Annual WP2 Meeting

17 Oct 2011, 08:00 → 21 Oct 2011, 18:00 Europe/London

The Flowers Theatre (Chancellors Conference Centre (Manchester, UK))

Kobus Cloete (SPDO), Peter Dewdney (SPDO)

The final PrepSKA WP2 Annual Meeting will take place in Manchester from 17 to 21 October 2011. In contrast to previous years, the week will be exclusively dedicated to WP2 meetings, breakout sessions and presentations. Not only will it provide an opportunity for the WP2 participants to meet and focus on the results and achievements thus far, it will also provide an opportunity to discuss the developments and prepare for the future. The meeting will also provide a forum for face-to-face discussions between SPDO staff, members of the SKA Design Groups, Liaison Engineers, the Science Working Group and other members of the science and engineering community.

PEP (Rev K) Project_Execution_Plan_Rev_K_17Jan11_Clean_Final.pdf

Photograph IMG_0615.JPG

SKA1 DRM (Rev 2.0) SCI-020.010.020-DRM-002-2.0_SKA1DesRefMission.pdf

Monday, 17 October

08:00 → 09:00 Posters

Posters as displayed during the main meeting.

Poster (Concept Map) v8conceptsSept2011.pdf

Poster (Nançay AA-mid) France-Dense-Array_Manchester20111017.pdf

Poster (SW Correlator) SoftwareCorrelator2011_10_poster.pdf

09:00 → 17:00 Break out sessions

10:00 Monitoring and Control (Part I) - Architecture and Context

Aim of the session: Discussion of selected topics in advance of the M&C CoDR. Convenor: Tim Stevenson (SPDO)

12:00 Lunch

13:00 PAFSKA

Convenor: Carole Jackson (CSIRO)

First announcement "First_announcement

Reminder and Agenda PAFSKA_(2).pdf

13:00 Signal Transport and Networks

Aim of the session: To discuss the SRR and the work that needs to be done in the next phase to achieve the SRR objectives at the Element level. Convenor: Roshene McCool (SPDO)

Tuesday, 18 October

08:00 → 08:30 Coffee/Tea

08:30 → 08:45 Welcome and Introduction

08:45 → 10:00 Science

08:45 Introduction to SKA Science and the DRM

Speakers: Dr Joseph Lazio (SPDO), Dr Minh Huynh (ICRAR/UWA)

Presentation Huynh-DRM_WP2_2011(2).pdf

09:15 Latest developments in HI (Extra)galactic Science and the Requirements for SKA Phase 1

Speaker: Prof. Marc A.W. Verheijen (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute)

Presentation Verheijen-SKA1_PrepSKA_WP2.pdf

10:00 → 10:30 Tea/coffee

10:30 → 12:00 Science (continued)

10:30 Latest developments in Pulsar Science and the Requirements for SKA Phase 1

Speaker: B Stappers

Presentation Stappers-WP2-SKA-Manchester-2011.pdf

11:15 Latest developments in EoR Science and the Requirements for SKA Phase 1

Speaker: J Pritchard

Presentation Pritchard-WP2_small.pdf

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 13:30 Science (continued)

13:00 SKA Phase 1 Design Reference Mission

Speaker: Dr Joseph Lazio (SPDO)

Presentation Lazio-Reference_WP2_2011-2(2).pdf

13:30 → 14:30 SKA1 Science and Support Operations

Presentation Dewdney-Operations_WP2_mtg_2011oct18(RevD).pdf

14:30 → 15:00 Tea/coffee

15:00 → 17:00 SKA1 System

• Overview and major outcomes of SKA1 System dCoDR
• Progress since dCoDR

Presentation StevensonMcCool-SKA_System_plus.pdf

Wednesday, 19 October

08:00 → 08:30 Coffee/Tea

08:30 → 10:00 SKA Domains

For each one of the domains the following will be presented:
• Overview of specific element CoDR
o Summary and Context of Documents and Review
o Summary of options presented (for each subsystem)
o Gaps identified
• Summary of Costs, Power and Technical Risks (for each option)
• Major outcomes of CoDR and route forward
• Progress since CoDR
• Open floor discussion/questions

