EA-ARC Status Summary ALMAJ-ARC-10010-A-REP East Asian ALMA Regional Center.

EA-ARC Status SummaryALMAJ-ARC-10010-A-REP

East Asian ALMA Regional Center

2010 Sep 6 EA ARC Review EA-ARC Status Summary 2

Contents

• Core Function• Non-Core Function• User Support Tool• Status Matrix• Staffing Plan• Schedule• Risk

Acronyms• ARC ALMA Regional Center• CASA Common Astronomy Software Applications• OT Observing Tool• Ph1 Phase 1 (proposal preparation)• Ph2 Phase 2 (observing program preparation)• Ph1M Phase 1 Manager• PRC Program Review Committee• PT Project Tracker• QA Quality Assurance• UP User Portal



Proposal 準備（ phase 1)

プロポーザル審査（科学審査・技術評価）Program 準備（ phase 2: SBs ）

Long Term Queue

Arcive (Chile)

Pipeline?

Observations

Program Flow EA ARC EA ObserverUser Portal(UP) 作成OT/CASASim 提供Ph1 マニュアル作成

Phase1Manager 使用

OT 提供Ph2 マニュアル作成

Mirror Archive 用意QA3CASA マニュアル作成

UP 登録OTPh1 使用CASASim 使用

OTPh2 使用

Project Tracker 使用

CASA 使用

プロポーザル作成提出

観測実行書作成

データ解析

QA0QA1

QA2

観測状況モニター

観測の流れ赤字が観測者に関連する EAARC 提供ツール

Helpdesk・F2F


EA-ARC－ユーザー支援コア機能

• ALMA 共通のユーザー支援（コア機能）• UserPortal サイトから以下の支援ツールを提供

– Observing Tool による Proposal 作成・投稿と観測プログラム（観測実行書）の作成

– （ Phase1Manager によるレフリー結果の投稿・集計）– Project Tracker による観測の状況モニター– Mirror Archive による観測データ・観測情報の提供・保存– データ解析用 Offline data reduction Tool 　（ CASA ）の提

供

• Helpdesk と face-to-face による上記ツールの利用支援• 上記ツールのエンドユーザー向けマニュアル作成


EA-ARC－ユーザー支援ノンコア機能

• （内容が ALMA 共通ではなく） EAARC 独自の機能• Science Promotion

– ユーザー層の拡大を図るための諸活動– 学会、 ALMA ワークショップ、草の根的なプロモーション

• Meeting– ALMA Users Meeting– ALMA スクール

• 独自ツール– ラインカタログ– 輻射輸送計算ツールや画像認識ツール– CASA での 45m ･ ASTE 用機能– Virtual Observatory 対応

Status Summary 1


ID Item Description Status ReferC1 Proposal submission

(OT Phase1)Pre-release Test

1st integrated test with 7.1 done. 2nd test is planned this August.

ES-2.2

C2 User Support On-going ES-2.2FO-3

C3 SB validation (OT Phase2) and project tracking

Pre-release Test


ES-3.3

C4 User Support Not yet ES-3.3,3.4FO-4

C5 Proposal Review support & technical assessment (Phase1Manager)

Pre-release Test


ES-3.1

提供されるツールは太字で表示。 Refer は、他の報告書の章。

Status Summary 2


ID Item Description Status ReferC6 User Portal and

web pageHardware Under preparation

C7 Software Under preparation

C8 Pre-release Test

Integrated test is planned this August.

C9 User support Under preparation ES-1.3FO-2.2

C10 Helpdesk Hardware NA machine for ES

C11 Software Kayako is ready.

C12 Pre-release Test

Tested in 1st and 2nd integrated test

C13 Triage Support Tested in 1st and 2nd integrated test

ES-2.2,2.4ES-3.3 （ 3.5 ）ES-4.5,4.6

Status Summary 3


ID Item Description Status ReferC14 Archive Hardware Hardware for first

ES is purchased with 120 TB storage.

ES-4.1

C15 Software Science Archive is used at OSF and query is being implemented.

ES-4.1

C16 User Test Not yet

C17 Archive research support

Not yet ES-4.1

C18 Data Management Support

Not yet

Status Summary 4


ID Item Description Status ReferC19 Pipeline Hardware Prototype hardware

is installed.ES-4.2,4.3

C20 Software CASA is engine. ES-4.2,4.3

C21 User Test First one is June 2010.

