12th ACS Workshop - 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th and 31st of July 2020

Sharing of information

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When

From July 27th to 31st, 2020

Where

The workshop will be held virtually, co-hosted by ALMA and CTA observatories. The connection details will be updated as soon as they get confirmed.

Logistics info

ACS Workshop #12 - Logistics

Coordination

• Slack (ACS Community):
  • Expectations: ACS Workshop #12 - ACS Community Slack Chat
  • Link: https://join.slack.com/t/acscommunity/shared_invite/zt-g4vko0rl-PztPu_lBARQ5GF4QvJbZxw
  • Channel for each group on the basic track

Sessions

• Zoom (2 Sessions)
  • Expectations: ACS Workshop #12 - Zoom Sessions
  • Basic Track: https://zoom.us/j/95277139657
  • Advanced Track: https://zoom.us/j/97253535523

Working Environment

• Virtualization
  • Vagrant Image
  • Virtual Box Image (Could be used in VMWare as well)
  • Docker Container
• ACSEnv - A tool to create acs development environments

Integration VPN

• VPN Configuration

Peer Programming

• Visual Studio Code Configuration
  • Visual Studio Code
  • Live Share Plugin

Groups Assignation

• Groups List

Who

Legend of background colors:

• PARTICIPANT
• SPEAKER
• INSTRUCTOR

Instructors/Speakers

#	Name	Role	Institute	Project	C++	Java	Python	Incompatible Timezone
1	Tomas Staig	SPEAKERINSTRUCTOR	JAO (AUI)	ALMA
2	Igor Oya	SPEAKERINSTRUCTOR	CTAO gGmbH	CTA
3	Jorge Avarias	SPEAKERINSTRUCTOR	JAO (AUI)	ALMA
4	Unknown User (pablo.burgos)	SPEAKERINSTRUCTOR	JAO (AUI)	ALMA
5	Unknown User (jorge.sepulveda)	SPEAKERINSTRUCTOR	JAO (AUI)	ALMA
6	Joseph Schwarz	INSTRUCTOR		CTA
7	Gianluca Chiozzi	INSTRUCTOR	ESO
8	Heiko Sommer	INSTRUCTOR	ESO