08:30 Dishes

Speaker: Prof. Peter Dewdney (SPDO)

Presentation Dewdney-Dish_array_WP2_mtg_2011oct18(RevB).pdf

09:00 Aperture Arrays

Speaker: Mr Andre Gunst (SPDO)

Presentation Gunst-SKA_AAoverview.pdf

09:30 Signal Transport and Networks

Speaker: Ms Roshene McCool (SPDO)

Presentation McCool-Signal_Transport_and_Networks.pdf

10:00 → 10:30 Tea/coffee

10:30 → 12:00 SKA Domains (Continued)

10:30 Signal Processing

Speaker: Mr Wallace Turner (SPDO)

Presentation Turner-WP2_2011_Signal_Processing.pdf

11:00 Software and Computing

• Towards the CoDR o Summary and Context of Documents and Review • Progress • Plans beyond CoDR

Speakers: Mr Duncan Hall (SPDO), Prof. Paul Alexander (University of Cambridge), Dr Tim Cornwell (CSIRO/CASS)

Presentation HallCornwallAlexander-SW&C.pdf

11:30 Monitoring and Control

• Towards the CoDR o Summary and Context of Documents and Review • Progress • Plans beyond CoDR

Speakers: Mr Tim Stevenson (SPDO), Dr Yogesh Wadadekar (NCRA-TIFR)

Presentation Wadadekar-MandC-yw-ts.pdf

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 13:15 SKA Domains (Continued)

13:00 Power

Speaker: Dr Georgina Harris (SPDO)

Presentation Harris-Power_WP2_2011.pdf

13:15 → 14:30 SKA Advanced Instrumentation Programme

Brief overview of the progress and status of the SKA AIP with reference to their contributions in the completed and upcoming CoDRs

13:15 Wide Band Single Pixel Feeds

Speaker: Prof. Peter Dewdney (SPDO)

Presentation Dewdney-WBSPF_WP2_mtg_2011oct18(RevA).pdf

13:30 Phased Array Feeds

Speaker: Dr Carole Jackson (CSIRO)

Presentation Jackson-SKA_WP2_PAFSKA_update.Oct11.CJ.pdf

14:00 Mid Frequency Aperture Arrays

Speaker: Mr Jan Geralt bij de Vaate (ASTRON)

Presentation Vaate-PrepSKA_WP2_AA-mid.pdf

14:30 → 15:00 Tea/coffee

15:00 → 16:00 WP2 Recap and Lessons Learnt

Presentation Cloete-WP2_Recap_and_lessons_learnt.pdf

16:00 → 17:00 Beyond PrepSKA

16:00 Update on the progress and status for the next phase of the SKA

Topics for this presentation still to be finalised but may include an update on: • Governance (Members, founding board, governing board, director, interim director, SPO, WPCs) • Resourcing the PEP (Including process for work packages contractor identification and contracting) • Transition • Director(s) • Next steps • Questions/discussions

Speaker: Prof. John Womersley (Science and Technology Facilities Council)

Presentation Womersley-SKA_presentation_to_WP2_Manchester_Oct2011.pdf

19:00 → 21:30 WP2 Meeting Dinner

Venue:
Beluga Restaurant
2 Mount Street
Manchester
M2 5WQ

Time: 19:00 for 19:30 (Local time)

Link to Map http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid=217572516620570053469.0004aa4c0723e6b52c81a&msa=0

Thursday, 20 October

08:00 → 08:30 Coffee/Tea

08:30 → 10:25 Precursors, Pathfinders and Design Studies - an update

08:30 ASKAP

Speaker: Mr Antony Schinckel (CSIRO - CASS)

