VO

• Users: the whole astronomical community

• VO developers (standards, protocols, portals, registry, tools, …) (Design Study VO-TECH, national and European Agencies VO projects,…)

• Data Centres, who populate the system with data and services

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The EuroVO-DCA• Sixth Framework Programme

• Duration: 1 Sep. 2006 – 31 Dec 2008 (to be followed by EuroVO-AIDA. Starting Date: 1 Feb 2008. Duration: 30 months)

• EC contribution: 1.540 M€

Françoise Genova, Coordinator

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-DCA Review, 10 January 2008

Project targets: data centres

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Work Packages• WP1 – Management (CNRS)

• WP2 – Definition of European DCA strategy (CNRS)

• WP2-2 – Scientific aspects (CNRS)

• WP3 – Support to take-up and implementation of the VO framework (ESA/ESO)

• WP3-2 – Feedback from implementation (LU)

• WP4 – Theory in VO (MPG)

• WP5 – Coordination with computational Grid projects (INAF)

• WP6 – Support to data centres from other European countries (INTA)

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WP6: work methodology • Support

– Technical Visits:

• To/from the Data Centre.

• Close-contact after the visit: periodic reports and feedback.

– Participation in DCA workshops

• “Astronomical spectroscopy and the VO”, Madrid, March07.

• “How to publish data in the VO”, Madrid, June07.

– Regional VO info-workshops

• Sofia, Bulgaria. 2008, Jan 24-25th.

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Portugal

• University of Lisbon. (André Moitinho).

• The project: “Development of a VO service to

provide access to a catalog containing UBVRI

photometric information of open star clusters”.

• Also interested in WP5 (“Grids”)

– Participation in the ESAC Grid Workshop (Nov’07)

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Bulgaria• Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Milcho Tsvetkov)

• The project: “VO-compliance of WFPDB scanned plates”

Czech Republic•Ondrejov Observatory (Petr Skoda)

•The project: “VO-compliance of the spectroscopic archive of

the Ondrejov 2-m telescope (the largest telescope in the Czech

Rep.)

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Hungary• Konkoly Observatory (Andras Holl)

• The project: “VO-compliance of the International Bulletin

of Variable Stars”.

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The Workshop– Advertise VO in DCA non-partner countries.

– Broader audience from these countries:

• 9 DCA staff + 3 GAVO

• 40 participants (32 Bulgaria, 3 Serbia, 3

Romania, 2 Hungary)

• Day-1:

– DCA lectures on:

• The VO: Why is it necessary?

• IVOA VO standards: access protocols, formats, data models, registries,…

• VOtools & Vo Science

– Presentations from participating Data Centres

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The Workshop (II)

• Day-1 (second half) and Day 2: • Hands-on sessions on how to

publish in the VO.

– Guided by DCA tutors.

– Work on real data brought by

the participants from their Data

Centres.

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After the Workshop • If you are interested in getting support from DCA for

your VO project, this is the way to proceed:

– Does your Data Centre fit the DCA definition?

– If so, send (me) an official letter of interest indicating:

• Clear, focused objectives to be finished by the end of the

DCA project (Dec 2008)

• Specific needs

• Added value for the DCA project

• Contact point

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What is also expected from supported Data Centres?

• VO dissemination

– University lectures.

– Conferences for amateur astronomers.

– Specific materials for teachers and students of secondary school.

• Creation of a national VO infrastructure. Coordination of the national initiatives.

– André Moitinho (Portugal)

• Collaboration with Coimbra University

• Presentation of the VO service to the Portuguese stellar community

• Participation in the international VO initiatives

• Petr Skoda (Czech Rep.) actively participates in the definition of the requirements for a proper handling of ground-based optical spectra in the VO.

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What kind of support can DCA provide?

• Only technical support through workshops and technical visits.

• Infrastructure and/or manpower are not allowed by Brussels.

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