Basic Track

#	Name	Institute	Project	Listening	C++	Java	Python	Incompatible Timezone
1	Emilio Garcia	IEEC-CSIC	CTA
2	Alessandro Grillo	INAF Catania	ASTRI
3	Pietro Bruno	INAF-OACT	ASTRI, CTA
4	Ronan Cunniffe	FZU (Czech Institute for Physics)	CTA
5	Franca Cassol	CPPM-CNRS	CTA
6	Stefano Germani	University of Perugia (Italy)	CTA, ASTRI
7	Thomas Murach	DESY Zeuthen	CTA
8	Rosita Hormann	JAO (AUI)	ALMA
9	Martin Tourneboeuf	JAO (AUI)	ALMA
10	Vincent Voisin	LPNHE / IN2P3 / CNRS	CTA
11	Alessandro Costa	INAF	CTA, ASTRI
12	Iftach Sadeh	DESY	CTA
13	Vitalii Sliusar	University of Geneva	CTA
14	Susumu Nakayama	NAOJ	ALMA
15	Makoto Shizugami	NAOJ	ALMA
16	Gianluca Giavitto	DESY	CTA
17	Stewart McLay	ESO	ALMA
18	Kevin Munari	INAF-OACT	CTA
19	Adrián Pablo José Sedoski Croce	ITeDA	LLAMA
20	Guillermo Giménez de Castro	CRAAM	LLAMA
21	Matias Hampel	ITeDA	LLAMA
22	Juan Cabral	IATE-OAC-CONICET	LLAMA
23	Julia Rezende	CRAAM	POEMAS
24	Dominik Neise	ETH Zurich	CTA
25	Hasmik Gasparyan	DESY	CTA
26	Nicolò Parmiggiani	OAS-Bologna INAF	CTA
27	Leonardo Baroncelli	OAS-Bologna INAF	CTA
28	Andrea Bulgarelli	OAS-Bologna INAF	CTA
29	Antonio Addis	OAS-Bologna INAF	Personal
30	Federico Russo	INAF	ACADA
31	Carlos Reyes	ITeDA	LLAMA
32	Markus Gaug	CTAO	CTA
33	Tiago Giorgetti	CRAAM	HATS
34	Fabio Vitello	INAF - IRA	Personal
35	Patrick Sizun	CEA/Irfu	CTA
36	Clemens Hoischen	Potsdam University	CTA
37	Mathieu de Bony	LAPP	CTA
38	Eva Sciacca	INAF	ASTRI
39	Fabrizio Lucarelli	INAF-OAR & ASI-SSDC	ASTRI, CTA
40	Pierluca Sangiorgi	INAF	ASTRI, CTA
41	Mattia Corpora	INAF	ASTRI
42	Unknown User (daniel.donoso)	JAO (AUI)	ALMA
43	Elizabeth Sharp	NRAO (AUI)	ALMA
44	Jose Luis Ortiz	JAO (AUI)	ALMA
45	Sonja Vrcic	NRC-CNRC
46	Mike Smith	NRC-CNRC
47	Unknown User (jose.ogalde)	JAO (AUI)	ALMA
48	Mark Gallilee		ALMA
49	Barbara Sepulveda	JAO (AUI)	ALMA
50	Patricio Galea	UFRO	-
51	Sebastian Carrasco	UFRO	-
52	Gonzalo Rojas	UdeC	-
53	Jeremias Torres	UdeC	-
54	Cristian Herrera	ESO	APEX
55	Camilo Saldias	JAO (AUI)	ALMA
56	Omar Gabella	LUPM	CTA
57	Victor Baena	IEEC-CSIC	CTA
58	Federico Incardona	INAF	CTA
59	Kurt Plarre	JAO (AUI)	ALMA
60	Enrique Macias	JAO (AUI)	ALMA

Advanced Track

#	Name	Institute	Project	C++	Java	Python	Incompatible Timezone
1	Paolo G. Calisse	CTAO gGmbH	CTA
2	Gino Tosti	CTAO / University of Perugia(Italy)	CTA, ASTRI
3	Scott Zang	NAOJ	ALMA
4	Vito Conforti	INAF	CTA, ASTRI
5	Jose Antonio Rugel		LLAMA
6	Francisco Beltran	Yebes Observatory	RT40m-ARIES
7	Weidong Jun	University of Alabama	pSCT
8	Torsten	DESY Zeuthen	CTA
9	Philipp Wagner	Freelancer	CTA
10	Alvaro Aguirre	JAO (AUI)	ALMA
11	Hiroshi Yatagai	NRAO (AUI)	ALMA
12	Ullrich Schwanke	Humboldt University	CTA, HESS
13	Danilo Cezar	IAG	LLAMA
14	Alejandro Saez	JAO (AUI)	ALMA
15	David Melkumyan	DESY	CTA
16	Kris Haskins	NRAO (AUI)	ALMA
17	Tzu-Chiang Shen	NRAO (AUI)	ALMA
18	Cristian Lopez	JAO (AUI)	ALMA
19	Cesar Strauss	INPE	LLAMA

Agenda

It is assumed that all participants are sufficiently knowledgeable about object oriented programming in C++, Java and/or python. Links to relevant information can be found in the reference documentation (see below). The course is based on previous experiences that have been organized since 2004 and consists of a technical hands-on course using the ALMA Common Software (ACS) framework, alternated with short technical talks and discussions.

The advanced column is intentionally left open to decide items to discuss all together as the workshop evolves.

