2010
Newsletters
International Newsletter: Jan. 10

Media coverage


News
> 9 June: Sustainable energy boost for super telescope bid. >>more.
> 26 May: Australia and New Zealand undertake successful trans-Tasman VLBI activity. >>more.
> 12 May: Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope strengthens development team with two new appointments. >>more.
> 29 April: SKADS White Paper is published. >>more.
> 8 April: Super science awards boost Australian SKA Program. >>more.
> 30 March: ASTRON and NWO Organise International SKA Forum 2010. >>more.
> 3 March: First signal received by ASKAP. >>more.
> 1 February: ASKAP Construction on Track. >>more.
> 20 January: New leader of CSIRO Astronomy and Space Sciences division. >>more.

Meetings
> 22-27 August: CALIM: SKA Calibration and Imaging Workshop 2010, Dwingeloo, NL
> 16-20 August: CASPER 2010: Center for Astronomy Signal Processing and Electronics Research Workshop 2010, Cambridge, MA, US
> 18-25 July: COSPAR 10: 38th Scientific Assembly of the Committee on Space Research, Bremen, DE
> 26-30 July: Molecules in Galaxies, Oxford, GB
> 5-7 July: NSES: 16th National Space Engineering Symposium, Adelaide, AU
> 28-29 June: CyberSKA/CANFAR/CESWP Collaboration Workshop, Calgary, AB, CA
> 27 June - 2 July: SPIE 2010: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, San Diego, CA, US
> 22-23 June: International Engineering Advisory Committee meeting, Manchester, GB
> 16 June (am): PrepSKA Board meeting, Assen, NL
> 15 June: International SKA Forum 2010, Assen, NL
> 14 June: CISS: Connect Industry, Science and Society workshop, Assen, NL
> 14 June: Agencies SKA Group meeting, Assen, NL
> 13 June: PrepSKA WP2 Management meeting, Assen, NL
> 12 June (pm): LOFAR Inauguration, Buinen, NL
> 12 June 2010 (am): PrepSKA Policy Working Groups meeting, Assen, NL
> 10-14 June: A New Golden Age for Radio Astronomy: First Results from the New Generation of Radio Telescopes, Assen, NL
> 3-4 June: US SKA Consortium meeting,Washington DC, US
> 25-28 May: CASCA 2010: Canadian Astronomical Society meeting, Halifax, NS, CA
> 17-21 May: Magnetic Fields on Scales from Kiloparsecs to Kilometres: Properties and Origin, Cracow, PL
> 10-14 May: Astronomy with Megastructures: Joint Science with the E-ELT and SKA, Crete, GR
> 4-5 May: Radionet Board meeting, Sardinia, IT
> 3-5 May: International Workshop on Phased Array Antenna Systems for Radio Astronomy, Provo, UT, US
> 13-16 April: 24th European Frequency and Time Forum, Noordwijk, NL
> 12-16 April: RAS NAM2010: Royal Astronomical Society National Astronomy 2010 meeting, Glasgow, GB
> 30-31 March: European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Workshop, Rome, IT. [Final Report]
> 29-31 March: RFI 2010 - RFI Mitigation Workshop, Groningen, NL
> 26-28 March: SKA Science and Engineering Committee (closed) meeting - SSEC 4, Manchester, GB
> 22-25 March: SKA2010: Annual SKA Science and Engineering Meeting, Manchester, GB
> 21-25 March: OFC/NFOEC - The World’s Largest Optical Communications & Networking Event, San Diego, CA, US
> 15-19 March: CAP2010: Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2010, Cape Town, ZA
> 9-10 March: Canadian Astronomy Long Range Plan Town Hall meeting, Calgary, AB, CA
> 24-26 February: SKA System Concept Design Review (by invitation only), Manchester, GB
> 16-18 February: Pathways to SKA Science in Australasia, Auckland, NZ
> 15 February: Australia & New Zealand Workshop on SKA Data and Signal Processing, Auckland, NZ
> 13-17 February: American Physical Society (APS) April meeting, Washington DC, US
> 11-12 January: European Commission: Large Scale Research Infrastructure meeting, Delhi, IN
> 6-9 January: US National Committee of URSI meeting, Boulder, CO, US
> 3-7 January: 215th American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting, Kochi, IN

