South Pole User's Committee
Raytheon Polar Services Company
National Science Foundation
The South Pole User's Committee (SPUC) is an advisory panel of scientists who are actively engaged in scientific research at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. Reports are prepared in response to requests for studies from the Raython Polar Services Company, in their role as support contractor for the National Science Foundation in Antarctica. The South Pole User's Committee provides a forum for discussion of issues affecting the pursuit of science at the Pole.
You can contact the committee at aas@cfa.harvard.edu.
Membership of the Committee
The following PDF documents and recommendations relate to computer security:
The committee has been asked to suggest items for purchase by RPSC in
support of science at South Pole Station. These items should be of
general use (that is, not specific to any one scientific group). The item
may be a potential spare for a particular group's equipment, provided it
is available to all.
Liquid Helium
storage and use at South Pole, 1996-2001
Antony A. Stark, Chair, The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Gonzalo Hernandez, University of Washington
Joe
McConnell, Desert Research Institute
Albrecht Karle, Dept. of Physics, University of Wisconsin
Russ Schnell, NOAA/CMDL
Jeffrey Peterson, Carnegie-Mellon University
Umran S.
Inan, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Affiliated Working Group Members
Robert Morse, Dept. of Physics, University of Wisconsin
Robert Loewenstein, Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago
Robert Pernic, Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago
Christopher
L. Martin, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
RPSC Staff
Eivind Jensen, South Pole Science Coordinator
Robbie Score, Manager Laboratory Science
Paul Sullivan, South
Pole Science Coordinator
Computer Security at South Pole Station
Recommendations of the Computer Subcommittee. Technical Comment on the Above. Further Technical Comment on the Above.
General Use Items for South Pole Station
List of suggested general use items..
Current Issues
Meeting Agenda
"Preliminary Agenda for 2004 meeting, PDF format".
"Minutes of 2002 meeting, PDF format".
"Presentations from 2002 meeting".
"Preliminary Agenda Items for 2002 meeting".
Reports and Letters
"Recommendations of the South Pole User's Committee ", 2004, memorandum
"Recommendations of the South Pole User's Committee ", 2003, memorandum
"Recommendations of the South Pole User's Committee ", 2002, memorandum
"Recommendations of the South Pole User's Committee ", 2001, memorandum
"Recommendations of the South Pole User's Committee ", 1999, memorandum
"Recommendations of the South Pole User's Committee ", 1998, memorandum
"South Pole Scientists Input to SPSM Electronics Systems Concepts
Review", Allied Signal report March 1997, with cover
letter by S. T. Kottmeier
"SPUC Computing and Communcations Sub-Committee Report---1997", letter report, with cover
letter by R. M. Morse
"South Pole Computing and Communications Working Group Report---1996", letter report
"Cover letter to 1995 report", R. M. Morse
"Science Requirements for South Pole Station Computing and Communications", 1995 report, R. Loewenstein, W. Smythe and B. Jones
"Science Requirements and Implementation---South Pole Station Computing and
Communications", report, 1993; W. Smythe, L. Lutz and R. Loewenstein
"White paper on South Pole computer network architecture",
1991; M. Lyons, with introductory note by R. Loewenstein