For the report from this meeting (April 2019) click here or download a PDF.
To download a pdf version the SAACC 2018 report click here.

Please register for the SAACC Meeting at Eventbrite by clicking here.

DATE

  1. SAACC Meeting on Wednesday, April 17th, 2019 from 09:00 – 17:00 hours
  2. SAACC Engineering Meeting (LSST NET Meeting by invitations only) on Thursday, April 18th, 2019 from 09:00 – 17:00 hours

VENUE

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The meeting will take place at Cerro Calán, Observatorio Astronómico Nacional, Camino El Observatorio #1515, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile.

Additionally, REUNA, together with the Universities of O’Higgins, Talca, Bío-Bío, Concepción and La Frontera, are pleased to invite you to participate in the launch event of the new High-Speed Optical Network between Santiago and Temuco. The meeting marks the second milestone in the construction of the digital super highway that REUNA will make available to the scientific and academic community of Chile. This new section has a capacity of 100 Gbps and unlimited growth potential.
REUNA would like to invite the SAACC participants to join this ceremony to be held on Tuesday, April 16 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, at the offices of Inria Chile (Apoquindo 2827, 12th floor, Santiago). The activity will be in Spanish.
Please confirm your participation by phone +56223370340 or email to secdirec@reuna.cl.  Space is limited. Download pdf invitation here.

AGENDA

The SAACC is now in its 10th year and serves not only to provide input and advice to the AmLight PI and the Steering Committee on program and network needs, but also as a venue for coordinating the needs of these astronomical projects and institutions to improve their resource planning and implementation of operational connections between these distant facilities and users in the continental US and Latin-American Countries.

Please email your presentation to vchergar at fiu.edu by April 15, 2016.

Corresponding time zones (start time): 

Santiago, Chile Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 9:00 am CLT
Miami, USA Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 9:00 am EDT
Tucson, USA Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 6:00 am MST
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 10:00 am BRT
São Paulo, Brazil Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 10:00 am BRT
Chicago, USA Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 8:00 am CDT
Berlin, Germany Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 3:00 pm CEST

Agenda
Wednesday, April 17th, 2019
9:00 – Welcome remarks from REUNA and UChile Astronomy Department (Guido Garay)
9:10 – Welcome remarks and introduction (Jeff Kantor, Julio Ibarra) | Download presentation

Session I: Science Requirements & Activities Updates
9:20 – AURA (Mauricio Rojas)  | Download presentation
9:40 – Gemini and NCOA (Eduardo Toro) | Download presentation
10:00 – LSST Construction and Commissioning (Jeff Kantor) Download presentation
10:20 – LSST Operations (Robert Blum) Download Presentation
10:40 – NRAO (David Halstead, Adele Plunkett) Download presentation
11:00 – Refreshment Break
11:30 – Data Observatory Chile (Aisen Echeverria) Download presentation
11:50 – GMTO (Mauricio Pilleux, Sam Chan) Download presentation
12:10 – Open Discussion/Coordination

12:30 – Lunch Break (1 hour 30 min)

Session II: Providers updates
14:00 – AmLight1: AmLight-ExP Links, Express route activation, In-band network telemetry (Jeronimo Bezerra) | Download presentation
14:30 – Astronomy in Chile (Monica Rubio) | Download presentation
15:00 – AmLight2: Performance monitoring and measurement (Rodrigo Pescador) | Download Presentation
15:20 – REUNA (Albert Astudillo)| Download Presentation
15:40 – RNP (Aluizio Hazin)| Download Presentation
16:00 – Refreshment Break
16:30 – RedCLARA (Luis Cadenas)| Download Presentation
16:50 – Internet2 (John Hicks)| Download Presentation
17:10 – Open Discussion/Coordination
17:30 – Adjourn

18:30 (TBD) – SAACC Social Dinner Event at Restaurant El Mestizo (Bicentenario 4050, Vitacura, Región Metropolitana, Chile). Please RSVP here.

Proposed Agenda for the LSST NET Meeting – Thursday, April 18th, 2019

In 2017, as a consequence, from the AmLight SAACC Spring Engineering meeting, the LSST Network Engineering Team (NET) was formed to describe the requirements to interconnect the networks and operations towards a manageable, cost-effective, secure and scalable end-to-end network infrastructure to support LSST.  LSST NET includes network engineers from every institution involved with the LSST end-to-end network provisioning and governance. The goal of the April 18th meeting of the LSST NET team is to further clarify the requirements and interconnections to each of the networks that will be supporting LSST.

9:00 – Session 1: Wrapping up Phase 1, Chair(s): Jeronimo Bezerra and Ron Lambert
9:30 – Session 2: Planning Phase 2: Updates about the physical networks, Chair(s): Julio Ibarra and Jeff Kantor

  • LSST – Ron Lambert (12min)
  • REUNA – Albert Astudillo (12min)
  • CLARA – Marco Teixeira (15min)
  • RNP – Aluizio Hazin (15min)

10:30 – Scheduled Break (30 minutes)

11:00- Session 2 (continued): Planning Phase 2: Updates about the physical networks, Chair(s): Julio Ibarra and Jeff Kantor

  • FIU – Jeronimo Bezerra (12min)
  • NCSA/MREN/StarLight – Matt Kollross(15min)

11:30 – Session 3: Planning Phase 2: Logical Topology, Chair(s): Julio Ibarra and Jeff Kantor

13:00 – Lunch Break (1 hour)

14:00 – Session 4: Phase 2 end-to-end performance: measurement and QoS, Chair(s): Julio Ibarra and Jeff Kantor

15:30 – Scheduled Break (30 minutes)

16:00 – Session 5: Establishing LSST Virtual NOC, Chair(s): Julio Ibarra and Jeff Kantor

  • Vision and Requirements for VNOC – Jeff Kantor
  • Current VNOC tools and process (perfSonar, MADDash, etc.) – Jeronimo Bezerra
  • Additional tools and process to achieve Vision and Requirements – Jeronimo Bezerra and Ron Lambert

16:45 – Session 6: Future Demonstrations, Chair(s): Julio Ibarra and Jeff Kantor

  • FY18 and FY19 Demonstration Summary – Jeronimo Bezerra
  • FY20 and beyond Data Management Tests/Rehearsals with Network Requirements – Jeff Kantor
  • FY20 and beyond Demonstration Goals – Jeff Kantor and Jeronimo Bezerra

17:30 – Closure and Next Steps, Chair(s): Julio Ibarra and Jeff Kantor
18:00 – Adjourn

 REGISTRATION

Please register for the SAACC Meeting at Eventbrite by clicking here.

No visa is required for traveling to Chile for US citizens. U.S. citizens entering Chile must have a valid passport. U.S. citizens traveling to Chile for recreation, tourism, business, or academic conferences do not need to obtain a visa prior to their arrival in Chile. A Tourist Card will be issued for a stay of up to 90 days.
https://cl.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/entry-exit-requirements/

VIDEO CONFERENCE

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Instructions on how to use ZOOM can be found here.

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CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS

In person:

