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Science Advisory Committee

The EURO-VO Science Advisory Committee (SAC) is composed of leading European researchers outside mainstream VO projects. It also includes at least one representative from a non-European VO project. The selection of the EURO-VO SAC is done by the EURO-VO Executive Board based on input from the EURO-VO Facility Centre (FC), Data Centre Alliance (DCA), Technology Centre (TC), and ESA VO Scientists. Members are invited to actively participate in the meetings of the EURO-VO SAC, which will happen approximately twice a year. The participation in the meetings is financially supported by the EURO-VO Project. The EURO-VO SAC Chair is selected by the EURO-VO Executive Board. The EURO-VO FC Scientist acts as EURO-VO SAC Secretary. The EURO-VO DCA and ESA VO Scientists are also "de facto" members of the EURO-VO SAC.

The EURO-VO SAC advises the EURO-VO Project in the following areas:

  • High-level science requirements for the EURO-VO
  • Promotion of VO science in Europe;
  • VO tools and their astronomical applications;
  • Existing European astronomical archives with suggestions for improvements
  • EURO-VO Science Operation concepts;
  • Progress review of EURO-VO.

The EURO-VO SAC includes the following astronomers:

NameAffiliationE-mail
Francisco Carrera (Chair)Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria, Spaincarreraf @ ifca.unican.es
Andrea ComastriOsservatoria Astronomico di Bologna, Italyandrea.comastri @ oabo.inaf.it
Francoise CombesObservatoire de Paris, Francefrancoise.combes @ obspm.fr
Dieter EngelsHamburger Sternwarte, Germanydengels @ hs.uni-hamburg.de
Martin GroenewegenRoyal Observatory of Belgium, Belgiummarting @ oma.be
Florian KerberESO, Garching, Germanyfkerber @ eso.org
Reynier PeletierKapteyn Instituut, Groningen, The Netherlandspeletier @ astro.rug.nl
Andy PollockESA, Spainandy.pollock @ esa.int
Catherine TuronObservatoire de Paris, FranceCatherine.Turon @ obspm.fr
Mark Allen (DCA Scientist)CDS, Strasbourg, Franceallen @ newb6.u-strasbg.fr
Deborah Baines (ESA VO Scientist)ESA, ESAC, SpainDeborah.Baines @ sciops.esa.int
Paolo Padovani (FC Scientist)ESO, Garching, GermanyPaolo.Padovani @ eso.org

EURO-VO SAC members 2006 - 2009

European astronomers are strongly encouraged to contact SAC members on matters related to VO issues.

Twiki pages, which include links to the SAC meetings: http://www.euro-vo.org/twiki/bin/view/Fc/ScienceAdvisoryCommittee

last updated: 08-Feb-2010 co-funded project