2009
Newsletters
International Newsletter: Jul. 09
International Newsletter: Jan. 09

Media coverage
> 31 May: MeerKAT coming on track during IYA 2009. Quest (ZA)
> 22 May: Radio telescope project advances with issue of tender. Engineering News (ZA)
> 22 May: Looking back to the beginning of time. Business Report (ZA)

News
> 9 December: Interactive Website Tunes into Outer Space. >>more.
> 3 December: Five new South African SKA Research Chairs announced. >>more.
> 26 November: ASKAP Indigenous Land Use Agreement complete. >>more.
> 5 November October: ASKAP engineer wins 2009 Prime Minister's Prize for Science. >>more.
> 30 October: Open invitation to the Astronomical Community to propose Key Project Science with MeerKAT, the South African SKA Precursor. >>more.
> 27 October: Five new South African SKA Research Chairs. >>more.
> 1 October: First public release of the Square Kilometre Array Design Reference Mission: SKA-mid and SKA-lo. >>more.
> 9 September: CSIRO sets science path for new telescope. >>more.
> 1 September: Launch of International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR). >>more.
> 27 August: New AUD 80 million high performance computing project launched in Perth. >>more.
> 21 August: Australia and New Zealand announce joint SKA bid. >>more.
> 12 August: Australian students tweet telescope takeover. >>more.
> 5 August: SKA South Africa awards major power and fibre optic tender to Optic 1. >>more.
> 28 July: The Effelsberg LOFAR highband station is ready! >>more.
> 20 July: First antenna installed at Karoo site. >>more.
> 29 May: Applications for the 2010 round of Curtin Research Fellowships will open soon. >>more.
> 29 May: PhD position available at Observatoire de Nançay and Astron. Closing date for applications: 19 June 2009. >>more.
> 20 April: Africa's largest mobile crane handed over to SKA South Africa. >>more.
> 1 April: The Australian Academy of Science has published an online resource about the SKA aimed at high school students. >>more.
> 27 March: Scientific Programmer vacancy at the Institute for Space Imaging Science, University of Calgary. Closing date: 1 May 2009. >>more.
> 17 March: MSc positions in Radio Astronomy available in New Zealand. Closing date: 15 May 2009. >>more.
> 12 March: PhD scholarship now available at the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (CIRA). Closing date: 15 May 2009. >>more.
> 5 March: Strengthening the German-Australian Connection in Radio Astronomy. >>more.
> 26 February: SKA Forum 2009: World economic recession won't jeopardise the SKA. >>more.
> 26 February: EU confirms its support for the €1.5 billion international SKA radio telescope project, despite the global recession. >>more.
> 26 February: Ministers Cement Australia - South Africa SKA Partnership. >>more.
> 26 February: World economic recession won't jeopardise the SKA. >>more.
> 25 February: Top cosmologist awes Cape audiences. >>more.
> 04 February: New post strengthens the Australian bid to host the SKA. >>more.
> 30 January: Radio Astronomy Research Engineer vacancy in Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy. Closing date: 2 March 2009. >>more.
> 06 January: Industry Participation Manager vacancy in the SPDO. >>more.

