January 2017 Program
Venue:
Wolbach Library Collaborative Space
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden St
Cambridge, MA 02138
Directions
Tuesday, Jan 17, 2017
12 noon: Lunch (provided), meet and greet
1:00pm: Agenda & Logistics (Alberto Accomazzi)
1:10pm: Welcome to the ADS Users Group (Kathy Flanagan)
- Charter
- Conflicts of interest
- Terms of membership / rotations
1:30pm: ADS Overview (Alberto Accomazzi & Michael Kurtz)
- ADS staff introductions
- ADS mission
- Senior Review Process and Past Recommendations
- Data Holdings and Curation strategy
- ADS Usage and Access
- System requirements, Development and Evolution
- Highlights of new system functionality (Live Demo)
- Current ADS Development Program
- Questions
3:00pm: Break
3:20pm: A look behind the curtain
- Data Ingest and curation (Carolyn Grant & Donna Thompson)
- Metadata Enrichment and Indexing (Edwin Henneken & Steve McDonald)
- New Architecture and User Interface (Roman Chyla)
4:30pm: Challenges, threats and opportunities (Alberto Accomazzi)
5:00pm: Discussion and committee assignments
5:45pm: Group dinner at Nubar Restaurant
Wednesday, Jan 18, 2017
8:40am: Breakfast (CfA Collaborative Space)
9:00am: Follow-up Q&A
9:30am: Executive Session (B-106)
10:00am: Report writing and individual assignments (B-106)
10:30am: Break (CfA Library Collaborative Space)
11:00am: Report writing and individual assignments (B-106)
12:00pm: Debrief with PI
12:20pm: Bagged Lunch (CfA Collaborative Space)
1pm: Adjourn