[asac] [Fwd: [Alma-naasc] ALMA Offline testing]

Thu Jul 14 03:36:10 EDT 2005

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
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Subject: [Alma-naasc] ALMA Offline testing
> From:    "John Hibbard" <jhibbard at nrao.edu>
> Date:    Wed, July 13, 2005 2:16 pm
> To:      alma-naasc at donar.cv.nrao.edu
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> FYI.<br>
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> -john<br>
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> <font size="+1"><tt>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
> 
> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
> 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</a>
> 
> If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Debra Shepherd
> ALMA Offline Subsystem Scientist
> NRAO, ALMA Computing IPT
> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
> href="mailto:dshepher at nrao.edu">dshepher at nrao.edu</a> </tt></font></pre>
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