Meetings
> 16-19 December: International Conference on High Performance Computing, Kochi, IN
> 9 December: Free Astronomy Public Lecture: The Square Kilometre Array, Swinburne University of Technology, AU
> 7-10 December: MWA meeting, Bangalore, IN
> 27 November: AIATSIS Symposium on Indigenous Astronomy, Canberra, AU
> 16-17 November: RadioNet-FP7 Engineering Forum Workshop: Multi Pixel Camera Receivers, Bonn, DE
> 14-20 November: Supercomputing 2009, Portland, OR, US
> 9-13 November: Marie Curie Conferences and Training Courses on SKADS: Digital Signal Processing and Beamforming Workshop, Manchester, GB
> 9-10 November: European Commission: Large Scale Research Infrastructure meeting, Beijing, CN
> 4-6 November: SKADS Conference, Château de Limelette, BE
> 3 November: 8th SKADS Board Meeting, Château de Limelette, BE
> 29-31 October: PrepSKA Work Package 2 Annual Meeting, Manchester, GB
> 29 October: Agencies SKA Group (closed) meeting, Manchester, GB
> 28 October: System Engineering Design Group, Manchester, GB
> 26-28 October: SKA Science and Engineering Committee (closed) meeting - SSEC 3, Manchester, GB
> 23 October: Power Investigation Task Force (PITF) meeting, Manchester, GB
> 19-21 October: Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences and Ramón Areces Foundation: Heirs of Galileo: Frontiers of Astronomy, Madrid, ES
> 15-16 October: ESEM 2009: 3rd International Symposium in Empirical SW Engineering and Measurement, Lake Buena Vista, FL, US
> 15-16 October: US SKA Consortium, Pasadena, CA, US
> 12-16 October: NCRA/ IUCAA /CDAC: HPC and Software Challenges in Astronomy, Pune, IN
> 14 October: IASESE 2009: 7th International Advanced School of Empirical Software Engineering, Lake Buena Vista, FL, US
> 7-8 October: Canadian SKA Program workshop, Calgary, CA
> 4-8 October: 19th Annual Astronomical Data Analysis Software & Systems (ADASS) conference, Sapporo, JP
> 28 September - 10 October: CASPER (Center for Astronomy Signal Processing and Electronics Research) Workshop, Cape Town, ZA
> 27 September - 10 October: MCCT-SKADS Workshop: Towards third generation calibration in radio astronomy, Nançay, FR
> 23-25 September: SoMeT_09: 8th International Conference on Software Methodologies Tools and Techniques, Prague, CZ
> 21-25 September: Enabling Grids for E-sciencE (EGEE) Conference 2009, Barcelona, ES
> 21 September: SKA Colloquium, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, US
> 16-17 September: Science with SKAMP: Workshop on Widefield Spectroscopy of the Southern Radio Sky, Molonglo Observatory, AU
> 7-11 September: European Radio Interferometry School 2009, Oxford, GB
> 31 August - 4 September: RE 2009: 17th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, Atlanta, GA, US
> 28-29 August: 3rd Extremely Large Databases Workshop, Lyon, FR
> 25-29 August: 3rd Marie Curie SKADS Training School: Towards the SKA - increasing the evolution rate in radio astronomy, Paris, FR
> 24-28 August: ESEC/FSE'09: 7th Joint Meeting of European SW Engineering Conference and ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on Foundations of SW Engineering (FSE-7), Amsterdam, NL
> 3-14 August: XXVII General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), Rio de Janeiro, BR
> 20-24 July: 33rd Annual IEEE International Computer Software and Applications Conference, Seattle, WA, US
> 15-17 July: 19th Annual Meeting of Astronomy and Astrophysics in Portugal, Aveiro, PT
> 13-16 July: ICGSE2009: 4th IEEE International Conference on Global SW Engineering, Limerick, IE
> 9 July: Agencies SKA Group (closed) meeting, Den Haag, NL
> 8 July (pm): PrepSKA WP6 (Funding) meeting, Den Haag, NL
> 8 July (am): PrepSKA WP4 (Governance) meeting , Den Haag, NL
> 29 June - 10 July: 1st School on Multiwavelength Astronomy, Paris, FR
> 26 June: VII Symposium On Enabling Optical Networks and Sensors, Lisbon, PT
> 23-24 June: RadioNET Low Noise Measurements workshop, Gothenburg, SE
> 22-26 June: 8th International e-VLBI Workshop, Madrid, ES
> 22-25 June: TeraGrid ‘09, Arlington, VA, US
> 8-11 June: Astro2010: Second meeting of the Program Prioritization Panels, Pasadena, CA, US
> 8-9 June: RefsQ ’09: 15th International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality, Amsterdam, NL
> 7-11 June: 214th American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting (including USSKAC Town Hall meeting on 9 June), Pasadena, CA, US
> 2-5 June: Panoramic Radio Astronomy Wide-field 1-2 GHz research on galaxy evolution, Groningen, NL
> 1-5 June: IEEE International Symposium on Antennas & Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Charleston, SC, US
> 21 May: Electronics Knowledge Transfer Network: Digital Signal Processing requirements and solutions for SKA project, Oxford, GB
> 11-19 May: PROMISE 09: Predictor Models in Software Engineering, Vancouver, CA
> 16-23 May: ICSE 2009: 31st International Conference on Software Engineering, Vancouver, CA
> 16-17 May: ICSP2009: International Conference on Software Process, Vancouver, CA
> 14-15 May: US SKA Consortium meeting, Arlington, VA, US
> 14-15 May: 48th meeting of Committee on Radio Astronomy Frequencies, Paris, FR
> 29-30 April: International Engineering Advisory Committee (IEAC) review meeting, Manchester, GB
> 20-23 April: European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (JENAM 2009), Hatfield, GB
> 30 March - 2 April: Calibration and Imaging Workshop (CALIM 2009), Socorro, NM, US
> 16-27 March: MCCT Workshop: Multifield and multibeam science with SKA, Oxford, GB
> 11-13 March: Kick-off meeting of the Site Characterisation Working Group Task Force on Configurations for the SKA, Manchester, GB
> 2-5 March: Open Science Grid "All Hands Meeting", Baton Rouge, LA, US
> 27 February (pm): Site Characterisation Working Group meeting, Cape Town, ZA
> 27 February (am): PrepSKA Board, Cape Town, ZA
> 26 February (pm): Site Characterisation Working Group meeting, Cape Town, ZA
> 26 February (pm): PrepSKA WP5 (Procurement) Workshop, Cape Town, ZA
> 26 February (am): Informal Funding Agencies Group meeting, Cape Town, ZA
> 25 February: SKA Forum 2009, Cape Town, ZA
> 23-24 February: SKA Science and Engineering Committee meeting - SSEC 2, Cape Town, ZA
> 20-22 February: Visit to SKA candidate site, Cape Town, ZA
> 18-20 February: Community Workshop on High Dynamic Range Continuum Imaging with the SKA, Cape Town, ZA
> 17 February (pm): Power Investigation Task Force meeting, Cape Town, ZA
> 10 February: Electonics Knowledge Transfer Network, “SKA – Phased Array Antennas”, Manchester, GB
> 4-8 January: AAS 213th Meeting, Long Beach, US

2008
Newsletters
International Newsletter: Jul. 08
International Newsletter: Jan. 08

Media coverage
> 23 May: New connectivity brings real-time global radio astronomy to SA. Engineering News (ZA)
> 9 May: South Africa ramps up SKA preparatory work as ‘friendly’ competition with Australia intensifies. Engineering News (ZA)

News
> 15 December: Western Australia's Liberal-National Government pushes forward with bid to win massive international observatory. >>more.
> 09 December: The latest Australian SKA newsletter is now available. >>more.
> 01 December: ASTRONET Infrastructure Roadmap identifies the SKA as an essential facility for the future of European astronomy. >>more.
> 12 November: Senator Kim Carr speech on the Australian SKA Industry Consortium. >>more.
> 12 November: "Visionary Project Looks to the Beginniing of Time", Australian Financial Review. >>more.
> 30 October: Four new post-doctoral posts are available in SKA-related fields at the University of Western Australia. Closing date for applications is 12 December 2008. >>more.
> 09 October: Composite Applications to Radio Telescopes (CART) reflector Mk 2 completed at the Herzberg Institute for Astrophysics DRAO site. >>more.
> 01 October: The PrepSKA WP2 Engineers "kickoff" meeting is to be held in Manchester, UK, on 10-14 November 2008. >>more.
> 08 August: Project Management Officer position is available in the SKA Program Development Office, Manchester, UK. Closing date for applications is 12 September 2008. >>more.
> 22 July: Electronics Design Engineer sought for the European SKA Design Study / Pulsar research; to be based at the University of Manchester and Jodrell Bank Observatory. Closing date for applications is 6 August 2008. >>more.
> 8 July: PhD studentships are available in SKA-related areas of interest at Curtin University, Western Australia. Closing date for applications is 31 August 2008. >>more.
> 24 April: New SKA Animation available to download here:
Low Resolution (103 MB)
High Resolution (195 MB)
> 24 April: Sleepy Carnarvon to host supercomputer?
> 23 April: Telescope will benefit SA.
> 22 April: SA's telescope bid on track.
> 22 April: MeerKAT takes shape.
> 21 April: SA steps up SKA bid.
> 18 April: Australia reaffirms its commitment to SKA at the International SKA Forum, Perth. >>more.
> 17 April: SKA race hots up.
> 14 April: The world's largest radio astronomy project gets serious. >>more.
> 2 April: A new brochure with all the latest information is now available. >>more.
> 2 April: SKA South Africa poster. >>more.
> 2 April: South Africa Radio Astronomy Reserve poster. >>more.
> 28 March: The SPDO is now recruiting a Site Engineer, funded by STFC. This post can be based at the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester or at the applicant's home institution if appropriate. >>more.
> 28 March: Australian Minister hails SKA as a "very special international project" in an address to the National Press Club of Australia. >>more.
> 26 March: The International SKA Forum 2008 – ‘Tuning in on the SKA’ - is to be held in Perth, Australia on Wednesday 9 April 2008. >>more.
> 18 March: The SPDO is now recruiting for six new engineering posts, funded by the EC FP7 "PREPSKA" award. >>more.
> 29 February: Multi-million dollar science boost to continue building WA. >>more.
> 31 January: A series of SKA-related meetings are being held in Perth, Western Australia from 31 March - 11 April '08. >>more.

Meetings
> 9-11 December: FPEU - ECRI 2008, Versailles, FR
> 7-14 December: 24th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Vancouver, CA
> 21 November (am): Informal Funding Agencies Group meeting, Washington DC, US
> 20 November (pm): Informal Funding Agencies Group meeting, Washington DC, US
> 20 November (am): PrepSKA WP6 (Funding) Workshop, Washington DC, US
> 19 November: PrepSKA WP4 (Governance) Workshop, Washington DC, US
> 17-24 November: When the Universe Formed Stars, La Martinique Island, FR
> 17 November: U.S. SKA Consortium Meeting, Madison, US
> 11-14 November: Galaxy Evolution: Emerging Insights and Future Challenges, Austin, US
> 10-14 November: PrepSKA Work Package 2 Engineers Kick-off Meeting, Manchester, UK
> 3-7 November: Cosmic Magnetic Fields (IAU Symposium 259), Tenerife, ES
> 20-24 October: Radio Universe at Ultimate Angular Resolution, Moscow, RU
> 14-17 October: Classification and Discovery with Large Astronomical Surveys, Ringberg Castle, DE
> 23-26 September: The 9th European VLBI Network Symposium on the role of VLBI in the Golden Age for Radio Astronomy and EVN Users meeting, Bologna, IT
> 16-19 September: Astrophysics with E-LOFAR, Hamburg, DE
> 16 September: "Meet the Buyer" Event 2008, London, UK
> 15-19 September: Galaxies in Real Life and Simulations, Leiden, NL
> 14-18 April: Marie Curie SKA/SKADS conference, Bonn, Germany
> 11 April (am): PrepSKA Board meeting, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
> 10 April (pm): PrepSKA Working Group meetings, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
> 10 April (am): SKADS Workshop, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
> 10 April (am): Funding Agencies Group meeting, UWA, Perth, Western Australia
> 9 April: International SKA Forum 2008 - "Tuning in on the SKA", Perth, Australia.

