September 6, 2006NVO Summer School1 Welcome to the National Virtual Observatory Summer School Tom McGlynn NASA/GSFC T HE US N ATIONAL V IRTUAL O BSERVATORY.

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Welcome to the

National Virtual ObservatorySummer School

Tom McGlynnNASA/GSFC

THE US NATIONAL VIRTUAL OBSERVATORY

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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

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Threads of the the VO Fabric

Multiwavelength astrophysics

Archival Research

Survey astronomy

Temporal astronomy

Moore’s L

aw

Digital detectors

The Internet

Data S

tandards

NGC3104

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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.

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International Virtual Observatory Alliance

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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

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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

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Students

• 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

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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

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Logistics

• Internet and electrical connectivity• Meals• Transport• Who to see if there are problems

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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.

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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

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Social

• Social calendar• Families?• Sunday activities• School dinner

– Monday evening: Rustique Bistro

• Meals in Aspen• Evening get-togethers