From ohnishi at a.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp Tue Dec 1 08:52:32 2009 From: ohnishi at a.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp (Toshikazu Onishi) Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 22:52:32 +0900 Subject: [asac] Next telecon on 9th Dec. Message-ID: <34851D85-B48B-4D66-AE49-4B7DDE3BDD57@a.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp> Dear all, I propose the next ASAC telecon at 14:30UT of 9th December. Original schedule for the ASAC telecon is on the first Wednesday, but I would like to postpone it to the next week because Richard and I will not be available tomorrow. I am very sorry for the late notice. Best regards, Toshikazu Onishi From ohnishi at a.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp Wed Dec 2 18:09:56 2009 From: ohnishi at a.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp (Toshikazu Onishi) Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 08:09:56 +0900 Subject: [asac] Next telecon on 9th Dec. In-Reply-To: <34851D85-B48B-4D66-AE49-4B7DDE3BDD57@a.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp> References: <34851D85-B48B-4D66-AE49-4B7DDE3BDD57@a.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp> Message-ID: <0F334BB8-682A-4217-B387-411DF6796468@a.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp> Dear all, Some members are not available on 9th December, and I would like to ask you the possibility of 10th December Thursday. Please let me know your availability. If more members are not available on Thursday, we go back to Wednesday. Best regards, Toshikazu Onishi On 2009/12/01, at 22:52, Toshikazu Onishi wrote: > Dear all, > > I propose the next ASAC telecon at 14:30UT of 9th December. Original schedule for the > ASAC telecon is on the first Wednesday, but I would like to postpone it to the next week > because Richard and I will not be available tomorrow. > > I am very sorry for the late notice. > > Best regards, > Toshikazu Onishi From ohnishi at a.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp Thu Dec 3 18:18:09 2009 From: ohnishi at a.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp (Toshikazu Onishi) Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 08:18:09 +0900 Subject: [asac] Next telecon on 10th Dec. In-Reply-To: <0F334BB8-682A-4217-B387-411DF6796468@a.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp> References: <34851D85-B48B-4D66-AE49-4B7DDE3BDD57@a.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp> <0F334BB8-682A-4217-B387-411DF6796468@a.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp> Message-ID: <1FE22A76-BBD3-49FD-867F-B3179778CFA4@a.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp> Dear all, Not all the members cannot attend the telecon on either day, and the next Thursday, 10th December, seems to be better for the next telecon according to your replies. I would like to set the next telecon at 14:30UT of 10th December. I apologize to the members who are inconvenienced by this schedule. Best regards, Toshikazu Onishi On 2009/12/03, at 8:09, Toshikazu Onishi wrote: > Dear all, > > Some members are not available on 9th December, and I would like to > ask you the possibility of 10th December Thursday. > > Please let me know your availability. If more members are not available > on Thursday, we go back to Wednesday. > > Best regards, > Toshikazu Onishi > > On 2009/12/01, at 22:52, Toshikazu Onishi wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I propose the next ASAC telecon at 14:30UT of 9th December. Original schedule for the >> ASAC telecon is on the first Wednesday, but I would like to postpone it to the next week >> because Richard and I will not be available tomorrow. >> >> I am very sorry for the late notice. >> >> Best regards, >> Toshikazu Onishi > From rhills at alma.cl Wed Dec 9 20:54:47 2009 From: rhills at alma.cl (Richard Hills) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:54:47 +0000 Subject: [asac] ASAC Telecon Dec 10th at 14:30 UTC Message-ID: <4B2054E7.7010904@alma.cl> An outline agenda is at https://safe.nrao.edu/wiki/bin/view/ALMA/ASAC10Dec09Agenda Toll Number: NEW 1-203-480-8549 USA Toll Free Number NEW 866-600-8836 Passcode: NEW 3283890 Looking forward to talking to you. Best Richard and Al -- ******************************************************************* Richard Hills Phone: +56 2 467 6175 ALMA Project Scientist Fax: +56 2 467 6104 Av El Golf 40, Piso 18 Apmnt: +56 2 474 1642 Santiago, Chile Mobile +56 97 608 1582 ******************************************************************* From rhills at alma.cl Thu Dec 10 09:31:29 2009 From: rhills at alma.cl (Richard Hills) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:31:29 +0000 Subject: [asac] ASAC Telecon Dec 10th at 14:30 UTC In-Reply-To: <4B2054E7.7010904@alma.cl> References: <4B2054E7.7010904@alma.cl> Message-ID: <4B210641.9010809@alma.cl> Sorry folks, I don't have the new chairman's passcode. I am hoping that AL has it! Please hang on and try to ignore the music! Richard Hills wrote: > An outline agenda is at > https://safe.nrao.edu/wiki/bin/view/ALMA/ASAC10Dec09Agenda > > Toll Number: NEW 1-203-480-8549 > USA Toll Free Number NEW 866-600-8836 > Passcode: NEW 3283890 > > Looking forward to talking to you. > > Best Richard and Al -- ******************************************************************* Richard Hills Phone: +56 2 467 6175 ALMA Project Scientist Fax: +56 2 467 6104 Av El Golf 40, Piso 18 Apmnt: +56 2 474 1642 Santiago, Chile Mobile +56 97 608 1582 ******************************************************************* From ohnishi at a.