1. 1 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015 P. Jewell, J. Hibbard, C. Lonsdale Cycle 1 & 2 Status & Cycle 3 results

2. 2 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015 CYCLE 1, 2 STATUS

3. 3 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015 Observing Progress Number of Executions by Array component (Mar 11 ) 3 Cycle 1Cycle 2 Start of Cycle 2 Long baseline campaign Start of Cycle 2

4. 4 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015 Observing Progress Number of Executions by Priority Grade (Mar 11 ) 4 Cycle 1Cycle 2 Start of Cycle 2 Long baseline campaign Start of Cycle 2

5. 5 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015 NA ALMA User Support Observing Progress (NA only, as of May 19)

6. 6 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015 Assignment of backlog that built up waiting for start of PL processing NA caught up with initial PL backlog Assignment of all post-LBC datasets prior to Cy3 call NA caught up with assignments prior to Cy3 call Steady-state goal: ~43 OUS/mo

7. 7 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015 Cycle 1 & 2 Completion Projects As of May 19:

8. 8 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015 Cycle 1 & 2 Completion ObsUnitSets (=datasets) As of May 19:

9. 9 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015 Status – ALMA Telescope Operations Project and OUS Completion Status by Executive (May 19)

10. 10 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015 Requested and Remaining Time L Nyman. As of March 11, all Executives Total requested time Total remaining time Cycle 1 Highest: 532 h Remaining = 252h (47%) Cycle 2 A+B: 1672 h Remaining = 1103h (66%) 10 Hours remaining = as of Feb/Mar engineering time ~325hrs observed since

11. 11 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015 Prediction of Completion As of March 11: 1355 hrs of 2200 hrs remain – ~325 hrs observed ES blocks 17-21 – 13 ES block remain ~ 800 hrs (~60hr QA0 pass per block) – Implies 230 hrs unobserved => ~90% completion However: – Some projects simply cannot be scheduled due to inability to do high frequency observations (> band 7) during the day Compact configurations, LST~0 h – 5 h Extended configurations, LST~5 h – 10 h – Other projects are in oversubscribed LSTs March 11, 2015ALMA Board meeting at SCO11

12. 12 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015 LST pressure per configuration L Nyman. As of March 11 C34-1 C34-3 C34-2 C34-5 C34-4 C34-7 C34-6 | | |. | | 0 h 5 h 10 h 15 h 20 h LST 12 The black horizontal lines in the figures indicate the distribution of available time according to the current array configuration schedule APRIL APRIL & MAYMAY JUNE AUG & SEP JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP MAY?

13. 13 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015 LST pressure per configuration L Nyman. As of March 11 C34-1 C34-3 C34-2 C34-5 C34-4 C34-7 C34-6 | | |. | | 0 h 5 h 10 h 15 h 20 h LST 13 The black horizontal lines in the figures indicate the distribution of available time according to the current array configuration schedule APRIL APRIL & MAYMAY JUNE AUG & SEP JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP MAY?

14. 14 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015 Prediction of Completion (best case) L. Nyman, March 11 Cycle 1: 16 projects unlikely to be observed (52 h) – 92% completion rate Cycle 2: 32 projects unlikely to be observed (121 h) – 91% completion rate Total: 48 projects unlikely to be observed (173 h) – 91% completion rate Most likely 4 Cycle 2 grade A projects will be transferred to Cycle 3 March 11, 2015 ALMA Board meeting at SCO 14

15. 15 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015 Executive Balance – Cycle 0 ✓

16. 16 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015 Executive Balance – Cycle 1 (as of Feb/Mar Engineering time) Regional Share: 33.8% 33.8% 22.5% 10.0% (<5%) ✓

17. 17 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015 At increased ES observing frequency and efficiencies, Data reduction is straining resources at the ARCs – JAO is streamlining processes – NA is hiring more staff While TP observing has begun, TP data reduction path has still not been proven and distributed to ARCs No group-level data combination has been performed; “best practices” not established – NAASC is doing this individually via helpdesk & in- person visits (6 cases). About to roll out a CASAguide Cycle 1 & 2 Status: Challenges

