Fornax Initiative at AAS 248, 14–18 June 2026

The Fornax Initiative is part of the 248th AAS meeting in Pasadena, California, held 14–18 June 2026. On Sunday, 14 June 2026, the Fornax Workshop runs 2:00pm - 4:00pm: An Introduction to Fornax: Scalable Data and Compute for Scientific Analysis at Pasadena Convention Center - Conference Center, 101.

Related workshops that morning include High Energy Science Analysis with HEASARC Services (10:00am - 12:00pm, Conference Center, 102) and Euclid Data in the Cloud: Access, Analysis, and Science Opportunities (10:00am - 11:30am, Conference Center, 101). On Wednesday, 17 June 2026, Vandana Desai presents Simulated Universes for Precision Cosmology: Accessing and Analyzing OpenUniverse 2024 Simulations through IRSA and Fornax (10:00am - 11:30am) in Pasadena Convention Center - Exhibit Halls & Ballrooms, Ballroom F.

On Thursday, 18 June 2026, she leads 40 Years of Community Engagement at IPAC: Lessons Learned — Building User Support for Fornax: Community Engagement for Cloud-Based Astrophysics (2:00pm - 3:30pm) in the same location.

United States, Pasadena, California

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