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp Sat Dec 12 07:51:45 2009 From: ohnishi at a.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp (Toshikazu Onishi) Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:51:45 +0900 Subject: [asac] Fwd: ALMA Observing Tool User Test 7.0 References: <4B2105D2.8000501@eso.org> Message-ID: Dear all, I suppose most of you have already received an e-mail from Andy Biggs, but I am forwarding it to this mailing list in case someone might not receive it. Best regards, Toshikazu Onishi Begin forwarded message: > From: Andy Biggs > Date: 2009/12/10 23:29:38JST > To: Toshikazu Onishi > Subject: ALMA Observing Tool User Test 7.0 > > Dear ASAC members. The next User Test of the ALMA OT will be taking > place in January 2010. At the October ASAC meeting in Garching the > committee expressed some interest in participating in the next test and > I am therefore emailing you all to see which of you would like to do so. > > Although the dates are not yet finalised, the test version of the > software is likely to be made available towards the middle of January > and we anticipate that users will have a two-week period within which > they can perform their testing - this does not mean that you need to > spend two weeks testing!!! We subsequently appreciate feedback on your > experiences. > > Details of the test will follow, but we will be concentrating on Phase I > and for the first time will be using the archive in Chile, a remote, > searchable user database and user authentication. As the user database > is not yet open for outside registration, the details of our users need > to be entered by us prior to the test. Therefore, please email me if you > would like to be a tester and we will ensure that your details > (including a username and password) are all present and correct. > > Please let me know if you require any other information. > > Regards, > > Andy > > -- > > ESO, ALMA Regional Centre > Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2 > D-85748 Garching, Germany > > tel. +49-89-32006471 > fax. +49-89-32006898 From ohnishi at a.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp Mon Dec 14 09:43:16 2009 From: ohnishi at a.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp (Toshikazu Onishi) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:43:16 +0900 Subject: [asac] Telecon memo Message-ID: Dear all, I am sending herewith a memo of the ASAC telecon on 10th. Please inform me if there are any problems/errors. Best regards, Toshikazu Onishi ----- ASAC Telecon memo 10th December 2009 Attending: Baker, Johnson, Johnston, Gueth, Ivison, Tacconi, Kuno, Hogerheijde Momose, Onishi, Nagar, Hills, Wootten, Morita, Peck Apologies: Stacey, Testi, Afonso Agenda: https://safe.nrao.edu/wiki/bin/view/ALMA/ASAC10Dec09Agenda 1. Membership - See current listing at https://safe.nrao.edu/wiki/pub/ALMA/ASAC10Dec09Agenda/List_of_ASAC_members_-_as_of_September_2009.pdf - Any information to the chair and to Richard. 2. Project Report - Recent progress especially at the high site including interferometry. + The results will be officially open to public at the AAS meeting at Washington in the coming January. Please be patient. - Basically, all the operations are being done from the OSF. - Microwave link between the OSF and the AOS seems to be adequate for the current operation 150Mbps bandwidth - Processes for the next few weeks. + Investigate whether the current hardwares and softwares are adequate for the CSV phase which is expected to start from mid January. - Six antennas at the high site is not scheduled until August next year due to the delay in front-end delivery. 3. Schedule - No dramatic changes + Completion of the basic equipments by the end of 2012 - Contingency money almost exhausted + No additional fund expected from the funding agencies in the current situation + Still some contingency money should be kept by saving the money Very rough estimate from the project scientist: About $US30M in contingency as compared to about $US200M of money that we have yet to commit + Initial prioritization to be planned to be delivered to ASAC for discussion Possibly by the next telecon, more likely at the f2f meeting + Operation budget is also under the pressure to cut several millions of dollars Same situation as the construction budget There are a few meetings for this, and some outputs may come to the next f2f meeting + Joe McMullin will be returning to North America in the coming February This may hit the schedule if we consider his contribution to the project Deputy Nick Wyborn will overtake his work. 4. Reviews - The Review of the Implementation Plan for Operations + Report of the panel and the project response to it will be circulated to ASAC - The ALMA Annual External Review + Review committee: about 12 people, most