<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear all again,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have also just heard of another possibly interesting challenge to put forward for the hackathon participants which I like also a lot :</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">“Download 6 different VOTables via TAP, and parse them into astropy SkyCoord objects, all without any user interaction beyond a single astroquery and/or Astropy call”</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bruno</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 20, 2019, at 6:32 PM, Bruno Merin <<a href="mailto:bmerin@sciops.esa.int" class="">bmerin@sciops.esa.int</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Tom, Erik, Thomas, Brigitta and Adam,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We are planning to organize a hackathon on May 15th 2019 in the afternoon at our Paris IVOA <a href="https://indico.obspm.fr/event/64/overview" class="">interop meeting</a> where we would like to invite people to do hacks that explore the links between astropy/astroquery and the VO infrastructure, in particular focussing possibly on time-domain use-cases. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ada Nebot, who is coordinating the IVOA time domain interest group (TDIG), she proposed the following two areas of possible interest / overlap although there might be others:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">1 - VOTable <—> astropy: Conversions between VOTables with the TIMESYS element and the astropy.time class.</div><div class="">VOTable: <a href="http://www.ivoa.net/documents/VOTable/20190318/" class="">http://www.ivoa.net/documents/VOTable/20190318/</a></div><div class="">astropy.time <a href="http://docs.astropy.org/en/stable/time/index.html" class="">http://docs.astropy.org/en/stable/time/index.html</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">2 - T-MOC & astropy : The T-MOC format is a time-dependent Multi-Order Coverage structure, e.g. a healpix structure that indexes spatially the existing data in the sky (that is the MOC), but chopped off in time intervals to allow easy visualization and access to data in both space and time (that is the T-MOC).</div><div class=""><a href="https://wiki.ivoa.net/internal/IVOA/InterOpMay2018TDIG/TDIG-TBoch-TMOC-MOCPy.pdf" class="">https://wiki.ivoa.net/internal/IVOA/InterOpMay2018TDIG/TDIG-TBoch-TMOC-MOCPy.pdf</a></div><div class=""><a href="https://github.com/cds-astro/mocpy/blob/master/notebooks/tmoc.ipynb" class="">https://github.com/cds-astro/mocpy/blob/master/notebooks/tmoc.ipynb</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The reason of my message is to inform you about this hackathon, ask for your feedback on whether this would be of interest or not for some of the astropy developers and to ask for advice on how do you think this event could be more useful to both the astropy users and IVOA users. It would also be great if you would know some astropy contributor who might be based in Paris and might want to come in person to the session.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Finally, should you be interested, you are all of course invited to join any of the two telecons described below where we will discuss what to prepare and how to organize the hackathon.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks in advance for your time,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bruno</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><font size="1" face="Verdana" class=""><b class="">ESA - European Space Agency</b></font><p class=""><font size="1" color="#00a1e0" face="Verdana" class="">Dr. Bruno Merín</font><font size="1" color="#808080" face="Verdana" class=""><br class="">Head of the ESAC Science Data Centre (SCI-OPD)</font><font size="3" class=""></font></p><p class=""><font size="1" color="#808080" face="Verdana" class=""><b class="">European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC)</b><br class="">Camino Bajo del Castillo s/n<br class="">Villanueva de la Cañada, 28692 Madrid, Spain</font></p><p class=""><a href="mailto:bruno.merin@esa.int" style="" class=""><font size="1" color="#808080" face="Verdana" class=""><u class="">Bruno.Merin@esa.int </u></font></a><font size="1" face="Verdana" class="">| </font><a href="http://cosmos.esa.int/esdc" class=""><font color="#808080" size="1" class="">cosmos.esa.int/esdc</font></a><font size="1" face="Verdana" class=""><br class="">Phone: +34 91 813 1456 | Fax: +34 91 813 1218</font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Bruno Merin <<a href="mailto:bmerin@sciops.esa.int" class="">bmerin@sciops.esa.int</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">CSP + TDIG + GWS telecons : 2, 11 and 25th of April, 5 pm CEST = 11 am EST = 8 am PDT = 11 pm CST = 2 am AEDT</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">March 16, 2019 at 12:36:02 AM GMT+1<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:csp@ivoa.net" class="">csp@ivoa.net</a>, AdaNebot <<a href="mailto:ada.nebot@astro.unistra.fr" class="">ada.nebot@astro.unistra.fr</a>>, <a href="mailto:voevent@ivoa.net" class="">voevent@ivoa.net</a>, <a href="mailto:grid@ivoa.net" class="">grid@ivoa.net</a><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div class="">Dear CSP, TDIG and GWS colleagues,<br class=""></div><div class=""><br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for your responses. According to them and looking at people's availabilities in the weeks prior to the Paris interop, I propose to have <strong class="">three</strong> telecons to coordinate the points below on the 2nd, 11th and 25th of April of this year, all of them scheduled at 5 pm CEST (Madrid/Strasbourg) = 11 am EST (Cambridge, MA) = 8 am PDT (Pasadena) = 11 pm CST (Beijing) = 2 am AEDT (Sydney). I paste below the connection details and attach the calendar invite files such that you can import them in your calendars and verify the exact local times in your time-zones. I am aware that the chosen times are not good for some colleagues so I would welcome contributions before or after any of the telecons via email to the addressee list above or via phone/skype calls with me at better times where needed.