Swiss SKA Days 2024
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Auditorium H8-01 (Campus Biotech Geneva)
Auditorium H8-01
Campus Biotech Geneva
9 Chemin des Mines
1202 Genève
Switzerland
Joanna Jermini-Howard
(EPFL),
Jean-Paul Kneib
(EPFL),
Carolyn Crichton
Description
We are pleased to invite you to participate to the eighth 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 program will include the following topics addressed in plenary and parallel sessions:
- Updates on the SKA Observatory and precursor facilities
- SKA Regional Centers
- Astrophysics with the SKA and precursors
- Computing, Simulations and Data Science
- Instrumentation and more...
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 2024 will discuss the Swiss interest and participation in this ambitious project.
The eighth Swiss SKA meeting will take place from 2-4 September 2024 at the University of Geneva (UniGe) at the Campus Biotech.
Participants
Adrian JARRET
Adrien Devresse
Alberto Dassatti
Alena Vaes
Alexandre Refregier
Anass Serhani
Andreas Wassmer
Andrii Neronov
André Csillaghy
Anna Bonaldi
Aurel Schneider
Aurélien Verdier
Axel Murk
Baerbel Koribalski
Basile Darne
Benoit Semelin
Brandon Panos
Carlo Ferrigno
Carolina Lindqvist
Carolyn Marie Crichton
Chiheb Sakka
Chris Finlay
Christopher Riseley
Colin McMurtrie
Conor Slater
Damien Korber
Daniel Forero Sánchez
Daniel Schaerer
Daniele Piazza
Darren Reed
David Cornu
Davide Piras
Denisa-Andreea Constantinescu
Dev Null
Devin Crichton
Dominique Bovey
Débora Lafond
Elena Gavagnin
Elizabeth Rembelska
Emma Tolley
Etienne Orliac
Evangelos Makris
Evelina Breschi
Ferry Lanter
Florian Cabot
Florina Ciorba
Francesco Pepe
Francesco Sinigaglia
Francisco Villaescusa-Navarro
Frank-Peter Schilling
Gilles Cibiel
Gilles Feusier
Guo Yuanqi
Hamza Chouh
Huanyuan Shan
Ivana Novak
jean piccinali
Jean-Paul Kneib
Jennifer Studer
Joanna Jermini-Howard
Joshua Lanter
Joël Mayor
Kenda Knowles
Konstantinos Kolokythas
Liu Dongliang
Lucio Mayer
Lukas Rohr
Lukas Schmidt
Manuel Stutz
Marc Audard
Marcin Sokolowski
Maria Berti
Marie-Claude Dunand
Mariia Drozdova
Mark Sargent
Markus Bredberg
Mauro Bernardini
Mengyuan Xiao
Merve Selcuk Simsek
Michel Hübner
Michele Bianco
Mike Peel
Miroslava Dessauges
Mohammad Azadifar
Noah Kubli
Omkar Bait
Osman Seckin Simsek
Pablo Fernandez
Pablo Llopis Sanmillan
Pascal Herzog
Pascal Hitz
Pascal Oesch
Pascale Jablonka
Philipp Denzel
Piyush Panchal
Prasenjit Saha
Qian Zheng
Quan Guo
Ramesh Bhat
Robert Kincaid
Rohini Joshi
Rohit Sharma
Rosie Bolton
Ruben Cabezon
Ruben Rodriguez Alvarez
Sepand Kashani
Shan Mignot
Shari Breen
Shreyam Krishna
Simon Berger
Simon Felix
Slava Voloshynovskiy
Stephan Hellmich
Steven Tingay
Susanne Wampfler
Tanita Ramburuth-Hurt
Tanya Petersen
Thibaud Ruelle
Thierry VIANT
Thijs Geurts
Thomas Schildknecht
Tomasz Kacprzak
Tomoko Muranaka
Tony Mroczkowski
Victor Holanda
Vitaliy Kinakh
Volodymyr Savchenko
Yajun Wu
Yves Wiaux
Yvonne Bemelmans
Contact
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Registration and Welcome Coffee 30m Auditorium H8-01
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Monday Morning: Opening Session (Day 1) Auditorium H8-01
Auditorium H8-01
Campus Biotech Geneva
9 Chemin des Mines 1202 Genève SwitzerlandConvener: Prof. Jean-Paul Kneib (EPFL)-
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Welcome 5mSpeaker: Prof. Jean-Paul Kneib (EPFL)
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Welcome from Unige 15mSpeaker: Prof. Francesco Pepe (University of Geneva)
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Welcome to Swiss SKA Days 2024 10mSpeaker: Daniel Schaerer (Observatoire de Geneve)
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Switzerland’s perspective on the SKA project 10mSpeaker: Dr Simon Berger (CH - SERI)
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11:10
Reflecting on SKACH's Success and Paving the Path Ahead 25mSpeaker: Carolyn Crichton (EPFL)
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Simulations & AI for fundamental physics 40mSpeaker: Francisco Villaescusa-Navarro (CCA / Flatiron Institute)
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Lunch (Group photo) 1h In front of Auditorium
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Monday Afternoon: SKAO Regional Centers (SRCs) Auditorium H8-01
