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, 27 October 2010 (08:00) to Saturday, 30 October 2010 (18:00)

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

08:00 Morning tea
Morning tea
08:00 - 08:20
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre

08:30

08:30 - 09:00
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
09:00
09:00 - 10:00
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

09:00 The Epoch of Reionization and Phase 1 - Leon Koopmans Lincoln Greenhill

09:20 Pulsar Timing and Phase 1 - James Cordes (Cornell University)

09:40 Cosmic Magnetism and Phase 1 - Russ Taylor (University of Calgary)
10:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:25
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
10:30
10:30 - 12:00
Room: Marie Ogilvie Lecture theatre
Contributions

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

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

11:30 Discussion
12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 12:55
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
13:00
13:00 - 15:00
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

13:00 WP2.1.1 The System Design Plan for the SKA - Kobus Cloete (SPDO)

13:30 WP2.1.1 System CoDR and Delta CoDR - Kobus Cloete (SPDO) Peter Dewdney (SPDO)

14:15 WP2.1.1 SKA AA technology requirements whitepaper - Andrew Faulkner (University of cambridge)

14:45 WP2.1.2 to WP2.1.6 - Tools and Strategies - Kobus Cloete (SPDO)
15:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:25
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
15:30
15:30 - 16:15
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

15:30 WP2.1.7 PrepSKA Costing - Strategy, Software Costing and the Costing Tool - Duncan Hall (SPDO) Roshene McCool (SPDO) Rosie Bolton
16:15
16:15 - 18:00
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

16:15 Overview of WP2 - Kobus Cloete (SPDO)

16:45 Plans and Schedules

17:45 Beyond PrepSKA - Kobus Cloete (SPDO)
Thursday, 28 October 2010

08:00 Morning tea
Morning tea
08:00 - 08:20
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
08:30
08:30 - 10:00
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

08:30 Aims of DVP - Neil Roddis (SPDO)

08:55 WP2.2.1 & WP2.2.2.1 Dish Optics and Feed Integration - Bill Imbriale

09:20 WP2.2.1 Dish Design - Gordon Lacy Matt Fleming
10:00 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:00 - 10:25
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
10:30
10:30 - 11:45
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

10:30 WP2.2.3 PAFs - Stuart Hay

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

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

11:45 AA-low LOFAR results, lessons learned - Michiel van Haarlem
12:05 Lunch
Lunch
12:05 - 12:55
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
12:55
12:55 - 15:10
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

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

13:10 Path to HERA - Colin Lonsdale

13:25 AA-mid EMBRACE demonstration - Dion Kant

13:45 WP 2.3.1.1/2/3 AA-mid antenna array design - Tony Brown

14:05 WP 2.3.1.1/2/3 AA-low elements/front ends - Eloy de Lera Acedo

14:25 WP 2.3.1 Innovative LNA design - Danielle George

14:40 WP 2.3.1.4 Tsys AA-mid design and demonstration - Bert Woestenburg

14:55 WP 2.3.2 AA station simulations - Stef Salvini
15:10 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:10 - 15:34
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
15:30
15:30 - 16:05
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

15:35 AA-lo to SKA1, spec, demonstrators and purpose - Jan Geralt Bij de Vaate

15:50 AIP: AA-mid initial design - Johan Pragt
16:00
16:00 - 18:05
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

16:05 STaN overview - Roshene McCool (SPDO)

16:25 WP2.4.4 LO & Timing for the SKA - Simon Garrington

16:55 WP2.4.3 Digital Data Back Haul Networks for the SKA - Rogerio Nogueira

17:25 WP2.4.1 Analogue Fibre Transmission for the SKA - Peter Maat

17:45 WP2.4.2 Site network installations - TBD
20:00

20:00 - 22:00
Room: Dining Hall
Friday, 29 October 2010

08:00 Morning tea
Morning tea
08:00 - 08:25
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
08:30
08:30 - 10:00
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

08:30 WP2.5.1 Correlator and Central Beamformer - Brent Carlson

09:00 WP2.5.1 Software Correlator - Jongsoo Kim

09:30 Non Imaging Computing - Ben Stappers
10:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:25
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
10:30
10:30 - 12:00
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

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

11:15 WP2.5.2.1 PAF Beamforming - John Bunton
12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:00
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
13:00
13:00 - 15:00
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

13:00 Introduction: Structure of WP2.6 presentations - Duncan Hall (SPDO)

13:05 WP2.6.1 Software engineering and Architecture Development - Ronald Nijboer

13:30 WP2.6.2 Computing Hardware Architecture - Duncan Hall (SPDO)

13:40 WP2.6.7 The Path to Exascale - Tim Cornwell

14:00 WP2.6.3.X Calibration and Imaging Techniques - Athol Kemball Ronald Nijboer Tim Cornwell
15:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:25
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
15:30
15:30 - 16:30
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

15:30 WP2.6.5 Data Products, Data Storage and Data Distribution - Paul Alexander

15:55 WP2.6.6 Interfaces for Users and Operators - Cameron Kiddle

16:20 Questions and answers for WP2.6 presentations
16:30
16:30 - 18:00
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
Contributions

16:30 RFI measurements at candidate sites - Rob Millenaar (SPDO)

17:00 Configurations for SKA1, as a step towards SKA2 - Rosie Bolton

17:30 Investigating tropospheric turbulence at SKA sites - Rob Millenaar (SPDO)
Saturday, 30 October 2010

08:00 Morning tea
Morning tea
08:00 - 08:25
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre

08:26

08:26 - 10:00
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
08:27
08:27 - 10:00
Room: Seminar Room 7
Contributions

08:30 Demand projections and uncertainty - SPDO perspective - Peter Dewdney (SPDO)

09:00 Demand Projections and uncertainty- ASKAP perspective - Anthony Schinkel (CSIRO)

09:30 Demand projections and uncertainty - MeerKAT perspective - Adrian Tiplady (MeerKAT)
08:28

08:28 - 10:00
Room: Seminar room 8

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

10:31

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

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

10:45 EMC - Franz Schlagenhaufer (ICRAR)

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

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

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

12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:00
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre

13:00

13:00 - 15:00
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
13:01
13:01 - 15:00
Room: Seminar Room 7
Contributions

13:01 Reticulation distances and dimensions - Adrian Tiplady (Meerkat)

13:30 Criteria for systems choice - Mark Waterson (Curtin)

14:00 Open discussion on power aspects of the PEP - Bernard Fanaroff (SKA ZAR)
13:02

13:02 - 15:00
Room: Seminar room 8

15:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre

15:30

15:30 - 17:00
Room: Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
15:31
15:31 - 17:00
Room: Seminar Room 7
Contributions

15:31 Recommendations from open discussion on power aspects of the PEP - Bernard Fanaroff

16:00 Discussion on power aspects of the full SKA - Bernard Fanaroff

16:30 PITF future programme - Bernard Fanaroff
15:32

15:32 - 17:00
Room: Seminar Room 8