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div><div class=""><strong class="">CSP + TDIG + GWS telecon #1</strong><br class="">Hosted by Bruno Merín <br class=""><br class="">Tuesday | <span class="dateItem">Apr 2 2019</span> | 5:00 pm <span class="dateItem"></span> | 1 hour | (UTC+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna<br class="">Meeting number: 168 255 479<br class="">Password: CSPTDIGGWS1<br class=""><a href="https://esa-meeting.webex.com/esa-meeting/j.php?MTID=m614860a676a0cbb0aedeb88cc4233340" class="">https://esa-meeting.webex.com/esa-meeting/j.php?MTID=m614860a676a0cbb0aedeb88cc4233340</a><br class=""><br class="">Join by phone<br class="">+44-203-478-5289 UK - Toll<br class="">Access code: 168 255 479<br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div><div class=""><br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div><div class=""><strong class="">CSP + TDIG + GWS telecon #2</strong><br class="">Hosted by Bruno Merín <br class=""><br class="">Thursday | <span class="dateItem">Apr 11 2019</span> | 5:00 pm | 1 hour | (UTC+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna<br class="">Meeting number: 846 745 811<br class="">Password: CSPTDIGGWS2<br class=""><a href="https://esa-meeting.webex.com/esa-meeting/j.php?MTID=m4b67b41a9b2442ea9688a84f1df2fdc3" class="">https://esa-meeting.webex.com/esa-meeting/j.php?MTID=m4b67b41a9b2442ea9688a84f1df2fdc3</a><br class=""><br class="">Join by phone<br class="">+44-203-478-5289 UK - Toll<br class="">Access code: 846 745 811<br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div><div class=""><strong class="">CSP + TDIG + GWS telecon #3</strong><br class="">Hosted by Bruno Merín <br class=""><br class="">Thursday | <span class="dateItem"> Apr 25 2019</span> | 5:00 pm | 1 hour | (UTC+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna<br class="">Meeting number: 846 681 556<br class="">Password: CSPTDIGGWS3<br class=""><a href="https://esa-meeting.webex.com/esa-meeting/j.php?MTID=m609034587d56bb3f27230b3e6e997369" class="">https://esa-meeting.webex.com/esa-meeting/j.php?MTID=m609034587d56bb3f27230b3e6e997369</a><br class=""><br class="">Join by phone<br class="">+44-203-478-5289 UK - Toll<br class="">Access code: 846 681 556<br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div><div class=""><br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div><div class="">Many thanks in advance for your time . I look forward talking to you and working with you on these interesting topics soon.<br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div><div class=""><br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div><div class="">Bruno<br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div><div class=""><br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div><div class="">On behalf of the IVOA's Committee on Science Priorities (CSP)<br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div><div class=""><br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><span style="color: #808080; font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;" class="" data-mce-style="color: #808080; font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><b class="">ESA - European Space Agency</b></span><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span class="" style="color: #00a1e0; font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Dr. Bruno Merín</span><span class="" style="color: #808080; font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br class="">Head of the ESAC Science Data Centre (SCI-OPD)</span><span class="" style="font-size: 12px;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span class="" style="color: #808080; font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><b class="">European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC)</b><br class="">Camino Bajo del Castillo s/n<br class="">Villanueva de la Cañada, 28692 Madrid, Spain</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><a href="mailto:bruno.merin@esa.int" style="" class="" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-mce-href="mailto:bruno.merin@esa.int" data-mce-style="color: #000000;"><span class="" style="color: #808080; font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><u class="">Bruno.Merin@esa.int </u></span></a><span style="color: #808080; font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;" class="" data-mce-style="color: #808080; font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;">| </span><a href="http://cosmos.esa.int/esdc" class="" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-mce-href="http://cosmos.esa.int/esdc"><span class="" style="color: #808080; font-size: xx-small;">cosmos.esa.int/esdc</span></a><span style="color: #808080; font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;" class="" data-mce-style="color: #808080; font-family: Verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br class="">Phone: +34 91 813 1456 | Fax: +34 91 813 1218</span></div></div><div class=""><br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div><div class=""><br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__" class=""><div data-marker="__HEADERS__" class=""><b class="">From: </b>"Bruno Merin" <<a href="mailto:bmerin@sciops.esa.int" class="">bmerin@sciops.esa.int</a>><br class=""><b class="">To: </b><a href="mailto:csp@ivoa.net" class="">csp@ivoa.net</a>, "AdaNebot" <<a href="mailto:ada.nebot@astro.unistra.fr" class="">ada.nebot@astro.unistra.fr</a>>, <a href="mailto:voevent@ivoa.net" class="">voevent@ivoa.net</a><br class=""><b class="">Sent: </b>Wednesday, March 6, 2019 9:16:53 AM<br class=""><b class="">Subject: </b>CSP + TDIG telecons prior to Paris interop (doodle)<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear CSP and TDIG colleagues,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Northern sprint is coming and with it our need to move on with CSP and TDIG activities. For that reason, I would like to ask you please to give me your availabilities for two telecons before the May interop where we should :</div><div class=""><ol class=""><li class="">organize a hackathon together with astropy colleagues on time-domain functionality using the new TIMESYS IVOA note by the Time-Domain Interest Group (or equivalently interesting scientific ideas) </li><li class="">organize potentially also a focus session on how to enable access to big data from large surveys via the IVOA infrastructure</li><li class="">review the current scientific priorities in the VO and propose new ones to the exec</li><li class="">discuss details of a proposal for an IVOA data portal or equivalent functionality</li></ol></div><div class=""><a href="https://doodle.com/poll/axvhth676zddiqqz" class="" target="_blank">https://doodle.com/poll/axvhth676zddiqqz</a><br data-mce-bogus="1" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Many thanks in advance for your time,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bruno</div><div class="">on behalf of the Committee on Science Priorities</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
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