  1. Arellano, Paola – National University Network Chile (Red Universitaria Nacional -REUNA)
  2. Astudillo, Albert – National University Network Chile (Red Universitaria Nacional -REUNA)
  3. Bezerra, Jeronimo – CIARA at Florida International University (FIU)
  4. Blum, Robert (Bob) – LSST
  5. Cadenas, Luis Eliécer – Latin American Advanced Networks Cooperation (Cooperación Latino Americana de Redes Avanzadas-RedCLARA)
  6. Cofré, Sergio – National University Network Chile (Red Universitaria Nacional -REUNA)
  7. Filippi, Giorgio – European Southern Observatory (ESO)
  8. Garay, Guido – University of Chile Astronomy
  9. Hazin, Aluizio – Brazilian National Research and Educational Network (Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa -RNP)
  10. Ibarra, Julio – Federico Santa María Technical University (UTFSM), Chile
  11. Inostroza, Claudia – National University Network Chile (Red Universitaria Nacional -REUNA)
  12. Kantor, Jeffrey – LSST
  13. Lambert, Ronald – Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)
  14. Lehuede, Sebastian – London School of Economics & Political Science (invited by REUNA)
  15. Lopez, Luis – Academic Network at São Paulo (ANSP), Brazil
  16. Morgan, Heidi – Information Science Institute (ISI) at the University of Southern California (USC)
  17. Morrison, Chris – CTIO
  18. Pescador, Rodrigo – Brazilian National Research and Educational Network (Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa -RNP)
  19. Rubio, Monica – Universidad de Chile, Astronomy
  20. Rojas, Mauricio – Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)
  21. Toro, Eduardo – Gemini
  22. Vinet, Andres – ESO, CHILE IT Manager

Remote:

  1. Adean, Carlos – Brazilian e-science/astronomy virtual institute LINEA
  2. Ajhar, Edward – National Science Foundation (NSF)
  3. Chan, Sam – GMTO (Giant Magellan Telescope Observatory) IT manager
  4. Chergarova, Vasilka – CIARA at Florida International University (FIU)
  5. Ciuffo, Leandro – Brazilian National Research and Educational Network (Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa -RNP)
  6. Contreraz, Beatriz – National University Network Chile (Red Universitaria Nacional -REUNA)
  7. da Costa, Luiz – Brazilian e-science/astronomy virtual institute LINEA
  8. de Souza, Jeferson – Brazilian National Research and Educational Network (Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa -RNP)
  9. Delmar, Phil – FermiLab (FNAL)
  10. Escudero, Aisen Etcheverry – Data Observatory Chile
  11. Fuessling, Matthias – Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) Observatory
  12. Griffin, Chris – Florida LambdaRail – Florida’s Research and Education Network
  13. Grizendi, Eduardo – Brazilian National Research and Educational Network (Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa -RNP)
  14. Halstead, David – National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)
  15. Hicks, John – Internet2
  16. Kollross, Matt – National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NSCA)
  17. Lara, Alexandro – National University Network Chile (Red Universitaria Nacional -REUNA)
  18. Moura, Alex – Brazilian National Research and Educational Network (Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa -RNP)
  19. Neyroud, Nadine – Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) Observatory
  20. Plunkett, Adele – National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)
  21. Quintana , Arturo – CIARA at Florida International University (FIU)
  22. Schlenstedt, Stefan – Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) Observatory
  23. Stanton, Michael – Brazilian National Research and Educational Network (Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa -RNP)
  24. Taixeira, Marco – Brazilian National Research and Educational Network (Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa -RNP)
  25. Wefel, Paul – Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
  26. Wheeler, David – National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NSCA)
  27. Zahir, Adil – CIARA at Florida International University (FIU)

ACCOMMODATION

Suggested hotels:

ATTON HOTEL LAS CONDES ($150)
transfer time, 30 minutes approximately

Hotel MANQUEHUE LAS CONDES ($105)
transfer time, 25 minutes approximately

Hotel KENNEDY ($140)
transfer time, 25 minutes approximately

Hotel DoubleTree by Hilton ($110)
transfer time, 30 minutes approximately

TRANSPORTATION

From the Santiago Internationa Airport -Aeropuerto Internacional Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez (SCL) to the city center you can use the link here to schedule a taxi.

From the hotel to Cerro Calán, and to the Mestizo restaurant, you can use the Taxi El Alba, +569 3246 7535

Uber is also available in Santiago. For more details click here.
Similar service to uber is provided by an app called Cabify. For more details click here.

SOCIAL EVENT

18:30 (TBD) – SAACC Social Dinner Event at Restaurant El Mestizo (Bicentenario 4050, Vitacura, Región Metropolitana, Chile)
Please RSVP here.