WP2: Provide tools for querying, searching and visualisation

Objectives:
  • provide tools for the end user and qualify through the involvement of academic research
Work description: design, develop, implement and qualification of:
  • extract source list tool- including artificial intelligence methods
  • associate source list tool
  • search database tools
  • visualisation tools
  • relay to the user all existent data in the data base related to a particular astronomical object

Planned total man month over 4 years (from contract, with internal NN's filled in)
 
 
NOVA   ESO   OAC   TERAPIX   USM  
Rengelink 12 Vandame
 16
 Alcalà 3 Bertin 14 Neeser 10
Begeman 30 EC-NN 24
 Pavlov
 2 Domisse 4 Saglia  8
EC-Vermey 20 Rite
 10
 Puddu 9 EC-Magnard 18 Gabler  4


Mignani
 8
 Radovich
  3

EC-Snigula
  2
EC-Sikkema 12 Hatziminaoglou 8  EC-Volpicelli 10           
Total 74   66
   27   36   24
WP 2 227
                

 

TASK LEADER Bertin  for I and II ; NN for III and IV

Current group Rengelink, Begeman, Vermey, Vandame, Rite, Mignani, Hatziminaoglou,  Radovich,  Domisse, Magnard, Neeser, Saglia, Snigula

MILESTONES
Phase I: be ready to receive first data without later re-definition or re-shuffling - 2002

  1. T0 kick-off- prepare design review for WP2
  2. T0 + 1Q design review WP 2
Phase II: evaluate and prepare for mass production -2003 -2004
  1. T0 + 5Q WP2 Evaluation- given experience with operational WP1
  2. T0 + 7Q WP1/WP3 One year operations and population of data base review; deliverables: set of tools to users and populated calibration databases.
  3. T0 + 10Q System full mass production proof (i.e. 100 Tbyte data volume); deliverable: operational tools
Phase III: qualify, operate and populate the mass production system -2005
  1. T0 + 11Q Review and set goals of final delivery system
  2. T0 + 15Q End of implementation/development work of this programme. Deliverable: qualified tools for survey system

WP2 is split into 4 sub-package - see ADD

I) Visualization tools (Emmanuel)
    • Panorapix
    • 3D graphic cards tool

II) Source extraction/classification tools

    • Sextractor  (Emmanuel)


III) Quality checks/ human interface to data/ data mining ( Capodimonte- Roberto)

    •  Data browser/ plottting/ trendanalysis 

   
IV)  near/inside database access tools (overlapping with WP 3 - Danny)

    • basis set of queries (Danny)

    • advanced tools/query: Associate source lists (Kor Begeman)

    • tell me everything within ASTRO-WISE tool (basic ingredients provided by WP1 and WP3) (Danny)
    • Spectral Energy Distribution fitting tools (Mark)


ACTIONS Q1 2002 - all closed by 17 May 2002 design review

ACTIONS Q2 2002 - following 17 May meeting Paris
  1. report on XML and EIS (Benoit)