24th Meeting of the DCN

Meeting Report

The 24th biennial meeting of the Data Centres Network, 4 – 6 September 2017, was held at IAEA Headquarters in Vienna, Austria. The Scientific Secretary was Hyun-Kyung Chung (Unit Head, Atomic and Molecular Data Unit, IAEA).

Agenda

Monday, 4 September 2017

09:30 – 10:00Opening (Arjan Koning, Nuclear Data Section Head); Introduction of Participants and Adoption of Agenda; Review of Meeting Objectives
Session 1: Current Activities of the Data Centres

Chair: Detlev REITER

10:00 – 10:30Yuri RALCHENKO (National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States of America)
Recent Developments of the NIST Atomic Data Program
[presentation (pdf: 4.8 MB)]
10:30 – 11:00MURAKAMI Izumi (National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan)
Atomic and Molecular Data Activities at NIFS in 2015-2017
[presentation (pdf: 5.4 MB)]
11:00 – 11:20Coffee Break
11:20 – 11:50Mi-Young SONG (Institute of Plasma Technology, KFE, South Korea)
A+M Data Center Activities in National Fusion Research Institute
[presentation (pdf: 5.0 MB)]
11:50 – 12:20Martin O'MULLANE (Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom)
Recent updates to the ADAS atomic database and new developments in ADAS data production and atomic models
[presentation (pdf: 1.7 MB)]
12:20 – 14:00Lunch
Session 2: Current Activities of the Data Centres (continued)

Chair: MURAKAMI Izumi

14:00 – 14:30Duck-Hee KWON (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, South Korea)
Aspects and Prospects of KAERI Atomic Data Center
[presentation (pdf: 6.1 MB)]
14:30 – 15:00Pavel R. GONCHAROV (Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbSTU), Russia)
Update on atomic, molecular and PMI data activity in Russia
[presentation (pdf: 1.7 MB)]
15:00 – 15:30Hyun-Kyung CHUNG (IAEA; Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea)
Current activities of IAEA atomic and molecular data unit
[presentation (pdf: 1.8 MB)]
15:30 – 15:50Coffee Break
Session 3: Bibliographic Data Compilation

Chair: Hyun-Kyung CHUNG

15:50 – 17:00Coordinated activities on bibliographical data compilation (all participants)

Tuesday, 5 September 2017

Session 4: Proposed Data Centre Activities

Chair: Christian HILL

09:00 – 09:30Raúl BARRACHINA (Centro Atómico Bariloche, Argentina)
Atomic and Molecular Data Activities in Argentina
[presentation (pdf: 4.0 MB)]
09:30 – 10:00Connor BALLANCE (Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom)
R-matrix electron-impact excitation and ionization calculations in support Mo I and W I diagnostics
[presentation (pdf: 4.3 MB)]
10:00 – 10:30Coffee Break
Session 5: Databases and Data Exchange

Chair: Yuri RALCHENKO

10:30 – 11:00Christian HILL (University College London, United Kingdom)
Online Atomic and Molecular Databases
[presentation (pdf: 1.9 MB)]
11:00 – 11:30Data centre WWW database and software demonstrations
11:30 – 12:00Data exchange formats: XSAMS, ADAS, GENIE (all participants)
12:00 – 13:30Lunch
Session 6: Data Needs for Fusion Research

Chair: Martin O'MULLANE

13:30 – 14:00Detlev REITER (Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ), Germany)
AMS Data: data types and formats, and data needs for fusion edge plasma modelling
14:00 – 14:30NAKANO Tomohide (National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), Japan)
A&M data needs for fusion plasma research
14:30 – 15:30Discussion on funding for A&M data for fusion applications (all participants)
15:30 – 15:50Coffee Break
Session 7: Data Evaluation and Uncertainty Quantification

Chair: Hyun-Kyung CHUNG

15:50 – 16:20Hyun-Kyung CHUNG (IAEA; Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea)
IAEA evaluation activities
16:20 – 17:00Coordinated activities on data evaluation (all participants)

Wednesday, 6 September 2017

Session 8: Data Needs for Fusion Research

Chair: Detlev REITER

09:00 – 09:30Priorities in A+M/PMI data compilation and evaluation (all participants)
10:30 – 10:50Coffee Break
Session 9: Review on Data Centres Network Activities

Chair: Hyun-Kyung CHUNG

10:50 – 11:10Membership Issues
11:00 – 12:30Plan of DCN activities for the future
12:30 – 14:00Lunch
Session 10: Meeting Conclusions and Recommendations

Chair: Hyun-Kyung CHUNG

14:00 – 16:00Formulation of meeting conclusions and recommendations

Presentations

Connor BALLANCE (Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom)
R-matrix electron-impact excitation and ionization calculations in support Mo I and W I diagnostics
[presentation (pdf: 4.3 MB)]

Raúl BARRACHINA (Centro Atómico Bariloche, Argentina)
Atomic and Molecular Data Activities in Argentina
[presentation (pdf: 4.0 MB)]

Hyun-Kyung CHUNG (Korea Institute of Fusion Energy, South Korea)
Current activities of IAEA atomic and molecular data unit
[presentation (pdf: 1.8 MB)]

Hyun-Kyung CHUNG (Korea Institute of Fusion Energy, South Korea)
IAEA evaluation activities

Pavel R. GONCHAROV (Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbSTU), Russia)
Update on atomic, molecular and PMI data activity in Russia
[presentation (pdf: 1.7 MB)]

Christian HILL (IAEA)
Online Atomic and Molecular Databases
[presentation (pdf: 1.9 MB)]

Duck-Hee KWON (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, South Korea)
Aspects and Prospects of KAERI Atomic Data Center
[presentation (pdf: 6.1 MB)]

MURAKAMI Izumi (National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan)
Atomic and Molecular Data Activities at NIFS in 2015-2017
[presentation (pdf: 5.4 MB)]

NAKANO Tomohide (National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), Japan)
A&M data needs for fusion plasma research

Martin O'MULLANE (Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom)
Recent updates to the ADAS atomic database and new developments in ADAS data production and atomic models
[presentation (pdf: 1.7 MB)]

Yuri RALCHENKO (National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States of America)
Recent Developments of the NIST Atomic Data Program
[presentation (pdf: 4.8 MB)]

Detlev REITER (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany)
AMS Data: data types and formats, and data needs for fusion edge plasma modelling

Mi-Young SONG (Institute of Plasma Technology, KFE, South Korea)
A+M Data Center Activities in National Fusion Research Institute
[presentation (pdf: 5.0 MB)]