Title:   AIRE-Linux: Astronomer's System for Big Science and Big Data 　　  　  

　　Speaker: Dr. Benda Xu (Univ. of Tokyo) 　　  

　　Time:    Thursday, 2016-09-29 15:00 　　  

　  Place:   Room 701 　
AIRE-Linux is a dedicated Linux system derived from Debian for astronomers. Modern astronomy faces two big challenges: massive observed raw data which covers the whole electromagnetic spectrum,and overmuch professional data processing skill which exceeds 　 personal or even a small team's abilities. AIRE-Linux introduces mature practice of free and open source software community to astronomers to confront the challenges. 　　  

The AIRE-Linux group works closely with Debian astronomy group to　contribute high quality astronomy packages to Debian. 　　  

AIRE-Linux is distributed to users by Virtual Machine (VM) images in 　 Open Virtualization Format (OVF). Currently, a Beta version is ready 　 for download and testing. The support for supercomputers will also 　 be discussed.