Fornax Initiative at the 248th AAS Meeting
The meeting will be jam-packed with great scientific content and provide ample opportunity for networking with friends and colleagues.
Location
Pasadena, California
Dates
14-18 June 2026
Community
Fornax Initiative
Type
Meeting
Sunday, 14 June 2026
Fornax Workshop
| Time | Session | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 2:00pm ‑ 4:00pm | An Introduction to Fornax: Scalable Data and Compute for Scientific Analysis | Pasadena Convention Center - Conference Center, 101 |
Related Workshops
| Time | Session | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00am ‑ 12:00pm | High Energy Science Analysis with HEASARC Services | Pasadena Convention Center - Conference Center, 102 |
| 10:00am ‑ 11:30am | Euclid Data in the Cloud: Access, Analysis, and Science Opportunities | Pasadena Convention Center - Conference Center, 101 |
Wednesday, 17 June 2026
| Time | Session | Title | Speaker | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00am ‑ 11:30am | Simulated Universes for Precision Cosmology | Accessing and Analyzing OpenUniverse 2024 Simulations through IRSA and Fornax | Vandana Desai | Pasadena Convention Center - Exhibit Halls & Ballrooms, Ballroom F |
Thursday, 18 June 2026
| Time | Session | Title | Speaker | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:00pm ‑ 3:30pm | 40 Years of Community Engagement at IPAC: Lessons Learned | Building User Support for Fornax: Community Engagement for Cloud-Based Astrophysics | Vandana Desai | Pasadena Convention Center - Exhibit Halls & Ballrooms, Ballroom |
Related Sessions of Interest
| Date | Session Title | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, 15 June | NASA's Future Large Gamma-ray Mission Concepts Working Group | 10:00am ‑ 11:30am | Pasadena Convention Center ‑ Conference Center, 204 |
| Tuesday, 16 June | NASA's Big Science, Small Missions | 10:00am ‑ 11:30am | Pasadena Convention Center ‑ Conference Center, 204 |
American Astronomical Society
The 248th Meeting of the AAS
The 248th AAS meeting (joint with the High Energy Astrophysics and the Laboratory Astrophysics Divisions) will be held 14-18 June 2026 in Pasadena, California.
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American Astronomical Society (AAS)
The Fornax Initiative
NASA Astrophysics is developing the Fornax Initiative, a cloud-based system that brings together data, software, and computing so that researchers can focus on science.
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