EVALSO

To allow virtual access to South American observatories. World-class experimental facilities are usually located in remote sites, which makes their exploitation socially and economically difficult. The European research community depends on such facilities to maintain their role and this is where advanced networking technologies can play a major role. This project will employ existing standards wherever applicable.

• Università di Trieste (Italy) - coordinator
• ESO, GARR (Italy)
• Nederlandse Onderzoekschool voor Astronomie
• INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste
• Queen Mary University of London
• Cooperación Latino Americana de Redes Avanzadas (CLARA)
• Red Universitaria Nacional (REUNA - Chile)
• Astronomisches Institut Ruhr-Universität Bochum

The project seeks to enable virtual access to South American observatories. World-class experimental facilities are usually located at remote sites, which makes their exploitation socially and economically difficult. The European research community depends on such facilities to maintain their role and this is where advanced networking technologies can play a major role. This project will employ existing standards whenever applicable.

• Expand infrastructure in Chile, enabling progress for the entire project.
• Rapid access to data: Make data available in Europe in a matter of hours.
• Virtual Presence: Enable people to actually interact without the need for long travel times.
• New Observation Modes: Applying all of the above to Observation Activities