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THE DELIVERABLES TABLES ARE CLOSED. IF YOU HAVE CHANGES, PLEASE SEND THEM TO CHARLES OR KRISTINE.

Note: see the end of this document for further information about the information in each of the columns.

Deliverables Table: Completed Items from Period 3

D# lead A AD# Descrip Plan Actual Status Nature DisLev
111 JIVE NA 1.03 Annual report (incl. Financial information) to EC 1) 42 42 4 R PP
112 JIVE NA 1.04 Final Report to Board and EC 2) 42 42 4 R PP
113 JIVE NA 1.05 Final Plan for using and disseminating knowledge 3) 42 42 4 R PP
114 JIVE NA 1.06 Implementation of the Gender Action Plan 4) 42 42 4 R PP
115 JIVE NA 1.07 Raising public participation and awareness 5) 42 42 4 R PU
200 JIVE NA 1.08 Month 42 Report (including financial information to EC) 6) 42 42 4 R PU
88 DANTE NA 2.05 EVN-NREN meeting No. 3 (with Madrid meeting) (slides for the EVN NREN meeting are posted on the meeting's website, scroll down to Thu 25 June 2009 for) 7) 40 40 4 R PP
89 DANTE NA 2.06 EVN-NREN representatives present EXPReS networking results at the e-VLBI Science & Technology Workshop ( slides for the EVN NREN meeting are posted on the meeting's website 8) 40 40 4 R PU
116 DANTE NA 2.07 NA2 annual & Final reports 9) 10) 42 42 4 R PP
91 OSO NA 3.03 eVSAG meeting No. 3 11) 12) 40 40 4 R PP
94 OSO/CNIG NA 3.04 e-VLBI Workshop to be held in Madrid workshop website 13) 14) 40 40 4 O PU
107 JIVE NA 3.05 Publication of e-VLBI Workshop proceedings POS online proceedings page 15) 16) 42 42 4 R PU
83 JIVE NA 4.06 e-VLBI Demonstration and attendance at Network events (months 13-24): APAN demonstration, presentations 24 18 x O PU
117 JIVE NA 4.07 e-VLBI Demonstration and attendance at network events (months 25-42): TERENA 2008, HRAO e-VLBI inauguration, Effelsberg e-VLBI inauguration, IYA 2009 ( main site, EXPReS sub-page, press release, images and links), presentations 36 30 x O PU
12 JIVE SA 1.03 Fast/adaptive scheduling tools 17) Dynamic scheduling of the e-EVN 36 36 4 D PU
27 JBO SA 1.04 eMERLIN VSI interfaces design 18) 22 41 4 P PU
36 JIVE SA 1.07 Monitored information handling modules 19) monitored_information_handling_modules.pdf 42 42 4 D PU
45 JBO SA 1.09 Tests using local Jodrell Bank home e-MERLIN telescope 20) 21) 22 41 4 D PU
52 JBO SA 1.14 Test using remote e-MERLIN telescope 22) 23) 24 41 4 D PU
53 JIVE SA 1.16 VSI support software 24) Gzipped tarfile of modified SU control code, Controlling the Mark5B playback unit from JCCS, Domino: Mark5B control software 28 38 4 D PU
85 JBO SA 1.19 Multiple e-MERLIN telescope tests 25) 24 41 4 D PU
95 o/s SA 1.20 Improved network applications 26) tarball of locally developed Mark5 control code jive5a history and download page packet and/or channel dropping 27 30 4 D PU
126 JIVE SA 1.23 Use of WSRT synthesis data for e-VLBI calibration 17 22 4 R PU
127 o/s SA 1.24 Mark5A code modifications 27) OS and application upgrade, from Debian Sarge to Debian Etch with SDK8.1 jive5a history and download page 27 30 4
128 o/s SA 1.25 Mark5B code modifications 28) tarball of locally developed Mark5 control code Domino: Mark5B control software 27 31 4
151 29) JIVE SA 1.28 On-the-fly fringe fitting On-the-fly clock searching 28 28 4
152 JIVE SA 1.29 Real-time download and extraction of station information Monitoring the EVN via Field System logfiles 30 32 4
156 JIVE SA 1.30 Automated correlator diagnostics Automatic diagonal weight detection, Automatic correlator diagnostics 33 41 4
162 JIVE SA 1.32 Enhancements & additions to real-time pipeline 30) Enhancements to the easyJIVE web-driven post-processor tool 42 42 4
163 JIVE SA 1.33 Enhancements & additions to existing monitoring tools 31) Extensions to the Data Status Monitor tool 42 41 4
166 32) JIVE SA 1.34 Mixed-mode operations Tarball of locally developed Mark5 control code Mixed-mode operations 38 35 4
167 JIVE SA 1.35 1024 Mbps e-VLBI and beyond Throughput plot of e-VLBI run on October 19 2008, with the Effelsberg, Jodrell Bank and Westerbork radio telescopes transmitting data at a full 1024 Mbps, e-VLBI beyond the 1Gb/s speedbump, Metsahovi four-Gbps data recorder for VLBI and eVLBI , iBob data acquisition and network streaming 40 36 4
