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Astrogrid Web > AgWorkshops > AgBirminghamWorkshopOct06AstroGrid/ University of Birmingham Workshop 10-11 Oct 2006
AstroGrid and the School of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Birmingham are holding a two day workshop to introduce the Birmingham and Warwick astronomy research communities to the potential of emerging Virtual Observatory capabilities in supporting scientific research.
Agenda
| Date/Time | What | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 10 October 2006 | |||
| 09.45-09.55 | Welcome | Bill Chaplin | |
| 09.55-10.15 | What you can do with AstroGrid [.ppt] | SilviaDalla | |
| 10.15-11.00 | Using AstroGrid: an introduction to AstroScope, HelioScope and VO Applications; finding data and interactive data handling | JonathanTedds / SilviaDalla | |
| 11.00-11.20 | Coffee | ||
| 11.20-12.00 | Using the Workbench and science workflows | AnitaRichards + All | |
| 12.30-13.30 | Lunch: Sandwich lunch provided. Presentation on Birmingham E-science Collaboration by Somak Raychaudhury | ||
| 13:30-14.00 | Setting the workgroups - initial ideas for mini-projects (10 mins per group) | Chair: NicholasWalton | |
| 14:00-18:00 | Workgroups A,B,C: debugging any problems with users' laptops/pc's. Begin science problem | ||
| 19:00 | Workshop dinner | ||
| Wed 11 October 2006 | |||
| 10.00-11.00 | Workgroups A,B,C: continue science problem | ||
| 11.00-11.30 | Coffee | ||
| 11.30-12.30 | Workgroups A,B,C: continue science problem | ||
| 12.30-13.30 | Lunch: Bring or buy your own lunch. | ||
| 13.30-15.30 | Workgroups: demo of solutions developed | ||
| 15.30-16.00 | Question & Answer Session: Comment and Feedback | ||
| 16.00-16.15 | Meeting Summary and Closing Remarks | AnitaRichards | |
Workshop Location
The workshop will be held in the Physics West Building (see map) of the University of Birmingham. The plenary sessions will be in the Physics West Library (room 125), on the first floor of Physics West. Workgroup sessions will be held in 3 separate rooms: Groups A and B will be in the Astro Terminal Room (227) and the Astro Meeting room (229) (depending on numbers, we will confirm which group will go in which room). Group C will be in the HiROS area (G38) on the ground floor.Workshop dinner
The workshop dinner will be a curry at The Chamon (walking distance from the University), at 19:00 on Tuesday. The dinner will be provided by AstroGrid.Accomodation
A list of nearby guest houses and hotels can be found here.Science Projects
We will divide into 3 groups to work on projects based on science goals. These should be specific problems which can be tackled using AstroGrid. The idea is that each group will decide on a science problem that they would like to work on, and they will be assisted by AstroGrid scientists and developers during the first day afternoon and second day morning. The afternoon sessions of the last day will then give each workgroup a chance to demonstrate what they have achieved!Group A - Extra Galactic
Group B - Stellar
Group C - Solar
Pre-Workshop checklist
Astrogrid requires the Java Runtime Environment to be installed on your computer (version 5.0). If you do not have it already, please download it here and install it. AstroGrid software will work with Linux, Windows XP or Mac OSX. To access AstroGrid services we will use the Workbench. It would be useful to check that you can run it on your computer. Go to the Workbench page, and either click on the 'Launch' link (this installs and launches Workbench with one click using Java Webstart - answer Yes or Install at security warnings) or install the standalone version (click on installer.jar and follow the instructions). We'll be giving all attendees an astrogrid user account - details via email. Also, we'll be setting up a wiki username account for all attendees before the meeting, please use http://wiki.astrogrid.org/bin/view/TWiki/TWikiRegistration to set your password.Links to Helper Applications
Helper applications are launched using Java Webstart (which is part of Java). Click on the links below to launch the applications - answer yes at security warnings.Astrogrid Help Pages
Help pages for using AstroGrid are at http://www2.astrogrid.org/documentation/ag-help-docs/. Please use these pages rather than help links built into the Workbench. Quick links to main help docs:Tutorial Worksheets
Glossary:
A few buzzwords you might hear during the workshop ...- VOQL: Virtual Observatory Query Language
- VOTable: a tabular data exchange standard
- DAL: Data Access Layer
- SIA: Simple Image Access
- SSA: Simple Spectral Access
- UCD: Uniform Content Descriptor
Attendance
| Name | Institute | Group |
|---|---|---|
| LouisaNolan | Birmingham | A |
| JesperRasmussen | Birmingham | A |
| PaulRussell? | Birmingham | A |
| AbdulAlshino? | Birmingham | A |
| TrevorPonman | Birmingham | A |
| AlastairSanderson | Birmingham | A |
| GrahamSmith? | Birmingham | A |
| NazirahJetha? | Birmingham | A |
| NathanSlack | Birmingham | A |
| WalterDelPozzo | Birmingham | A |
| VictoriaHamiltonmorris | Birmingham | A |
| SmritiMahajan? | Birmingham | A |
| NatashaJackson | Birmingham | B |
| IanStevens? | Birmingham | B |
| MonikaBalucinskachurch | Birmingham | B |
| SamGeorge | Birmingham | B |
| SteveSpreckley? | Birmingham | B |
| DavidStops? | Birmingham | |
| SomakRaychaudhury | Birmingham | A |
| BillChaplin | Birmingham | C |
| YvonneElsworth? | Birmingham | C |
| BrekMiller? | Birmingham | C |
| GrahamVerner | Birmingham | C |
| SteveHale? | Birmingham | C |
| StephenFletcher | Birmingham | C |
| AnnemarieBroomhall | Birmingham | C |
| NeilTarrant | Birmingham | C |
| ValeryNakariakov? | Warwick | C |
| DavidCollins? | Warwick | B |
| SusanaBarros | Warwick | B |
| GeorgeMarshall? | Warwick | B |
| John Taylor | Warwick | B |
| AmornratAungwerojwit | Warwick | B |
| AlbertoManasergas | Warwick | B |
| AndrewInglis | Warwick | C |
| DavidPascoe? | Warwick | C |
| AnitaRichards | Astrogrid/JBO | |
| SilviaDalla | Astrogrid/Manchester | |
| NicholasWalton | Astrogrid/Cambridge | |
| JonathanTedds | Astrogrid/Leicester | |
| ElizabethAuden | Astrogrid/MSSL | |
| PhilNicolson | Astrogrid/Leicester | |
| CatherineQin | Astrogrid/Leicester |
-- SilviaDalla - 1 Sep 2006
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