> 7-9 April: Calibration and Imaging Task Force (SKA Engineering Working Group), UWA University Club, Perth, Australia.
> 7-8 April: SKA Performance-Cost Modelling team meeting, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
> 7-8 April: SKA Science and Engineering Committee meeting (SSEC 1), UWA University Club, Perth, Australia.
> 31 March - 4 April: Deep Surveys of the Radio Universe with SKA Pathfinders, Perth, Australia.
> 29 - 30 January: SKA Specifications Review Committee meeting, Manchester, UK

2007
Newsletters
International Newsletter: July 07
International Newsletter: Jan. 07

Media coverage
> July: Révéler l’invisible. Pourlascience.com (France)
> 15 May: SKA colloquium at UCT. University of Cape Town (South Africa)
> 26 February: Een oor zo groot als een werelddeel. allesoversterrenkunde.nl (NL)

News
> 11 December: A new SKA brochure has been published. Available here.
> 11 December: Latest draft of the 'Preliminary Specifications for the SKA' released. Available here.
> 20 November: The SKA Specifications Tiger Team have issued and update to the 'Preliminary Specifcations for the SKA' and 'Status of the Pathfinder Telescopes and Design Studies' documents.
> 20 November: New job opportunities on the SKA project and at ATNF-CSIRO. See here.
> 29 October: Science Vision for European astronomy : The final report is now available in PDF format in either low (17 MB) or normal (47 MB) resolution.
> 5 October: The first CART 10 m prototype composite reflector was mounted on the resurrected MV-1 positioner at DRAO on 27 Sept 2007. Feedlegs, a feed and RF gear are currently being assembled in order to perform holography in the coming days. read more.
> 4 October: Launch of new Australian SKA website at www.ska.gov.au
> 2 October: The SKA2007 Working Group meeting was held in Manchester, UK on 27 – 29 September 2007. Slide presentations from the event are available here.
> 2 October: New Radiocommunications Assignment and Licensing Instruction (RALI) for radio-quiet zone in Western Australia. read more.
> 21 September: The Australian SKA Coordination Committee, a high level inter-governmental committee, has been established to oversee Australia’s SKA project. read more.
> 21 September: Australia in the running for ambitious astronomy project Kilometre Array project. read more.
> 21 September: State and Australian Governments working together to secure Square Kilometre Array project. read more.
> 11 September: Draft Specifications for the SKA (discussion document) now available here, together with a supporting paper on the status of Pathfinder telescope and design studies activities here
> 27 July: EUR 60M funding approved for China's 500m FAST telescope.
> 18 July: ISPO begins recruitment drive for senior staff.
> 15 June: Australian Government funding for Australian SKA Pathfinder.
> 29 May: SKA millions fund R&D
> 26 May: Die Burger story based on interview of Peter Hall and Anita Loots by Elsabe Brits (in Afrikaans)

> 08 October: SKA Forum 2007
Manchester, UK

> 06 - 07 October: 18th meeting of the International SKA Steering Committee
Manchester, UK

> 01 - 05 October: From Planets to Dark Energy: the Modern Radio Universe
Manchester, UK

> 27 - 29 September: SKA2007 Inter-WG meeting
Manchester, UK

> 30 July - 01 August: “Simulations for the Square Kilometre Array”
Pushchino, Russia

> 12 - 15 June: Bursts, Pulses and Flickering: Wide-Field Monitoring of the Dynamic Radio Sky (Science Working Group Workshop)
Kerastari, Greece

> 4 - 6 June: Fourth European Conference on Research Infrastructures (ECRI 2007)
Hamburg, Germany

> 29 March - 05 April: Pulsar Searching and Thai-ming 2007 (SKA Workshop)
Krabi, Thailand

> 28 March: Science & Technology Day
San Juan, Argentina

> 26 - 31 March: 17th meeting of the International SKA Steering Committee
San Juan, Argentina

