From awootten at nrao.edu Mon Jul 4 14:22:45 2005 From: awootten at nrao.edu (Alwyn Wootten) Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 14:22:45 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [asac] ASAC Meeting -- Moved to 1500UT July 13 Message-ID: <33334.68.235.166.52.1120501365.squirrel@webmail.gb.nrao.edu> Folks, Leonardo is unable to attend on 6 July owing to being on an airplane; it seems too late to move it to tomorrow since the meeting would be very early west coast and Hawaii time and 4 July is a US holiday. Therefore let's try to have it 1500UT on Weds 13 July. Clear skies full of fireworks, Al From awootten at nrao.edu Tue Jul 12 08:38:54 2005 From: awootten at nrao.edu (Alwyn Wootten) Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 08:38:54 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [asac] Announcement of Contract for ALMA Antennas Message-ID: <1142.10.64.33.111.1121171934.squirrel@webmail.gb.nrao.edu> For Immediate Release: Tuesday, July 11, 2005 Media Contacts: Miriam Satin Associated Universities, Inc. (202) 462-1676 msatin at aui.edu David Finley National Radio Astronomy Observatory (505) 835-7302 dfinley at nrao.edu Announcement of Contract for ALMA Antennas The National Science Foundation (NSF) and Associated Universities, Incorporated (AUI), which operates the National Radio Astronomy Observatory for the National Science Foundation, are pleased to announce that on July 11, 2005 AUI signed a contract with Vertex Communications Corporation to purchase up to 32 antennas for the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA). NSF authorized AUI to negotiate and sign a contract to purchase North America's share of the ALMA antennas following a long and careful procurement process which included extensive coordination with North America's European partner, the European Southern Observatory (ESO), and with the Joint ALMA Office (JAO), which is overseeing construction of the array. NSF's approval followed the recommendation of the ALMA Director and the unanimous concurrence of the ALMA Board, the supervisory and regulatory body for ALMA. The decision affirms NSF's commitment to this transformational international instrument, and its confidence in the ALMA team and the strength of the ALMA partnership. At its June 2005 meeting, the ESO Council reaffirmed its commitment to ALMA, and ESO is working to complete its parallel antenna procurement process as soon as possible, as recommended by the ALMA Director and the ALMA Board at the June 2005 meeting of the Board. ALMA will be the premier millimeter and submillimeter telescope in the world. It is under construction in the Altiplano region of northern Chile and, when completed in about 2012, will comprise an array of up to 64 12-meter antennas, with an additional compact array supplied by Japan. ALMA will probe many fundamental questions in astronomy such as the origins of planetary systems and the nature of early galaxies. The ALMA project is an international partnership between Europe, North America and Japan, in cooperation with the Republic of Chile. The project is funded in North America by the National Science Foundation in cooperation with the National Research Council of Canada, in Europe by the European Southern Observatory and Spain, and in Japan by the National Institute of Natural Sciences. ALMA construction and operations are led on behalf of North America by the NRAO, on behalf of Europe by ESO, and on behalf of Japan by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. From awootten at nrao.edu Tue Jul 12 08:47:50 2005 From: awootten at nrao.edu (Alwyn Wootten) Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 08:47:50 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [asac] General Dynamics announces radiotelescope contract Message-ID: <1161.10.64.33.111.1121172470.squirrel@webmail.gb.nrao.edu> Folks, Here is more information on the contract: http://www.generaldynamics.com/ Clear skies, Al From awootten at nrao.edu Tue Jul 12 09:37:49 2005 From: awootten at nrao.edu (Alwyn Wootten) Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 09:37:49 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [asac] Reminder: Telecon 2005-July-13 15:00 UT Message-ID: <1236.10.64.33.111.1121175469.squirrel@webmail.gb.nrao.edu> Contact Information * 2005-July-13 15:00 UT * Duration: 1 hr * USA Toll Free Number: 877-874-1919 * Toll Number: +1-203-320-9891 * Passcode: 185064 * Leader: Al Wootten Agenda https://wikio.nrao.edu/bin/view/ALMA/ASAC5Jul05Agenda From ccarilli at nrao.edu Wed Jul 13 10:19:34 2005 From: ccarilli at nrao.edu (Chris Carilli) Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 10:19:34 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [asac] 2006 pan-ALMA meeting - two new members In-Reply-To: <021101c55704$c267b7b0$20186fa1@astroportpepe> References: <021101c55704$c267b7b0$20186fa1@astroportpepe> Message-ID: <33179.134.104.17.201.1121264374.squirrel@webmail.gb.nrao.edu> Leonardo, Pertaining to today's ASAC agenda item on Pan-ALMA meeting, I wasn't sure if we had ever settled the final 2 SOC members? If so, then ignore this. But if not, we have had some suggestions from the ASAC, and let me proposed: Japanese member: T. Onishi from Nagoya University. He works on low mass star formation and starless cores, and he was recommended by the Japanese ALMA community. NA member: Crystal Brogan from JCMT-Hawaii (moving to NRAO). She works on Galactic cm and mm astronomy, from star forming regions to supernovae to the ISM. These are two excellent young astrophysicists who have long term interests in making ALMA a success, and will add fresh voices to the discussions. Perhaps we can discuss this at the ASAC meeting, and if approved, send a quick note to Jose so that he can make official contact and we can start inviting speakers. Chris Carilli > Dear Chris > > We have started to plan the organization of the > 2006 pan-ALMA meeting. I would like to > contact the members of the SOC asap. In your e-mail > you said that two names were still TBD (1 from > Japan and 1 from North America). Could you, please, > tell me if the ASAC has already decided in this context ? > If not, could you please propose two names for approval > at the next ASAC telecon ? > > The symposium is finally scheduled for Nov 13-16, 2006. > > Rafael and me we have prepared a preliminary activity > calendar and we plan to send the 1st announcement by > Sept 15, 2005. The 2nd annoucement and the call for > contributing taks will be sent by January 2006. > > The LOC composition is the following: > > J. Martin-Pintado CSIC co-chairman > Pere Planesas OAN co-chairman > R. Bachiller OAN > J. Cernicharo CSIC > F. Colomer OAN > J.R. Pardo CSIC > P. de Vicente OAN > M. Agundez CSIC > J. Gracia OAN > I. Jimenez CSIC > > Best Regards > Pepe > Cc: J.Martin-Pintado, Pere Planesas, T. Wilson, R. Bachiller > > |--------------------------------------------| > | Jose Cernicharo | > | Dpt. Astrofisica Molecular e Infrarroja | > | Instituto de Estructura de la Materia | > | CSIC | > | C/Serrano 121. 28006 Madrid | > | | > | Tel:915901611 y 626202121 Fax:915645557 | > | | > | e-mail : cerni at damir.iem.csic.es | > |--------------------------------------------| > From lt at arcetri.astro.it Wed Jul 13 10:33:43 2005 From: lt at arcetri.astro.it (Leonardo Testi) Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 16:33:43 +0200 Subject: [asac] 2006 pan-ALMA meeting - two new members In-Reply-To: <33179.134.104.17.201.1121264374.squirrel@webmail.gb.nrao.edu> References: <021101c55704$c267b7b0$20186fa1@astroportpepe> <33179.134.104.17.201.1121264374.squirrel@webmail.gb.nrao.edu> Message-ID: <42D52647.2020309@arcetri.astro.it> Hi Chris, actually we had settled this at the June telecon: we suggested Mark Gurwell and Toshikazu Onishi Mark was indicated by a few of the US ASAC members to bring in expertise in Solar System