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

作为LIGO科学合作组织（LSC）的一部分，来自世界各地的数百名科学家将通过积极的工作来完善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，LIGO和VIRGO干涉仪的数据正在被分析，以寻找这些最初的信号。寻找引力波已经成为一项全球性的努力。科学家们将定期在美国和欧洲举行许多工作会议，预计他们之间将保持不断的沟通。目前正在作出协调一致的努力，提供一种有效的手段，使人们可以远程参加后勤服务中心内的会议和其他协作活动，而不必实际前往实际地点。作为进行高质量远程会议的技术，使能虚拟组织（EVO）服务将继续被使用和改进，利用其原始开发用于世界各地的高能物理协作，并提高其对高能物理和其他大小协作的价值。在音频和视频电话会议中使用EVO正在成为世界各地LSC的重要支持技术。远程参与技术的支持和持续发展将通过该奖项所开展的活动为EVO架构框架做出贡献。通过向EVO开发团队添加新成员，LSC将确保有效和有益地使用EVO服务。在LIGO和LSC合作者提供的指导下，EVO软件和网络开发以及LIGO/LSC用户支持将得到推进。小团体、学生、旅行资金有限的人和其他旅行困难的人将通过提供远程访问LSC会议和活动的机会，获得充分参与重要讨论和演讲的权利。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障碍，将促进牢固的国际关系。

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.