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The AstroGrid Project
AstroGrid is a UK government funded, open source project designed to create a working Virtual Observatory (VO) for UK and International astronomers. Working closely with other VO projects worldwide through the International Virtual Observatory Alliance (IVOA), internationally recognized interface standards are emerging which promote true scientific interoperability of astronomical data and processing resources worldwide. AstroGrid is a leading member of this community. Further information about the AstroGrid Project can be found at http://www2.astrogrid.org.
Those wishing to find out more about the software that AstroGrid has developed, of interest to data providers and developers, should visit and bookmark the AstroGrid Technology web site.
The AstroGrid Team
The AstroGrid team (which includes our contribution to the Euro-VO VOTECH and DCA projects) is funded through grants from the STFC and the EU FP6 programme, and is currently:
- Project Leader: Andy Lawrence (Edinburgh)
- Project Scientist: Nicholas Walton (Cambridge)
- Project Manager: Keith Noddle (Leicester)
- Project Board: Peter Allan (RAL, STFC), Mark Birkinshaw (Bristol), Len Culhane (MSSL, UCL), Simon Garrington (Manchester), Ian McCrea (RAL, STFC), Richard McMahon (Cambridge), Mike Watson (Leicester)
- Developers: Kona Andrews, Elizabeth Auden, Kevin Benson, Gary Gilchrist, Norman Gray, Paul Harrison, Mark Holliman, Ant Holloway, Jeff Lusted, Dave Morris, Catherin Qin, Guy Rixon, Mark Taylor, Bryan Walshe, Noel Winstanley
- Scientists: Silvia Dalla, Eduardo Gonzalez-Solares, Anita Richards, Jonathan Tedds, Dugan Witherick
In addition the following have been part of the AstroGrid project in previous years:
- Alasdair Allan, Bob Bentley, Pedro Contreras, Clive Davenhall, Davd Giaretta, Tim Goodwin, Martin Hill, Tony Linde, Bob Mann, Brian McIiwrath, Phil Nicolson, Patricio Ortiz, Clve Page, Chris Perry, Roy Platon, John Sherman, Peter Shillan, John Taylor