South American – African Astronomy Coordination Committee (SA3CC) Meeting 2022

To download a pdf version of the SA3CC 2022 report click here.
To download a pdf version of the SA3CC 2021 report click here.

DATE

SA3CC Meeting – April 19-20, 2022 via ZOOM
Vera Rubin Observatory NET Meeting (by invitation only) – April 21-22, 2022 via ZOOM

REGISTRATION

AGENDA

The SA3CC is now in its 13th 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, 2022.

NOTE: The agenda can be changed to accommodate different time zones.

SA3CC Meeting Agenda

Corresponding time zones (start time):

Miami, USA                        Tue, Apr 19, 2022          at 11:00 am EDT
Los Angeles, USA               Tue, Apr 19, 2022          at 8:00 am PDT
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil          Tue, Apr 19, 2022          at 12:00 noon BRT
Santiago, Chile                    Tue, Apr 19, 2022          at 11:00 am CLT
Berlin, Germany                  Tue, Apr 19, 2022          at 5:00 pm CEST
Paris, France                        Tue, Apr 19, 2022          at 5:00 pm CEST
London, United Kingdom    Tue, Apr 19, 2022          at 4:00 pm BST
Cape Town, South Africa    Tue, Apr 19, 2022          at 5:00 pm SAST

Tuesday, April 19, 2022
11:00 – Welcome – Julio Ibarra

Session I: Science Requirements & Activities Updates

11:10 – Vera C. Rubin Observatory Operations (Bob Blum, Christian Silva) | Download presentation
11:30 – NOIRLab – ITOPS (Chris Morrison / Mauricio Rojas / Eduardo Toro) | Download presentation
12:00 – NRAO & ngVLA (David Halstead, Adele Plunkett) | Download presentation NRAO, ngVLA
12:30 – ALMA (Christian Saldias, Nicolas Ovando) | Download presentation
12:50 – Simons (Simone Aiola) | Download presentation
13:10 – Refreshment Break
13:40 – CMB-S4 (Eli Dart) | Download presentation
14:00 – MeerKAT (Bradley Frank) | Download presentation
14:20 – FYST (a.k.a. CCAT) (Mike Nolta) | Download presentation
14:40 – GMTO (Sam Chan) | Download presentation
15:00 – US-ELT (Marie Lemoine-Busserolle) | Download presentation
15:20 – Open Discussion/Coordination
15:40 – Adjourn

Wednesday, April 20, 2022
11:00 – Welcome – Julio Ibarra

Session II: Providers updates
11:10 – AmLight1: International links (Jeronimo Bezerra) | Download presentation
11:30 – AmLight2: Monitoring and Measurement Improvements (Renata Frez) | Download presentation
11:50 – SANReN/TENET (Shukri Wiener) | Download presentation
12:10 – REUNA (Albert Astudillo) | Download presentation
12:30 – REDNESP (Joao Eduardo Ferreira) | Download presentation
12:50 – Refreshment Break
13:20 – RedCLARA (Luis Eliécer Cadenas) | Download presentation
13:40 – RNP (Aluizio Hazin) | Download presentation
14:00 – USDF infrastructure (Mark Foster) | Download presentation
14:20 – USDF data movement and multi-site processing (Richard Dubois) | Download presentation
14:40 – Internet2 (Chris Wilkinson) | Download presentation
15:00 – ESnet (Paul Wefel) | Download presentation
15:20 – Open Discussion/Coordination
15:40 – Adjourn

Rubin Observatory NET Meeting Agenda (by invitation only)

Corresponding time zones (start time):

Miami, USA Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 11:00 am EDT
Los Angeles, USA Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 8:00 am PDT
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 12:00 noon BRT
Santiago, Chile Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 11:00 am CLT
Berlin, Germany Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 5:00 pm CEST
Paris, France Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 5:00 pm CEST
London, United Kingdom Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 4:00 pm BST
Cape Town, South Africa Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 5:00 pm SAST

