[Difx-users] Difx-users Digest, Vol 96, Issue 1 {External}

[Adam Deller]

Thanks everyone for the responses. We're continuing to look into
dates/locations, but based on the feedback I think it is essential that
good accessibility for remote participation is prioritised regardless.

Cheers,
Adam

On Thu, 4 Sept 2025 at 02:43, Leonid Petrov via Difx-users <
difx-users at listmgr.nrao.edu> wrote:

> Adam,
>
>    Me too. For many US researches travels to conferences
> are not approved now even if travel funds are available.
>
> Leonid
>
> > On 2025-09-03 12:17, John Barrett via Difx-users wrote:
> > Hi  Adam,
> >
> > Likewise, we here at Haystack would be interested if there is a remote
> > participation option for the DiFX meeting. Travel funding is
> > particularly tight at the moment (limited to essential travel only, no
> > conferences), so we will not be able to participate in-person
> > regardless of location. Unfortunately, it appears unlikely this
> > situation will change in the near future.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > John
> >
> > On 9/3/25 12:00 PM, difx-users-request at listmgr.nrao.edu wrote:
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> >> 1. Re: Plans for DiFX 2.9 release and 2025 workshop {External}
> >> {External} (Frederic Jaron)
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >> Message: 1
> >> Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 12:30:13 +0200
> >> From: Frederic Jaron <fjaron at mpifr-bonn.mpg.de>
> >> To: Adam Deller <adeller at astro.swin.edu.au>, difxusers
> >> <difx-users at listmgr.nrao.edu>
> >> Subject: Re: [Difx-users] Plans for DiFX 2.9 release and 2025
> >> workshop
> >> {External} {External}
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> >>
> >> Hi Adam,
> >>
> >> I'd be interested in joining the DiFX users meeting, but I won't
> >> attend
> >> in person in this location. Online would be an interesting option.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Frederic
> >>
> >> On 8/26/25 03:14, Adam Deller via Difx-users wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi DiFX users,
> >>>
> >>> It has been quite some time since the last release but we are now
> >>> very
> >>> close to finalising and releasing DiFX 2.9.0. Shaoguang Guo is
> >>> presently visiting me at Swinburne and we are putting in an effort
> >>>
> >>> over this week to finalise all the change logs, harmonising the
> >>> 2.9
> >>> alpha branch with main, and plan to tag the release as soon as
> >>> that is
> >>> done (in the next week or so). To the best of our knowledge all
> >>> relevant?testing has been completed, so if anyone is still running
> >>>
> >>> tests on the 2.9.0a branch and wants to hold the release until
> >>> that is
> >>> completed, please let me know.? Going forward we will try to
> >>> return to
> >>> a ~6 monthly update cycle, as it was quite a long time between
> >>> major
> >>> releases this time around.
> >>>
> >>> I will be starting a few discussions on the DiFX github repo
> >>> related
> >>> to benchmarking and release processes, so please follow the repo
> >>> at
> >>> https://github.com/difx/difx if you want to stay up to date with
> >>> those
> >>> discussions. One of those will be regarding benchmarking, as there
> >>> is
> >>> renewed interest in having some up-to-date performance benchmarks
> >>> of
> >>> single-server performance to compare recent CPU models.
> >>>
> >>> The other question for the user group regards a workshop for 2025.
> >>> At
> >>> this point, although we'd explored some options, no location or
> >>> date
> >>> had been set for a DiFX users and developers meeting, and 2025 is
> >>> rapidly running out of road! Shaoguang has raised the possibility
> >>> of
> >>> hosting a meeting in Shanghai in November 2025 - *can I please ask
> >>>
> >>> that you respond if you are 1) interested and likely able to
> >>> attend
> >>> this location and time, or 2) interested in attending a
> >>> users/developers workshop but would be unable to make that
> >>> location or
> >>> time.*
> >>>
> >>> Thanks, and stay tuned for a 2.9.0 release announcement soon!
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Adam
> >>>
> >>> --
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> >>> Prof. Adam Deller
> >>> Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing
> >>> Swinburne University of Technology
> >>> John St, Hawthorn VIC 3122 Australia
> >>> phone: +61 3 9214 5307
> >>> fax: +61 3 9214 8797
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Prof. Adam Deller
Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing
Swinburne University of Technology
John St, Hawthorn VIC 3122 Australia
phone: +61 3 9214 5307
fax: +61 3 9214 8797
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