NRAO-SKA meeting about future CASA collaboration

4 May 2017, 08:00 → 5 May 2017, 14:30 US/Eastern

NRAO, Charlottesville

A workshop to investigate to opportunities for collaboration between the CASA software development community and the SKA SDP software development element of the SKA project.

Outputs (assuming we decide collaboration is warranted):

• Identification of areas of architectural miss-match between CASA and SKA SDP.
• Identification of technical areas of future collaboration.
• Identification of next steps - ideally a small project that might benefit both parties and validate understandings.
• Statement of governance model we would prefer to adopt.

Videoconferencing details

The Edgemont Road Room 230 location has a dual HD cameras integrated into the room projector and 3 video screens to facilitate information sharing, and we propose using our Polycom RMX Video hub to allow for video, phone (if needed) and content (slides) integration for remote participants.
 
This will require each of the remote participants to have access to standard H-323 or SIP compatible video resource, or a phone/tablet/computer with appropriate software loaded. We recommend the RealPresence app by Polycom. The H-323 Video endpoint is 192.33.117.12##6516. The dial-in audio number is +1-434-817-6283.

As with any multi-site event of this significance, we will host a dry-run session beforehand to ensure the technology is cooperating.

 

Thursday, 4 May

1 Introduction and Welcome

Speakers: Prof. Philip Diamond (SKA Organisation), Dr Tony Beasley (National Radio Astronomy Observatory)

2 CASA Introduction

Describe CASA context e.g. business drivers, qualities, primary functional requirements, concerns, constraints. Describe architecture. Future roadmap/constraints on future development. Vision for support of SKA-SDP requirements.

Speaker: Dr Jeff Kern (NRAO / ALMA)

Slides 2017-05-SKAVisit.pptx

10:30 Break

3 SKA-SDP Introduction

Describe SKA-SDP context e.g. business drivers, qualities, primary functional requirements, concerns, constraints. Describe architecture. Highlight requirements for computational domain-specific components. Vision for CASA involvement.

Speaker: Prof. Paul Alexander (University of Cambridge)

Slides SKAO_SDP_NRAO_Meeting2017.pptx

12:00 Lunch

Workshop topic: Technical discussion about integrating CASA into the SKA-SDP

Architecture
Interfaces
Data models
Control, monitoring and error handling
Identification of risks, sensitivities, tradeoffs, non-risks and other issues.

Friday, 5 May

Workshop topic: Governance

Scope.
Anticipated amount of resource
Decision making.
Participants.
Possible models.
Draft outline MoU.

12:00 Lunch

Workshop topic: Next steps

Identification of achievable short-term collaboration goal.
Specification of outcomes.
Resourcing time and dates.