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

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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

Who

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Name

Role

Institute

Project

Basic Track

Advanced Track

C++

Java

Python

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JAO (AUI)ALMA

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CTAO gGmbHCTA



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Emilio Garcia

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Alessandro Grillo

INAF CataniaASTRI(tick)

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Paolo G. Calisse

CTAO gGmbHCTA
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Pietro Bruno 

INAF-OACTASTRI, CTA(tick)

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Ronan Cunniffe

FZU (Czech Institute for Physics) CTA(tick)
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Franca Cassol

CPPM-CNRSCTA(tick)
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Gino Tosti

CTAO / University of Perugia(Italy)CTA, ASTRI
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Stefano Germani

University of Perugia (Italy)

CTA, ASTRI(tick)

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DESY ZeuthenCTA(tick)

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Rosita Hormann

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INAFCTA, ASTRI(tick)

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Iftach Sadeh

DESYCTA(tick)
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Vitalii Sliusar

University of GenevaCTA(question)(question)
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Susumu Nakayama

NAOJALMA(tick)
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ALMA
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Gianluca Giavitto

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Kevin Munari

INAF-OACTCTA(tick)

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Guillermo Giménez de Castro

CRAAMLLAMA
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Jose Antonio Rugel

(question)LLAMA
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Matias Hampel

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Juan Cabral

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Julia Rezende

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Dominik Neise

ETH ZurichCTA(tick)
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Hasmik Gasparyan

DESYCTA(tick)


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Nicolò Parmiggiani

OAS-Bologna INAFCTA(tick)


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Leonardo Baroncelli 

OAS-Bologna INAFCTA(tick)
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Andrea Bulgarelli

OAS-Bologna INAFCTA(tick)
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Antonio Addis

OAS-Bologna INAFpersonal knowledge(tick)


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Francisco Beltran

Yebes ObservatoryRT40m-ARIES
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Federico Russo

INAFACADA(tick)

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Carlos Reyes

ITeDALLAMA(tick)
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Markus Gaug

CTAOCTA(tick)
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Weidong Jun

University of AlabamapSCT
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Torsten Schmidt

DESY ZeuthenCTA
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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.

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

Time UTDurationActivityGuiding instructorDurationAdvanced TrackSpeaker / Moderator
12:000:30Welcome & Round Table



12:300:30Distributed Systems and CORBA Standard


13:000:40General overview of ACS

1:00ACS Main Problems
13:400:20Model and lifecycle management


14:000:30ALMA Software Big Picture
0:30Advanced Component Types
14:300:15Coffee break



14:450:30A Trip through ACS Functionality

0:45ACS Threads


15:150:15Course welcome: Project definition and group assignments.



15:300:30Group exercises: Basic ACS environment and functionalities.



16:000:30Project life-cycle and software engineering basics
0:30BulkData Introduction
16:304:30End of day



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

Time UTDurationActivityGuiding instructorDurationAdvanced TrackSpeaker / Moderator
12:000:30CTA Presentation



12:300:45Group exercise: Setting up a development environment
1:00ACS Wish List – New Features / Improvements
13:150:20Project life-cycle and software engineering basics
0:45Asynchronous Calls


13:350:40Software deployment: Configuration Database and GIT



14:150:30Group exercises/Demonstration: Inspecting example components and CDB / Set up test CDB with a simulated component
0:30

14:450:15Coffee break



15:001:15Group exercise: Component functionality development



16:300:15Group exercise: First integration



16:304:30End of day



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

Time UTTimeActivityGuiding instructorDurationAdvanced TrackSpeaker / Moderator
12:000:30Community Presentation



12:300:30Logging and Error Systems Overview1:00Notification Channel
13:001:45Group exercise: Component functionality development



14:450:15Coffee break



15:000:30Characteristic components: BACI Properties and DevIOs
1:00ACS Strategic VisionTomas Staig
15:300:30Group exercise: Component functionality development



16:000:30Group exercise: Last integration of the day



16:304:30End of day



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

Time UTTimeActivityGuiding instructorDurationAdvanced TrackSpeaker / Moderator
12:000:30Community Presentation



12:300:30Group exercises: Component functionality development



13:000:30Developing and debugging ALMA Software
1:00ACS Daemons
13:300:45Group exercises: Component functionality development



14:150:15Coffee break



14:300:30Logging and Error Systems Hands-on
0:30

15:000:45Group exercises: Component functionality development / Adding logging and error handling



15:450:45Group exercises: Finishing the component development / comply tests cases / start integration



16:304:30End of day



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

Time UTTimeActivityGuiding instructor
12:000:45ACS Community Presentation
12:451:45Group exercises: Project integration and testing
14:300:30Round table: Final discussion and conclusions
15:001:00(Optional) ACS Open Discussion on Community Strategic View
16:003:00End of day

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