A Science Platform Network to Facilitate Astrophysics in the 2020s

Vandana Desai , Mark Allen (1) , Christophe Arviset (2) , Bruce Berriman , Ranga-Ram Chary (3) , David Cook , Andreas Faisst , Gregory Dubois-Felsmann , Steve Groom (4) , Leanne Guy , George Helou (5) , David Imel , Stéphanie Juneau (6) , Mark Lacy , Gerard Lemson , Brian Major , Joe Mazzarella , Thomas Mcglynn , Ivelina Momcheva , Eric Murphy , Knut Olsen , Josh Peek , Alexandra Pope (7) , David Shupe , Alan Smale , Arfon Smith (8) , Nathaniel Stickley , Harry Teplitz , Ani Thakar (9) , Xiuqin Wu

1 ObAS - Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg
2 ESAC - European Space Astronomy Centre
3 CALTECH - California Institute of Technology
4 Remote Sensing Group
5 Caltech Department of Astronomy [Pasadena]
6 DAP - Département d'Astrophysique (ex SAP)
7 UMass Amherst - University of Massachusetts [Amherst]
8 Adler Planetarium [Chicago]
9 Department of Physics and Astronomy [Baltimore]

We advocate for the adequate funding of data centers to develop and operate “science platforms”, which will provide storage and computing resources for the astronomical community to run analyses near the data. Furthermore, these platforms should be connected to enable cross-center analysis and processing.

Domaines: Astrophysique [astro-ph]

Vandana Desai, Mark Allen, Christophe Arviset, Bruce Berriman, Ranga-Ram Chary, et al.. A Science Platform Network to Facilitate Astrophysics in the 2020s. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 2019, Astro2020: Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics, APC white papers, 51 (146). ⟨hal-02387837⟩