From tcivera at cefca.es Fri Apr 17 11:49:24 2026 From: tcivera at cefca.es (Tamara Civera) Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:49:24 +0200 Subject: [Ops] Call for Contributions to Ops IG Session at IVOA Interop Jun 2026 Message-ID: <2aada97d-12ca-4598-9340-987e2d31a56f@cefca.es> Dear Operations Interest Group and IVOA Community, We are pleased to announce that the next IVOA Interoperability Meeting will be held in *Strasbourg*, with remote participation available, from *8 to 12 June 2026*. For more details, please visit the official meeting page: https://indico.ict.inaf.it/event/3454/ The *Operations Interest Group (Ops IG)*?is organizing a session during the meeting and we warmly invite contributions on topics related to operations, including but not limited to: ?? - Site Reports and Operational Challenges: Share how organizations provide VO services, including any challenges, questions, or lessons learned from operating services that implement VO standards. ?? - Operations in the Cloud. ?? - Performance and Load Management:Experiences with the effects of bots (e.g., LLM bots) on archive sites, how they affect service performance and resource management, and potential solutions. ?? - Operational aspects of authentication: Associating user identity with VO requests, including experiences, challenges, and operational implications. ?? - User agents: statistical data on the usage of various client agents for TAP and other VO protocols, along with your experience in collecting and analyzing this data and the infrastructure supporting it. ?? - Communication and feedback between ops services and data providers: your experiences or proposals to improve it. ?? - Validation: Your experience with providing or using software that verifies the correctness of VO services. If you would like to contribute a talk, discussion, or proposal on any of these topics (or others related to operations), please reach out to us by email. Kindly include the title and a brief abstract of your proposed contribution. If you are unsure whether your topic fits or are a first-time contributor, don?t hesitate to contact us for clarification. *Submission Deadline*: 22 May 2026. Early submissions are encouraged to facilitate session planning and organization. *Contact Information:* * *Tamara Civera*?(Vice-Chair) ? tcivera at cefca.es * *Steve Groom*?(Chair) ? sgroom at ipac.caltech.edu We look forward to your contributions and to another engaging and productive session! 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