129 HRAO SA 2.06 Feasibility study of the last-mile connection to the nearest NREN node for participant HRAO 33) 34) 18 20 x R PU
130 MERLIN,JIVE SA 2.14 10 Gbps link upgrade between MERLIN and JIVE 35) 18 41 4 O PU
57 ShAO SA 2.16 Construction and equipment of the last-mile infrastructure for participant Shanghai 36) test 1 APAN demo 21 21 4 O PU
59 ShAO SA 2.18 Construction and equipment of the last-mile infrastructure for participant Urumqi 37) 38) 21 34 4 O PU
133 VIRAC SA 2.21 Construction and equipment of the last-mile infrastructure for participant VIRAC pdf odt 18 31 4 O PU
63 NAIC SA 2.22 Equipment of the last-mile infrastructure for participant NAIC 39) 40) 41) 24 28 4 O PU
134 TIGO SA 2.23 Construction and equipment of the last-mile infrastructure for participant TIGO 42) 18 28 4 O PU
69 INAF SA 2.25 Feasibility study of the last-mile connection to the nearest GÉANT node for participant INAF (Sardinia) 20 20 x R PU
70 UniMan,OSO SA 2.26 10 Gbps link between UniMan and OSO for ultra-VLBI tests 20 41 4 O PU
72 MPIfR SA 2.27 e-VLBI test observations, Effelsberg PDF EVN Newsletter item 1 item 2 21 25 4 R PU
74 OAN SA 2.29 e-VLBI test observations, Yebes 22 38 4 R PU
86 HRAO SA 2.30 Construction and equipment of the last-mile infrastructure for participant HartRAO APAN test observations 27 27 4 O PU
97 ShAO SA 2.31 e-VLBI test observations, Urumqi announcement 43) 33 34 4 R PU
153 VIRAC SA 2.34 e-VLBI test observations, VIRAC (short document regarding VIRAC's inability participate in e-VLBI, Status of Irbene site in e-VLBI) 33 42 4 R PU
101 HRAO SA 2.35 e-VLBI test observations, HRAO press release, EVN Tech Announcement, EVN Newsletter announcement , two fringe plots 30 27 4 R PU
102 NAIC SA 2.36 e-VLBI test observations, NAIC, Arecibo. Public announcement on web site 30 28 4 R PU
154 TIGO SA 2.37 e-VLBI test observations, TIGO. REUNA Announcement 33 28 4 R PU
155 INAF SA 2.38 Construction and equipment of the last-mile infrastructure for participant INAF (Sardinia) Email Announcement, new Italian network map 30 35 4 O PU
78 OSO J 1.02 Overall broadband demonstration 44) 40 41 4 D PU
139 JIVE J 1.03 Visualization software 45) description visualisation software 46) 38 42 4 P PU
150 JBO J 1.11b Final Protocols performance report 30 36 4
43 JIVE J 1.13 Software data product document 47) 17 35 4 P PU
66 MPIfR J 1.14 Data acquisition interface document 48) 29 40 4 R PU
67 ASTRON J 1.15 LOFAR station interface report- partial report complete report, informal form 49) 21 35 4 R PU
68 PSNC J 1.16 Software for workflow management ( early document, 2009 Jan documentation update). tgz'd Code drops ( drop #1, drop #2). 50). Additional documentation and integration report. 18 34 4 P PU
76 MPIfR J 1.18 Data acquisition test report 51) 52) 26 4 R PU
77 MRO/OSO J 1.19 Data acquisition prototype at telescope report EVN News announcement 53) 26 28 4 P PU
79 JIVE J 1.21 Software cluster correlation (sfxc-0.0.6_deliverable_2_2_3.tar.gz, First fringes announcement) code drop 2 for 2009-jan. Final e-VLBI System Report (pdf) and final documentation package (tgz) (note, this is a comprehensive, HTML-based documentation of the libraries used on the software. Additional documentation is in the software itself) 23 35 4 P PU
87 JIVE J 1.23 Software to collect distributed output 54) PSNC report, Webservices Report and code drop 32 37 4 P PU
92 JIVE J 1.24 Software to create data product from distributed correlation 55) 31 26 4 P PU
93 PSNC J 1.25 Software routing (contained as part of tgz'd code drop #2). Additional documentation and integration report. 29 34 4 P PU
105 JBO J 1.26 eMERLIN interface available 56) 30 35 4 P PU
106 JIVE J 1.27 Fringes with new routing PDF 57) 58) 59) 40 37 4 D PU
108 JIVE J 1.28 Software distributed correlation 33 36 4 P PU
109 JIVE J 1.29 First fringes Grid correlator, and the PSNC report 60) 61) correlator software62) 40 39 4 D PU
110 JIVE J 1.30 First fringes on FABRIC 35 35 4 D PU
118 JIVE J 1.31 Final report 63) 42 42 4 R PU
76a MPIfR J 1.32 Data acquisition interface report (complete, deliverable combined with report for D66 “ Data acquisition interface”) 36 40 4
76b 64) MRO/OSO J 1.33 Data acquisition interface report 36 32 4

