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Contact Scientist Workflow . Scott Schnee Dec 19, 2011. Pairings with PI . Projects are paired first with co-Is and PIs Remaining projects to be distributed amongst NAASC staff Number of projects per staff member assigned (roughly) by amount of time available Projects assigned by:
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Contact Scientist Workflow Scott Schnee Dec 19, 2011
Pairings with PI • Projects are paired first with co-Is and PIs • Remaining projects to be distributed amongst NAASC staff • Number of projects per staff member assigned (roughly) by amount of time available • Projects assigned by: • Specialty (polarization, high frequency, etc.) • Interest in topic (close, but not too close) • Past collaborations or friendship with PI • Randomly
Outline • Phase II • Data delivery • Face to face visit
Outline • Phase II • Data delivery • Face to face visit
Workflow During Phase II • Contact scientist gets email from P2G saying that SBs have been generated • Review associated JIRA ticket and project • understand the project goals as defined by the PI • changes to the initial SBs made by the P2G • proposal review process • current best practices
Workflow During Phase II • JIRA tickets found off of: • http://jira.alma.cl/browse/SCOPS-1 or • https://sites.google.com/site/almacommunityoutreach/ • ARC Workflow Folders • Phase II Materials • Cycle 0 Project Assignments
Workflow During Phase II • List of items to check can be found at: • https://sites.google.com/site/almacommunityoutreach/ • Staff Training Material • Train the Trainer Material • “Presentation to NA ARC Support Scientists supporting projects in Cycle 0 - the P2G and Contact Scientist Perspective"
Workflow During Phase II • Discuss any questions or changes to the SBs with the P2G (local first, then originating P2G member if necessary) • Review technical assessment • Contact the PI via the ALMA Helpdesk to • Introduce yourself • Give some basic facts about the project/process • Arrange a time to discuss (via phone, Skype, etc.) • https://help.almascience.org/staff • Can use pre-made template
Helpdesk Ticket Creation Use this to search for your PI. If your PI has never used the ALMA Helpdesk, then you can not send him/her an email via the Helpdesk. Instead, contact your PI via a regular email and ask him/her to access the Helpdesk and send you a note.
Workflow During Phase II • Discuss (using Skype, phone, netmeeting, etc.) the Phase II products • Explain any substantial changes made to science goals (none in first batch) • Walk them through the OSS • Answer questions from PI
Questions to be Prepared For • What are the calibrators? • How bright are they and what S/N do I expect? • How far from science target? • What is the cadence of gain/science observations? • Find basis for S/N calculation • When will my project be run? • What happened to the request for extra time?
Change Requests • Best Practices • Contact scientist contacts P2G before talking to PI • Minor Changes • Contact scientist contacts P2G • Major Changes • PI request via the ALMA Helpdesk • See Section 9 of the Phase II Procedures
Workflow During Phase II • Get approval from the PI for the SBs as-is, or collect requested changes • Ask P2G to make minor changes to SB – document this in JIRA via a “comment” (see 9.3 of the Phase II Procedures document) • Major changes need to be requested by the PI via the Helpdesk
Workflow During Phase II • Once the PI has approved the project and any major changes have been resolved, enter comment to this effect in JIRA. • Annotate in the JIRA ticket that the PI approves, and give the date and method of approval (Helpdesk, email, phone, etc.). • If materials need to be regenerated, then the contact scientist will iterate with P2G and PI until final approval
Outline • Phase II • Data delivery • Face to face visit
Data Arrives at NAASC • Data analysts make data available to contact scientist • Contact scientist inspects delivered data • If data pass inspection, data analysts make a URL to the data and pass it to the contact scientist • Contact scientist informs PI of data availability
Data Delivery • Detailed instructions can be found at: • https://safe.nrao.edu/wiki/bin/view/ALMA/NAASC/CycleZeroDataDistributionWorkflow • Questions can be directed to Scott Schnee and Mark Lacy
Outline • Phase II • Data delivery • Face to face visit
Face to Face Visit Request • PI initiates face to face data reduction visit