EVO: Remote Participation Technology for LIGO and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration

EVO：LIGO 远程参与技术和 LIGO 科学合作

• 批准号: 0938825
• 负责人: James Blackburn
• 金额: $ 130.24万
• 依托单位: California Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0938825&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EVO; Remote; Participation; Technology; LIGO

The search for gravitational waves from astrophysical sources will be refined through the vigorous work of hundreds of scientists from around the world as part of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC). Working along side their European colleagues, data from both the LIGO and VIRGO interferometers is being analyzed in the search for these first signals. The search for gravitational waves has become a worldwide effort. It is expected that scientists will be in constant communications with each other as they engage in numerous working meetings to be scheduled regularly in the United States and Europe. A concerted effort is being made to provide an effective means for remote participation in meetings and other collaboration activities within the LSC without actually having to travel to the physical location. As technology for conducting high quality teleconferencing, the Enabling Virtual Organizations (EVO) service will continue to be used and improved upon, leveraging its original development for use in the high energy physics collaborations around the world and improving its value to high energy physics and to other large and small collaborations.The use of EVO for audio and video teleconferencing is becoming a substantial enabling technology around the world for the LSC. Support and continued development of remote participation technology will be contributed to the EVO architectural framework by activities carried forward by this award. Effective and beneficial use of the EVO services will be assured for the LSC through the addition of new members to the EVO development team. EVO software and network development, as well as LIGO/LSC user support, will be advanced using guidance that will be provided by LIGO and the LSC collaborators. Small groups, students, those with limited travel funds and others with difficulty travelling will be enfranchised to fully participate in important discussions and presentations by providing remote access to LSC meetings and events. Strong international relationships will be promoted by lowering the barriers for bringing together scientists and their work from around the world.

来自世界各地的数百名科学家作为LIGO科学合作(LSC)的一部分，将通过积极的工作来改进从天体物理来源寻找引力波的工作。与他们的欧洲同事一起工作，来自LIGO和Virgo干涉仪的数据正在被分析，以寻找这些第一批信号。寻找引力波已经成为一项世界性的努力。预计科学家们将保持不断的交流，因为他们将在美国和欧洲定期参加许多工作会议。目前正在作出协调一致的努力，以提供一种有效的手段，使人们能够远程参加LSC内的会议和其他协作活动，而不必实际前往实际地点。作为举行高质量电话会议的技术，使能虚拟组织(EVO)服务将继续使用和改进，利用其最初的开发用于世界各地的高能物理合作，并提高其对高能物理和其他大小合作的价值。将EVO用于音频和视频电话会议正在成为世界各地LSC的一项重要使能技术。远程参与技术的支持和持续发展将通过该奖项开展的活动为EVO架构框架做出贡献。通过增加EVO开发团队的新成员，将确保LSC有效和有益地使用EVO服务。将利用LIGO和LSC合作者提供的指导，推进EVO软件和网络开发以及LIGO/LSC用户支持。小组、学生、旅行资金有限的人和其他旅行困难的人将有权通过提供远程访问LSC会议和活动来充分参与重要的讨论和演讲。通过降低将来自世界各地的科学家及其工作聚集在一起的门槛，将促进牢固的国际关系。