SKACH Winter Meeting 2026

Session

Tuesday Morning

Jan 27, 2026, 8:30 AM

Ground Floor E4 (CSCS LCA main Building )

Conveners

Tuesday Morning: SKACH Science

• Ajith Sampath (University of Geneva)

Tuesday Morning: SKAO Regional Centers (SRCs)

• André Csillaghy (University of Applied Sciences North Western Switzerland (FHNW))

Tuesday Morning: HPC Science Platforms

• Victor Holanda (ETHZ/CSCS)

Tuesday Morning: Closing - Day 2

• There are no conveners in this block

3. Astrophysics of Galaxies: (My) Highlights from the New SKA Science Book

Dr Mark Sargent (EPFL LASTRO)

1/27/26, 8:30 AM

SKACH Science

21. MeerKAt observations of Saraswti core region

Robert Kincaid (EPFL)

1/27/26, 8:50 AM

SKACH Science

5. HIRAX - Overview, Current status, and Swiss involvement

Dr Ajith Sampath (University of Geneva)

1/27/26, 9:10 AM

SKACH Science

1. SRCNet Development and Science Delivery Update

Chin-Shin Chang (University of Geneva), Rohini Joshi (FHNW)

1/27/26, 10:00 AM

SKAO Regional Centers (SRCs)

8. The SKA Science Preparation: Project Scientist Update

Dr Chin-Shin Chang (University of Geneva)

1/27/26, 10:20 AM

SKAO Regional Centers (SRCs)

2. SRCNet/CHSRC deployment and demo

Carolina Lindqvist (EPFL), Lukas Gehrig (FHNW), Pablo Llopis Sanmillan (EPFL), Pascal Herzog

1/27/26, 10:40 AM

SKAO Regional Centers (SRCs)

15. When to Rebalance? Cost–Benefit Analysis of Domain Decomposition in SPH-EXA

Dr Osman Seckin Simsek (University of Basel)

1/27/26, 11:00 AM

HPC

11. JupyterHub with FirecRESTSpawner at CSCS

Rafael Sarmiento (ETH Zürich / CSCS)

1/27/26, 11:20 AM

HPC

17. FirecREST, an API for HPC and AI workflows

Mr Elia Palme (ETH Zurich/CSCS)

1/27/26, 11:40 AM

HPC