SKA Digital Signal Processing Concept Design Review

UTC
Lovell Room (Alan Turing Building)

Lovell Room

Alan Turing Building

Lovell room .3rd Floor. Alan Turing Building University Of Manchester School of Physics and Astronomy. M13 9PL
Robin Sharpe (External Advisor UK), Wallace Turner (SPDO DSP)
Description
The signal processing CoDR is the review of the DSP and associated work conducted at element level during the Concept Phase. The CoDR will be conducted to evaluate: A) The overall progress in the Domain B) Whether the technical adequacy obtained during the concept phase is at a sufficient level of maturity to allow the Signal Processing Element to move into the next phase. C) Whether all Signal Processing Element aspects of the project have been covered and where gaps exist, whether adequate measures have been identified to address the shortcomings. The expected outcome of the review is the establishment of the signal processing concept baseline. The Review Panel is requested to consider the following questions: 1. Are the requirements complete, and sufficiently defined for this stage of the project? 2. At the concept level, is the element/subsystem presented capable of meeting the requirements? 3. Have interfaces to other aspects of the system been adequately identified and defined at this stage of the program? 4. Are the options proposed to be carried forward credible and are the presented data and information in support of each option credible? 5. Have all the necessary aspects of the specific element/subsystem been considered and addressed during the review or are there gaps and/or shortcomings? 6. Does the risk profile appear reasonably detailed and correctly assessed for this stage of the program? 7. Do the stated risk controls and proposed mitigations appear reasonable and executable? 8. Is the overall plan (including the identification of the tasks, effort, resources, costs, schedule and risk mitigation needed) to complete the subsequent project phases credible? These questions are to be within the context of SKA1 but with consideration of extensibility to SKA2, and the plans to correlate with the evolving project environment.
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Participants
  • Andre Jongeling
  • Aris Karastergiou
  • Arpad Szomoru
  • Ben Stappers
  • Brent Carlson
  • Dominic Ford
  • Duncan Hall
  • Francois Kapp
  • Georgina Harris
  • Guenter Knittel
  • Jo Bowler
  • John Bunton
  • Kobus Cloete
  • Kris Zarb Adami
  • Larry D'Addario
  • Lou Morales
  • Neil Roddis
  • Peter Dewdney
  • Phillip Stanley-Marbell
  • Ralph Eatough
  • Richard Schilizzi
  • Robin Sharpe
  • Roshene McCool
  • Roy Smits
  • Tim Hankins
  • Tim Stevenson
  • Wallace Turner
  • Thursday, 14 April
    • 09:00 09:30
      Review Panel Closed Meeting

      Review panel to get aquainted and receive directions from the chairman.

    • 09:30 10:00
      Welcome

      General overview of the SKA

      slides
    • 10:00 10:15
      Context of the DSP CoDR

      Overview of what is expected from the CoDR.

      slides
    • 10:15 10:45
      Signal Processing Requirements

      A view of the DSP requirements within the System

      slides
    • 10:45 11:15
      Coffee 30m
    • 11:15 11:30
      Technology Roadmap
      slides
    • 11:30 12:00
      Station Beamforming
      slides
    • 12:00 12:30
      Central Beamforming
      slides
    • 12:30 13:00
      PAF Beamforming
      slides
    • 13:00 13:45
      Lunch 45m
    • 13:45 14:15
      Non Imaging Processing
      slides
    • 14:15 14:30
      GPU processing for Real Time Isolated Radio Pulse Detection
      slides
    • 14:30 14:45
      GPU Non-Imaging Concept
      slides
    • 14:45 15:00
      Acceleration Processing
      slides
    • 15:00 15:15
      Other Instruments
      slides
    • 15:15 15:45
      Coffee 30m
    • 15:45 16:15
      Software Correlator Concept
      slides
    • 16:15 17:15
      Review Panel Closed Meeting
    • 18:30 21:00
      Dinner at the Novotel Hotel
    • 09:00 09:30
      GSA Correlator Concept
      slides
    • 09:30 10:00
      Low Power ASIC Concept
      slides
    • 10:00 10:30
      ASKAP style Correlator Concept
      slides
    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffee 30m
    • 11:00 11:30
      UNIBOARD SKA Correlator Concept
      slides
    • 11:30 12:00
      CASPER Correlator
      slides
    • 12:00 12:15
      Costs and Costing Strategy
      slides
    • 12:15 12:30
      Signal Processing Element Level Risks
      slides
    • 12:30 12:45
      Strategy to proceed to the next phase
      slides
    • 12:45 13:30
      Lunch 45m
    • 13:30 15:15
      Review Panel Closed Meeting
    • 15:15 15:45
      Coffee 30m
    • 15:45 16:45
      Review Panel Initial Comments