[Difx-users] Wrapping up the 12th DiFX users and developers meeting

[Adam Deller]

Oops, I accidentally added a trailing backslash to the "todo" page link: it
should be https://www.atnf.csiro.au/vlbi/dokuwiki/doku.php/difx/todo
Thanks to Richard Dodson for pointing that out!

Cheers,
Adam

On Mon, 10 Sep 2018 at 10:52, Adam Deller <adeller at astro.swin.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> The DiFX gathering at Wettzell has dispersed after a very enjoyable and
> successful meeting over the past week. With over 30 attendees, it was one
> of the biggest in a long time - possibly ever.  On behalf of all the
> attendees, I'd like to extend a very grateful thanks to Christian, Thomas,
> and Torben, our intrepid organisers and hosts.  It was really a fantastic
> venue and extremely well organised!
>
> There was a lot of progress during the week as people committed various
> updates.  Towards the end of the meeting, we summarised the list of
> ongoing/desired DiFX development activities at
> https://www.atnf.csiro.au/vlbi/dokuwiki/doku.php/difx/todo/; DiFX users
> should feel free to suggest additions (or even better, to cross off
> completed items!) throughout the year.  If you need write access to the
> wiki, please contact Cormac Reynolds (Corman.Reynolds at csiro.au).
>
> There was some discussion pertinent to next year's workshop that I'd like
> to share here:
>
> * Do we want to focus on a particular theme?  This year there was an
> informal focus on DiFX for geodesy, which was very productive.  Some
> suggestions for a theme next year included high frequency VLBI (the EHT),
> eVLBI, or global VLBI observations.  Please add to this list, if you have
> ideas, or add your support to a particular idea.
> * While it is probably a little early to lock down a specific venue, a few
> potential hosts were floated:
>  - Swinburne has never hosted and the meeting hasn't been to Australia for
> a while.
>  - Likewise, it's been while since we've been to North America: Socorro
> and Minneapolis could be potential sites.
>  - We didn't get to discuss this with Jakob and Andreas before they left,
> but perhaps TU Wien, who have been quite active DiFX users, would be
> interested to host?
> * Meeting time: is everyone still happy with September/October?  Is there
> animo to attach the meeting to the IVTW, as has been done in the past?  In
> any case, I suggest we wait until Jan/Feb 2019 until the possible location
> and time of the IVTW is known before making any firm decisions, but
> thoughts on the meeting date are also welcomed.
>
> Please send any replies through to difx-users, and I look forward to
> another productive year.
>
> Happy correlating,
> Adam
>
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> Dr. Adam Deller
> ARC Future Fellow, Senior Lecturer
> Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing
> Swinburne University of Technology
> John St, Hawthorn VIC 3122 Australia
> phone: +61 3 9214 5307
> fax: +61 3 9214 8797
>
> office days (usually): Mon-Thu
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Dr. Adam Deller
ARC Future Fellow, Senior Lecturer
Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing
Swinburne University of Technology
John St, Hawthorn VIC 3122 Australia
phone: +61 3 9214 5307
fax: +61 3 9214 8797

office days (usually): Mon-Thu
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