Transcript FABRIC Next 18 month forward look Huib van Langevelde, JIVE EXPReS is made possible through the support of the European Commission (DG-INFSO), Sixth Framework Programme,

FABRIC
Next 18 month forward look
Huib van Langevelde, JIVE
EXPReS is made possible through the support of
the European Commission (DG-INFSO), Sixth
Framework Programme, Contract #026642
Personnel issues
• Various delays in making new hires
• Most partners follow AC model
• Notable delays:
• Protocol work at JBO
• Solution identified, not too many dependencies yet
• Astronomical side of correlator work at JIVE
• Changed order of work-packages, seems OK
• Nature of engineering work at OSO unclear
• Improved with iBOB decision
• “Full time” FABRIC coordinator
• Can be addressed when JIVE director position clear
• Responsible for overall design document
11/6/2015
midterm review
Slide #: 2
Technical issues
• Design decision on data acquisition platform
• Now made, not that much delay, design docs delivered
• Delivery of iBOB’s, Xilinx chips, libraries
• This introduces a 4 – 5 month gap in plan
• Fortunately no idle personnel yet
• But still need to climb learning curve
• Work description of OSO and LOFAR partners
• Design of distributed correlator
• Required a good deal of interactions
• Has delayed JIVE design document somewhat
• Offset by good progress on correlator core
11/6/2015
midterm review
Slide #: 3
Work plan
• Can remain largely the same
• Worked out the revised timing
• Some milestones shift, one is split in two parts
• Spending will ramp up a bit later
• Almost all hires complete
• Even the ones on matching local projects
• Post-doc for JBO protocol work identified
• Some testing may fall outside 3 year window
• Need to monitor over next year
• Overall design document by FABRIC PI
• Will be addressed by team effort
11/6/2015
midterm review
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midterm review
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midterm review
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number
name
original
DJ1.1
Data acquisition requirements
document
2
DJ1.2
Protocols strategic document
2
DJ1.3
Visualization software
4
DJ1.4
Correlator design specification
DJ1.5
actual
revised
type
responsible
3
report
MRO
2
report
JBO
21
software
JIVE
5
14
report
JIVE
Overall design document
6
17
report
JIVE
DJ1.6
eVLBI-Grid design document
6
9
report
PNSC
DJ1.7
eVLBI fringes PC-EVN
7
7
demo
OSO
DJ1.8
LOFAR connection strategic document
7
11
report
ASTRON
DJ1.9
Data acquisition design document
8
11
report
MRO
DJ1.10
eVLBI-Grid interface document
10
10
report
PNSC
DJ1.11
Protocols performance report
13
13
report
JBO
DJ1.12
Software correlator core
14
15
software
JIVE
DJ1.13
Software data product
15
17
software
JIVE
DJ1.14
Data acquisition interface document
18
22
report
MPI
DJ1.15
LOFAR station interface report
18
21
report
ASTRON
DJ1.16
Software for workflow management
18
18
software
PNSC