14 Sept 2005NVO Summer School II1 Whats on Tap in the VO? T HE US N ATIONAL V IRTUAL O BSERVATORY Robert Hanisch US NVO Project Manager Space Telescope Science Institute

14 Sept 2005NVO Summer School II2 T HE US N ATIONAL V IRTUAL O BSERVATORY

14 Sept 2005NVO Summer School II3 T HE US N ATIONAL V IRTUAL O BSERVATORY

14 Sept 2005NVO Summer School II4 Technical roadmap IVOA agrees upon priorities and plans for technology development html

14 Sept 2005NVO Summer School II5 Science roadmap Science Steering Committee advice –Fast data inventory service –Sky coverage footprint services –WCS fixer –Integration of DataScope with VOEvent notifications –Forms-based interfaces for database queries and cross-correlations

14 Sept 2005NVO Summer School II6 Near-term opportunities Research initiatives (Oct 1) – Microsoft technology program (Sept 19) – opps/RFPs/SmartClient_eScience_RFP.aspxhttp://research.microsoft.com/ur/us/funding opps/RFPs/SmartClient_eScience_RFP.aspx NASA AISRP (next year) –

14 Sept 2005NVO Summer School II7 The NVO Facility NVO development project finishes in September 2006 NSF and NASA now preparing joint solicitation for ongoing NVO operations –NVO Facility intended to be small-scale national observatory –Strong endorsement from Astronomy & Astrophysics Advisory Committee –Members of the NVO development team preparing NVO Facility proposal –May include grants and fellowship program

14 Sept 2005NVO Summer School II8 The NVO Facility Development –Requirements analysis, priority assessment –Continued software development; technology tracking –Standards and protocols, in collaboration with international VO partners –Software templates, reference applications –Computational services and scalability (Grid, Cyberinfrastructure) –Security: authentication and authorization –Testing and system integration, multi-platform support

14 Sept 2005NVO Summer School II9 The NVO Facility Operations –Repository for contributed software –Registry curation, service monitoring and validation –Data publication support –Data preservation –Data quality forum? –Computational services and scalability (Grid, Cyberinfrastructure) –Security: authentication and authorization –Testing and system integration, multi-platform support –Documentation –User support, web site

14 Sept 2005NVO Summer School II10 The NVO Facility Management –Education and public outreach –Community engagement –Grants, fellowship, internship program management –Logging, metrics –Science program definition –VO-enabled research –Task management, reporting, budget planning and justification –Agency liaison –Oversight and advisory committees –Board of Directors

14 Sept 2005NVO Summer School II11 Transition challenges Development approach: open-loop, prototypes vs. structured, tested, maintained Project structure: extent of distributed effort, lines of authority and responsibility Governance and community oversight: management accountability Balance between science and IT-based motivations Performance goals, science metrics Balance between NSF and NASA project management styles

14 Sept 2005NVO Summer School II12 The future NVO will happen –Unstructured, chaotic, inefficient –Structured, deliberate, effective You are now part of the story, part of the path toward success