of them have back ground of project management + To investigate the whole project in terms of technical, financial, management and so on + Comment at the meeting from the reviewers: Very supportive to the project as a whole New emphasis from the panel Should not be perfectionist It should be a time to go to a production stage by careful examination of the current technical status --> (Comment from Richard) The project cannot accept anything just because of the tight schedule and cost Performance issues should be the driver. Compromise for deadline and cost OR keeping the performance the best Waiting for their recommendations - The Critical Design Review of the Calibration System + High performance hot and cold load should enables us to do a good job on absolute calibration. Worry is the cost. - Systems Requirements + The top level document is not completed; will come to ASAC when finished 5. Items for discussion - ALMA Board and response to the ASAC report + Board is very pleased to the ASAC report - Proposal Review Process + Not finalized yet; especially about the wording. + Board telecon next week; If the draft approved, it will be circulated to the ASAC - Development Plan + Suggested that the Project should try to put to together a small team to analyze the technical rediness and rough costs of the various items under discussion. The results of this would need to be ready in time for the next ASAC meeting. 6. Discussion of new Board Charges - Topic that should be discussed at ASAC + Possible impact of cut of the operation cost + Please send any ideas to the chair and Richard - More environmentally friendly operation + No immediate action possible in the current situation. + The project and the Board are very conscious about this. 7. Reports from regions - NA + The North American ALMA Science Center (NAASC) is seeking up to 3 astronomers to join the scientific staff of the Science Center Commission postdocs at Chile. + Discussion on proposal review process + Discussion on workshop: Possibility merging eVLA and ALMA meetings We should not assume a pattern of ALMA workshop at North America every year - EA + Discussion on proposal review process + ALMA User's Meeting this month - Europe + ALMA-VLTI Workshop at ESO early March + ALMA-Herschel Workshop mid-November + Band-5 workshop in May 8. AOB - ASAC report is also for various sections of the project + The current case for computing group - Circulate the response to ASAC 9. Schedule - Telecon 2010 Feb 3 - f2f meeting 9-10 March, Tokyo + Detailed information is expected to be available around the beginning January. From awootten at nrao.edu Fri Dec 18 14:07:06 2009 From: awootten at nrao.edu (Al Wootten) Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:07:06 -0500 Subject: [asac] [almanews] Postdoctoral Fellow - National Radio Astronomy Observatory/ALMA Message-ID: <4B2BD2DA.9040703@nrao.edu> The North American ALMA Science Team invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow to work with the Joint ALMA Observatory (JAO) scientific staff as it gears up for the commissioning and validation of ALMA. The position will be based at the Santiago, Chile, ALMA Office and will offer an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience with the tools needed to make the most of ALMA's scientific promise. The successful candidate will be expected and encouraged to continue an active program of independent research. Funding to present research findings at international conferences is supported. Applicants can apply online at https://careers.nrao.edu and should include a brief summary of past and planned independent scientific research, relevant previous experience, a curriculum vitae, and a brief cover letter. AAS job ID 26222. _______________________________________________ Almanews mailing list Almanews at listmgr.cv.nrao.edu http://listmgr.cv.nrao.edu/mailman/listinfo/almanews From rhills at alma.cl Sun Dec 20 17:34:51 2009 From: rhills at alma.cl (Richard Hills) Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:34:51 +0000 Subject: [asac] Charges Message-ID: <4B2EA68B.3040104@alma.cl> Dear Colleagues, Following the Board telecon, here are the charges for our next face to face meeting. You will that the first of these refers to the Proposal Review Process. That document will be coming soon. The Board has agreed to release the draft but there was one point that needed to be adjusted - interestingly it is the issue of how frequent the calls should be. Also I should let you know that I attached the presentations used at the November Board meeting to the agenda of our last telecon, which is at https://safe.nrao.edu/wiki/bin/view/ALMA/ASAC10Dec09Agenda The links are at item 5. Best wishes for the holidays Richard -- ******************************************************************* Richard Hills Phone: +56 2 467 6175 ALMA Project Scientist Fax: +56 2 467 6104 Av El Golf 40, Piso 18 Apmnt: +56 2 474 1642 Santiago, Chile Mobile +56 97 608 1582 ******************************************************************* -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ASAC Charges March 2010.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 14504 bytes Desc: not available URL: