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With the development of modern science and technology, astronomy has entered the era of data-intensive scientific discovery. Cyber-infrastructure is becoming a crucial part of both key national science projects and daily research in astronomy. In this chapter, cyber-infrastructure requirements and implementation status of five cutting-edge astronomical projects are described, namely the five-hundred-meter aperture spherical radio telescope (FAST), the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST), the MingantU SpEctral Radioheliograph (MUSER), the Chinese–French SVOM mission, and the Square Kilometer Array (SKA). Furthermore, as a common cyber-infrastructure for astronomy research, a brief overview of Virtual Observatory including its research and development history and current applications is given. Several suggestions are listed in the end of the paper for further development of scientific research cyber-infrastructure.
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This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (11573019, 11803055), the Joint Research Fund in Astronomy (U1531246, U1731125, U1731243) under cooperative agreement between the NSFC and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the 13th Five-year Informatization Plan of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. XXH13503-03-107). We would like to thank the National R&D Infrastructure and Facility Development Program of China, “Earth System Science Data Sharing Platform” and “Fundamental Science Data Sharing Platform” (DKA2017-12-02-07). Data resources are supported by China National Astronomical Data Center (NADC) and Chinese Virtual Observatory (China-VO). This work is supported by Astronomical Big Data Joint Research Center, co-founded by National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Alibaba Cloud.
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Cui, C. et al. (2020). Cyber-Infrastructure Requirements and Current Status of FAST and Other Astronomical Key Science Projects. In: China’s e-Science Blue Book 2018. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9390-7_3
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