science. Leonardo Chris Carilli wrote: > Leonardo, > > Pertaining to today's ASAC agenda item on Pan-ALMA meeting, > I wasn't sure if we had ever settled the final 2 SOC members? > If so, then ignore this. But if not, we have had some > suggestions from the ASAC, and let me proposed: > > Japanese member: T. Onishi from Nagoya University. He works on > low mass star formation and starless cores, and he was recommended > by the Japanese ALMA community. > > NA member: Crystal Brogan from JCMT-Hawaii (moving to NRAO). > She works on Galactic cm and mm astronomy, from star forming > regions to supernovae to the ISM. > > These are two excellent young astrophysicists who have > long term interests in making ALMA a success, and will add > fresh voices to the discussions. > > Perhaps we can discuss this at the ASAC meeting, and if > approved, send a quick note to Jose so that he can make official > contact and we can start inviting speakers. > > Chris Carilli > > > >>Dear Chris >> >>We have started to plan the organization of the >>2006 pan-ALMA meeting. I would like to >>contact the members of the SOC asap. In your e-mail >>you said that two names were still TBD (1 from >>Japan and 1 from North America). Could you, please, >>tell me if the ASAC has already decided in this context ? >>If not, could you please propose two names for approval >>at the next ASAC telecon ? >> >>The symposium is finally scheduled for Nov 13-16, 2006. >> >>Rafael and me we have prepared a preliminary activity >>calendar and we plan to send the 1st announcement by >>Sept 15, 2005. The 2nd annoucement and the call for >>contributing taks will be sent by January 2006. >> >>The LOC composition is the following: >> >>J. Martin-Pintado CSIC co-chairman >>Pere Planesas OAN co-chairman >>R. Bachiller OAN >>J. Cernicharo CSIC >>F. Colomer OAN >>J.R. Pardo CSIC >>P. de Vicente OAN >>M. Agundez CSIC >>J. Gracia OAN >>I. Jimenez CSIC >> >>Best Regards >>Pepe >>Cc: J.Martin-Pintado, Pere Planesas, T. Wilson, R. Bachiller >> >>|--------------------------------------------| >>| Jose Cernicharo | >>| Dpt. Astrofisica Molecular e Infrarroja | >>| Instituto de Estructura de la Materia | >>| CSIC | >>| C/Serrano 121. 28006 Madrid | >>| | >>| Tel:915901611 y 626202121 Fax:915645557 | >>| | >>| e-mail : cerni at damir.iem.csic.es | >>|--------------------------------------------| >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Asac mailing list > Asac at listmgr.cv.nrao.edu > http://listmgr.cv.nrao.edu/mailman/listinfo/asac From cerni at damir.iem.csic.es Wed Jul 13 11:16:48 2005 From: cerni at damir.iem.csic.es (cerni at damir.iem.csic.es) Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:16:48 +0200 Subject: [asac] 2006 pan-ALMA meeting - two new members In-Reply-To: <42D52647.2020309@arcetri.astro.it> References: <021101c55704$c267b7b0$20186fa1@astroportpepe> <33179.134.104.17.201.1121264374.squirrel@webmail.gb.nrao.edu> <42D52647.2020309@arcetri.astro.it> Message-ID: <1121267808.42d53060ed662@damir.iem.csic.es> The two members quoted in Chris e-mail are in my list of SOC members since the last June telecon. First annoncement of the conference will be done by sept 15. I will contact the SOC members before the end of July. Best regards Pepe Mensaje citado por Leonardo Testi : > Hi Chris, > actually we had settled this at the June telecon: > we suggested Mark Gurwell and Toshikazu Onishi > > Mark was indicated by a few of the US ASAC members to bring in expertise > in Solar System science. > > Leonardo > > Chris Carilli wrote: > > Leonardo, > > > > Pertaining to today's ASAC agenda item on Pan-ALMA meeting, > > I wasn't sure if we had ever settled the final 2 SOC members? > > If so, then ignore this. But if not, we have had some > > suggestions from the ASAC, and let me proposed: > > > > Japanese member: T. Onishi from Nagoya University. He works on > > low mass star formation and starless cores, and he was recommended > > by the Japanese ALMA