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Monday September 4 |
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| 1000 |
SKADS meeting (view
PDF) |
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| 1715 |
Cocktails |
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Tuesday September 5 |
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| 0900 |
Opening remarks |
Richard Schilizzi |
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SKA pathfinder and design study reports |
Chair: Richard Schilizzi |
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| 0910 |
SKA - Engineering, Reference Design and
Issues |
Peter Hall |
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| 0945 |
The Allen Telescope Array |
David DeBoer |
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| 1005 |
LOFAR |
Marco de Vos |
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| 1030 |
Coffee |
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Continuing |
Chair: Ralph Spencer |
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| 1050 |
The Karoo Array Telescope |
Anita Loots |
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| 1110 |
The
xNTD and Australian demonstrators |
John O’Sullivan |
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| 1130 |
APERTIF |
Wim van Cappellen |
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| 1145 |
SKADS and European demonstrators |
Andrew Faulkner |
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| 1215 |
The DSN Array |
Sander Weinreb |
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| 1230 |
The LWA |
Tom Gaussiran |
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| 1245 |
Canadian SKA update |
Peter Dewdney |
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| 1300 |
Lunch |
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Concept implementations, pivotal technology progress
and issues (incl. panel) |
Chair: Peter Hall |
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| 1400 |
Parabolic dishes |
David de Boer |
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| 1420 |
Wideband feeds |
Sander Weinreb |
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| 1435 |
Focal
plane arrays (MFC + PAF) |
John O’Sullivan |
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| 1500 |
Aperture arrays (analog and digital) |
Arnold van Ardenne |
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| 1530 |
Coffee |
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Continuing |
Chair: Anita Loots |
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| 1550 |
Antenna issues – a summary |
Parbhu Patel |
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| 1610 |
RF systems |
Bruce Veidt |
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| 1630 |
Signal transmission |
Ralph Spencer |
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| 1650 |
Signal processing |
Albert-Jan Boonstra |
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| 1710 |
Computing
and post-processing - 1
Computing and post-processing
- 2 |
Tim Cornwell /
Kjeld van der Schaaf |
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| 1745 |
Close |
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| 1930 |
EWG business meeting EWG members |
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Panelists for afternoon (pivotal technology) session:
Peter Hall (Chair), Jaap Bregman, Andrew Faulkner, Peter
Dewdney. |
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Wednesday September 6 |
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RF Systems Task Force meeting |
Bruce Veidt |
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| 0900 |
Signal Transmission Task Force meeting |
Ralph Spencer |
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| 0900 |
Signal Processing Task Force meeting |
Albert-Jan Boonstra |
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| 1030 |
Coffee |
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| 1100 |
Antenna Task Force meeting |
Parbhu Patel |
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Dish sensitivity presentation |
German Cortes |
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PAF presentation |
John O'Sullivan |
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| 1100 |
Computing Task Force meeting |
Kjeld v.d. Schaaf |
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| 1230 |
SKA preliminary system design process ISPO, |
TF Chairs |
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| 1300 |
Lunch |
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Key SKA engineering issues
(panel, audience discussion) |
Chair: Richard Schilizzi |
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| 1400 |
Timelines and engineering – imperatives and credibility |
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| 1430 |
SKA Phase 1 |
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| 1500 |
Specification updates - requirements |
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| 1530 |
Coffee |
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| 1600 |
International engineering project and ISPO development |
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| 1630 |
Industry engagement |
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| 1700 |
Requirements for next-round cost-performance estimator |
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| 1730 |
Close |
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Panelists for afternoon (key SKA engineering issues) session:
Justin Jonas, Richard Schilizzi (Chair), Peter Hall, Phil
Diamond, Sandy Weinreb, John O’Sullivan.
NB: Calibration and Imaging Task Force discussion deferred
to forthcoming Cape Town meeting.
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Thursday September 7 |
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| 0900 |
Summary of EWG meetings earlier in week |
Peter Hal |
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| 0930 |
Review of recent SWG activities |
Bryan Gaensler |
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| 1000 |
SKA specifications |
Dayton Jones |
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| 1030 |
Coffee |
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| 1100 |
SKA requirements |
Carole Jackson |
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| 1130 |
SKA surveys - 1
SKA surveys - 2 |
Melvyn Wright |
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| 1215 |
EWG strawman critique |
Peter Wilkinson |
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| 1300 |
Lunch |
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| 1430 |
Costs & trade-offs (magnificent
memos)
Science |
Joseph Lazio /
Bryan Gaensler |
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Engineering panelists
Jaap Bregman, John Bunton, Justin Jonas and John O'Sullivan |
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| 1600 |
Coffee |
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| 1630 |
Operations overview |
Ron Ekers |
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| 1715 |
Close |
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Conference dinner |
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Friday September 8 |
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| 0800 |
SWG business meeting |
Bryan Gaensler |
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| 0930 |
SKA discovery space |
Joseph Lazio |
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| 1030 |
Coffee |
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| 1100 |
EWG/SWG discussion / iteration |
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Phase I science and implied specifications |
Bryan Gaensler |
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Path from
SKA phase I to SKA - 1
Path from SKA phase I to SKA
- 2 |
Micheal Kramer /
Steve Rawlings |
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Decisions on upfront vs. delayed
vs. descoping |
Lincoln Greenhill |
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SKA science simulations |
Matt Jarvis /
Cormac Reynolds |
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| 1245 |
Summary of meeting |
Richard Schilizzi |
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| 1300 |
Lunch |
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Executive wrap-up session (WG and TF chairs) |
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Close |
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