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9 Chemin des Mines 1202 Genève SwitzerlandConvener: André Csillaghy (University of Applied Sciences North Western Switzerland (FHNW))-
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The SRCNet Project - developing the global SKA Regional Centre Network 20mSpeaker: Dr Rosie Bolton (SKAO)
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SRCNet Infrastructure updates for CHSRC 20mSpeakers: Carolina Lindqvist (EPFL), Pablo Llopis Sanmillan (EPFL)
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Swiss SRC Open Discussion 40m
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Coffee Break 30m In front of Auditorium
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Monday Afternoon: Industry Contributions & Opportunities H8 01 D
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Convener: Michel Hübner (Swiss ILO Office)-
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A co-design approach for the SKA Science Data Processor system 15mSpeakers: Adrien Devresse (SKACH), Hamza Chouh (EPFL)
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Co-design for the AA2 SDP processing challenge 15mSpeaker: Shan Mignot (Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, OCA, Laboratoire Lagrange)
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Central Signal Processor towards Array Assembly 0.5 15mSpeaker: Ivana Novak (Cosylab Switzerland)
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Development of an industrial two-photon Rb atomic clock for radioastronomy applications 15mSpeaker: Thibaud Ruelle (CSEM SA)
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State-of-The-Art Time & Frequency References for SKA-Low & SKA-Mid 15mSpeaker: Gilles CIBIEL (T4Science)
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Series production of mechanical parts for the Horn Antenna Band 2 15mSpeaker: Lukas Rohr (Mecha AG)
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Monday Afternoon: Precursor Science Auditorium H8-01
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Campus Biotech Geneva
9 Chemin des Mines 1202 Genève SwitzerlandConvener: Devin Crichton (ETH Zurich)-
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A decade of science with the SKA-Low Precursor: results, prospects and lessons learned from the Murchison Widefield Array 30mSpeaker: Dr Christopher Riseley (Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna)
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Improving MWA's near-realtime calibration pipeline 20mSpeaker: Dev Null (Curtin University & AusSRC)
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The Hydrogen Intensity and Real-time Analysis eXperiment (HIRAX) - Overview and Status 20mSpeaker: Jennifer Studer (ETH Zurich)
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HIRAX: Overview, Primary Beam Systematics and Instrument Simulation 20mSpeaker: Devin Crichton (ETH Zurich)
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Astrochemistry below 100 GHz in the SKA band 6, ALMA band 1, and ngVLA era 20mSpeaker: Susanne Wampfler (Center for Space and Habitability, University of Bern)
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The role of SMART survey in the SKA era 20mSpeaker: Ramesh Bhat (ICRAR, Curtin University)
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En route to the SKA era: MeerKAT’s sharp new view on galaxy clusters. The MeerKAT Galaxy Cluster Legacy Survey II. Preparing for Big data with radio clusters 20mSpeaker: Dr Konstantinos Kolokythas (Rhodes University / South African Radio Astronomy Observatory)
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Closing Remarks Auditorium H8-01
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Apero/Welcome Reception 3h 30m Musée d'Histoire des Sciences
Musée d'Histoire des Sciences
Rue de Lausanne 128 - 1202 Genève
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Arrival & Coffee 30m In front of Auditorium
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Tuesday morning: Opening Session (Day 2) Auditorium H8-01
Auditorium H8-01
Campus Biotech Geneva
9 Chemin des Mines 1202 Genève SwitzerlandConvener: Carolyn Crichton-
09:05
SKAO - General Update and Membership 25mSpeaker: Mr Thijs Geurts (SKAO)
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Building SKACH Outreach and Communications 25mSpeaker: Mrs Tanya Petersen (EPFL)
