Swiss SKA Days 2023

Europe/Zurich
Oerlikon Campus - BIN-1-B.01 (UZH - University of Zurich)

Oerlikon Campus - BIN-1-B.01

UZH - University of Zurich

Binzmühlestrasse 14 8050 Zürich
Joanna Jermini-Howard (EPFL), Jean-Paul Kneib (EPFL)
Description

We are pleased to invite you to participate to the seventh edition of the Swiss SKA days. During this exciting 3-day event we will discuss the ambitious SKA radio-astronomy project at the forefront of advanced technology and computing.

The Square Kilometer Array Observatory (SKAO) project is an international effort to build the world’s largest radio telescope, with eventually over one square kilometer of collecting area in South Africa and Australia. The SKA Days 2023 will discuss the Swiss interest and participation in this ambitious project.

The seventh Swiss SKA meeting will take place from 6-8 September 2023 at UZH (University of Zurich) in Zurich at the Oerlikon Campus.

 

ATTENTION : We have been informed that some attendees have sensitivities to strong scents. We encourage all participants to refrain from wearing perfume or cologne for this event. Thank you for your understanding.

Participants
  • Adrian Jarret
  • Adrien Saada
  • Alexandre Refregier
  • Alexey Boyarsky
  • Ali Mohammed
  • Andrej Obuljen
  • André Csillaghy
  • Angela Taylor
  • Anna Bonaldi
  • Arpan Das
  • Aurel Schneider
  • Carlo Ferrigno
  • Carolina Lindqvist
  • Carolyn Crichton
  • Chiheb Sakka
  • Chris Finlay
  • Christoph Witzig
  • Claudio Grimaldi
  • Conor Slater
  • Daniel Schaerer
  • Darren Reed
  • Davide Piras
  • Denisa-Andreea Constantinescu
  • Devin Crichton
  • Dominique Bovey
  • Douglas Potter
  • Edmund Humenberger
  • Elena Gavagnin
  • Elizabeth Rembelska
  • Emma Tolley
  • Erica Lastufka
  • Etienne Orliac
  • Evangelos Makris
  • Evelina Breschi
  • Federico Di Vruno
  • Felix Eberli
  • Floor van Donkelaar
  • Florent Mertens
  • Florian Cabot
  • Florina Ciorba
  • Francesca Lepori
  • Francesca Stocker
  • Frank-Peter Schilling
  • Gilles Cibiel
  • Hamsa Padmanabhan
  • Hariharan Krishnan
  • Hiroshi Imai
  • Hsin Cynthia Chiang
  • Ian Hastings
  • Ivana Novak
  • Jaiyul Yoo
  • Jean-guillaume Piccinali
  • Jean-Paul Kneib
  • Jennifer Studer
  • Jindra Gensior
  • Joan Rue Queralt
  • Joanna Jermini-Howard
  • Joel Bovier
  • John Conway
  • Jonathan Coles
  • Jozef Bucko
  • Kaito Kawakami
  • Kelley Hess
  • Kenda Knowles
  • Lourdes Verdes-Montenegro
  • Luca Cervigni
  • Lucas Marquis
  • Lucio Mayer
  • Luis Fernando Machado Poletti Valle
  • Lukas Schmidt
  • Manuel Stutz
  • Marc Audard
  • Maria Oreshenko
  • Mariia Drozdova
  • Mark Sargent
  • Mathieu Isidro
  • Matthieu Simeoni
  • Michael Gerber
  • Michael Schaepman
  • Michel Hübner
  • Michele Bianco
  • Mike Peel
  • Mikko Kotiranta
  • Miroslav Pantaleev
  • Miroslava Dessauges
  • Mohammad Azadifar
  • Mohammad Reza KHALVATI
  • Mudit Garg
  • Natalia Archinard
  • Noah Kubli
  • Omkar Bait
  • Osman Seckin Simsek
  • Pablo Fernandez
  • Pablo Llopis Sanmillan
  • Pascal Hitz
  • Paul Dyson
  • Paul Hurley
  • Pedro Capelo
  • Philipp Denzel
  • Prasenjit Saha
  • Rafael Garrido Haba
  • Raul Monsalve
  • Rebekka Coles-Bieri
  • Robert Feldmann
  • Rohit Sharma
  • Rok Roškar
  • Ruben Cabezon
  • Sebastian Keller
  • Sepand Kashani
  • Shan Mignot
  • Shreyam Krishna
  • Simon Berger
  • Simon Felix
  • Simon Frasch
  • Slava Voloshynovskiy
  • Stefan Kögl
  • Stefano Corda
  • Steven Tingay
  • Susanne Wampfler
  • Takeru Murase
  • Tanya Petersen
  • Thibaut Roger
  • Thomas Schildknecht
  • Tianyue Chen
  • Timothée Schaeffer
  • Tomasz Kacprzak
  • Tomoaki Oyama
  • Tony Mroczkowski
  • Tyler Bourke
  • Ugo Varetto
  • Utz-Uwe Haus
  • Victor Holanda Rusu
  • Vincent Python
  • Vincenzo Timmel
  • Viraj Nistane
  • Vitaliy Kinakh
  • Vitaliy Kinakh
  • Volodymyr Savchenko
  • Yasumasa Yamasaki
  • Yosuke Shibata
  • Yves Wiaux
  • Yvonne Marie-Jeanne Bemelmans
    • 09:00 10:00
      Coffee & Networking 1h Mensa BIN-1-E.07

