EGI-InSPIRE RI EGI-InSPIRE RI EGEE and gLite are registered trademarks Astronomy and Astrophysics Heavy User Community Dr. Giuliano Taffoni & Dr. Claudio Vuerli

EGI-InSPIRE RI Memories of the past A&A community using Grid technology since 2003: Pioneering the access to databases (GDSE) Pioneering instruments control via Grid (Astro-IE) Data Analysis and simulations A&A participates to the EGEE, EGEE-II, EGEE-III Large projects Small projects Interoperability with other eInfrastructures (VObs) A&A workshop Paris 6 November 20112

EGI-InSPIRE RI Successful stories Instrument Element: instrument control via Grid infrastructure. G-DSE: accessing databases via Grid A&A science gateway portal (2003!!!) for data reduction and analysis 3

EGI-InSPIRE RI INAF SGW tested on GILDA EGEE User Forum - Upsala 14 April

EGI-InSPIRE RI The Grid Landscape for A&A 5A&A workshop Paris 6 November 2011

EGI-InSPIRE RI Projects and Applications 6A&A workshop Paris 6 November 2011

EGI-InSPIRE RI The Early Days Planck Satellite Mission: Pre-launch simulations activities Involves both EGEE and DEISA Monte Carlo simulations (post-launch) MAGIC Telescope: CORSIKA Monte Carlo code Hadronic showers Instrument response = simulated data sample 7A&A workshop Paris 6 November 2011

EGI-InSPIRE RI MAGIC project Scientific Goals: Dark Matter, Cosmic Rays, Quantum Gravity, Cosmology … The MAGIC collaboration: 21 institutes (mostly in Europe) ~ 200 members Telescope site in Canary Islands Observatorio Roque de los Muchachos MAGIC-I: operating since 2004 MAGIC-II: in commissioning (2009) EGEE User Forum - Upsala 14 April MAGIC is a Cherenkov telescope system for g-ray astronomy in the very high energy range (VHE, E > 25 GeV)

EGI-InSPIRE RI Planck Satellite PLANCK ESA Space Mission (2009). Measure the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation. Scientific Goals: Cosmology, CMB anisotropies and polarization, galaxy cluster (SZ effect), gravitational lensing, etc. The Planck collaboration: Europe and USA More than 500 scientists Launched 14 May A&A workshop Paris 6 November 2011

EGI-InSPIRE RI EGEE Astro Cluster Support Cluster in EGEE-III User support: training, application porting User support: middleware customization, VObs gateway, training dissemination. Manage the transition to EGI: From A&A Cluster to A&A VRC A&A Heavy User Community EGEE User Forum - Upsala 14 April

EGI-InSPIRE RI From EGEE to EGI Year one: Specialized Support Centers ROSCO SAFE Year two: FASE and the generic A&A VRC Astro-DSE Both projects were rejected EGEE User Forum - Upsala 14 April

EGI-InSPIRE RI Interoperability 12A&A workshop Paris 6 November 2011

EGI-InSPIRE RI The Virtual Observatory “A virtual observatory is a collection of interoperating data archives and software tools which utilize the internet to form a scientific research environment in which astronomical research programs can be conducted.” Service Oriented Arch EuroVO ( EuroVO-DCA WP4 interaction with GRID 13A&A workshop Paris 6 November 2011

EGI-InSPIRE RI VObs and EGEE interoperability EGEE User Forum - Upsala 14 April Scientific Gateway: bridge two eInfrastructures. –VOSpace vs LFC –UWS vs WMS –Auth and Auth Desktop Grid: VODesktop

EGI-InSPIRE RI ESAC example 15 Save Results on VOSpace XMM-Newton RISA – Remote Interface for Science Analysis Vizualize Results with VO tools (VOSpec, Aladin) VO Access data VO Display Request VO Search data XMM-Newton Archive Define SAS Tasks Search data with RISA Web client Run SAS tasks on ESAC GRID VO Download data Send SAS Tasks To the GRID GRIDWAY A&A workshop Paris 6 November 2011

