Theory Interest Group revival at Strasbourg Interop

[Franck Le Petit]

Hello Hendrik,

This is very timely to revive the Theory IG. 

David Languignon is working on a SimDAL 2.0 to clarify the standard and facilitate the development of APIs to query SimDAL/SimDM repositories. 
Also, we planned to update SimDM since some parts need upgrades since several years. 

Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend the InterOp in person because of another meeting in parallel. Can you try to have the session an afternoon between the Tuesday and the Thursday, so that I will be able to participate in Zoom.

Best regards
Franck



> Le 22 avr. 2026 à 20:12, Hervé WOZNIAK via theory <theory at ivoa.net> a écrit :
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> Hello Hendrik,
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> After taking a break for a few years, I’m going to start participating in Interops again. So I’m also interested in a Theory session or, if that’s not possible, some informal discussions to see where things stand with the SimDM and SimDAL updates.
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> Let’s stay in touch.
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> Who’s requesting a session at IVOA? Simon (the last chair I guess)?
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> Best regards,
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> Hervé Woniak
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> Le 16/04/2026 à 16:48, Hendrik Heinl via theory a écrit :
>> Dear all,
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>> In the past years the Theory IG was dormant. I think it is time to chance this and try to build an active Theory community. For this I suggest we have a Theory IG Session at the next Interop in Strasbourg, France.
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>> My personal interest is would be in the following topics:
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>> - Current state of SimDM and it's future
>> - Interoperability and Discovery of Mock data and synthetic data products
>> - AI assisted HPC
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>> For the Theory IG to thrive it would be necessary to build a thriving community. So it would be great if we not only have a Session, but also actively encourage scientists in this field to get involved into IVOA efforts.
>> 
>> Best regards from Italy,
>> Hendrik
>> 
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