OPTICON

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OPTICON

• FP7 Networking Plans
• John Davies
• OPTICON Project Scientist

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FP6 Networking

• Proposal. 39,160 Keuro
• 11 Networks. Euro 6,680K (17)
• Contract. 19,200 Keuro
• 6 Networks. Euro 3,718 (19)

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Management

• Clearly needed.
• Distributed model works.
• Impossible to define until. shape/size/membership
  of consortium is clearer
• Assume FP6 cost 1.25 1,500Keuro

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ELT Network FP7 Deliverables

• Updated Science case documents (2 over FP7
  period)
• Science simulations in each key science area
• Regular, small, focussed meetings (4 per year)
• 1 major community science meeting per year

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ELT FP7 Network Resources

• Effort
• 4 People working full-time on ELT science case
• IMH (lead) 3 postdoc-level scientists
• Distributed around Europe
• Coordinated with other FP7 activity (e.g. AO or
  instrumentation)
• Costs per year
• FTE 200kE
• Meetings 25kE (4 x 10kE) 65kE
• Publication of documents 20kE (e.g. 2 x 50kE
  over 5 yrs)
• Total per year 285 kE (1,500 Keuro over FP7)

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NUVA (UV-Net) FP6 Progress

• Roadmap in good shape and on-schedule
• Fundamental problems in astrophysics.
  Requirements for UV observatories,
  Kluwer-Springer, in press.
• Joint Discussion during the IAU GA on the impact
  of stellar (UV) astronomy on cosmological studies
  and on the understanding of how life-sustainable
  systems are generated.
• Conference in El Escorial, May 2007 to analyze
  the instrumentation required to achieve some
  fundamental goals of modern astronomy.

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NUVA FP7 objectives

• Identification of the key technologies for future
  UV instrumentation.
• Identification of key VO compliant tools for the
  analysis and interpretation of UV data in
  connection with other spectral domains.
• Keeping the UV community connected Europe-wide
  until the end of the HST mission and in the
  advent of WSO/UV mission.

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NUVA FP7 deliverables

• Assessment study of the relevant new technologies
  (gratings, narrow band filters, high sensitivity
  spectral-imaging techniques, integral field
  spectroscopy, spectropolarimetry).
• VO tools to analyze UV data and integrate them
  within the high redshift UV Universe targeted by
  the 10-m and ELT telescopes (e.g. characteristic
  structure scales in matter beams from z0 to
  z6-9).

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NUVA FP7 Budget Participants

• Meetings
  120 keuro
• Publications 40keuro
• Trips Conferences 40keuro
• --------------------------------------------------
  -----GRAND TOTAL 200 keuro
• PARTICIPANTS PI and budget at UCM (Madrid)
  otherwise as in FP6

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HTRA FP7 Network Costs, PIs Participants

• Estimated costs of 192K for 4 to 5 year
  project
• Networks PIs
• Don Phelan Andrew Shearer
• Key Participants
• HTRA JRA
• wider HTRA community including non-EU members

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Key Technology Network, FP6 Progress

• Core team
• 13 Members, including JRA chairs
• 3 Meetings held
• Associate team formed 26 members
• Communications via Email Twiki web pages
• Workshops on
• Optics for ELT Instruments in Rome published in
  Astron. Nach.
• Deformable Mirrors WHT test-bed in Paris
• Use of WHT as technology test-bed at ESO
• Plenary talk at SPIE 2006 in Orlando on Novel
  Technology
  for Optical IR Astronomy
• Draft Roadmap produced

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KTN Objectives for FP7

• Act as focus for Optical and IR Technology
  development planning
• Use themes or JRAs to feed information in
• JRAs develop their theme networks
• Filter this information and form linkages for
  addedvalue RD
• Develop industry links and links to European
  space and worldwide RD programmes

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KTN, Deliverables Costs

• Deliverables
• Series of workshops
• Capabilities database
• Updated Technology Roadmaps on 2-yearly cycle
• Developed interactive website for teams
• Public webpages
• Costs
• As in FP6 with adjustment for inflation (315
  Keuro)
• Lead Agency UKATC

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FASE. (Future Astronomical Software Environment)
FP6 progress

