2013 SKA Engineering Meeting

7 Oct 2013, 08:00 → 11 Oct 2013, 18:00 Europe/London

Manchester, UK

The SKA has recently received several Proposals in response to the Request for Proposals inviting organisations and industry to participate in the design of the SKA telescope. The process of evaluating the proposals is in full swing and it is foreseen that the process of allocating work packages will be completed during the third quarter of this year. All these aspects provide an excellent opportunity and a need for the SKA engineering and science community to get together during early October in Manchester. The aim of this meeting is to provide a global overview of the status, progress and way forward for the project in terms of engineering, management and science. Part of the meeting will be devoted to presentations on the science capabilities of the suite of SKA telescopes, incorporating input from science assessment workshops, which will have been held over the previous months. Work Package Consortia will present an overview of the composition, people, work, concepts and approach to their particular work package. In addition the SKA Office will provide the status, progress and way forward with regards to aspects such as the Concept of Operations, hosting agreements, the baseline design, project management and system engineering. The meeting will furthermore provide a forum for interface work sessions as well as general face-to-face discussions among SKA Office staff, members of the SKA Work Package Consortia and other members of the science and engineering community. The main meetings will be held Monday to Thursday, October 7 to 10, with additional breakout and work sessions on Thursday, 10 October and Friday, 11 October.

Brochure SKA_leaflet_Engineering_meeting_Electronic.pdf

Link to Element Technical Descriptions http://www.skatelescope.org/publications/request-for-proposals/wp-technical-descriptions/

Monday, 7 October

10:00 → 10:30 Registration

10:30 → 10:45 Welcome

10:45 → 11:00 Report from the Director General

Presentation 01_-_Diamond_SKA_status_7Oct2013.pdf

11:00 → 12:45 Science

11:00 Science Capabilities and Focus of SKA1-low, -mid and -survey

Speaker: R Braun

Presentation 02_-_SKA_Eng_Mtg_7Oct13.pdf

11:45 Cradle of Life

Speaker: M Hoare

Presentation 03_-_Hoare_Eng_CoL.pdf

12:15 Epoch of Reionisation

Speaker: L Koopmans

Presentation 04_-_Koopmans_CD-EoR-Requirements-BLD-v2.pdf

12:45 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 Science (continued)

14:00 Pulsars

Speaker: B Stappers

Presentation 05_-_Stappers_PulsarsSWG-7Oct2013.pdf

14:30 Transients

Speaker: R Fender

Presentation 06_-_Fender_Transients.pdf

15:00 Cosmology

Speaker: M Jarvis

Presentation 07_-_Jarvis_cosmology_final.pdf

15:30 → 16:00 Tea/Coffee

16:00 → 17:30 Science (continued)

16:00 Continuum

Speaker: I Prandoni

Presentation 08_-_Prandoni_SKA-Eng.pdf

16:30 Local HI

Speaker: T Oosterloo

Presentation 09_-_Oosterloo.pdf

17:00 Cosmic Magnetism

Speaker: F Govoni

Presentation 10_-_Govoni_SKA.pdf

Tuesday, 8 October

09:30 → 10:15 Report from Head of Project & Planning

Speaker: J Spyromilio

10:15 → 10:30 Discussion

10:30 → 11:15 Tea/coffee

11:15 → 12:00 SKA1 Level 1 Requirements

Speaker: T Cornwell

Presentation 12_-_Cornwell_skalevel1oct2013.pdf

12:00 → 12:30 Q&A Session

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:20 Elements

14:00 Infrastructure South Africa (INFRA SA)

Speaker: T Cheetham

Presentation 13_-_Cheetham_INFRA_SA_Consortium_08102013.pdf

14:40 Infrastructure Australia (INFRA AUS)

Speakers: A Schinckel, S Abeywickrema, S Negus

Presentation 14_-_Negus_INFRAAus_Rev_4.pdf

15:20 → 15:40 Tea/coffee

15:40 → 17:40 Elements (continued)

15:40 Dishes (DSH)

Speaker: M McKinnon

Presentation 15_-_McKinnon_SKA_Engineering_DISH.pdf

16:20 Low Frequency Aperture Array (LFAA)

Speakers: A Faulkner, J-G. Bij de Vaate, P Hall

Presentation 16_-_LFAA_Eng2013.pdf

17:00 Telescope Manager (TM)

Speaker: N Swaminathan

Presentation 17_-_Swami_TM_Engg_Mtg_Oct_2013_v2.pdf

Wednesday, 9 October

09:00 → 10:20 Elements (continued)

09:00 Signal and Data Transport (SaDT)

Speaker: R Oberland

Presentation SADT_engineering_meeting_9Oct13_new_template.pptx.pdf

09:40 Central Signal Processor (CSP)

Speakers: B Carlson, D Stevens

Presentation 19_-_StevensCarlson_SKA_Eng_Mtg_CSP_Consortium_0940_2013-10-09_vFINAL.pdf

10:20 → 11:00 Tea/coffee

11:00 → 12:20 Elements (continued)

11:00 Science Data Processor (SDP)

Speaker: P Alexander

Presentation 20_-_Alexander_engineering_meeting_SDP.pdf

11:40 Wide Band Single Pixel Feed (WBSPF)

Speaker: M Pantaleev

Presentation 21_-_Pantaleev_WBSPFf-SKA_engineering_meeting-20131009.pdf

12:20 → 13:20 Lunch

13:20 → 14:40 Elements (continued)

13:20 Mid Frequency Aperture Array (MFAA)

Speakers: JG Bij de Vaate, S Torchinsky, S Wijnholds

Presentation 22_-_MFAA_eng2013.pdf

14:00 Assembly, Integration and Verification (AIV)

Speakers: A MacLeod, R Lord

Presentation 23_-_LordMacLeod_AIV_-_Engineering_Meeting.pdf

14:40 → 15:10 Tea/coffee

15:10 → 17:00 Breakout sessions

Thursday, 10 October

09:00 → 17:00 Interface and other Breakout sessions

Friday, 11 October

09:00 → 10:30 Concept of Operations

Speaker: D Bock

Presentation 24_-_Bock_SKAConOps.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Tea/coffee

11:00 → 12:30 Discussion session with Head of Project

Speaker: J Spyromilio

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 17:00 Breakout sessions