      Mensa BIN-1-E.07

    • 10:00 10:15
      Thursday Morning: Welcome (Day 2) Oerlikon Campus - BIN-1-B.01

      Oerlikon Campus - BIN-1-B.01

      UZH - University of Zurich

      Binzmühlestrasse 14 8050 Zürich
      Convener: Carolyn Crichton
    • 10:15 12:20
      Thursday Morning: Data Science & Imaging Oerlikon Campus - BIN-1-B.01

      Oerlikon Campus - BIN-1-B.01

      Convener: Emma Tolley (EPFL)
    • 10:15 12:20
      Thursday Morning: Workshop: Mid-band 6 - Science Oerlikon Campus - BIN-0-K.02

      Oerlikon Campus - BIN-0-K.02

      Convener: Dr Mark Sargent (International Space Science Institute (ISSI))
      • 10:15
        From sunspots to the birth of Earth-like planets and the earliest galaxies: status update on the SKACH band 6 white paper 15m
        Speaker: Mark Sargent (International Space Science Institute (ISSI))
      • 10:30
        Science Motivation and Performance Update 15m
        Speaker: Dr Tyler Bourke (SKA Observatory)
      • 10:45
        Continuous frequency coverage from SKA MID to ALMA 15m
        Speaker: Tony Mroczkowski (ESO)
      • 11:00
        Astrochemistry - a key science driver for a high frequency extension of the SKA 15m
        Speaker: Susanne Wampfler (Center for Space and Habitability, University of Bern)
      • 11:15
        Break 10m
      • 11:25
        Ranging to deep-space missions for gravitational waves and dark matter 15m
        Speaker: Prasenjit Saha (University of Zurich)
      • 11:40
        Open Discussion 40m
    • 12:20 13:20
      Lunch 1h Mensa BIN-1-E.07

      Mensa BIN-1-E.07

    • 13:20 15:30
      Thursday Afternoon: Astro Science (Part 1) Oerlikon Campus - BIN-1-B.01

      Oerlikon Campus - BIN-1-B.01

      Convener: Miroslava Dessauges-Zavadsky (University of Geneva)
    • 13:20 15:30
      Thursday Afternoon: Workshop: Mid-band 6 - Instrumentation Oerlikon Campus - BIN-0-K.02

      Oerlikon Campus - BIN-0-K.02

      Convener: Stefan Kögl (KOEGL Space)
    • 15:30 15:35
      Thursday Afternoon: Closing Remarks Oerlikon Campus - BIN-1-B.01

      Oerlikon Campus - BIN-1-B.01

      UZH - University of Zurich

      Binzmühlestrasse 14 8050 Zürich
      Convener: Joanna Jermini-Howard (EPFL)
    • 15:35 16:40
      Transport to Lindt (transport provided) 1h 5m
    • 16:40 19:00
      Lindt Tour 2h 20m Lindt Home of Chocolate, Schokoladenplatz 1 8802 Kilchberg

      Lindt Home of Chocolate, Schokoladenplatz 1 8802 Kilchberg

    • 19:00 19:20
      Return to Hotels - Transport to city center provided (to Rennweg) 20m Oerlikon Campus - BIN-1-B.01

      Oerlikon Campus - BIN-1-B.01

      UZH - University of Zurich

      Binzmühlestrasse 14 8050 Zürich
    • 09:00 10:00
      Coffee & Networking 1h Mensa BIN-1-E.07

      Mensa BIN-1-E.07

    • 10:00 10:15
      Friday Morning: Welcome (Day 3) Oerlikon Campus - BIN-1-B.01

      Oerlikon Campus - BIN-1-B.01

      UZH - University of Zurich

      Binzmühlestrasse 14 8050 Zürich
      Convener: Prof. Lucio Mayer (UZH)
    • 10:15 12:10
      Friday Morning: Dark & Quiet Skies Oerlikon Campus - BIN-1-B.01

      Oerlikon Campus - BIN-1-B.01

      Convener: Jean-Paul Kneib (EPFL)
      • 10:15
        Updates on the protection of the Dark and Quiet Skies 15m
        Speaker: Federico Di Vruno (SKAO)
      • 10:30
        Dark and Quiet Skies at UNCOPUOS – Sustainable Use of Outer Space 25m
        Speaker: Thomas Schildknecht (University of Bern)
      • 10:55
        The Committee on Radio Astronomy Frequencies (CRAF) - Advocating for the protection of radio astronomy from harmful interference in Europe & South Africa 25m
        Speaker: Susanne Wampfler (Center for Space and Habitability, University of Bern)
      • 11:20
        IAU CPS SatHub: assessing and mitigating the impact of satellite constellations on astronomy 25m
        Speaker: Mike Peel (SatHub)
      • 11:45
        Development of a Dark and Quiet Skies module for the Space Sustainability Rating 25m
        Speakers: Mr Vincent Python, Adrien Saada (Space Sustainability Rating)
    • 10:15 12:10
      Friday Morning: Workshop: SKA Data Science Challenge Oerlikon Campus - BIN-0-K.02

      Oerlikon Campus - BIN-0-K.02

      • 10:15
        SKACH Data Science Challenge Results 20m
        Speaker: Michele Bianco (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, EPFL)
      • 10:35
        Point Source Subtraction in visibility space 20m
        Speaker: Rohit Sharma (FHNW, Windisch)
      • 10:55
        Instrumental Systematics for SDC3A-Foregrounds 20m
        Speakers: Shreyam Krishna (EPFL), Chris Finlay (UNIGE)
      • 11:15
        Code Demonstration 25m
        Speaker: Michele Bianco (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, EPFL)
      • 11:40
        Final Discussion and Reflection 30m
    • 12:10 13:10
      Lunch 1h Mensa BIN-1-E.07

      Mensa BIN-1-E.07

    • 13:10 15:15
      Friday Afternoon: Astro Science (Part 2) Oerlikon Campus - BIN-0-K.02

      Oerlikon Campus - BIN-0-K.02

      Convener: Prof. Daniel Schaerer (University of Geneva)
      • 13:10
        Phoebos and SKA 20m
        Speaker: Floor van Donkelaar
      • 13:30
        The robustness of machine learning for 21cm foreground removal 20m
        Speaker: Tianyue Chen (EPFL)
      • 13:50
        Field level model for HI: mocks and applications 20m
        Speaker: Andrej Obuljen
      • 14:10
        Bayesian inference from all-sky searches for radio technosignatures 20m
        Speaker: Claudio Grimaldi (EPFL)
      • 14:30
        BEoRN: a fast and flexible framework to simulate the epoch of cosmic dawn reionization 20m
        Speaker: Timothée Schaeffer (University of Zurich)
      • 14:50
        First Observational Campaigns of the Mapper of the IGM Spin Temperature (MIST) 25m
        Speaker: Raul Alberto Monsalve Jara (Berkeley University)
    • 13:10 15:15
      Friday Afternoon: Data Science & Simulations Oerlikon Campus - BIN-1-B.01

      Oerlikon Campus - BIN-1-B.01

      Convener: Darren Reed (University of Zurich)
    • 15:15 15:30
      Friday Afternoon: Closing Remarks Oerlikon Campus - BIN-1-B.01

      Oerlikon Campus - BIN-1-B.01

      UZH - University of Zurich

      Binzmühlestrasse 14 8050 Zürich
      Convener: Jean-Paul Kneib (EPFL)