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Coffee Break 30m In front of Auditorium
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Tuesday morning: Instrumentation and Infrastructure H8-01-D
H8-01-D
Convener: Gilles Feusier (EPFL)-
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Mid-band 6 Elegant BreadBoard/proof of concept: status and achievements 25mSpeaker: Dominique Bovey (HES-SO/HEIG-VD)
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MB6 - Digital Acquisition Chain 20mSpeaker: Alberto Dassatti (HES-SO)
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A new antenna beam calibration method: Can this be applicable to the astronomical assets? 20mSpeaker: Mohammad Azadifar
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Tuesday morning: SKACH Science Tools Auditorium H8-01
Auditorium H8-01
Campus Biotech Geneva
9 Chemin des Mines 1202 Genève SwitzerlandConvener: Simon Felix (FHNW)- 10:50
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AstroORDAS project for support of Open Research Data Analysis Services in Astronomy 25mSpeaker: Volodymyr Savchenko (EPFL)
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Tuesday morning: Workshop on Karabo Auditorium H8-01
Auditorium H8-01
Campus Biotech Geneva
9 Chemin des Mines 1202 Genève SwitzerlandConvener: Andreas Wassmer (FHNW)-
11:40
Mastering Radio Astronomy Simulations: A Hands-On Workshop with Karabo 1hSpeaker: Andreas Wassmer (FHNW)
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Lunch 1h In front of Auditorium
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Tuesday afternoon: Dark & Quiet Skies H8-01-D
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Convener: Carolyn Crichton (EPFL)-
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The time for protecting radio astronomy is now! An update on the work of the Committee on Radio Astronomy Frequencies (CRAF). 25mSpeaker: Susanne Wampfler (Center for Space and Habitability, University of Bern)
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Dark and Quiet Skies at UNCOPUOS – An Update on the Sustainable Use of Outer Space 25mSpeaker: Thomas Schildknecht (University of Bern AIUB)
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The IAU CPS: Satellite constellation impacts, observation campaigns, and software tools 25mSpeaker: Mike Peel (Imperial College London)
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EPFL coordinates research and community interests in Switzerland for the protection of dark and quiet skies 25mSpeaker: Stephan Hellmich (EPFL)
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Trajectory Based RFI Subtraction and Calibration 25mSpeaker: Chris Finlay (UNIGE)
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Tuesday afternoon: Data Science & Imaging Auditorium H8-01
Auditorium H8-01
Campus Biotech Geneva
9 Chemin des Mines 1202 Genève SwitzerlandConvener: Emma Tolley (EPFL)-
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Image-to-Image Translation with Content-Style Disentanglement for Radio Astronomy 25mSpeaker: Mariia Drozdova (University of Geneva)
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Separating Point Source Contaminants at the Visibility Level 25mSpeaker: Shreyam Krishna (EPFL)
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R2D2: a deep neural network series for robust ultra-fast precision imaging in radio astronomy (but not only). 25mSpeaker: Prof. Yves Wiaux (Heriot-Watt Edinburgh)
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High-Time Resolution GPU Imager for FRB searches at low radio frequencies 25mSpeaker: Marcin Sokolowski (ICRAR/Curtin University)
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Radio galaxy image generation with the scattering transform 25mSpeaker: Markus Bredberg (EPFL)
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Closing Remarks Auditorium H8-01
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ACTIVITY 1 - Departure for CERN TOUR 30m CERN
CERN
Esplanade des Particules 1, 1211 Geneva 23, SwitzerlandNeed to arrive at CERN for 1630 - Tour Starting at 17:00 sharp
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ACTIVITY 2 - Boat cruise + Dinner 20m Jardin Anglais
Jardin Anglais
Quai du Général Guisan - boat stop in front of lakeNeed to arrive at Boat stop Geneva Jardin Anglais for 18:30 to get your ticket, etc. - Boat leaving at 19:00 sharp.
