Name: Annual Work Package 2 (WP2) Meeting
Start: 2010-10-27T08:00:00+00:00
End: 2010-10-30T18:00:00+00:00
Location: St Anne's College Oxford

Annual Work Package 2 (WP2) Meeting

from Wednesday, October 27, 2010 (8:00 AM) to Saturday, October 30, 2010 (6:00 PM)

Monday, October 25, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010

8:00 AM Morning tea
Morning tea
8:00 AM - 8:20 AM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre

8:30 AM

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

9:00 AM The Epoch of Reionization and Phase 1 - Leon Koopmans Lincoln Greenhill

9:20 AM Pulsar Timing and Phase 1 - James Cordes (Cornell University)

9:40 AM Cosmic Magnetism and Phase 1 - Russ Taylor (University of Calgary)
10:00 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Marie Ogilvie Lecture theatre
Contributions

10:30 AM DRM Next Steps and Deriving Technical Requirements - Peter Dewdney (SPDO)

11:00 AM Requirements and Use Cases for the SKA - Wallace Turner (SPDO)

11:30 AM Discussion
12:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:00 PM - 12:55 PM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

1:00 PM WP2.1.1 The System Design Plan for the SKA - Kobus Cloete (SPDO)

1:30 PM WP2.1.1 System CoDR and Delta CoDR - Kobus Cloete (SPDO) Peter Dewdney (SPDO)

2:15 PM WP2.1.1 SKA AA technology requirements whitepaper - Andrew Faulkner (University of cambridge)

2:45 PM WP2.1.2 to WP2.1.6 - Tools and Strategies - Kobus Cloete (SPDO)
3:00 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:00 PM - 3:25 PM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

3:30 PM WP2.1.7 PrepSKA Costing - Strategy, Software Costing and the Costing Tool - Duncan Hall (SPDO) Roshene McCool (SPDO) Rosie Bolton
4:15 PM
4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

4:15 PM Overview of WP2 - Kobus Cloete (SPDO)

4:45 PM Plans and Schedules

5:45 PM Beyond PrepSKA - Kobus Cloete (SPDO)
Thursday, October 28, 2010

8:00 AM Morning tea
Morning tea
8:00 AM - 8:20 AM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
8:30 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

8:30 AM Aims of DVP - Neil Roddis (SPDO)

8:55 AM WP2.2.1 & WP2.2.2.1 Dish Optics and Feed Integration - Bill Imbriale

9:20 AM WP2.2.1 Dish Design - Gordon Lacy Matt Fleming
10:00 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

10:30 AM WP2.2.3 PAFs - Stuart Hay

10:55 AM WP2.2.2.2 Wide Band Feeds, LNAs and Cryogenics - Bill Imbriale

11:20 AM WP2.2.2.3 Receivers - Russell Gough
11:45 AM
11:45 AM - 12:05 PM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

11:45 AM AA-low LOFAR results, lessons learned - Michiel van Haarlem
12:05 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:05 PM - 12:55 PM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
12:55 PM
12:55 PM - 3:10 PM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

12:55 PM AA-low MWA results, progress system - Mark Waterson

1:10 PM Path to HERA - Colin Lonsdale

1:25 PM AA-mid EMBRACE demonstration - Dion Kant

1:45 PM WP 2.3.1.1/2/3 AA-mid antenna array design - Tony Brown

2:05 PM WP 2.3.1.1/2/3 AA-low elements/front ends - Eloy de Lera Acedo

2:25 PM WP 2.3.1 Innovative LNA design - Danielle George

2:40 PM WP 2.3.1.4 Tsys AA-mid design and demonstration - Bert Woestenburg

2:55 PM WP 2.3.2 AA station simulations - Stef Salvini
3:10 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:10 PM - 3:34 PM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:05 PM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

3:35 PM AA-lo to SKA1, spec, demonstrators and purpose - Jan Geralt Bij de Vaate

3:50 PM AIP: AA-mid initial design - Johan Pragt
4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 6:05 PM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

