HighLevel Organization

1
High-Level Organization

• ALMA

ALMA Board
NSF/NRC
ESO
AMAC
ASAC
AUI NRAO
Joint ALMA Observatory ALMA Director Head,
Administrator Head, Science Operations Head,
Technical Services
North American ARC Manager
European ARC Manager
Chilean Operations
North American ALMA Regional Centre
European ALMA REGIONAL CENTRE
2
ALMA Regional Centre at ESO small number of
science support centers
ARC at ESO

• User support services
• Proposal calls
• Evaluation
• Observation preparation
• Basic data analysis support
• ALMA Archive operations

Coordinating the ARC network to ensure that it is
effective in supporting all parts of the ESO
community, in particular ESO will ensure that
software development and distribution within the
European ARC is efficient.
3
Network of ARC Nodes

• The broader range of science support services
  includes
• Advanced Data reduction and Archive Operations
  direct, hands-on data reduction and calibration
  support for ALMA users
• Scientific Community Development and Scientific
  Support Internal postdoctoral fellowships
  (support at ARC), organization of training
  programs and schools, organization of conferences
  and workshops and help organize consortia within
  the community to respond to calls for next
  generation hardware

4
Expressions of Interest

• Proposers should give an indication of
• how much support, especially how many support
  staff and astronomers, is envisaged
• the potential audience
• the expected length of time for the commitment

Accompanied by the endorsement from the relevant
funding agencies
5
ALMA REGIONAL CENTRE at ESO
IRAM
Italy IRA
Germany Node Bonn-Koln
Northern Europe Onsala
Netherlands Node
Portogallo OAL
UK Node Jodrell
6
ALMA Regional Centre at IRA(to offer support to
its users)J. Brand, L. Gregorini, K-H. Mack, M.
Nanni, I. Prandoni, G. Tofani, A. Zanichelli

• Objectives
• One-to-one support of (non-expert) observers in
  calibration and advanced data processing
• Development of specific algorithms and scripts
  directed by users requests and suggestions
• Development of advanced simulation software
• Maintenance of a constant and real-time diffusion
  of information
• Training and enlarging the pool of potential ALMA
  users

7
ALMA Regional Centre at IRA(to offer support to
its users)
To reach this goal the Centre should

• Provide enough experienced people for a full-time
  user support
• Provide up-to-date and well-maintained hardware
• Be in close contact with the ESO ALMA Centre, in
  order to be timely informed on the development
  and evolution of the core functions
• Make available new software releases as soon as
  possible
• Plan and organize schools, introductory and
  specialized meetings

8
ARC at IRA

• 
  Organization
• Human resources (clear definition only after a
  detailed coordination with the ESO-based ARC)
• 1 Full-Time Equivalent provided by the IRAs
  permanent staff (4 staff members 0.25 FTE each)
• 1 Full-Time administrator/secretary
• 1 Full-Time system manager
• 4 post-doc fellowships (at the beginning 2
  computer scientists/astronomers with strong
  background and interest in computer science)
• The ARCs services for a minimum of 10 years,
  starting at least 1 year before beginning of the
  ALMA early-science operations.

9
ARC at IRA

• Organization
• Hardware

IRA is located close to one of the main nodes of
the Italian GARR scientific network and will have
an optical fiber connection at a speed of 2.5
Gbit/s.

• The ARC should provide an estimated minimum
  storage capacity of the order of 100 Terabyte
• An adequate computing power may be achieved by
  64-bit CPUs organized as parallel beowulf systems
  of average dimensions (at least 16 stations)
• GRID-technology