•NSF ITR project,
“Building the Framework for the National
Virtual Observatory” is a collaboration of 17 funded and 3 unfunded organizations
–Astronomy
data centers
–National
observatories
–Supercomputer
centers
–University
departments
–Computer
science/information technology specialists
•PI and
project director: Alex Szalay (JHU)
•CoPI: Roy Williams (Caltech/CACR)
•$10M award for
five-year period, beginning 1 Nov 01