Deliverables Table: Completed Items from Period 2

NOTE: The deliverables for Period 2 have been separated from the rest of the project to make the above table a bit smaller and easier to read.

NOTE: See the table above for deliverables from Period 2 to the end of the project.

D# lead A AD# Description Plan Actual Status Nature DisLev
123 JIVE J 1.04 Correlator design specification 13 16 4
122 JBO J 1.11a Interim Protocols performance report 65) 13 15 4
42 JIVE J 1.12 Software correlator core 15 6 4 P PU
46 OSO NA 3.02 eVSAG meeting No. 2 16 15 4 R PP
11 JIVE SA 1.02 Job preparation utilities 16 16 4 D PU
28 SA1 SA 1.05 Network Protocol decision: A Simulation model for e-VLBI traffic on network links in the Netherlands,Comparing Simulation and Network Monitoring Results, On Network Monitoring of end-to-end paths used for e-VLBI, UDP-like TCP 16 20 4 D PU
124 JIVE SA 1.22 Mark5 hardware upgrade 16 20 4 O PU
125 JIVE J 1.05 Overall design document 17 23 4
48 DANTE NA 2.03 EVN-NREN meeting No. 2 18 20 4 R PP
49 JBO/JIVE NA 4.05 Generation of new PR material (phase 2: display stand and merchandise) 18 23 4 O PU
51 JIVE SA 1.13 Tested software for operational improvements 18 18 4 D PU
71 JIVE SA 1.17 Flexible local GE network 66) 18 19 4 D PU
131 MRO SA 2.15 e-VLBI test observations, Metsahovi: quick report from month 13, MRO Test Observations 18 13 4 R PU
132 AARNET, CSIRO SA 2.17 Construction and equipment of the last-mile infrastructure in AARNET to allow connection of participant CSIRO 18 18 4 O PU
135 AARNET SA 2.24 AARNET connectivity enhancements EVN Newsletter announcement 18 18 4 O PU
136 JIVE SA 1.26 Investigating a 1024M sub-array 20 23 4 R PU
73 MRO, CSIRO SA 2.28 e-VLBI test observations, Metsahovi 22 20 4 R PU
75 JIVE J 1.17 Software for correlation on cluster 67) 23 23 4 P PU
80 JIVE J 1.22 First fringes software correlator 23 15 4 D PU
54 JIVE SA 1.15 VSI Interfaces 68) 23 16 4 D PU
81 JIVE NA 1.02 Annual report (incl. Financial information) to EC 24 24 4 R PP
148 JIVE SA 1.27 Space craft tracking correlator mode 27 20 4 R PU
84 JIVE SA 1.18 Network monitoring tools Lightpath status monitoring69) 30 24 4 D PU
96 SA1 SA 1.21 Monitoring user interfaces 30 7 4 D PU
161 JIVE SA 1.31 Removing/adding stations from the correlation process on the fly 34 20 4 R PU
31 DANTE NA 2.04 NA2 annual report No. 2 (as part of EXPReS Ann. Rep) 24 24 4 R PP
98 ShAO SA 2.32 e-VLBI test observations, Miyun 70) 33 4 R PU
99 ShAO SA 2.33 e-VLBI test observations, Kunming 71) 33 4 R PU
60 ShAO SA 2.19 Construction and equipment of the last-mile infrastructure for participant Miyun 72) 21 4 O PU
61 ShAO SA 2.20 Construction and equipment of the last-mile infrastructure for participant Kunming 73) 21 4 O PU

Deliverables Table: Completed Items from Period 1

NOTE: The deliverables for Period 1 have been separated from the rest of the project to make the above table a bit smaller and easier to read.
NOTE: See the table above for deliverables from Period 2 to the end of the project.