> 12 - 16 March: Technical Challenges and the Science Potential of SKA Pathfinders
Sydney, Australia

2006
Newsletters
International Newsletter: July 06
International Newsletter: Jan. 06

Media coverage
> 6 December: IBM Tapped for Radio Telescope. Edn.com(USA).
> 9 November: Dutch Courage. Nature Publishing Group (UK).
> 28 September: Nations vie for giant telescope. BBC News (UK).
> September: Short-list of acceptable sites for the SKA. ISSC press release.
> September: Das Square Kilometre Array.Sterne und Weltraum (DE).
> 2 September: Magnetic fields that guide you on a trip through time? NewScientist (UK).
> 27 August: Let There Be Light. Time (USA).
> 18 August: Candidate Sites for World's Largest Telescope Face First Big Hurdle - Summary or Full version. Science Magazine (USA).
> 4 July: Telescope in sight. The Guardian (UK).
> 13 April: European proposal shouldn't threaten SKA. Mining Weekly (South Africa).
> 16 March: SKA bid strengthens. Midwest Times (Australia).
> 17 February: SA scientists bid for part of project that will look further back in time than ever before. Creamer's Media, Engineering News (South Africa), Keith Campbell.
> 13 February: South Africa eyes astronomy's top prize. Education Guardian (UK), Rory Carroll.
> 26 January: Funding agreed for world's largest telescope. Vnunet.com, Iain Thomson.
> 24 January: "World's biggest telescope puts Einstein to the test ". The Independent (UK), S. Connor.
> 21 January: "World's Largest Telescope". Universe Today.

News
> 28.09.06 - Short-list of acceptable sites for the SKA:
   Press release
   Resulting media coverage
   Pictures
> 20.09.06 - Paris SKA meetings, presentations
> 20.09.06 - Paris SKADS meeting, presentations
> 10.11.06 - Science minister opens site for construction of KAT prototype
> 21.06.06 - New Karoo Array Telescope, South Africa
> 29.05.06 - Karoo Array Telescope: visit by Minister
> 14 March: US SKA Technology Day, presentations
> 10 March: Radio astronomy park for Western Australia

Meetings
> 04 - 06 December: SKA Calibration and Imaging Workshop Cape Town, South Africa
- Presentations
> 04 - 08 September: Paris SKA + SKADS meetings at the Institut d'Astrophysiqe de Paris (IAP)
- Paris SKA meetings, presentations
- Paris SKADS meeting, presentations
> 28 - 30 August: ISSC 16 Dresden, GermanyView Photos
> 14 - 25 August: XXVIth General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Assembly Prague, Czech Republic
> 21 August: Long Wavelength Astrophysics Joint Discussion 12 at the IAU General Assembly
> 27-29 June: Next Generation Correlators for Radio Astronomy and Geodesy,
Groningen, The Netherlands See pictures...
> 10-12 April:Cosmology, galaxy formation and astro-particle physics on the pathway to the SKA, Oxford, UK, View presentations (PPT)
> 30-31 March: Workshop, Gravitational waves, radio pulsars and astrometry: Testing gravity in the next decade, University of Birmingham (UK)
> 26- 30 March : Radio Astronomy: New Instruments And Their Importance For Astrobiology - Astrobiology Science Convention 2006, Washington, USA
> 15 - 17 March: ISSC-15 Meeting in Socorro, New Mexico, USA
> 14 March: US SKA Technologie day, NRAO Array Operations Center, Socorro, USA - Presentations

2005
Newsletters
International Newsletter: Jan. 05 - Dec.05
Australian SKA Planning Office: Aug.05 - Sept.05 - Nov.05

News
> 10.12: SSSM in Argentina
> 02.11: SSSM in Australia
> 14.09: SSSM in China
> 07.05: SKA site spectrum monitoring in China
> 03.05: SKA site spectrum monitoring in South Africa
> 01.05: 012005, World Year of Physics
> 15.02: Australia: Traditional owners give green light to telescope project