EGI-InSPIRE RI This is not the whole story Planck activities in Italy and Spain: LevelS and non Gaussianity studies PDR code (Le Petit et al) : study of the interstellar medium Dynamics of the solar system (Laskar & Gastineau) Very High Energy Astrophysics (Lenain) CTA Computing Grid (Lamanna) 16A&A workshop Paris 6 November 2011

EGI-InSPIRE RI This is not the whole story Astro-WISE Dynamical models for Galaxies ZEN project AUGER BalticGrid (Poster 3) Kuiper-belt and Oort-cloud formation (Institute of Informatics Slovak Academy of Sciences) Image data reduction Etc…. 17A&A workshop Paris 6 November 2011

EGI-InSPIRE RI The A&A Community in EGI Astronomy and Astrophysics is a Heavy User Community in EGI.eu One “catch all” A&A VRC “VRCs are like-minded individuals grouped together by discipline or computational model. VRCs typically have an established presence in their field (for example an ESFRI project, EIROFORUM laboratory or national research structure) and represent a specific its scientific or other research community.” Support and coordinate A&A communities 18

EGI-InSPIRE RI Status: A&A VOs 11/17/

EGI-InSPIRE RI Status: A&A VOs 11/17/

EGI-InSPIRE RI Are we doing something? EGEE User Forum - Upsala 14 April A number of activities is in progress within the A&A HUC (not yet VRC) Participation in EGI-InSPIRE INAF (Italy): TSA3.5 II-SAS (Slovakia): SA1, SA3 Others … Tools have been set up to foster collaboration A TWiki web page A catch-all mailing list Others will be set up at a later stage

EGI-InSPIRE RI Twiki Page Twiki as collaboration tool News and events Locate documents Software and VMs images repository. Pointer to A&A VRCs Portals We aggregate information EGEE User Forum - Upsala 14 April

EGI-InSPIRE RI A&A community services Poster 151 ADASS Specialized services (WMS, DMS etc.) Based on virtualization Easy support middleware Easy migrate Easy deploy EGEE User Forum - Upsala 14 April

EGI-InSPIRE RI Community A&A software IRAF (PyRAF): Images operations; Midas-09Sep Data reduction (bias+flat+mosaic) on FORS1 images of NTT DF; SEXTRACTOR x400 pix GOODS DF images; Swarp 2.10; Eclipse dfits on 400x400 pix GOODS DF images; EGEE User Forum - Upsala 14 April

EGI-InSPIRE RI Community A&A software Cloudy-94 IDL (GDL) Astro pack SM plotting tool Scisoft DS9 Cfitsio (with gridftp support) EGEE User Forum - Upsala 14 April

EGI-InSPIRE RI Some major issues But….astronomers are bad guys Community fragmented with heterogeneous needs and requirements Almost all A&A VOs active in EGI relate to Astro-Particle Physics Key A&A large projects still missing (e.g. ESFRI projects: E-ELT, SKA) A&A HUC not yet officially endorsed by EGI as a VRC: a MoU of at least a LoI has to be subscribed EGEE User Forum - Upsala 14 April

EGI-InSPIRE RI What we expect from the future 27A&A workshop Paris 6 November 2011

EGI-InSPIRE RI Data Avalache Images and data from thousand observation and simulations New instruments 40 M telescope (1TBxImage) Cherenkov Telescopes Array (CTA) New super computers New satellite missions e.g. EUCLID 28A&A workshop Paris 6 November 2011

EGI-InSPIRE RI Grid And HPC Numerical Simulations New Simulations need to be analyzed Small scale simulations on the Grid PRACE new paradigm TriGrid experience HPC WG (Dr. Becciani) 29A&A workshop Paris 6 November 2011

EGI-InSPIRE RI High Energy Astrophysics ASPERA: AStroParticle ERAnet a roadmap for Astroparticle Physics in Europe stimulate coordination and cooperation within the European astroparticle community Auger, ARGO, MAGIC and HESS Also computing and data management Future for astroparticle is CTA observatory EGEE User Forum - Upsala 14 April

EGI-InSPIRE RI Thanks for your attention EGEE User Forum - Upsala 14 April