NRAO AIPS++ Users Group Meeting - PRELIMINARY AGENDA

Date: 2004-4-14 (Wednesday)
Time: 1300 MST
Video Hub: SOC-conf (CV should call in to Socorro)
Rooms: SOC317/CV311

AIPS++ Threat Level is: Yellow = Elevated
  [Joe has been getting flak about the PDB on "Terrorists determined to 
   strike at AIPS++".]

Agenda:

1. NAUG News

   o SS5 was deployed late, but we are now in a freeze for the
     mid-cycle release SS5.5 which is intended to showcase the
     new performance improvements for the Visiting Committee.

   o The items that need NAUG review/testing can be found at:

     http://projectoffice.aips2.nrao.edu/testing.html 

     (also accessed from the Module Testing link on front page).

     Joe would like a review of:

        Imager - multi-spectral window imaging
        Calibrater - interpolation

        Viewer - blinking
        Viewer - statistical editing of data - use the adjust menus to 
          select rms, etc. for editing (in MS and Visibility Selection 
          of Adjust Panel).

     The aim is for the NAUG to sign off (or indicate problems with) 
     these functions.  Comments should be in the form of:

        functionality:
        usability:
        documentation:

     See examples of Debra's reports under the "NAUG Comments" links 
     under the first two items.

     *Ongoing - carried over from previous meetings

   o Testing reports

     *Ongoing - any testers with stuff to report?

2. AIPS++/ISD Status Report

   o Summer School - we will be targeting mm reduction during the tutorials,
     using a PdB dataset.  Joe will discuss the timeline for AIPS++ and
     NAUG preparations for the school.

     *Debra - do we have permission for the carbon star dataset?

   o George has made substantial progress on improving the calibrater
     performance (a factor >30 in one part of the code!).  Way to
     go George!

     *George can summarize the status (see below, "Main Event")

   o There will be a session on software at the Visiting Committee meeting
     on Apr 26.  Besides Joe and I talking on AIPS++, there will be other
     presentations by Jim, Doug, Bill, Dale, and perhaps others.  Looks like
     it will be 3 slides per presenter again like last time.

3. ALMA

   o There is a draft of the ALMA Proto-pipeline retrospective.  More info
     when it is out.

   o ALMA TST2 is on the horizion.  It has been pushed back to August in order
     to afford time for development, which has been hard to schedule due to
     the pressures of testing.  

     For TST2 info, see:

     http://aips2.nrao.edu/projectoffice/almatst2/ALMA_TST2.html

     One of the focuses of TST2 is mosaicing.  We have some possible test
     datasets in hand, and will begin evaluating these.

     *ACTION: Joe and Steve will take first crack at the mosaicing data.
      (Carried over from previous meetings)

4. EVLA

   o No known EVLA issues at this time.

 5. Main Event - Presentations and Discussion Items

   o George will summarize the status of his calibrater performance 
     improvements.

   o Possible future topics:

     - Auto-flagging (Dongshan)

     - Wide-field imaging, w-projection, mosaicing (Tim & Sanjay)

     - The ALMA proto-pipeline (Lindsey)

     - Framework technologies and plans (Doug?)

     - Data reduction demos?

6. AIPS++ Developments - see latest targets and info at Project Office:
     http://projectoffice.aips2.nrao.edu/

   o SS6 Targets -- see Project Office page for development status and
     testing info.

7. Upcoming meetings and deadlines:
   o 2004 Apr 16         AIPS++ SS5.5 (for VC profiling)
   o 2004 Apr 26-28      AUI Visiting Committee (SOC)
   o 2004 May 24-25      Users Committee (CV)
   o 2004 Jun 15-22      Synthesis Imaging Summer School (SOC)
   o 2004 Aug 1          ALMA CDR2 = Judgement Day! (docs Jun, rev in Jul)
   o 2004 Aug 1          ALMA TST2 begins??

   The agendas for past NAUG meetings are archived at:
   http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/~smyers/aips++/agenda/

   The minutes for past NAUG meetings are archived at:
   http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/~smyers/aips++/minutes/