Presentation Schinckel-ASKAP_PrepSKAOct2011FinalS(2).pdf

08:50 MeerKAT

Speaker: Ms Anita Loots (SKA SA)

Presentation Loots-2011_10_20MeerKATUpdateManchesterWP2.pdf

09:10 LOFAR

Speaker: Mr Andre Gunst (ASTRON)

Presentation Gunst-LOFAR_overview.pdf

09:30 APERTIF

Speaker: Mr Jan Geralt bij de Vaate (ASTRON)

Presentation Vaate-111020_PrepSKA_WP2_Manchester_APERTIF.pdf

09:45 eVN

Speaker: Dr Arpad Szomoru (Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe)

Presentation Arpad_prepska11_copy.pdf

10:00 Canadian Design Studies

Speakers: Dr Bruce Veidt (National Research Council of Canada), Cameron Kiddle (University of Calgary)

Presentation (Kiddle) Kiddle-CyberSKA_PrepSKAWP2_2011_Presentation.pdf

Presentation (Veidt) Veidt-Canada_contrib.pdf

10:20 eMERLIN

Speaker: Simon Garrington (University of Manchester)

10:25 → 10:45 Tea/coffee

10:45 → 11:45 SKA Verification Programmes

10:45 Dish Verification Programme

Speaker: Prof. Peter Dewdney (SPDO)

Presentation Dewdney-DVP_WP2_mtg_2011oct18(RevC).pdf

11:15 Aperture Array Verification Programme

Speaker: Dr Andrew Faulkner (University of cambridge)

Presentation Faulkner-AAVP_pres.pdf

11:45 → 12:30 Towards SKA1 System Requirements Review (SRR)

Presentation Stevenson-Towards_SRR.pdf

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 14:15 Management of the SKA Technical Effort

Topics to be discussed will include:
• Interface management (including tech standards/protocols)
• Requirements Management
• Configuration Management
• Risk & Contingency management
• Costing & procurement management
• Quality & Mission Assurance
• EMC/RFI

• Open floor discussion/questions

Presentation Cloete-Management_Technical_Effort_RevA.pdf

14:15 → 15:15 Preparation for the next phase

14:15 Site selection - an update

• Overview of the site selection process, status and progress • Decision dates and milestones

Speaker: Prof. Richard Schilizzi (SPDO)

Presentation Schilizzi-Site_selection.pdf

14:45 Site characterisation and array layout design (status and progress)

Speaker: Rob Millenaar (SPDO)

Presentation Millenaar-WP2-2011-SiteCharacterisation.pdf

15:15 → 15:45 Tea/coffee

15:45 → 16:45 Preparation for the next phase (continued)

15:45 Towards a procurement Strategy for the SKA

Speaker: Dr Corrado Perna (INAF - Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica)

Presentation Perna-WP2_OCT_2011_CP-PC_v2.pdf

16:15 Outreach

Speaker: Dr Jo Bowler (SPDO)

Presentation Bowler-SKA_Outreach_WP2_2011.pdf

16:45 → 17:00 Closing

Friday, 21 October

08:00 → 15:00 Break out and Wrap up meetings

09:00 Systems Engineering Lessons Learnt

Aim of the session: To focus on lessons learnt in selected aspects of the System Engineering processes applicable to SKA. Convenor: Tim Stevenson (SPDO)

Presentation (Bunton) Bunton-Interface_Definition_and_Validation_for_ASKAP_System_Integration.pdf

Presentation (Kusel) Kusel-SE_Session.pdf

Presentation (Stevenson and Crosby) StevensonCrosby-SELL_PC.pdf

12:00 Lunch

12:00 WP2 Management Team Meeting

Note: This meeting is open to the members of the WP2 Management Team only. Convenor: Kobus Cloete (SPDO)

13:00 Monitoring and Control (Part II)

Aim of the session: Discussion of selected topics in advance of the M&C CoDR. Convenor: Tim Stevenson (SPDO)