• Course project: Observatory Software Toy Model
• Reference documentation
• Group Exercises

Legend

• : Will be a live presentation
• : Live presentation on-going
• : Pre-recorded and available presentation
• : It was a live session and no video is available

Day 1 (Monday, July 27th) – Starting at 12:00 UT

Time UT	Duration	Basic Track	Guiding instructor	Duration	Advanced Track	Speaker / Moderator
12:00	0:30	Welcome & Round Table				Tomas Staig
12:30	0:30	ACS Workshop - Distributed Systems and CORBA Standard	Unknown User (pablo.burgos)	0:30	Advanced Component Types	Jorge Avarias
13:00	0:40	General overview of ACS	Tomas Staig	1:00	Issue Tracking and Integration	Unknown User (pablo.burgos)
13:40	0:20	Component/Container Model and Lifecycle Management	Unknown User (jorge.sepulveda)
14:00	0:30	ALMA Software Big Picture		0:30
14:30	0:15	Coffee break
14:45	0:30	A Trip through ACS Functionality	Igor Oya	0:45	ACS Threads	Tomas Staig
15:15	0:15	Course welcome: Project definition and group assignments	Jorge Avarias
15:30	0:30	Group exercises: Basic ACS environment and functionalities	Unknown User (jorge.sepulveda)
16:00	0:30	Project Lifecycle and Software Engineering Basics	Tomas Staig	0:30	BulkData Introduction	Unknown User (pablo.burgos)
16:30	4:30	End of day

Day 2 (Tuesday, July 28th) – Starting at 12:00 UT

Time UT	Duration	Basic Track	Guiding instructor	Duration	Advanced Track	Speaker / Moderator
12:00	0:30	CTA Observatory Presentation				Igor Oya
12:30	0:45	Group exercise: Setting up a Development Environment	Unknown User (pablo.burgos)	1:00	ACS Wish List – New Features / Improvements	Igor Oya
13:15	0:45	Software deployment: Configuration Database and GIT	Tomas Staig	0:45	ACS Workshop - Asynchronous Calls	Jorge Avarias
14:00	0:30	Group exercises/Demonstration: Inspecting example components and CDB / Set up test CDB with a simulated component	Jorge Avarias	0:30	Component Caller / Event Converter Services	Tomas Staig
14:30	0:15	Coffee break
14:45	1:15	Group exercise: Component functionality development
16:00	0:30	Group exercise: First integration	Jorge Avarias
16:30	4:30	End of day

Day 3 (Wednesday, July 29th) – Starting at 12:00 UT

Time UT	Time	Basic Track	Guiding instructor	Duration	Advanced Track	Speaker / Moderator
12:00	0:30	LLAMA Observatory Presentation
12:30	0:30	Logging and Error Systems Overview	Unknown User (pablo.burgos)	1:00	ACS Workshop - Notification Channel	Jorge Avarias
13:00	1:45	Group exercise: Component functionality development
14:45	0:15	Coffee break
15:00	0:30	Characteristic components: BACI Properties and DevIOs	Igor Oya	1:00	ACS Community Strategic Vision	Tomas Staig
15:30	0:30	Group exercise: Component functionality development
16:00	0:30	Group exercise: Integration of the day	Unknown User (pablo.burgos)	0:30	Developing and debugging Software in ACS	Jorge Avarias
16:30	4:30	End of day

Day 4 (Thursday, July 30th) – Starting at 12:00 UT

Day 5 (Friday, July 31st) – Starting at 12:00 UT

Advanced Track Topics

Suggestions:

• Organization:
  • ACS Daemons
  • Advanced Component Types (Default, AutoStart, Immortal, Dynamic, Collocated)
  • Asynchronous Calls
  • Notification Channels
• Unknown User (pablo.burgos):
  • ACS Threads
  • BulkData
• Tomas Staig
  
  • ComponentCallerAPI (CORBA to REST) / EventConverter (NotificationChannel to Redis)
• Dominik Neise
  
  • DockerHub Official ACS Image
• Igor Oya
  
  • Coordinated Access To Several Monitor/Control Points
• Jorge Avarias
  
  • Developing and Debugging in ACS