We need to have this evaluated somehow before the September ASAC meeting.
The latest version of GILDAS is available (with source code as usual) on the
ftp area
of iram, directory dist/soft.  Should work fine on any Linux computer.
GILDAS
uses the LAPACK & SLATEC public libraries for some math applications.

SDE is a semi-private package developped sometime ago by Tim Cornwell, Mark
Holdaway and Dan Briggs. Mark can give details on where to get the source
code
and how to install it. Let us stick to a Linux computer also. The package
uses the
Numerical Recipes libraries for many applications.

We are interested in using some of the SDE functionalities (mostly the MEM
deconvolution methods which don't exist in GILDAS) to test imaging
properties of
ALMA and its possible associated compact array (ACA). It may require
transfering
UV data, or images only (I don't know, Morita san and Mark Holdaway know).
We have to go fast: the ALMA Scientific Advisory Committe expect results by
end of August...

SDE can read FITS files, and GILDAS can produce them. However, as you know,
the chances that the type of FITS files that GILDAS produces is enough for
SDE are
small. So some adaptation of the GILDAS FITS producing routines will be
required.
The job consists in:
    - Installing GILDAS on your computer
        help from: Dominique Broguiere
    - Installing SDE on a Linux computer and distributing a working version
to the others
        help from : Mark Holdaway
    - Getting an accurate definition of the FITS format required by SDE
        - finding out whether images are sufficient, or whether UV data
should be transferred to
        help from: Mark Holdaway and/or Koh-Ichiro Morita
        - Getting a template FITS file (UV data and/or Images according to
the previous step)
        recognized by SDE
        help from: Mark Holdaway
    - Modifying GILDAS FITS writing routine according to the template above
        help from: Dominique Broguiere or Stephane Guilloteau
    - Testing the data exchange
        help from: Frederic Gueth & Koh-Ichiro Morita
    - Transferring the required GILDAS modification into the distributed
version
        help from: Dominique Broguiere & Frederic Gueth