Online workshop with ESO hosted projects at the La Silla-Paranal Observatory
ESO on-line workshop with hosted projects and visitor instruments PIs at the La-Silla Paranal Observatory
ESO Garching, 30th November and 1st December 2026
The aim of this workshop is to carry out a status report of the ongoing hosted projects and visitor instruments at the La Silla/Paranal Observatory, whose operations entails either archival of raw or ingestion of science data products. The program includes also hosted projects/instruments whose hosting agreement is finalized: they are invited so that they can share their understanding on what went well, as well as short comings, with the goal to provide a guide for future hosted projects or visitor instruments. The workshop will be an opportunity for the teams to showcase the science achieved by these projects, review their operational needs and address the ESO policies for their operations (including the delivery and publication of their science data products in the ESO science archive via Phase 3). It will be an opportunity to share the lesson learnt items, to improve efficiency and success, and learn about the P3 process.
There will be a follow-up report to the ESO STC on the status of the hosted projects/ visitor instruments in April 2027.
The workshop will take place on line to allow remote participation from 1 pm CET at the ESO Headquarters in Garching (Germany) and on Mteams on November 30th and December 1st, 2026.
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Suggested structure for the planned presentation:
HOSTED PROJECT/VISITOR INSTRUMENT TITLE:
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR:
1.1 Scientific Aims (brief description) – Please provide URL web site of the project
1.2 Detailed progress report with respect to the initial estimate from the signed MOU; any amendments or discussion ongoing
2.1 Scientific Progress and Outlook
2.2 Refereed Publications (accepted or in press)
2.3. Other Publications (e.g. conference proceedings)
2.4 Overall hosted project status: where does the hosted project stand scientifically compared to its initial goals? Were there any issues (technical/operational) encountered? What were their impacts on the project?
2.5 Any specific requests from the hosted project/visitor instrument operations?
3. Quality Control of the generated hosted project/visitor instrument data: raw data and science data products (when applicable from the MOU). The Phase 3 (P3) submission plan and status must be described here.
3.1 Please provide estimates of the expected data volumes —for example, the expected number of files and total volume in GB per day (or another suitable time scale) for both raw and reduced products, where applicable.
3.2 Project Team contact point for P3 activities and Data Product Specifications
- Data release schedule
- Product types and formats
- Data transfer logistics for P3 products
4. Forward look of the hosted project/visitor instrument. When is the project completed? Are any plans for additional revisions or extension of the MOU foreseen? Lesson learnt