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EXPReS Annual Review 2007 Overview: Achievements & Future Plans

Explore EXPReS project's milestones, including network activities, financial overview, and upcoming strategies. Join the open discussion on scaling and optimizing the global e-VLBI service.

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EXPReS Annual Review 2007 Overview: Achievements & Future Plans

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  1. EXPReS Annual Review- 2007 April 17 NA's- Past 12 Month Overview T. Charles Yun EXPReS Project Team JIVE, Coordinating Institution EXPReS is made possible through the support of the European Commission (DG-INFSO), Sixth Framework Programme, Contract #026642

  2. Agenda 09:00-09:30 Introductions / Overview 09:30-11:00 EXPReS Summary for Past 12 Months 20 NA1/NA2/NA3/NA4- Network Activities and Management 20 SA1- Production e-VLBI Service 20 SA2- Network Provision for a Global e-VLBI Array 20 JRA1- Future Arrays of Broadband Radio Telescop on Internet Computing 11:00-11:15 Break 11:15-11:45 External User: Benefits and capabilities of e-VLBI 11:45-12:30 Comments from E.C. on morning 12:30-13:15 Lunch 13:15-14:00 Financial Overview for Past 12 Months 14:00-15:15 Overview of project next 18 Months 15:15-16:00 Open Discussion 16:00-16:20 Reviewer Internal Meeting 16:20-16:30 First Feedback to the team 16:30 Conclusion / End of First Year Review EXPReS Annual Review

  3. Introduction (some of) The Faces of EXPReS EXPReS Annual Review

  4. Introduction EXPReS Timeline EXPReS Annual Review

  5. NA 1, 2, 3, and 4: Past 12 Month Review NA1- Management of I3 • Distribution of Period 1 funding (covered later) • Board Meeting • Selection of Chair and Vice-Chair • Confirmation of Coordinator • Project Kickoff Meeting • Basic communication pathways for the project • Contact names/info, mailing lists • Addendum to the Consortium Agreement • Makeup of the Project Office • Reporting, communications EXPReS Annual Review

  6. NA 1, 2, 3, and 4: Past 12 Month Review NA1- the Project Office • Project Coordinator • Mike Garrett, Huib Jan van Langevelde • The switch has been signaled to the EC and the Project Office has received a letter recognizing the change. • Administrative Assistant • Diana van Dijk (month 1) • Project Manager • T. Charles Yun (month 6) • With the completion of the full project office, communication and reporting with the EC should be more effective and reliable EXPReS Annual Review

  7. NA 1, 2, 3, and 4: Past 12 Month Review NA1- Amendment to Consort. Agmt • Changes to the Consortium Agreement were proposed at the Board Meeting • Creating a formal Amendment was the procedural solution • The board discussed the text to be modified as well as the reasons and reasoning for the changes • In total, eight amendments were accepted and verbally approved by the board • A "signable" legal document followed after several cycles of legal formatting • All partners have signed the Consortium Agreement as well as the Amendment to the Consortium Agreement • Copies of the signed documents are held by the Project Office EXPReS Annual Review

  8. NA 1, 2, 3, and 4: Past 12 Month Review NA2- EVN-NREN Forum • EVN-NREN = European VLBI Network - National Research and Education Networks • John Chevers, DANTE • Purpose: • Support and encourage discussion on topics relating to network implementation of telescopes and performance experienced by e-VLBI traffic between members of the astronomy and networking communities • Activities • EVN-NREN Meeting, May 2006 • NREN cooperation with SMART-1 observation • NREN Partners • GEANT2 (Europe) via DANTE • SURFnet6 (Netherlands) via SURFnet • PIONEER (Poland) via PSNC • AARNet3 (Australia) via AARNet • South American network’s participation in SMART-1 EXPReS Annual Review