community. > > > > NA member: Crystal Brogan from JCMT-Hawaii (moving to NRAO). > > She works on Galactic cm and mm astronomy, from star forming > > regions to supernovae to the ISM. > > > > These are two excellent young astrophysicists who have > > long term interests in making ALMA a success, and will add > > fresh voices to the discussions. > > > > Perhaps we can discuss this at the ASAC meeting, and if > > approved, send a quick note to Jose so that he can make official > > contact and we can start inviting speakers. > > > > Chris Carilli > > > > > > > >>Dear Chris > >> > >>We have started to plan the organization of the > >>2006 pan-ALMA meeting. I would like to > >>contact the members of the SOC asap. In your e-mail > >>you said that two names were still TBD (1 from > >>Japan and 1 from North America). Could you, please, > >>tell me if the ASAC has already decided in this context ? > >>If not, could you please propose two names for approval > >>at the next ASAC telecon ? > >> > >>The symposium is finally scheduled for Nov 13-16, 2006. > >> > >>Rafael and me we have prepared a preliminary activity > >>calendar and we plan to send the 1st announcement by > >>Sept 15, 2005. The 2nd annoucement and the call for > >>contributing taks will be sent by January 2006. > >> > >>The LOC composition is the following: > >> > >>J. Martin-Pintado CSIC co-chairman > >>Pere Planesas OAN co-chairman > >>R. Bachiller OAN > >>J. Cernicharo CSIC > >>F. Colomer OAN > >>J.R. Pardo CSIC > >>P. de Vicente OAN > >>M. Agundez CSIC > >>J. Gracia OAN > >>I. Jimenez CSIC > >> > >>Best Regards > >>Pepe > >>Cc: J.Martin-Pintado, Pere Planesas, T. Wilson, R. Bachiller > >> > >>|--------------------------------------------| > >>| Jose Cernicharo | > >>| Dpt. Astrofisica Molecular e Infrarroja | > >>| Instituto de Estructura de la Materia | > >>| CSIC | > >>| C/Serrano 121. 28006 Madrid | > >>| | > >>| Tel:915901611 y 626202121 Fax:915645557 | > >>| | > >>| e-mail : cerni at damir.iem.csic.es | > >>|--------------------------------------------| > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Asac mailing list > > Asac at listmgr.cv.nrao.edu > > http://listmgr.cv.nrao.edu/mailman/listinfo/asac > From mardones at das.uchile.cl Wed Jul 13 10:41:49 2005 From: mardones at das.uchile.cl (Diego Mardones) Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 10:41:49 -0400 Subject: [asac] 2006 pan-ALMA meeting - two new members In-Reply-To: <42D52647.2020309@arcetri.astro.it> References: <021101c55704$c267b7b0$20186fa1@astroportpepe> <33179.134.104.17.201.1121264374.squirrel@webmail.gb.nrao.edu> <42D52647.2020309@arcetri.astro.it> Message-ID: <0eb5b2f29e8b579751286c340af05d59@das.uchile.cl> Yes, I agree, Diego On Jul 13, 2005, at 10:33 AM, Leonardo Testi wrote: > Hi Chris, > actually we had settled this at the June telecon: > we suggested Mark Gurwell and Toshikazu Onishi > > Mark was indicated by a few of the US ASAC members to bring in > expertise in Solar System science. > > Leonardo From lt at arcetri.astro.it Wed Jul 13 18:24:09 2005 From: lt at arcetri.astro.it (Leonardo Testi) Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 00:24:09 +0200 Subject: [asac] ASAC Charge Message-ID: <42D59489.1030201@arcetri.astro.it> Hi all, I just received the final text for our charges (attached). It reflects our expectations as discussed today. Leonardo -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ASAC Charge - Revised - October 2005 Meeting.pdf Type: application/octet-stream Size: 23027 bytes Desc: not available URL: From lt at arcetri.astro.it Wed Jul 13 19:26:16 2005 From: lt at arcetri.astro.it (Leonardo Testi) Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 01:26:16 +0200 Subject: [asac] [Fwd: ASAC Meeting in October] Message-ID: <42D5A318.5080902@arcetri.astro.it> Hi all, Alejandra Araya (aaraya at alma.cl) in Santiago will help us with the logistics of our meeting on Oct 1-2. Please send her your expected travel dates