• Monthly phone meetings, Semi-annual
  face-to-face meetings, Documentation and minutes
  on Twiki Web site
• Three main deliverables
• High-level requirements. ( Draft version
  available fall 2005, Internal, written review
  spring 2006, Final version fall 2006 after
  community wide review)
• Achitectural concept document ( Draft available
  spring 2005, Review expected late 2006 with final
  version early 2007)
• Interface specifications (Draft version in spring
  2007 based on proto-type work, Final version
  after review during fall 2007)
• Documents will be delivered
• by end 2007

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FASE FP7 objectives

• Next natural step is a basic implementation of
  FP6 derived specifications providing
• Single-user, desk-top version with scalability
• Command line execution of application tasks
• Links to Python scripting language
• Easy interface to applications written in C and
  Fortran
• Access to legacy applications from IRAF, MIDAS,
  ...
• Deliverables for a FP7 activity would be
• Detailed design and specifications for
  environment
• User level documentation and tutorials
• Basic implementation of environment as source
• code with installation procedures for Linux
  systems

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FASE FP7 Resources.

• Implementation requires actual man-power!
• Estimate of resources (with high uncertainties)
• 20-40 FTE for software development assuming
• Major parts of central framework can be obtained
  from other open source projects (e.g. OpenRTE).
  This will be checked by proto-types forseen for
  fall 2006 and winter 2007.
• Environment is made available for a Linux
  platform only
• 20-50 adminstrative software overhead depending
  on how distributed the developments will be.
• 10-20 person scientific oversight committee
• With 50 FP7 funding, this suggests at least 1-2
  Meuro
• Potential participants
• ESO plus Institutes in Germany, Italy,
  Netherlands
• UK, Spain, Finland, and France (plus
  USA)

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Interferometry

• Included in Interferometry presentation.
• Natural Continuation of FP6 work
• Networking component 575 KEuro

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Telescope Directors Forum. FP6 Progress

• Annual Directors Meetings
• Oversight of Access programme
• First steps to Common proposal Software
• Requirements matrix for new members
• Promotion of Access programme in CEE
• Successful Access Office at IAC

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TDF. FP7 Plans

• Objectives
• Continue Annual Directors Meetings and Oversight
  of Access programme
• More efforts at integration and rationalisation
  in conjunction with Access programme
• Resources
• about the same as FP6 inflation (200 Keuro)
  cost of access office if required.
• Lead agency and budget holders TBD

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Research Enhancement. FP6 Progress

• Successfull submission of Marie-Curie program
  (Neon schools 6 planned 2005-8)
• Set-up of WG to identify the needs
• Preliminary plans for specialised training
  workshops in  new observing techniques  (second
  half of FP6)

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Enhancement

• FP7 Objectives
• Develop the programme further, with support to
  observing schools of various types
• More emphasis on life-long training (workshops)
• Better use of archives (demos)
• Organise some events in the East of Europe.
• FP7 Resources
• Lead Agency IAP
• Similar to FP6 plus inflation. 150Keuro

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New Outreach Network

• Objectives
• Promote role of OPTICON in strengthening European
  Astronomy.
• Form a network of outreach professionals to share
  ideas, tools, contacts, resources
• Develop a critical mass of media contacts across
  EU so a single button press reaches all
  European media

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New Outreach Network

• Deliverables
• Presence at IAU, JENAM etc backed up by suitable
  hardcopy (brochures, DVDs).
• EU wide workshops of Outreach professionals
• Fire and forget PR cluster munition

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New Outreach Network

• Resources
• 1-2 FTE/year distributed across several sites as
  part-people
• 50Keuro/year consumables/travel
• Total 0.5-1 MEuro
• Lead Participants Project Office (WP1) UKATC
  (WP2), IAC (WP3)

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Second Generation Proposal and Observing
Preparation tools

• Abstract
• Exploit power of new Web technologies
• Standardise European (and World?) pre-observation
  data models
• Build on Northstar proposal tool to spread
  through Opticon and Radionet partners.
• Bring review/referee process into the web-based
  workflow
• Explore possibilities of standards for Observing
  Preparation.
• Proposer UKATC Partners ASTRON TDF USA NRAO
  ?
• Funding 500000 over 5 years (want enough
  effort to do something, not just talk about doing
  something)
• In very early stages discussions with ASTRON
  next month.

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New AO network

• Described in AO presentation
• Two Networks to strengthen an Science-instrument-A
  O integrated approach
• AO specification/performance instrument
  designs 150k
• AO facilities performance versus science
  performance 150k
• One specific AO Network AO workshops/meetings on
  hot topics 250k

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