18. 18 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015 CYCLE 3 RESULTS

19. 19 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015 ALMA Proposal Cycles Cycle 0: Sep 2011-Dec 2012 (990 proposals, 500h) Cycle 1: Jan 2013-May 2014 (1131 proposals, 800h) ~300 hrs transferred into Cycle 2 Cycle 2: Jun 2014-Oct 2015 (1382 proposals, 1700 h) Cycle 3 – Deadline was April 23 PRP meetings: June 22-26, 2015 (in Osaka, JP) Communication of Outcome of Review Process: August 2015 Start of Cycle 3: October 1, 2015 – Start of yearly cycles

20. 20 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015 Cycle 3 Proposal Process Improvements Several improvements were made to assist investigators – Cycle 3 Array schedule published in Proposers Guide – Document improvements Better explanations of multiple pointing and multiple tuning choices Improved calibration chapter in the Technical Handbook – Helpdesk and Knowledgebase “Cycle 3 News” top-level menu item on SP points to KB article that accumulates known issues Included graphics for some KB articles Helpdesk staffed for entire week prior to deadline, and 72h of continuous “follow-the-sun” emergency department (twice that of Cycle 2) – Questionnaire released much sooner, closing end May 340 replies to date

21. 21 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015

22. 22 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015

23. 23 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015 Cycle 3 Observing Capabilities and Policies Cycle 3 begins 1 October. Cycle 3 is no longer Best Efforts for standard proposals – New category: Non-standard = Bands 8, 9 10 or baselines > 2.5 km With Cycle 3, ALMA begins a 12 month proposal cycle Supplement to C (filler) projects: low frequency and under-subscribed LST ranges Capabilities for Cycle 3 (new / extended capabilities marked in red): – At least thirty-six 12-m antennas in the main array, and ten 7-m antennas and two 12-m antennas (for single-dish maps) in the ACA. – Receiver bands 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, & 10 (wavelengths of about 3.1, 2.1, 1.3, 0.87, 0.74, 0.44, and 0.35 mm, respectively). – Baselines up to 2 km for Bands 8, 9 and 10. – Baselines up to 5 km for Band 7. – Baselines up to 10 km for Bands 3, 4, & 6. – Both single field interferometry and mosaics. – Spectral-line observations with all Arrays and continuum observations with the 12-m Array and the 7-m Array. TP Array use is limited to spectral line observations in Bands 3 to 8. – Polarization (on-axis, continuum in Band 3, 6 and 7, no spectral line, no ACA, no mosaics, no circular polarization). – Mixed correlator modes (both high and low frequency resolution in the same observation). – The maximum observing time per proposal, as estimated by the OT, is 100 hours.

24. 24 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015 Proposal Submission for Cycle 3 1612 Proposal codes were assigned by the deadline on April 23, 2015 from around the world

25. 25 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015 Helpdesk Support More complete coverage in week up to deadline 365 tickets in total (178=49% for NA) 25

26. 26 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015 Cycle 3 Proposal Submission 1582 unique proposals (+14%) requesting 9037 hrs on the 12-m Array – 5.7 hrs per proposal – Oversubscription by hours = 4.3 – 76% / 24% hrs requested “standard” / “non- standard” 1122 individual PIs and 3608 PI+Co-Is from 47 countries

27. 27 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015 Cycle 3 Proposal Statistics

28. 28 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015 Proposal Process Future improvements Improvements to KB articles, including graphics Revision of Primer and “Did You Know” flyer to include updated and more accessible example observations Videos to explain some of the more complex setups More information on use of simulators with more examples  Starting the Cycle 4 planning earlier in the cycle if the data reduction schedule allows

29. 29 ANASAC Meeting – May 20, 2015 www.nrao.edu science.nrao.edu The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc.