2004 NRAO EVLA Advisory Committee Meeting

December 14-15, 2004

Location: AOC in Socorro, New Mexico

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We invite and encourage the community to contact any of the NRAO/EVLA Advisory committee members, if there are concerns about the EVLA.  The committee membership list with accompanying contact information is found at the end of this page.

 

Charge of the Committee

The charges to the 2004 EVLA Advisory Committee are to evaluate and advise the NRAO Director regarding: (a) the EVLA Phase I project's technical progress and issues; (b) the project's software development plan and resource requirements; (c) the EVLA Phase I management plan, schedule, and cost, including strategies for the effective use of project contingency; (d) the scope and maturity of the project's operations plan, including the resource requirements; (e) the relative priority and scientific impact of options for change in project scope; and (f) the project's future evolution should the opportunity to begin Phase II arise.

 

Access   PowerPoint Template   for meeting presentations.

 

Agenda

 

EVLA Advisory Committee Report

Response to Committee Report

 

Reading Materials:

 

Cover Letter

2003 EVLA Advisory Committee Report 

NRAO Response to the 2003 EVLA Advisory Committee Report

EVLA Progress Report (January – June 2004)

EVLA Organization Chart

EVLA Project Book Chapters

 

[Computing Documents]

   EVLA Real-Time Science Software Requirements

   Draft VLA/EVLA Transition Observing System Dev. & Re-engineering Plan

   EVLA High Level Software Design

   EVLA Engineering Software Requirements

   Draft – EVLA Data Post-Processing Software Requirements

   EVLA Array Operations Software Requirements

   EVLA e2e Science Software Requirements

 

Antenna Block Diagram

CEB Block Diagram

 

 

Presentations:

 

Introduction and Charge   (F. Lo)

 

 

Project Overview   (P. Napier)

PPT

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Project Management Plan   (P. Napier)

PPT

PDF

VLA/EVLA Management   (J. Ulvestad)

PPT

PDF

Systems Hardware Overview    (J. Jackson)

PPT

PDF

Hardware Performance    (R. Perley)

PPT

PDF

Preparation for Production   (S. Durand)

PPT

PDF

Correlator   (P. Dewdney)

PPT

PDF

Software Development

   Introduction   (J. Ulvestad)

 

PPT

 

PDF

   Development Plan/Org.   (G. van Moorsel)

PPT

PDF

   e2e Perspective – (D. Tody)

PPT

PDF

   Scientific Requirements   (B. Butler)

PPT

PDF

   Monitor and Control   (B. Sahr)

        Data Flow Chart

PPT

PPT

PDF

PDF

   Ops and Management - e2e   (G. van Moorsel)

PPT

PDF

Post Processing

   Introduction   (S. Myers)

 

PPT

 

PDF

   Development Status   (J. McMullin)

PPT

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   Algorithm Development    (S. Bhatnagar)

PPT

PDF

Transition and Operations Plan   (F. Owen)  

PPT

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Phase I Descope Options   (P. Napier and R. Perley)

PPT

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Phase II Overview   (R. Perley)

PPT

PDF

 

 

 

EVLA Advisory Committee

 

Anthony Beasley

ALMA JAO

c/o ESO

Alonso de Cordova 3107

Vitacura

Casilla 19001

Santiago 19

Chile

tbeasley@nrao.edu

Term ends: Fall 2006

 

Sean Dougherty

NRC / HIA

NRC Herzberg Inst of Astrophysics

PO Box 248

CA - Penticton BC, V2A 6J9

Canada

Sean.Dougherty@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

Term ends: Fall 2006

 

John Dreher

John Dreher

Project Scientist, Allen Telescope Array

Project Manager, SETI on the ATA

http://www.seti.org/science/ata.html

dreher@seti.org

510 642 8397

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601 Campbell Hall

University of California

Berkeley, CA 94720

Term ends: Fall 2006

Marco de Vos

Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy

Postbus2

Dwingeloo, 7990 AA

The Netherlands

devos@astron.nl

Term ends: Fall 2006

 

Gianni Raffi

ESO

Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2

D-85748 Garching bei München

Germany

graffi@eso.org

Term ends: Fall 2006

Mark Reid, Chair 

Harvard-Smithsonian

Center for Astrophysics

Radio and Geoastronomy

60 Garden St., MS 42

Cambridge, MA  02138

reid@cfa.harvard.edu

Term ends: Fall 2006

Luis Rodriguez

Inst de Astronomia UNAM

Apdo Postal 70-264

Mexico City, DF04510

Mexico

l.rodriguez@astrosmo.unam.mx

Term ends: Fall 2006

 

Alan Rogers

Haystack Observatory

Westford, MA  01886

aeer@haystack.mit.edu

Term ends: Fall 2006

Stephen Scott

Caltech, OVRO

P.O. Box 968

Big Pine, CA  93513

scott@ovro.caltech.edu

Term ends: Fall 2006

 

Tom Soifer

CALTECH

Downs Lab

MS 320 47

Pasadena CA  91125

bts@irastro.Caltech.edu

Term ends: Fall 2006

Steve Thorsett

Astrophysics Department

University of California

1156 High St.

Santa Cruz, CA 95064

thorsett@ucolick.org

Term ends: Fall 2006

Jacqueline van Gorkom

Columbia University

Dept of Astronomy

538 W. 120th St.

New York, NY  10027

jvangork@astro.columbia.edu

Term ends: Fall 2006

 

Sander Weinreb

JPL

MS 168-214

Pasadena, CA  91109

Sweinreb@Caltech.edu

Term ends: Fall 2006

 

 

 

 

Last revised on March 08, l2006, by Terry Romero  tromero@nrao.edu