for the hotel reservation (let us know if you are unable to come and, in case, whether you will be able to connect via videocon). Below is the list of people I do expect to be present, please let me know if I had forgotten anybody. Leonardo PS. Consider full-day meeting on both Oct 1 and 2, which probably means that you will have to fly in on Sep 30, but may be able to escape on Oct 2 if you find a late evening flight (certainly not europeans, I am afraid). List of attendees for the 2005 Oct 1-2 ASAC meeting in Santiago EU Members Leonardo Testi - lt at arcetri.astro.it Ewine van Dishoek - ewine at strw.leidenuniv.nl Jose Cernicharo - cerni at damir.iem.csic.es Peter Schilke - schilke at mpifr-bonn.mpg.de John Richer - jsr at mrao.cam.ac.uk NA Members Christine Wilson - wilson at physics.mcmaster.ca Chris Carilli - ccarilli at aoc.nrao.edu Jean Turner - turner at astro.ucla.edu Andrew Blain - awb at astro.caltech.edu Lee Mundy - lgm at astro.umd.edu J Members Munetake Momose - momose at mx.ibaraki.ac.jp Satoshi Yamamoto - yamamoto at taurus.phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp Yasuo Fukui - fukui at a.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp C Member Diego Mardones - mardones at das.uchile.cl Ex Officio Al Wootten - awootten at nrao.edu Tom Wilson - twilson at eso.org Ryohei Kawabe - kawabe at nro.nao.ac.jp Massimo Tarenghi - mtarengh at alma.cl Tony Beasley - tbeasley at alma.cl Rick Murowinski - Richard.Murowinski at alma.cl Regional Managers ? - TBC Dave Silva - dsilva at eso.org Robert Laing - rlaing at eso.org Susanne Aalto - susanne at gymer.oso.chalmers.se -------- Original Message -------- Subject: ASAC Meeting in October Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 17:14:55 -0400 From: Alejandra Araya Organization: Joint ALMA Office To: lt at arcetri.astro.it CC: Massimo Tarenghi Dear Mr. Testi, As per Massimo Tarenghi's request, I am contacting you in regards to the upcoming ASAC Committee Meeting, to be held in Santiago-Chile, on October 1st and 2nd this year. Massimo has asked me to contact you in order to start organizing the logistics for this event, and to provide my assistance on anything you may need from our end. I am currently blocking tentative rooms at a Hotel, so it would be great to hear how many participants you are expecting to confirm these reservations. In the case you have designated somebody else to coordinate this meeting, please provide me with the name of that person. I would greatly appreciate it if you could copy me on any information you may have for this meeting, and again, please do not hesitate to contact me in case you need my assistance. Best regards, From kawabe at nro.nao.ac.jp Wed Jul 13 21:02:33 2005 From: kawabe at nro.nao.ac.jp (Ryohei Kawabe) Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 10:02:33 +0900 Subject: [asac] [Fwd: ASAC Meeting in October] References: <42D5A318.5080902@arcetri.astro.it> Message-ID: <007501c5880f$b88f6760$a1dc2885@KawabeVaio03> Dear Leonardo, Thank you for your message. Please add Baltasar Vila Vilaro, ALMA-J Instrument Scientist in the list of attendees. I will check whether someone else attends the meeting from ALMA-J office. Regards, Ryohei ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leonardo Testi" To: Cc: ; "David Silva" ; Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 8:26 AM Subject: [asac] [Fwd: ASAC Meeting in October] > Hi all, > Alejandra Araya (aaraya at alma.cl) in Santiago will help us with the > logistics of our meeting on Oct 1-2. Please send her your expected > travel dates for the hotel reservation (let us know if you are unable to > come and, in case, whether you will be able to connect via videocon). > Below is the list of people I do expect to be present, please let me > know if I had forgotten anybody. > > Leonardo > > PS. Consider full-day meeting on both Oct 1 and 2, which probably means > that you will have to fly in on Sep 30, but may