NRAO Applications Users Group Meeting - PRELIMINARY AGENDA

Date: 2007-02-28 (Wednesday) 
Time: 1300 MST (1500 EST)
Video Hub: SOC-conf
Rooms: SOC317/CV-ER311

Audio: 505-835-7940

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Agenda:

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1. NAUG News

   o general news (Steve)

2. CASA Status Report

   Standard items:

   o CASA status (Joe)

     - see main event

   o release status (Joe)

     - stable status

     - CASA distribution and platform support

     - defect status

   o use and testing status (Steve, Mark, Joe)

     - user testing: see main event

     - CASA user interface coordination (Mark Claussen)

       See UIWG draft document
       http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/~smyers/aips++/uiwg/uiwg_report.pdf

     - task status (Mark, Steve, Joe)

   o development targets (Joe)

     - See also project office page:
       http://projectoffice.aips2.nrao.edu
       and on the CASA Wiki
       https://wikio.nrao.edu/bin/view/Software/CASA

3. ALMA

   Standard items:

   o ALMA Test status (Joe, Steve)

     - upcoming test ALMA2006.10-6 (+single dish analysis). See:
       https://wikio.nrao.edu/bin/view/Software/AlmaTest5
       http://projectoffice.aips2.nrao.edu/ALMA2007.03/ALMA2007.03.html

   o NAASC issues (John, Crystal)

     - ANASAC hot-button items?

   o ALMA development targets (Joe, Steve)

     - mosaicing and simulator developments (Steve,Kumar)

       Al Wootten has asked that we perform some simulations for
       ALMA using a model image of a disk.  We will see whether
       it is possible to do this in late March.

     - see schedule at
       http://projectoffice.aips2.nrao.edu
       and on the CASA Wiki
       https://wikio.nrao.edu/bin/view/Software/CASA

4. EVLA

   Standard items:

   o EVLA test results (Joe, Michael)

       Draft report from the EVLA test (Rupen)
       See:
       http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/~smyers/naug/reports/evlatest_06feb07_summary.txt

     - See:
       http://projectoffice.aips2.nrao.edu/EVLA2006.12/EVLA2006.12.html

   o EVLA development plan & requirements

     - see schedule at
       http://projectoffice.aips2.nrao.edu
       and on the CASA Wiki
       https://wikio.nrao.edu/bin/view/Software/CASA

5. Main Event - Presentations and Discussion Items

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   - ALMA Test 5 (Joe) : 

     This will be another installment in his weekly follow-up, with reports
     on further progress.  Focus is on preparations for the critical
     upcoming ALMA SD and regression Test, plus a NAUG discussion of
     the ms data selection scheme currently under development.

     See:
     https://wikio.nrao.edu/bin/view/Software/2007-Feb-28

   - Cookbook

     Mark and Gustaaf have made progress on the new cookbook.
     See:

     https://wikio.nrao.edu/bin/view/Software/NewCookbook

   - SD Tasks (Steve,Joe)

     Steve has put together a set of SD tasks built upon the
     ASAP toolkit, to serve as prototypes to give the testers
     a feel for what we are heading for.

     You can find these in today's (Feb 28) daily at the AOC
     (soon in CV), or on the web at:
     http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/~smyers/naug/tasks/

     They are: sdcal sdfit sdstat sdplot

     See the README in that directory or the help for these tasks
     for more details.

   - Testing (various)

     Lots of testing going on.  Those doing the testing can report
     their experiences.  I have tried to keep the testlog archive
     up-to-date with what Ive received:

     http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/~smyers/naug/testlogs/

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   Future Topics

   o Final selection scheme (George,Sanjay)

   o Beta Release form and functionality checklist (Steve)

   o suggestions welcome

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

7. Upcoming meetings and deadlines:
   o 2007 Feb 12      ALMA pre-testing starts 
   o 2007 Mar 5-9     ALMA external test (Socorro)
   o 2007 June 18-21  NRAO 50th Anniversary Symposium (CV)
   o 2007 June 22-24  Meeting "Transformational Science with ALMA: 
                      Through Disks to Stars and Planets" (CV)

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

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