Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 1

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010

Overview and status of the project

Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 2

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010

Project summary

• First FP7 Infrastructure call Scientific Digital Repositories

• Euro-VO Astronomical Infrastructure for Data Access

• Integrated Infrastructure Initiative (I3)• 30 months

1 February 2008 – 31 July 20102.7 M€

Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 3

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010

Project objectives

EuroVO-AIDA ensures the transition of the European astronomical Virtual Observatory to operationsCore VObs activities/stakeholders:

– Large scale deployment by data centres– Construction of a community of science users– JRAs: definition/evolution of interoperability standards,

relevance of new technologies

Plus – Liaison with other communities− Outreach towards higher education and public

Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 4

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010

Activities• Management (WP1)• Networking (WP2)

Strategy, co-operation and dissemination

• Service (WP3, WP4, WP5)Support to data centres, users, outreach

• Joint Research Activities (WP6, WP7, WP8) Interoperability standards, Data Access

Layer/Data Model, Emerging technologies

Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 5

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010

Project Schedule

• Kick-off 3 months February − April 2008• Cycle 1 1 year May 2008 – April 2009• Cycle 2 1 year May 2009 – April 2010• Final Phase 3 months May – July 2010

The present review period (February 2010 – July 2010) encompasses the end of Cycle 2 and the Final PhaseThe project has remained active during the final phase!

Many Deliverables, but not only writing deliverables…

Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 6

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010

Milestones

M20 Final Technology Forum

UEDIN March 2010

16-18 March 2010

M21 IVOA Interoperability Meeting

IVOA

(C-VO)

May 2010

17-21 May 2010

M22 Final Board Meeting

CNRS June 2010

6 July 2010

Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 7

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010

Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 8

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010Deliverables (last reporting period)

NAD2.6, CNRSD2.9, UEDIND2.10, CNRSD2.11, CNRS

SAD4.4, ESOD5.3, INAF

JRAD6.2, UEDIND7.2, ESAD8.2, CNRS

Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 9

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010

NA (WP2) deliverables

• Elements for evaluation and strategy – D2.9: Euro-VO participation in IVOA – our

technological impact– D2.6, D2.10, D2.11: Three complementary

documents• The status of the international VObs and Euro-VO

• Medium term strategy for Euro-VO

• Assessment of possible liaisons with other disciplines

Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 10

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010

SA (WP4, WP5) deliverables

• Release of tutorials and tools for our different targets– WP3 (data centers): one step release mid-2009– WP4 (scientists) and WP5 (outreach): two step

release, initial and final (D4.4 and D5.3)

Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 11

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010

JRA (WP6, WP7, WP8) deliverables

• Final report on technological activities− Interoperability standards and associated

prototypes (D2.6)− Data Access Protocols and Data Models (D7.2)− Assessment of new technologies (D8.2)

Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 12

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010

Results and findings (1)

• EuroVO-AIDA has fullfilled our expectations – and more

• IVOA is evolving, and Europe and the European projects are among the main drivers

• It demonstrates the power and necessity of having a co-ordination at European level and enough money at that level to leverage the other project resources (national, Agency level)

Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 13

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010

Results and findings (2)

• The European level gives a critical mass, and allows the sharing of expertise and co-ordinated development

• The results are then re-used at the national of Agency level

Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 14

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010

Continuing needs

( e.g., US-VO funded for 5 years by NASA and NSF )

• Co-ordination at European level

• Actions towards data centres, the scientific community and education/public

• Updates of the IVOA technological framework (interoperability standards and tools)

Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 15

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010

Lots of work accomplished, but lots remains to be done!!

Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 16

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010

IVOA Standards in progress

Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 17

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010

Next steps

• Bye bye AIDA, welcome VOICE

• EuroVO-ICE: a – very small – ‘bridging’ project (1 year, strating on 1st September 2010, 200 k€, 4 partners) to support the essential Euro-VO activities and prepare the future

• Back to strategy aspects in WP2 talk

Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 18

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010

Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 19

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010