D# lead A AD# Description Plan Actual Status Nature DisLev
2 JRA1 J 1.01 Data acquisition requirements document 2 3 4 R PU
3 JRA1 J 1.02 Protocols strategic document 2 2 4 R PU
1 NA4 NA 4.01 Creation of Public EXPReS web-site 2 1 4 O PU
4 DANTE NA 2.01 EVN-NREN meeting No. 1 (under auspices of EXPReS) (minutes) 3 6 4 R PP
5 SA1 SA 1.01 Central data link control, Correlator Control Code modifications (not documented) 3 7 4 D PU
6 OSO NA 3.01 First meeting of eVSAG under auspices of EXPReS (minutes) 4 9 4 R PP
7 NA4 NA 4.02 Creation of EXPReS web-based management tools 4 4 4 O PP
23 JRA1 J 1.06 eVLBI-Grid design document 6 9 4 R PU
10 NA4 NA 4.03 Generation of PR material (phase 1: logos and posters, PowerPoint template, press releases and news clippings, brochure) 6 1 x O PU
13 SA2 SA 2.01 Feasibility study of the last-mile connection to the nearest NREN node for participant CNIG-IGN 6 9 4 R PU
14 SA2 SA 2.02 Feasibility study of the last-mile connection to the nearest NREN node for participant MPIfR 6 9 4 R PU
15 SA2 SA 2.03 Equipment of the last-mile infrastructure for participant INAF (telescope in Medicina) 6 9 4 O PU
16 SA2 SA 2.04 Feasibility study of the last-mile connections to the nearest GEANT NREN node for participant CAS (Shanghai, Urumqi, Miyun, Yunnan ) 6 9 4 R PU
17 SA2 SA 2.05 Feasibility study of the last-mile connection to the nearest NREN node for participant VIRAC 6 9 4 R PU
19 SA2 SA 2.07 Feasibility study of the last-mile connection to the nearest NREN node for participant NAIC (Arecibo) 6 9 4 R PU
20 SA2 SA 2.08 Feasibility study of the last-mile connection to the nearest NREN node for participant TIGO 6 9 4 R PU
21 SA2 SA 2.09 Feasibility study of the last-mile connection to AARNET for participant CSIRO 6 9 4 R PU
24 JRA1 J 1.07 eVLBI fringes PC-EVN (Month 7 Demo report) 7 7 4 D PU
25 JRA1 J 1.08 LOFAR connection strategic document 7 11 4 R PU
26 JRA1 J 1.09 Data acquisition design document 8 11 4 R PU
35 JIVE SA 1.06 Selective data processor controls 9 9 4 D PU
30 JRA1 J 1.10 eVLBI-Grid interface document 10 10 4 R PU
29 SA2 SA 2.10 e-VLBI test observations, Medicina (256 Mbps fringes) (science announcement) 10 3 4 R PU
32 JIVE NA 1.01 Annual report (incl. Financial information) to EC 74) 12 13 4 R PP
33 DANTE NA 2.02 NA2 annual report No. 1 (as part of EXPReS Ann. Rep No. 1) 75) 12 13 4 R PP
34 NA4 NA 4.04 e-VLBI Demonstration and attendance at Network events (events, presentations) 12 12 x O PU
40 SA1 SA 1.08 Monitoring processes 12 7 4 D PU
44 SA1 SA 1.10 Real-time data processor control software (no document) 15 4 4 P PU
37 MRO SA 2.11 Equipment of the last-mile infrastructure for participant MRO 12 5 4 O PU
38 CNIG-IGN SA 2.12 Construction and equipment of the last-mile infrastructure for participant CNIG-IGN ( Feasibility study ) 12 15 4 O PU
39 MPIfR SA 2.13 Construction and equipment of the last-mile infrastructure for participant MPIfR ( Feasibility study Announcement) 12 15 4 O PU
47 SA1 SA 1.11 Real-time Pipeline 16 9 4 D PU
50 SA1 SA 1.12 Visibility monitor 18 4 4 D PU

Legend for table headings

    D#       == Deliverable #                          Actual   == Actual Delivery Month  \\ 
    A        == Activity                               Status   == Current Status ( x of 4 ) \\ 
    AD#      == Activity Specific Deliverable Number   Nature   == Nature \\ 
    Descrip  == Deliverable description                DisLev   == Dissemination Level \\ 
    Plan     == Planned Delivery Month \\