C22 Improved pipeline heuristics

Not yet

C23 Officially Sanctioned Data Reprocessing

Not yet

C24 Quality Assurance

Quality Assurance 3 ES-4.4

Status Summary 5


ID Item Description Status ReferC25 Offline and Data

reduction (CASA)User Test (simulator)

Interferometery and single dish was tested.

C26 User Test (interferometer)

CSV uses CASA daily.

C27 User Test (single-dish)

Nobeyama team uses

C28 Offline and data reduction helpdesk support

Not yet ES-4.5

C29 Documentation End-user documents preparation

Ph1 is almost ready. Ph2 is on-going.

ES-2.3,3.2ES-4.5

C30 End-user doc.

revisionNot yet

Status Summary 6


ID Item Description Status ReferC31 User support at

ARCHardware Rooms are ready.

C32 Software ?

C33 User F2F support Procedure is under preparation.

ES-2.2,(2.4) ES-3.3,(3.5)

C34 General regional support

Telephone? TV/Skype?

C35 Astronomer on Duty (CSV support)

Astronomer on Duty support

Regularly participated.

C36 Travel to ARCs Travel to partner ARCs

Not yet

Status Summary 7


ID Item Description Status ReferNC1 Virtual Observatory ASDM compatibility

is investigated.

NC2 日本語文書 for dummies Distributed NRO users meeting.

ES-2.3

NC3 OT Cookbook Distributed NRO users meeting.

ES-2.3,3.2

NC4 CASA Cookbook

Under preparation ES-4.5

NC5 CASA single dish (45m/ASTE)

Software Requirement is defined.??

NC6 User Test On-going with NRO group

NC7 Science Promotion ALMA WS/

Individual visitOn-going ES-1.1

FO-2.1

Status Summary 8


ID Item Description Status ReferNC8 Tutorials OT Phase 1 Basic course

done and planned this fall followed by advance course.

ES-1.2,(2.2)FO-2.2

NC9 OT Phase 2 Not yet (ES-3.3)

NC10 CASA simulator Basic was done. ES-1.2FO-2.2

NC11 CASA data analysis

Not yet. (ES-4.5)FO-2.2

NC12 Users Meeting Users Meeting 1st meeting was held in 2009. 2nd planned Jan. 2011.

ES-1.4

NC13 Enhanced Archive Enhanced Archive

Not well defined.

NC14 Schools for students This winter?

EA-ARC Staffing


• Manager: Okumura• Project Scientist: Saito• Astronomer: Tachihara (until 8/1)=>new one (from 12/1)• Astronomer: Saigo• Astronomer (PostDoc): Higuchi• Secretary: Yamazaki• Web developer: Sakuma• Operation-Computing: Lead Kosugi

(UP/Helpdesk/Archieve) Yatagai,E.Morita,Panta and contracters

Staffing Plan 　（コア機能）

02468

10121416

2009 2010 2011 2012

Requiredstaff

Technical現有

Science現有


Scientific staff 不足分

Technical staff は必要人数が満たされている。

Schedule

＜＜ DSO/ARC の想定＞＞運用 Early Science: <CfP1> <Obs1> <Proposal support> <Reduction support> <CfP2> <Obs2> Routine （ Full): <CfP?>

2010 　　　　　　　 2011 　　　　　　　 2012 　　　　　　　 2013　　　　 Jan 　　　　　　 July 　　　　　　 Jan 　　　　　　 July 　　　　　　 Jan 　　　　　　 July 　　　　

　　 Jan 　　　　　　　建設　 <:::::Comissioning & Science Verification::::::::::::?> 　　 6ant.　　 interferometer <ALMA Inauguration> 50ant. Interferometer including ACA

<AoD> <AoD>

現在

Risk


• 最初の ES 締め切りをサポートする support 　astronomers が少ない（ 2010 年度の人数）ため、直前に多くの問い合わせに一度に答えることが難しい。同様に、ユーザーサポートソフトウエアの不具合や機能不足が予想以上に多いと、サポート体制が問題となる。

• Most support astronomers are not tenure track.( 人員の入れ替わりが起こる確率が大きい ?! ）

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