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SKA Science and Engineering Committee
(SSEC)
The SSEC is the successor to the International SKA Steering Committee
(ISSC) which was established as a standing committee by a Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU), signed in 2001. This MoU expired on 31 December
2007 and was replaced by an International Collaboration Agreement
for the SKA (Square Kilometre Array) Program, signed in 2007. The
SSEC comprises 21 members with equal numbers of members from the
US Consortium, the European Consortium and the Rest of the World
Consortium. The SSEC is tasked to:
- provide scientific and technical guidance for the SKA
Program,
- determine the membership of the Collaboration,
- act as the primary forum for interactions and decisions on scientific and technical matters for the SKA among the signatories to the International Collaboration Agreement,
- represent the SKA to the regional and national funding agencies,
- advocate the SKA to the scientific and engineering communities and the general public,
- define, appoint, and review, as necessary, such committees as the SSEC deems necessary,
- appoint the Director of the SPDO,
- review the annual Program Plan, including organisational plans, prepared by the SPDO,
- review the annual budget prepared by the SPDO Director, and
- review studies and reports prepared by the SPDO.
The SSEC makes decisions on scientific and technical
matters but has no financial responsibilities or authorities;
financial matters fall within the remit of the Executive Committee
of the SSEC. The Executive Committee is tasked, after consultation
with the SSEC, to:
- approve the job descriptions and appointments of key SPDO personnel,
- approve the annual Program Plan, including organisational plans,
prepared by the SPDO,
- approve the annual budget prepared by the SPDO Director,
- approve studies and reports prepared by the SPDO, and
- approve regular six-monthly SPDO status reports prepared by the SPDO Director.
The SSEC Executive Committee consists of:
Chair: Ken Kellermann, NRAO, USA
Vice-chair: Mike Garrett, ASTRON, The Netherlands
Past-chair: Brian Boyle, ATNF-CSIRO, Australia
Secretary: Colin Greenwood, SPDO
Member: Justin Jonas, Rhodes University, South Africa
SPDO Director: Richard Schilizzi
SSEC documents can be found here.
SSEC Members
| Australia
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Brian
Boyle, Australia Telescope National
Facility
Peter Quinn , University of Western Australia |
| Canada |
Sean
Dougherty, Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory
Russ Taylor, University
of Calgary
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| China |
Bo
Peng, National Astronomical Observatories |
| Europe |
Arnold
van Ardenne, ASTRON, The Netherlands Mike
Garrett, ASTRON, The Netherlands Phil
Diamond (chair), Jodrell Bank Observatory, United Kingdom
Wim
van Driel, Observatoire de Paris, France Luigina
Feretti , INAF - Istituto di Radioastronomia, Italy
Steve Rawlings, Oxford University, UK
Anton
Zensus, Max-Planck-Insitut fur Radioastronomie , Germany
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| India |
Yashwant
Gupta, National Centre for Radio Astronomy, Pune University
campus |
| S. Africa |
Roy Booth, Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory Justin
Jonas, Rhodes University |
| USA |
Geoff Bower, University of California, Berkeley
Jim Cordes, Cornell University
Trish Henning, The University of New Mexico
Dayton Jones, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratories
Ken Kellermann,National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Yervant Terzian, Cornell University
Jim Ulvestad, National Radio Astronomy Observatory
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Minutes of SSEC and ISSC Meetings
(To read PDF documents, you need Acrobat
reader) 
| - Teleconference SSEC Meeting 23
July 2008 |
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| - 1st SSEC Meeting 7-8 April
2008, Manchester, UK |
Download
the PDF |
| - Teleconference ISSC Meeting 27
November 2007 |
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the PDF |
| - 18th ISSC Meeting 6-7 October
2007, Manchester, UK |
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the PDF |
| - Teleconference ISSC Meeting 26
June 2007 |
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the PDF |
| - Teleconference ISSC Meeting 4
May 2007 |
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the PDF |
| - 17th ISSC Meeting 29-30 March
2007, San Juan, Argentina |
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the PDF |
| - Teleconference ISSC Meeting 20
November 2006 |
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the PDF |
| - 16th ISSC Meeting 28-30 August
2006, Dresden, Germany |
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the PDF |
| - Teleconference ISSC Meeting 17
July 2006 |
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the PDF |
| - 15th ISSC Meeting 16-17 March
2006, Socorro NM, USA |
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the PDF |
| - Teleconference ISSC Meeting 16
January 2006 |
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the PDF |
| - 14th ISSC Meeting 4-5 November
2005, Pune, India |
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the PDF |
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