be able to escape on > Oct 2 if you find a late evening flight (certainly not europeans, I > am afraid). > > List of attendees for the 2005 Oct 1-2 ASAC meeting in Santiago > > EU Members > Leonardo Testi - lt at arcetri.astro.it > Ewine van Dishoek - ewine at strw.leidenuniv.nl > Jose Cernicharo - cerni at damir.iem.csic.es > Peter Schilke - schilke at mpifr-bonn.mpg.de > John Richer - jsr at mrao.cam.ac.uk > > NA Members > Christine Wilson - wilson at physics.mcmaster.ca > Chris Carilli - ccarilli at aoc.nrao.edu > Jean Turner - turner at astro.ucla.edu > Andrew Blain - awb at astro.caltech.edu > Lee Mundy - lgm at astro.umd.edu > > J Members > Munetake Momose - momose at mx.ibaraki.ac.jp > Satoshi Yamamoto - yamamoto at taurus.phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp > Yasuo Fukui - fukui at a.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp > > C Member > Diego Mardones - mardones at das.uchile.cl > > Ex Officio > Al Wootten - awootten at nrao.edu > Tom Wilson - twilson at eso.org > Ryohei Kawabe - kawabe at nro.nao.ac.jp > > > Massimo Tarenghi - mtarengh at alma.cl > Tony Beasley - tbeasley at alma.cl > Rick Murowinski - Richard.Murowinski at alma.cl > Regional Managers ? - TBC > > Dave Silva - dsilva at eso.org > Robert Laing - rlaing at eso.org > Susanne Aalto - susanne at gymer.oso.chalmers.se > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: ASAC Meeting in October > Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 17:14:55 -0400 > From: Alejandra Araya > Organization: Joint ALMA Office > To: lt at arcetri.astro.it > CC: Massimo Tarenghi > > > > Dear Mr. Testi, > > As per Massimo Tarenghi's request, I am contacting you in regards to the > upcoming ASAC Committee Meeting, to be held in Santiago-Chile, on > October 1st and 2nd this year. > > Massimo has asked me to contact you in order to start organizing the > logistics for this event, and to provide my assistance on anything you > may need from our end. I am currently blocking tentative rooms at a > Hotel, so it would be great to hear how many participants you are > expecting to confirm these reservations. In the case you have > designated somebody else to coordinate this meeting, please provide me > with the name of that person. > > I would greatly appreciate it if you could copy me on any information > you may have for this meeting, and again, please do not hesitate to > contact me in case you need my assistance. > > Best regards, > > > _______________________________________________ > Asac mailing list > Asac at listmgr.cv.nrao.edu > http://listmgr.cv.nrao.edu/mailman/listinfo/asac > > From ccarilli at nrao.edu Thu Jul 14 03:27:38 2005 From: ccarilli at nrao.edu (Chris Carilli) Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 03:27:38 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [asac] [Fwd: [Alma-naasc] ALMA Offline testing] Message-ID: <32821.134.104.17.201.1121326058.squirrel@webmail.gb.nrao.edu> All, I reckon the ASAC meeting in October will be pretty full, considering antenna contracts and rebaselining. But is there any desire to get an update from the software/AIPS++ folks? Seems like they are making progress, but if we want to hear from them, we need to inform them. cc ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [Alma-naasc] ALMA Offline testing From: "John Hibbard" Date: Wed, July 13, 2005 2:16 pm To: alma-naasc at donar.cv.nrao.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FYI.

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Debra Shepherd wrote: 
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Many of you have expressed an interest over the past few years about the
status of the Astronomical Information and Processing System
(AIPS++) software development for the Atacama Large Millimeter Array
(ALMA) project.  I promised at various meetings and in many individual
conversations to send out an update about how our software testing is
going - so here it is.

