====== NEXPReS Fourth Quarterly Report (April-June 2011) -- DRAFT -- ======

Final text for the Fourth Quarterly Report is **due Fri 24 Jun 2011 **

**Note**, that this quarterly report will evolve into the full **Annual Report** that we submit to the Commission for our Period 1 Review.

===== Introduction / Project Summary =====

==== Summary ====

This is the report for the end of the XX period (months #-#).

==== Overall Deliverables Status and Timeline ====

[[nexpres:nexpres-deliv-table-1|Link to the Deliverables Table]]

Deliverables due during the XX reporting quarter:

^ D#   ^ Month Due  ^
| D8.02  {{:nexpres:2011-02-28_wp8-d8.2.pdf|Hardware design document for simultaneous I/O storage elements}} (AALTO)  |  8  |
| D2.01  EVN-NREN meeting 1                                                      |  9  |
| D4.06  [[nexpres:nexpres_wp4|Publish Print Items]] (see section "2011 March Brochure ")  |  9  |
| D5.04  Automated job scheduling                                                |  9  |


The following deliverables were submitted to and their receipt acknowledged by the Commission during this quarter:

^ Deliverable Number and Description                                ^ confirmed on ((this is the date on which the Commission sent us email to confirm receipt of the listed deliverables)) ^
| D5.2 	Metrics, selection criteria and user feedback                    |  11 Jan 2011  |
| D7.1 	Workflow Manager requirements from telescope operators           |  04 Jan 2011  |
| D7.2 	Workflow Manager requirements from correlator operators          |  25 Jan 2011  |
| D8.1 	Interface design document of storage element API                 |  25 Jan 2011  |
| D8.2  {{:nexpres:2011-02-28_wp8-d8.2.pdf|Hardware design document for simultaneous I/O storage elements}} |  8 Mar 2011   |



===== WP 1 - Management =====

==== Activities of Note ==== 

internal prep for annual report
  * date selected:  2011 Sep 08 Thu
  * presentation group identified: Huib, Ralph, Charles, Arpad, Ari, Yvonne (6 total)

==== Deliverables Status Update ==== 

==== WP hosted meetings ==== 

support for Aveiro meeting, participation by EC, NEXPReS, JIVE and e-VLBI community.



==== Publications, Presentations and Talks ==== 

travel to TNC2011



===== WP 2 - EVN-NREN =====

==== Activities of Note ==== 

==== Deliverables Status Update ==== 

==== WP hosted meetings ==== 

==== Publications, Presentations and Talks ==== 


===== WP 3 - eVSAG =====

==== Activities of Note ==== 

==== Deliverables Status Update ==== 

==== WP hosted meetings ==== 

==== Publications, Presentations and Talks ==== 


===== WP 4 - Communications =====

==== Activities of Note ==== 
  * Support was provided by WP4 for the workshop "The Growing Demand on Connectivity and Information Processing in RadioAstronomy from VLBI to SKA" (VLBI2SKA) in Aveiro, Portugal, in May.
  * The NEXPReS display was installed at the VLBI2SKA workshop . Efforts have been made to send the display to other major astronomy and networking conferences, but exhibit and shipping costs were prohibitively expensive. 
  * Brochures were on exhibit at VLBI2SKA (Aveiro, May), EGI User Forum (Vilnius, April 2011), TNC2011 (Prague, May 2011) and EUNIS (Dublin, June 2011).
  * Although not an official NEXPReS deliverable, the Public Outreach Office has been working this quarter on a video that will, among other things, provide a visual explanation of e-VLBI which can be used in presentations and other outreach activities.
==== Deliverables Status Update ==== 
There were no deliverables due for WP4 in this period.
==== WP hosted meetings ==== 
No meetings are necessary for this work package.
==== Publications, Presentations and Talks ==== 
Publications and presentations are not usually made under this work package, but those from other work packages this quarter have been posted to the [[http://www.nexpres.eu/e-vlbi-papers-and-presentations|Papers and Presentations]] page on the project web site.
===== WP 5 - Cloud Correlation =====

==== Activities of Note ==== 

==== Deliverables Status Update ==== 

==== WP hosted meetings ==== 

==== Publications, Presentations and Talks ==== 


===== WP 6 - High Bandwidth on Demand =====

==== Activities of Note ==== 

==== Deliverables Status Update ==== 

==== WP hosted meetings ==== 

==== Publications, Presentations and Talks ==== 


===== WP 7 - Computing in a Shared Infrastructure =====

==== Activities of Note ==== 

==== Deliverables Status Update ==== 

==== WP hosted meetings ==== 

==== Publications, Presentations and Talks ==== 


===== WP 8 - Provisioning High-Bandwidth, High-Capacity Networked Storage on Demand ===== 

==== Activities of Note ==== 
Preparation for the Period Review



==== Deliverables Status Update ==== 


==== WP hosted meetings ==== 
* support for SKA/e-VLBI, NEXPReS WP6/7/8 meeting; Aveiro, PT
* support for INGRID 2011, xref WP3

==== Publications, Presentations and Talks ==== 

* TERENA 2011, Prague, CZ
* SKA/e-VLBI, NEXPReS WP6/7/8 meeting; Aveiro, PT