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Arrival & Coffee 30m In front of Auditorium
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Wednesday Morning: Opening Session (Day 3) Auditorium H8-01
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Wednesday Morning: Astro Science (Part 1) H8-01-D
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Convener: Miroslava Dessauges (University of Geneva)-
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Galactic science with SKAO: the Our Galaxy and Cradle of Life SWGs 25mSpeaker: Marc Audard (University of Geneva)
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Star-forming galaxies in the high-z Universe may show unsual radio properties 25mSpeaker: Dr Omkar Bait (University of Geneva)
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Non-Gaussian simulation of post-reionization cosmological neutral hydrogen based on a halo model approach 25mSpeaker: Pascal Hitz (ETH Zurich)
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Wednesday Morning: HPC & Eco-Computing Auditorium H8-01
Auditorium H8-01
Campus Biotech Geneva
9 Chemin des Mines 1202 Genève SwitzerlandConvener: Victor Holanda (ETHZ/CSCS)-
09:05
Computing Platforms and Infrastructure - Program Update 20mSpeaker: Victor Holanda (ETHZ/CSCS)
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Energy-Efficient FPGA Solutions for Large-Scale FFTs and Non-Uniform FFTs: A Software-Hardware Co-Design Approach for Radio Interferometry 20mSpeaker: Mr Rubén Rodríguez Álvarez (EPFL Embedded Systems Lab)
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Sustainability of Extreme-Scale Simulations with SPH-EXA 20mSpeaker: Dr Osman Seckin Simsek (University of Basel)
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Scaling Sustainable Computing: Advanced ML Techniques for Enhancing the Efficiency in the SKA Regional Data Centers 20mSpeaker: Dr Denisa-Andreea Constantinescu (EPFL Embedded Systems Lab)
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Coffee Break 30m In front of Auditorium
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Wednesday Morning: Astro Science (Part 2) H8-01-D
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Convener: Daniel Schaerer (Observatoire de Geneve)-
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Probing the ΛCDM Universe and beyond with present and future 21cm Intensity Mapping surveys 25mSpeaker: Maria Berti (University of Geneva)
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A novel observable expected in gravitationally-lensed fast radio bursts 25mSpeaker: Prasenjit Saha (University of Zurich)
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CANCELLED - Towards more accurate predictions of the 21cm signal at cosmic dawn 25mSpeaker: Aurel Schneider (University of Zurich)
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1283 MHz Deep radio catalog of the core of Saraswati Supercluster 25mSpeaker: Robert Kincaid (EPFL)
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Wednesday Morning: Data Science & Simulations Auditorium H8-01
Auditorium H8-01
Campus Biotech Geneva
9 Chemin des Mines 1202 Genève SwitzerlandConvener: Darren Reed (University of Zurich)-
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Simulation based inference with radiative hydrodynamics simulations of the 21cm signal from the Epoch of Reionization 20mSpeaker: Benoit Semelin (Paris Observatory - UPMC)
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Galactic Alchemy: Crafting Galaxy Models with Generative Deep Learning for Map-to-Map Translation between Cosmological Simulations and Observations 20mSpeaker: Dr Philipp Denzel (Centre for Artificial Intelligence, ZHAW)
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EMBER-2: towards implicit emulators for constraining astrophysics in FIRE-based simulations 20mSpeaker: Mauro Bernardini (Institute of Computational Sciences)
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Accelerating radiative transfer simulations with reinforcement learning 20mSpeaker: Brandon Panos (FHNW)
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The future of cosmological likelihood-based inference: accelerated high-dimensional parameter estimation and model comparison 20mSpeaker: Davide Piras (davide.piras@unige.ch)
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Wednesday Morning: SKA Data Science Challenge Auditorium H8-01
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SKA Data Science Challenge - Update 20mSpeaker: Davide Piras (davide.piras@unige.ch)
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YOLO-CIANNA: Galaxy detection with deep learning in radio data, application to the SKAO SDCs 20mSpeaker: David Cornu (Paris Observatory, PSL University)
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Closing Remarks Auditorium H8-01
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Lunch 1h In front of Auditorium
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