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- | ===== USIC is a consortium of US-based optical interferometers begun on February 1st 2007. ===== | + | <font 24px/ |
- | ==== The USIC Mission: ==== | + | ==== The MUSIC Mission: ==== |
- | - Work with other organizations and institutions to develop funding opportunities in order to provide open access to the US optical interferometry observatories. | + | - Work with organizations and institutions to develop funding opportunities in order to provide open access to the US optical interferometry observatories. |
- Define a role for current interferometers in the process towards building the next generation interferometers. | - Define a role for current interferometers in the process towards building the next generation interferometers. | ||
- Collaborate on both technology development and science. | - Collaborate on both technology development and science. | ||
- | | + | MUSIC began on February 1st 2007. |
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+ | A MUSIC email list exists for the distribution of news and updates. Should you wish to be added to this list please contact Theo ten Brummelaar. | ||
==== Latest News ==== | ==== Latest News ==== | ||
- | For a brief record | + | Summary |
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- | In 2013, the USIC collaborated in the formation of the [[:usic: | + | A new initiative |
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- | The USIC has responded to the [[:usic: | + | Several members of MUSIC participated in the [[https:// |
- | ==== History | + | For a brief record |
+ | In 2013, the MUSIC collaborated in the formation of the [[http:// | ||
+ | The MUSIC has responded to the [[: | ||
- | The USIC is a successor activity to a series | + | ==== History |
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- | Following the NOAO Workshop, the COGBI morphed into the Platform of US based optical interferometers, | + | |
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- | In February 2007, the Platform was renamed the United States Interferometry Consortium (USIC = pronounced You Ess Eye See, please) and the group recruited participation by Keck Interferometer and LBTI. The current chair is Tom Armstrong. Past chairs are Theo ten Brummelaar and MIchelle Creech-Eakman. | + | |
- | ==== USIC and Space Interferometry ==== | + | The MUSIC is a successor activity to a series of predecessor groups. The first was the Committee on Ground-Based Interferometry, |
+ | The COGBI contributed to preparations for the NOAO Workshop on Future Directions for Interferometry. The workshop attracted more than 60 participants to a two-day working meeting. See [[http:// | ||
+ | Following the NOAO Workshop, the COGBI morphed into the Platform of US based optical interferometers, | ||
+ | In February 2007, the Platform was renamed the United States Interferometry Consortium (M-USIC | ||
- | It is natural to think of space as the ideal venue for interferometry, | + | ==== MUSIC and Space Interferometry ==== |
- | ===== ===== | + | It is natural to think of space as the ideal venue for interferometry, |