Towards a data analytics platform for technical data in Paranal observatory

Eduardo Peña; Andres Anania; Juan Pablo Gil; Vicente Lizana; Pablo Burgos; Rodrigo Gonzalez; Ingeborg Munoz; Jorgue Quiroz

doi:10.1117/12.2627356

29 August 2022 Towards a data analytics platform for technical data in Paranal observatory

Eduardo Peña, Andres Anania, Juan Pablo Gil, Vicente Lizana, Pablo Burgos, Rodrigo Gonzalez, Ingeborg Munoz, Jorgue Quiroz

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Proceedings Volume 12189, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VII; 121890J (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627356
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2022, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Abstract

During the last five years, Paranal has been developing a data centric paradigm for the monitoring and maintenance of the different systems in the observatory. The main objectives of this paradigm are, on the one hand, to automate as many tasks as possible to improve the dependability of the observatory while not increasing the FTE needed to operate it, and on the other, to increment the remote operation reducing the need of “in-situ” access to the system under scrutiny. In principle, the data centric approach is meant to complement and not replace the traditional problem-solving methods used at Paranal. Nevertheless, FTE-expensive tasks must be limited to exceptional situations. During all these years, we have moved from prototypes to production, and the observatory culture is slowly changing towards this data centric approach, including slow incorporation of AI/ML and NLP. Nonetheless, this is just stage one, as we are now moving to expand the scope incorporating, among other things, the cloud and creating a homogeneous, hybrid, data cyberinfrastructure.

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Eduardo Peña, Andres Anania, Juan Pablo Gil, Vicente Lizana, Pablo Burgos, Rodrigo Gonzalez, Ingeborg Munoz, and Jorgue Quiroz "Towards a data analytics platform for technical data in Paranal observatory", Proc. SPIE 12189, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VII, 121890J (29 August 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627356

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