Thursday, April 21, 2022

11:00 – Welcome and Introductions
11:20 – Session 1: LHN Specifications and Design Documents Catalog – Cristian Silva moderator.
11:40 – Session 2a: Updates about the physical networks in Chile and Brazil – Cristian Silva moderator
12:20 – Session 2b: Updates about the physical networks International and CONUS – Phil DeMar moderator
13:20 – Scheduled Break (30 minutes)
13:50 – Session 3: Updates to LSE-78 Rubin Observatory Network Design Document and LSE-479 Rubin Observatory Network Technical Document – Cristian Silva and Julio Ibarra moderators
14:20 – Session 4: Review and update the NET activities and milestones as Rubin Observatory approaches Operations – Julio Ibarra moderator
14:50 – Wrap up and Actions
15:00 – Adjourn

Friday, April 22, 2022

11:00 – Welcome – Cristian Silva, Phil Demar, Julio Ibarra
11:10 – Session 5: End-to-end Test and Performance Measurement Plan – Julio Ibarra moderator
12:10 – Session 6: Rubin Observatory Networks Verification – Phil Demar moderator
13:10 – Scheduled Break (30 minutes)
13:40 – Session 7: Operations Contracts, SLOAs, MOAs, baselining the O&M plan, and establishing the Virtual NOC – Phil DeMar moderator
14:10 – Closure and Next Steps
14:30 – Adjourn

REGISTRATION

VIDEO CONFERENCE

CIARA will support virtual participation through video conferencing systems using ZOOM.

*Please sign to ZOOM with your name. For security reasons, we will have to drop the participants signed without a name.

How to use ZOOM instructions

Create a Zoom account for a more streamlined approach to our conference.
- To create an account, visit https://zoom.us/signup and follow the instructions.

- To download the Zoom software, visit https://zoom.us/download.
  - Click on the blue “Download” button under the section, “Zoom Client for Meetings.”
  - Open the download “Zoom.pkg” and follow the installation instructions.

Helpful Commands in Zoom:
- Share your screen
  - Please wait for the host to make you a presenter
  - Click on “screen share” and select your presentation
- “Away” Status
  - Please use the away icon if you step away, as we don’t have many breaks built into the schedule.
  - Click on your profile icon in the top right corner. Set your status to “Away” by clicking the corresponding option in the drop-down menu.
  - Learn more about Zoom status icons here.
- Chat:
  - While in a meeting, click “Chat” in the meeting controls.
  - This will open the chat on the right. You can type a message into the chat box or click on the drop down next to To: if you want to send a message to a specific person.
  - When new chat messages are sent to you or everyone, a preview of the message will appear and Chat will flash orange in your meeting controls.
- Gallery View:
  - In the Zoom client, click “Settings,” and then click “Video” to display the video settings page.
  - Enable the option “Display up to 49 participants per screen in Gallery View.”
  - Start or join a meeting.
  - Click “Gallery View” in the top-right corner.
    - If the meeting has 49 or fewer attendees, all of them are displayed on a single page. If more than 49 attendees are in the meeting, 49 thumbnails are displayed on each page.
  - Learn more about Gallery View here.
- Hide Non-Video Participants
  - When you are in “Gallery View,” right-click on any participant that either has their video off or dialed in via telephone, or you can click on the 3 dots at the upper right of their participant box.
  - Choose “Hide Non-Video Participants” to hide all users with their video off.
  - To show non-video participants again, click “Total non-video participants” at the top of your screen and select “Show non-video participants.”
  - Learn more about Video Layout here.
- Polls + Q&A:
  - When a meeting host would like you to participate in a poll or answer a question, a message box will pop up on your screen.
  - You will have a limited amount of time to submit your answers.
- Raise Hand:
  - During a meeting, click on the icon labeled “Participants” at the bottom center of your Zoom window.
  - At the bottom of the window on the right side of the screen, click the button labeled “Raise Hand.”
  - Click “Raise Hand” if you want to say something in the meeting.
  - Your digital hand is now raised. Lower it by clicking the same button, now labeled “Lower Hand.

CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS

TBD

SA3CC Meeting 2022