8th Meeting of the CCN: Virtual Atomic and Molecular Data Centres Consortium Annual Meeting

Meeting Report

The 8th Meeting of the CCN was held, in virtual format, from 15 – 17 November 2023. The Scientific Secretary is Christian HILL.

This meeting discussed the current status and future administration of the Virtual Atomic and Molecular Data Centres Consortium (VAMDC), in particular with respect to sustainability and promoting FAIR data principles within consortium members.

Agenda

Wednesday, 15 November 2023

14:00 – 14:30Opening and introductions
14:30 – 15:45VAMDC Nodes: status, updates and issues (~5 mins each)
15:45 – 16:00Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:30Discussion: procedures for handling new and expired databases

Thursday, 16 November 2023

14:00 – 14:30XSAMS development, including extensions needed to the "case-by-case" schema for describing molecular states.
14:30 – 15:00PyValem and related standards and libraries for the simplified description of atomic and molecular species, states, and processes: the future for adoption within VAMDC
15:00 – 15:30Marie-Lise DUBERNET (Paris Observatory, France)
Issues with the VAMDC: A user's perspective
[presentation (pdf: 930.5 KB)]
15:30 – 16:00Discussion: outreach and educational activities
16:00 – 16:30The VAMDC website – its future, promotion and maintenance

Friday, 17 November 2023

14:00 – 14:30Discussion: The Research Data Alliance: Interest Group on FAIR data for Laboratory Atomic, Molecular and Solid Data for Astrophysics, Astrochemistry, Plasma Physics and Atmospheric Physics for Open Science
14:30 – 15:30Discussion: Sustainability and future administration of the VAMDC

Participants

34 participants from 11 countries.

NameInstitution
Marie-Lise DUBERNET Paris Observatory, France
Christian HILL IAEA
Carlo Maria ZWÖLF Paris Observatory, France
Nicolas MOREAU Paris Observatory, France
DIPTI IAEA
Kalle HEINOLA IAEA
Bratislav MARINKOVIĆ Laboratory for Atomic Collision Processes, Institute of Physics Belgrade, Serbia
Sylvie SAHAL-BRÉCHOT Paris Observatory, France
Milan DIMITRIJEVIĆ Belgrade Observatory, Serbia
Yaye Awa BA Paris Observatory, France
Stephan SCHLEMMER University of Cologne, Germany
Thomas MARQUART Uppsala University, Sweden
Christian ENDRES Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Germany
Vincent BOUDON University of Burgundy, France
Guy RIXON Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Iouli GORDON Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), United States of America
Alexander KRAMIDA National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States of America
Giacomo MULAS Cagliari Observatory, Italy
Christine JOBLIN Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP), France
Duck-Hee KWON Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, South Korea
Bernard SCHMITT Institut de planétologie et d'astrophysique de Grenoble, France
Mi-Young SONG Institute of Plasma Technology, KFE, South Korea
MURAKAMI Izumi National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan
Jonathan TENNYSON University College London, United Kingdom
Nicholas WALTON Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Tatiana RYABCHIKOVA Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Yuri RALCHENKO National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States of America
Yury PAKHOMOV Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Luis BONAH University of Cologne, Germany
Sven THORWIRTH University of Cologne, Germany
Franck DELAHAYE Paris Observatory, France
Cyril RICHARD University of Burgundy, France
Holger MÜLLER University of Cologne, Germany
Daan BOER Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

Presentations

Marie-Lise DUBERNET (Paris Observatory, France)
Issues with the VAMDC: A user's perspective
[presentation (pdf: 930.5 KB)]