Meetings
> 31 October - 3 Novembre: SKA 2005 - SKA 2005 website - Presentations on line, Pune, India
> 4 - 5 November:14th ISSC meeting, Pune, India
> 23 - 29 October: XXVIIIth General Assembly of International Union of Radio Science (URSI), Delhi, India
> 29 August - 2 September : The origin and evolution of cosmic magnetism, INAF, Bologna, Italy
More information: Presentations / Photos / Proceedings
[The proceedings are now published as a special volume of Astronomical Notes(AN), Vol 327,
issue 5-6/2006]
> 16 - 18 August Pulsar astronomy with the SKA - Enabling the SKA Key Science Projects :
1st announcement - 2nd announcement , Sydney, Australia
>26 - 29 July : 9th Asian-Pacific Regional IAU Meeting (APRIM 2005), Bali, Indonesia
> 11 July : 4th Australian SKA simulations workshop, Sydney, Australia
>20 - 21 June: Second International Focal Plane Array Workshop, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
> 22 - 24 June: The Square Kilometre Array Workshop on Wide-Field Imaging, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
> 12 - 17 June: IEEE MTT-S 2005 International Microwave Symposium - WFF: Very large microwave arrays for radio astronomy and space communication, Long Beach, CA
> 6 - 10 June: Second Summer School in Spectrum Management for Radio Astronomy, Radionet, IUCAF, Italy
> 16 - 20 March: 13th ISSC meeting, Guiyang, China

Media coverage
> "Telescope could blast SA into world league", Independant on line South Africa, 19.12
> "Scientists wait on SKA bid" Midwest Times, 09.12
> "Bigger is better for Australian astronomers"  ABC Western Australia, 25.11
> "SA scientist optimistic about Karoo Array Telescope's prospects" Engineering news,K. Campbell, 25.11
> SKA 2005, Pune  Media coverage - 31.10 - 05.11
> "Square Kilometre Array"  Radio National, Science Show, R.Williams / P. Clayton, 12.11
>" NZ, Australia ready for next generation telescope"  Press Release: Auckland University of Technology, 21.10
> " The Astron SKA Site Monitoring project", S. Fröhlich - R. Millenaar, Radio 2 (Netherlands), 10.09
> SKA, el telescopio más grande del mundo, C. Draghi, La Nacion (Argentina), 24.08
> WA’s Mid-West ... and why the world’s top scientists like it, T.Malkovic, Landmarks, Department of Land Information magazine, Issue 43, Autumn
> SKA in South Africa "New founding for ICT Research, allAfrica.com, 07.04

2004
News
Newsletter 2004
> Grant of R30 M over 2 years made for SKA development in South Africa
> 1 February: Appointment of Peter Hall as SKA International Project Engineer
> Canadian SKA Steering Committee formed  

Meetings
> 3 December : European Industry day, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands.
> 18 - 22 July: SKA 2004 - Penticton meeting : Presentations, Program - Penticton, Canada
> 16 - 18 July: Workshop on Mitigation of Radio Frequency Interference in Radio Astronomy (RFI2004), Penticton, Canada
> 18 - 21 May: Berlin symposium Presentations, posters - Berlin, Germany
> 18 - 21 May:Symposium, "Exploring the Cosmic Forntier: Astrophysical Instruments for the 21st century" - Berlin, Germany

Media coverage
> Interview Richard Schilizzi, Sergei Gulyaev, News, TV3, New Zealand, Dec. 14
> "European Astronomy Gets New Vision", 23 Sept.. Read
> "SKA 2004, Penticton", July, 18 - 22 . Read
> "ET first contact 'within 20 years'", Eurekalert.com, July 21. Read
> "Listening to the universe", GPS world, July 1. Read
> "The radio star", The Guardian, June 3. Read
> Berlin Symposium, Exploring the Cosmic Frontier, May 17-21. Read
> Interview Richard Schilizzi, Westdeutsche Rundfunk, Feb. 11

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