Sunday, 12 January 2025

Physics of the Cosmos & Physics of the Cosmos Program Analysis Group Sessions

Room: Maryland Ballroom B

Time	Topic	Speaker	Presentation
2:45pm – 3:00pm	The Fornax Initiative	Tess Jaffe (NASA GSFC)	[PDF]

Wednesday, 15 January 2025

Room: Chesapeake 4-5

Open Science: NASA Astrophysics in the Roman Era

US science agencies increasingly emphasize open-source science -- accelerating scientific progress by open sharing of data, software, and knowledge. NASA's Astrophysics Division plans to host large datasets from its science missions in the cloud, and to provide cloud-based analysis capabilities for the science community. Petabytes of data from NASA’s Roman telescope, launching in 2027, will be publicly available in this way. This session will feature a panel of speakers to discuss how the Astrophysics Division is working with others within NASA and in the science community to facilitate data sharing, and to ensure that development of robust reusable open-source software and other products is appropriately funded, acknowledged, and rewarded.

Time	Topic	Speaker	Presentation
2:30pm – 2:40pm	Open Science in the Cloud: Developing a Platform for Multi-Mission Analysis	Linda Sparke	[PDF]

Abstract: The NASA Astrophysics archives HEASARC, IRSA and MAST are working jointly to develop a cloud-based science platform to allow community scientists to work with multi-mission data. This system will make science more open by providing services that will lower barriers to analyzing large volumes of astronomical data. This talk will describe the concept and current status.