Notes on Columns

“Status” 

 The status of the deliverable on a 0 to 4 scale.
 x = Ongoing effort
 4 = Deliverable completed and presented to Project Manager
 3 = Deliverable in draft form
 2 = Most work completed
 1 = Some work started
 0 = No work started
 --> = Deliverable has been identified as actively delayed

“Nature” 

 R = Report
 P = Prototype
 D = Demonstrator
 O = Other

“Dissemination Level” 

 PU = Public
 PP = Restricted to other programme participants (including the Commission Services).
 RE = Restricted to a group specified by the consortium (including the Commission Services).
 CO = Confidential, only for members of the consortium (including the Commission Services).

“Removed deliverbales” 

 deliverables that have been officially removed are indicated with <del>strikethrough 
 text</del>.  Officially removed is determined by removal from the DOW as submitted to the EC.

External Link{{expres:management:mixed-mode.pdf|}}

1) , 2) , 3) , 4) , 5) , 6) , 10) , 63)
note: deliverables associated with the final report are being marked as complete prior to their actual delivery to the Commission
7) , 8)
was 26, now tied to the workshop date
9) , 30)
was 36
11)
Meeting held 18:30 – 20:30 Monday 22 June 2009 per the published, online agenda
12)
was 26, now tied to with Madrid meeting
13)
location of meeting changed to Madrid from Onsala
14)
was 37
15)
note: this will be done via the project office. The responsible party is also being switched from OSO to JIVE to better reflect the change in responsibility.
16)
note: this activity is effectively complete, pending edits from one author
17) , 33)
orig 6
18)
orig 9
19)
orig 12
20)
orig 15
21) , 23) , 25)
note: D45, 52 and 85 are submitted via the same file.
22) , 24) , 36) , 37) , 39) , 48) , 49) , 68) , 72) , 73)
orig 18
26) , 43) , 70) , 71)
orig 30
27) , 28)
was 17
29)
note: in the 18 month report, this is incorrectly labeled as D148
31)
was 26
32)
in the 18 month report, this is incorrectly labeled as D164
34)
due to a serious mechanical failure, future participation from HartRAO is unlikely within the remaining timeframe of the project. The work completed to date will be included in the SA2 report, but additional work will be minimal as they concentrate on repairs at their telescope.
35)
this deliverable was marked as ongoing in month 20. A final report was provided at the end of the project to summarize the activities. The completion date has been moved to month 41 (from 20) and the status is now 4/done (from x).
38)
this is done, xref the test results for deliv 2.31
40)
note: infrastructure is in place and test schedule is being determined. All expect that the new connectivity will pass tests without much effort.
41)
Announcement that Arecibo is back and participating.
42)
this is done, xref deliverable 2.37
44) , 51) , 53)
orig 23
45)
orig 4
46)
note: complete software correlator source code, shared with deliverable 109
47)
There is a version that works with the correlator core delivered with "D42 Software correlator core. The software itself will continue to evolve to keep up with developments in the correlator, so true completion will be at the end of the project.
50)
Core functionality in place. Optimization in progress and will be delivered in the final code drop
52)
note: this was split into two new deliverables. see the pair of deliverables titled Data acquisition interface report at J1.32 and J1.33
54) , 69)
orig 24
55)
The software tool is integrated into the standard procedure for observations. It is considered complete, but is also an evolving piece of software. Note that this is an internal tool, used by the correlator operators. Documentation is provided via the help flag and internal documents.
56)
Note: the interface is summarized in the linked document D105, which references the more thorough description in the document submitted for the d45/52/85 larger e-MERLIN set of deliverables
57)
orig 31
58)
note: suggest combining this with D109 - J 1.29
59)
note: final document is complete and covers multiple deliverables. The PSNC report covers this content and that work was documented in the PSNC report presented to the project.
60)
note: individual pieces- software correlator and worlflow manager- are done and now integration and testing of the overall grid correlator is needed. Plans for an intensive, co-located development push are underway to complete this item. Note, intensive face to face completed, document from that work submitted to project.
61)
note: final document is complete and covers multiple deliverables. The PSNC report covers this content and that work was documented in the PSNC report presented to the project.
62)
note: includes visualisation software, shared with deliverable 139
64)
note: should have been 165, but lettered deliverable option was used
65)
comments on this draft are very much appreciated by the authors
66)
orig 21
67)
note: this links to a tar file as the deliverable
74) , 75)
the annual report is completed, but still in the protected section awaiting a minor permissions change on a folder
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