As you know, ALMA has conducted external user tests every 6 months for the
past 1.5 years to ensure that the software development is adequate for
ALMA needs.  To date, 3 test cycles have been successfully
completed.  The focus has been: 1) single field interferometry; 2) mosaic
interferometry; and 3) combining single dish and synthesis
data.  Recently I wrote up a brief summary of our testing status and put
this on the ALMA Computing IPT Usertests web page.

Please note, the software is NOT ready for the general user yet - and this
is not an invitation to download the software and start playing with it
because it is continually being modified during this very
active development period.  When we are ready for a wider user base I will
send out another update.  Please let me know if you do not wish to be
included in future e-mail test announcments.

If you would like to review the summary and obtain links to the
detailed test reports and testing web sites, please see

http://almasw.hq.eso.org/almasw/pub/Usertests/WebHome/test.summary.jul05.pdf

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me.

Sincerely,

Debra Shepherd
ALMA Offline Subsystem Scientist
NRAO, ALMA Computing IPT
dshepher at nrao.edu
_______________________________________________ Alma-naasc mailing list Alma-naasc at listmgr.cv.nrao.edu http://listmgr.cv.nrao.edu/mailman/listinfo/alma-naasc From lt at arcetri.astro.it Thu Jul 14 03:36:10 2005 From: lt at arcetri.astro.it (Leonardo Testi) Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 09:36:10 +0200 Subject: [asac] [Fwd: [Alma-naasc] ALMA Offline testing] In-Reply-To: <32821.134.104.17.201.1121326058.squirrel@webmail.gb.nrao.edu> References: <32821.134.104.17.201.1121326058.squirrel@webmail.gb.nrao.edu> Message-ID: <42D615EA.8070803@arcetri.astro.it> Hi Chris, we discussed this point at our June telecon, we felt that it would have not been fair to ask them for a presentation on the software without having the time to discuss and digest the news... Leonardo Chris Carilli wrote: > All, > > I reckon the ASAC meeting in October will be pretty full, considering > antenna contracts and rebaselining. But is there any desire to get > an update from the software/AIPS++ folks? Seems like they are making > progress, but if we want to hear from them, we need to inform them. > > cc > > > > > ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- > Subject: [Alma-naasc] ALMA Offline testing > From: "John Hibbard" > Date: Wed, July 13, 2005 2:16 pm > To: alma-naasc at donar.cv.nrao.edu > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > FYI.
>
> If you wish to be included in future mailings, please use mailman to > subscribe to
> href="mailto:aips2-naug at aoc.nrao.edu">aips2-naug at aoc.nrao.edu.
>
> -john
>
> Debra Shepherd wrote: >
> 
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> 
> Many of you have expressed an interest over the past few years about the
> status of the Astronomical Information and Processing System
> (AIPS++) software development for the Atacama Large Millimeter Array
> (ALMA) project.  I promised at various meetings and in many individual
> conversations to send out an update about how our software testing is
> going - so here it is.
> 
> As you know, ALMA has conducted external user tests every 6 months for the
> past 1.5 years to ensure that the software development is adequate for
> ALMA needs.  To date, 3 test cycles have been successfully
> completed.  The focus has been: 1) single field interferometry; 2) mosaic
> interferometry; and 3) combining single dish and synthesis
> data.  Recently I wrote up a brief summary of our testing status and put
> this on the ALMA Computing IPT Usertests web page.
> 
> Please note, the software is NOT ready for the general user yet - and this
> is not an invitation to download the software and start playing with it
> because it is continually being modified during this very
> active development period.  When we are ready for a wider user base I will
> send out another update.  Please let me know if you do not wish to be
> included in future e-mail test announcments.
