Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010 Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 1 Overview and status of the project

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010 Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 2 Project summary First FP7 Infrastructure call Scientific Digital Repositories Euro-VO Astronomical Infrastructure for Data Access Integrated Infrastructure Initiative (I3) 30 months 1 February 2008 – 31 July M€

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010 Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 3 Project objectives EuroVO-AIDA ensures the transition of the European astronomical Virtual Observatory to operations Core VObs activities/stakeholders: –Large scale deployment by data centres –Construction of a community of science users –JRAs: definition/evolution of interoperability standards, relevance of new technologies Plus – Liaison with other communities −Outreach towards higher education and public

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010 Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 4 Activities Management (WP1) Networking (WP2) Strategy, co-operation and dissemination Service (WP3, WP4, WP5) Support to data centres, users, outreach Joint Research Activities (WP6, WP7, WP8) Interoperability standards, Data Access Layer/Data Model, Emerging technologies

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010 Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 5 Project Schedule Kick-off3 months February − April 2008 Cycle 11 year May 2008 – April 2009 Cycle 21 year May 2009 – April 2010 Final Phase 3 months May – July 2010 The present review period (February 2010 – July 2010) encompasses the end of Cycle 2 and the Final Phase The project has remained active during the final phase! Many Deliverables, but not only writing deliverables…

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010 Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 6 Milestones M20Final Technology Forum UEDINMarch March 2010 M21IVOA Interoperability Meeting IVOA (C-VO) May May 2010 M22Final Board Meeting CNRSJune July 2010

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010 Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 7

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010 Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 8 Deliverables (last reporting period) NA D2.6, CNRS D2.9, UEDIN D2.10, CNRS D2.11, CNRS SA D4.4, ESO D5.3, INAF JRA D6.2, UEDIN D7.2, ESA D8.2, CNRS

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010 Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 9 NA (WP2) deliverables Elements for evaluation and strategy –D2.9: Euro-VO participation in IVOA – our technological impact –D2.6, D2.10, D2.11: Three complementary documents The status of the international VObs and Euro-VO Medium term strategy for Euro-VO Assessment of possible liaisons with other disciplines

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010 Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 10 SA (WP4, WP5) deliverables Release of tutorials and tools for our different targets –WP3 (data centers): one step release mid-2009 –WP4 (scientists) and WP5 (outreach): two step release, initial and final (D4.4 and D5.3)

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010 Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 11 JRA (WP6, WP7, WP8) deliverables Final report on technological activities −Interoperability standards and associated prototypes (D2.6) −Data Access Protocols and Data Models (D7.2) −Assessment of new technologies (D8.2)

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010 Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 12 Results and findings (1) EuroVO-AIDA has fullfilled our expectations – and more IVOA is evolving, and Europe and the European projects are among the main drivers It demonstrates the power and necessity of having a co-ordination at European level and enough money at that level to leverage the other project resources (national, Agency level)

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010 Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 13 Results and findings (2) The European level gives a critical mass, and allows the sharing of expertise and co- ordinated development The results are then re-used at the national of Agency level

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010 Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 14 Continuing needs ( e.g., US-VO funded for 5 years by NASA and NSF ) Co-ordination at European level Actions towards data centres, the scientific community and education/public Updates of the IVOA technological framework (interoperability standards and tools)

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010 Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 15 Lots of work accomplished, but lots remains to be done!!

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010 Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 16 IVOA Standards in progress

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010 Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 17 Next steps Bye bye AIDA, welcome VOICE EuroVO-ICE: a – very small – ‘bridging’ project (1 year, strating on 1 st September 2010, 200 k€, 4 partners) to support the essential Euro-VO activities and prepare the future Back to strategy aspects in WP2 talk

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010 Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 18

Overview and status of the project EuroVO-AIDA – Final review – 5 October 2010 Françoise Genova, Project Coordinator, 19