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Welcome to the National Virtual Observatory Summer School

T HE US N ATIONAL V IRTUAL O BSERVATORY. Welcome to the National Virtual Observatory Summer School. Tom McGlynn NASA/GSFC. Outline. Purpose of the NVO and Summer School How to get information Faculty and Staff Students Facilities and logistics Schedule

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Welcome to the National Virtual Observatory Summer School

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  1. THE US NATIONAL VIRTUAL OBSERVATORY Welcome to the National Virtual Observatory Summer School Tom McGlynn NASA/GSFC NVO Summer School

  2. Outline • Purpose of the NVO and Summer School • How to get information • Faculty and Staff • Students • Facilities and logistics • Schedule • Student exercises and projects • Non-academic activities NVO Summer School

  3. Threads of the the VO Fabric Multiwavelength astrophysics NGC3104 Archival Research Moore’s Law Digital detectors The Internet Data Standards Survey astronomy Temporal astronomy NVO Summer School

  4. What is the Virtual Observatory All astronomy data and knowledge is available to all astronomers. Removing barriers to doing science: • Physical. Moore’s Law • Semantic. NVO team and IVOA partners • Cultural. NVO Summer School

  5. International Virtual Observatory Alliance NVO Summer School

  6. Purpose of the Summer School Encourage and enable science research using the Virtual Observatory • Teach VO technologies • Present research that uses the VO. • Support student exercises and projects NVO Summer School

  7. Faculty and Staff • Tom McGlynn, NASA GSFC • Dave De Young, NOAO • Mike Fitzpatrick, NOAO • Matthew Graham, Caltech • Gretchen Greene, STScI • Bob Hanisch, STScI • Brian Kent, Cornell • Simon Krughoff, University of Pittsburgh • Shui Kwok, Keck Observatory • Chris Miller, NOAO • Ray Plante, NCSA, University of Illinois • Doug Tody, NRAO • Roy Williams, CalTech • Sarah Emery Bunn, CalTech • Sadie Lingham, JHU NVO Summer School

  8. Jacob Albretsen, BYU Colin Aspin, Gemini Observatory Brian Brondel, Indiana University Douglas Burke, SAO Barbara Catinella, Arecibo Observatory Luca Cortese, Cardiff University Joseph DePasquale, CfA Walter dos Santos Jr., U.de Sao Paulo Iranderly Fernandes, Lab. Nac.de Astrofisica David Floyd, STScI Oliver Fraser, University of Washington Steven Gibson, Arecibo Observatory Norman Hill, CADC Lilit Hovhannisyan, Byurakan Observatory Amy Kimball, University of Washington Michael Koss, University of Maryland/GSFC Howard Lanning, NOAO Don Lindler, Sigma Space Corporation Kevin Lindsay, STScI Omar Lopez-Cruz, INAOE Kelly McCusker, CfA Melinda Mello, NRAO August Muench, SAO Tara Murphy, University of Sydney Nathaniel Paust, STScI Paresh Prema, IOA, Cambridge Ivanio Puerari, INAOE Jordan Raddick, Johns Hopkins University Anthony Rogers, STScI David Rosario, UVa/UC-SC/Lick Rafael Santos, INPE, Brazil Rita Sinha, IUCAA, India Petr Skoda, Astron. Inst., Czech Republic Brad Spitzbart, SAO Christopher Springob, NRL Takayuki Tamura, ISAS/JAXA Katherine Vieira Rosa, Yale University Richard Wagner, UC-San Diego Phillip Warner, NOAO Students NVO Summer School

  9. How to get and give information • Summer School Web Site • http://us-vo.org/ • Permanent record of summer school • Summer School Twiki • http://chart.stsci.edu/twiki/bin/viewauth/Main/SummerSchool2006 • This is active site. You can modify it. • Twiki demo. • Faculty and staff • Feedback sessions NVO Summer School

  10. Logistics • Internet and electrical connectivity • Meals • Transport • Who to see if there are problems NVO Summer School

  11. Schedule • See http://chart.stsci.edu/twiki/bin/view/Main/NVOSummerSchool3Sched • Introduction to key underlying technologies • SQL, XML, Web Services, Languages, Grid • First two days • Virtual Observatory services and protocols • Registries, Cone search, SIA, SkyNode, ... • A dozen student exercises to use various elements of the VO. • Three days • Student-led VO Projects • Use VO technologies for research or publication of data, develop new protocols, ... • 2 ½ days • Presentations at end of summer school. NVO Summer School

  12. Projects • Scope • Do research using the VO • Build a new VO service or client • Develop new VO protocol • … • Organization • Self chosen, student-led teams • All students strongly encouraged to participate • Use the Twiki! • Presentations and prizes NVO Summer School

  13. Social • Social calendar • Families? • Sunday activities • School dinner • Monday evening: Rustique Bistro • Meals in Aspen • Evening get-togethers NVO Summer School

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