> 
> If you would like to review the summary and obtain links to the
> detailed test reports and testing web sites, please see
> 
>  href="http://almasw.hq.eso.org/almasw/pub/Usertests/WebHome/test.summary.jul05.pdf">http://almasw.hq.eso.org/almasw/pub/Usertests/WebHome/test.summary.jul05.pdf
> 
> If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Debra Shepherd
> ALMA Offline Subsystem Scientist
> NRAO, ALMA Computing IPT
>  href="mailto:dshepher at nrao.edu">dshepher at nrao.edu
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> > > > _______________________________________________ > Alma-naasc mailing list > Alma-naasc at listmgr.cv.nrao.edu > http://listmgr.cv.nrao.edu/mailman/listinfo/alma-naasc > > > > _______________________________________________ > Asac mailing list > Asac at listmgr.cv.nrao.edu > http://listmgr.cv.nrao.edu/mailman/listinfo/asac From lt at arcetri.astro.it Fri Jul 22 04:14:19 2005 From: lt at arcetri.astro.it (Leonardo Testi) Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 10:14:19 +0200 Subject: [asac] ASAC Meeting - Logistics In-Reply-To: <42D5A318.5080902@arcetri.astro.it> References: <42D5A318.5080902@arcetri.astro.it> Message-ID: <42E0AADB.7040700@arcetri.astro.it> Dear ASAC members and attendees, as I mentioned to you last week, the logistics for our meeting in Santiago on Oct 1-2 will be taken care of by Alejandra Araya (aaraya at alma.cl) from the JAO (thanks!). Please let her know if you will be able to attend and the expected dates of your stay in Santiago. It is important to have a good guess of the total attendance in advance, as I understand that we are very close or above the capacity limit of the meeting room at the ALMA office. In case we will need an alternative (larger) room for our meeting, then Alejandra should know this as soon as possible. European members and attendees should, as usual, book their flights through ESO, please send at your earliest convenience your travel wishes to Elena, Natalie and Veronika at alma_admin at eso.org Our next telecon is scheduled for August 3 at 15:00 UT. Please let me know if you will NOT be able to attend the telecon. Leonardo List of attendees for the 2005 Oct 1-2 ASAC meeting in Santiago EU Members Leonardo Testi - lt at arcetri.astro.it Ewine van Dishoek - ewine at strw.leidenuniv.nl Jose Cernicharo - cerni at damir.iem.csic.es Peter Schilke - schilke at mpifr-bonn.mpg.de John Richer - jsr at mrao.cam.ac.uk NA Members Christine Wilson - wilson at physics.mcmaster.ca Chris Carilli - ccarilli at aoc.nrao.edu Jean Turner - turner at astro.ucla.edu Andrew Blain - awb at astro.caltech.edu Lee Mundy - lgm at astro.umd.edu J Members Munetake Momose - momose at mx.ibaraki.ac.jp Satoshi Yamamoto - yamamoto at taurus.phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp Yasuo Fukui - fukui at a.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp C Member Diego Mardones - mardones at das.uchile.cl Ex Officio Al Wootten - awootten at nrao.edu Tom Wilson - twilson at eso.org Ryohei Kawabe - kawabe at nro.nao.ac.jp Massimo Tarenghi - mtarengh at alma.cl Tony Beasley - tbeasley at alma.cl Rick Murowinski - Richard.Murowinski at alma.cl Hans Rykaczewski - hrykacze at eso.org Regional Managers ? - TBC Dave Silva - dsilva at eso.org Robert Laing - rlaing at eso.org Baltasar Vila Vilaro - vila.vilaro at nao.ac.jp Susanne Aalto - susanne at gymer.oso.chalmers.se From awootten at nrao.edu Wed Jul 27 09:17:09 2005 From: awootten at nrao.edu (Alwyn Wootten) Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 09:17:09 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [asac] Telecon 2005-Aug-3 15:00 UT Message-ID: <3177.10.2.96.237.1122470229.squirrel@webmail.gb.nrao.edu> Folks, Chris has provided minutes for the last meeting, which are posted at: https://wikio.nrao.edu/bin/view/ALMA/ASAC5Jul05Minutes Our next meeting is but a week away: Contact Information * 2005-Aug-3 15:00 UT * Duration: 1 hr * USA Toll Free Number: 877-874-1919 * Toll Number: +1-203-320-9891 * Passcode: 185064 * Leader: Al Wootten An agenda for this meeting will be posted soon. Clear skies, Al