  9. NA 1, 2, 3, and 4: Past 12 Month Review GEANT2 EXPReS Annual Review

  10. NA 1, 2, 3, and 4: Past 12 Month Review SURFNet6 EXPReS Annual Review

  11. NA 1, 2, 3, and 4: Past 12 Month Review PIONEER EXPReS Annual Review

  12. NA 1, 2, 3, and 4: Past 12 Month Review AARNet3 EXPReS Annual Review

  13. List of 19 NRENs EXPReS Annual Review

  14. ESA 2002 NA 1, 2, 3, and 4: Past 12 Month Review SMART-1 Observation, 2006 Sept • e-VLBI is used to monitor SMART-1’s controlled impact on the surface of the moon. • Radio telescopes, led by European radio astronomers from JIVE recorded key data during its final moments and impact. • Successes: • 10 usec accuracy of impact (+/- 2 cm) • Networked transport of data • Coordination and cooperation between telescopes, astronomers and inter/national backbone networks • e-VLBI in support of space operations EXPReS Annual Review

  15. NA 1, 2, 3, and 4: Past 12 Month Review NA3- eVSAG • eVSAG = e-VLBI Science Advisory Group • John Conway • Purpose • to be a forum to discuss the science use of e-VLBI, give a user perspective on the relative priorities for technical development and give science-based policy advice to other parts of EXPReS or the EVN in general • Meetings • e-VLBI progress and strategy to the EVN board of directors; Florence, Italy; May 2006 • e-VLBI update to the EVN board of directors, Dwingeloo, the Netherlands, Nov 2006 • eVSAG meeting; Dwingeloo, the Netherlands; Nov 2006 EXPReS Annual Review

  16. NA 1, 2, 3, and 4: Past 12 Month Review NA3- e-VLBI Observation • The e-VLBI observation schedule is coordinated via the eVSAG chair. Summary of past year's observation schedule: EXPReS Annual Review

  17. NA 1, 2, 3, and 4: Past 12 Month Review Science Publications EXPReS Annual Review

  18. NA 1, 2, 3, and 4: Past 12 Month Review NA4- Public Outreach • Purpose: • to develop a coherent and visible outreach programme profiling EXPReS to astronomers, diverse researchers and the general public both nationally and internationally • Activity highlights: • General project website • Project wiki with public and secured areas • Press releases, posters, support for news and radio articles • Project brochure, distributed to partners EXPReS Annual Review

  19. NA 1, 2, 3, and 4: Past 12 Month Review EXPReS Public Online Presence http://www.expres-eu.org/ • The EXPReS website is the public’s interface into the project. From this point general, scientific and technical information is accessible. • Many of the physical publications produced by the project are available for download • The EXPReS wiki is a dynamic forum where project members create and edit project related information. EXPReS Annual Review

  20. NA 1, 2, 3, and 4: Past 12 Month Review General Publications EXPReS Annual Review

  21. NA 1, 2, 3, and 4: Past 12 Month Review EXPReS Project Site- wiki EXPReS Annual Review

  22. NA1 Deliverables EXPReS Annual Review

  23. NA2 Deliverables EXPReS Annual Review

  24. NA3 Deliverables EXPReS Annual Review

  25. NA4 Deliverables EXPReS Annual Review

  26. Agenda 09:00-09:30 Introductions / Overview 09:30-11:00 EXPReS Summary for Past 12 Months 20 NA1/NA2/NA3/NA4- Network Activities and Management 20 SA1- Production e-VLBI Service 20 SA2- Network Provision for a Global e-VLBI Array 20 JRA1- Future Arrays of Broadband Radio Telescop on Internet Computing 11:00-11:15 Break 11:15-11:45 External User: Benefits and capabilities of e-VLBI 11:45-12:30 Comments from E.C. on morning 12:30-13:15 Lunch 13:15-14:00 Financial Overview for Past 12 Months 14:00-15:15 Overview of project next 18 Months 15:15-16:00 Open Discussion 16:00-16:20 Reviewer Internal Meeting 16:20-16:30 First Feedback to the team 16:30 Conclusion / End of First Year Review EXPReS Annual Review

  27. Conclusion Questions/Answers • Contact information T. Charles Yun Project Manager EXPReS (JIVE) tcyun at jive dot nl • Additional Information http://expres-eu.org/ [note: only one “s”] http://www.jive.nl/ • EXPReS is made possible through the support of the European Commission (DG-INFSO), Sixth Framework Programme, Contract #026642 EXPReS Annual Review

  28. Conclusion EXPReS EXPReS Annual Review

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