AtLAST (Atacama Large Aperture Sub-millimeter Telescope) is a project that aims at building and operating the next large single-dish facility observing at sub-mm wavelengths in Chile. In addition to pursuing transformational science and expanding technological limits, we put a strong emphasis on sustainability aspects. Among the many outcomes from the recently completed EU-funded design study...
ALMA is undergoing the Wideband Sensitivity Upgrade (WSU), that will result in an increase of the instantaneous spectral bandwidth, spectral scan speed, and sensitivity for all observations. However, this will also brings some technical and data management challenges. I will present the major consequences of the upgrade for the data flow and the ALMA Science Archive development. I will also...
AGILE (Astrorivelatore Gamma ad Immagini LEggero) has been a unique and successful space mission of the scientific program of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) focused on high-energy astrophysics, built and operated with the programmatic and technical support of INAF and INFN. During almost 17 years of observations in orbit (from April 23, 2007, to January 18, 2024), AGILE contributed in...
The MAGIC telescopes are one of the three major IACTs (Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes) for observation of gamma rays in the TeV regime currently operative. MAGIC operates since 2003, and has published data of more than 80 sources, mostly blazars, in several emission states. MAGIC already distributes astronomical .fits files with basic final scientific products such as spectral energy...
Nel panorama della gestione dei dati, la crescita esponenziale delle informazioni impone soluzioni di archiviazione che siano non solo scalabili, ma anche sicure e sostenibili.
QStar Tape as NAS risponde a queste esigenze offrendo un’alternativa strategica ai tradizionali sistemi di storage su disco, particolarmente adatta per la conservazione di immagini satellitari, dati provenienti da...
Pure Storage offers robust archiving solutions, prominently featuring the Evergreen architecture, high density, and lower costs. The Evergreen architecture allows Pure Storage to deliver continuous, non-disruptive upgrades, ensuring that the storage infrastructure remains modern and efficient over a 10+ year lifespan without the need for disruptive migrations or re-buys. This architecture...
The QUBRICS project aims to identify new, bright and high-redshift QSOs in the Southern Hemisphere using photometric data from several astronomical surveys, and machine learning methods for classification and redshift regression.
I will briefly describe the architecture and performance of our internal database, and its role within the QUBRICS ecosystem.
How to build an on-demand system to meet the challenges of large projects and big data
The common modus operandi in astrophysical research is to recycle knowledge already acquired and shared within a single team. Too little attention is given to the discovery of new technologies to better fulfill project specifications and requirements unless a technological limit is reached during any testing use-case.
Although the Database Management System (DBMS) is the backbone on which...
In this talk we will present the features of RUCIO DM.
This software, developed and maintained by CERN on which the storage of different national and international research projects is based, represents a technological solution capable of federating together different pools of storage distributed in various locations and, through the use of a centralized catalog, provides the most common...
In this presentation, we will explore how to quickly and efficiently implement authentication, authorization, and Single Sign-On (SSO) using Keycloak, an open-source identity and access management solution. Through a video demo, we will show how easy it is to set up a secure authentication system, manage user permissions, and enable login across multiple applications.
In this talk, we quickly remind the FAIR data principles, the importance and need for Long Term Data Preservation (LTDP) solutions in High Energy Physics (HEP). We present a case study of the CDF experiment. We showcase how CNAF addressed the preservation challenges highlighting both technical solutions and broader implications for open science and data fairness. We finally share the insights...
Big data and the dynamic software infrastructure landscape are challenges also for the interoperability ecosystem defined by the IVOA standards.
This contribution reports on the current status of the IVOA activities and on how the VO faces the change in software paradigms and data analysis challenges keeping a eye continuously focused on open standards, preservation and interoperability.
The increasing importance of Science Archives and archive mining in defining the ultimate productivity of an observing facility motivated the Italian Centre for Astronomical Archives (IA2) to develop and maintain the INAF Radio Data Archive. Such a geographically-distributed archival facility flexibly handles different data models and formats aimed at data discovery/access through Virtual...
In the framework of the international Cherenkov Telescope Array gamma-ray Observatory (CTAO), the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) has developed an end-to-end prototype of the CTA small-size class of telescopes in dual-mirror (SST-2M) Schwarzschild-Couder configuration. The prototype, named ASTRI-Horn, is located at the INAF "M.C. Fracastoro" observing station in Serra La...
The explosion of astronomical data necessitates innovative solutions for archiving, accessing, and processing these vast datasets.
This abstract presents "Astronomical Archive as a Service" (AAaaS), a novel approach built upon a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) and leveraging microservices technology.
AAaaS aims to provide a scalable, resilient, and cost-effective platform for...
The following presentation will illustrate the Spoke 3 WP4 and IDL projects and the work done in creating a data lake for each project and in developing the infrastructure capable of managing data and metadata ingestion and retrieval, respecting interoperability and FAIR and Open Science principles.
IVOA provides data models and tools to build data access and transfer services.
Size and complexity of the datasets available in the Virtual Observatory are increasing, thanks to the last generation of astronomical tools, and requires new solutions. In the VO community, Science Platforms to bring together the datasets co-located with the compute resources needed to analyse them are deployed...
Big data and the dynamic software infrastructure landscape are challenges also for the interoperability ecosystem defined by the IVOA standards.
This contribution reports on the current status of the IVOA activities and on how the VO faces the change in software paradigms and data analysis challenges keeping a eye continuously focused on open standards, preservation and interoperability.