4:05 PM STaN overview - Roshene McCool (SPDO)

4:25 PM WP2.4.4 LO & Timing for the SKA - Simon Garrington

4:55 PM WP2.4.3 Digital Data Back Haul Networks for the SKA - Rogerio Nogueira

5:25 PM WP2.4.1 Analogue Fibre Transmission for the SKA - Peter Maat

5:45 PM WP2.4.2 Site network installations - TBD
8:00 PM

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Room: Dining Hall
Friday, October 29, 2010

8:00 AM Morning tea
Morning tea
8:00 AM - 8:25 AM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
8:30 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

8:30 AM WP2.5.1 Correlator and Central Beamformer - Brent Carlson

9:00 AM WP2.5.1 Software Correlator - Jongsoo Kim

9:30 AM Non Imaging Computing - Ben Stappers
10:00 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

10:30 AM WP 2.5.2&3 Station Beamforming - Michael Jones

11:15 AM WP2.5.2.1 PAF Beamforming - John Bunton
12:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

1:00 PM Introduction: Structure of WP2.6 presentations - Duncan Hall (SPDO)

1:05 PM WP2.6.1 Software engineering and Architecture Development - Ronald Nijboer

1:30 PM WP2.6.2 Computing Hardware Architecture - Duncan Hall (SPDO)

1:40 PM WP2.6.7 The Path to Exascale - Tim Cornwell

2:00 PM WP2.6.3.X Calibration and Imaging Techniques - Athol Kemball Ronald Nijboer Tim Cornwell
3:00 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:00 PM - 3:25 PM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

3:30 PM WP2.6.5 Data Products, Data Storage and Data Distribution - Paul Alexander

3:55 PM WP2.6.6 Interfaces for Users and Operators - Cameron Kiddle

4:20 PM Questions and answers for WP2.6 presentations
4:30 PM
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

4:30 PM RFI measurements at candidate sites - Rob Millenaar (SPDO)

5:00 PM Configurations for SKA1, as a step towards SKA2 - Rosie Bolton

5:30 PM Investigating tropospheric turbulence at SKA sites - Rob Millenaar (SPDO)
Saturday, October 30, 2010

8:00 AM Morning tea
Morning tea
8:00 AM - 8:25 AM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre

8:26 AM

8:26 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
8:27 AM
8:27 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Seminar Room 7
Contributions

8:30 AM Demand projections and uncertainty - SPDO perspective - Peter Dewdney (SPDO)

9:00 AM Demand Projections and uncertainty- ASKAP perspective - Anthony Schinkel (CSIRO)

9:30 AM Demand projections and uncertainty - MeerKAT perspective - Adrian Tiplady (MeerKAT)
8:28 AM

8:28 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Seminar room 8

10:00 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre

10:31 AM

10:31 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
10:32 AM
10:32 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Seminar Room 7
Contributions

10:32 AM Key design parameters - Peter Dewdney (SPDO)

10:45 AM EMC - Franz Schlagenhaufer (ICRAR)

11:00 AM Power supply costs and basis of estimate - Hugh Sharman (Prudent)

11:31 AM Desertec & similar remote power supply advancements - Georgina Harris (SKADS)
10:33 AM

10:33 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Seminar room 8

12:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre

1:00 PM

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
1:01 PM
1:01 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Seminar Room 7
Contributions

1:01 PM Reticulation distances and dimensions - Adrian Tiplady (Meerkat)

1:30 PM Criteria for systems choice - Mark Waterson (Curtin)

2:00 PM Open discussion on power aspects of the PEP - Bernard Fanaroff (SKA ZAR)
1:02 PM

1:02 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Seminar room 8

3:00 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre

3:30 PM

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
3:31 PM
3:31 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Seminar Room 7
Contributions

3:31 PM Recommendations from open discussion on power aspects of the PEP - Bernard Fanaroff

4:00 PM Discussion on power aspects of the full SKA - Bernard Fanaroff

4:30 PM PITF future programme - Bernard Fanaroff
3:32 PM

3:32 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Seminar Room 8