Swiss SKA Days 2021
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Europe/Zurich
Auditorium CE 3 (EPFL - Main Campus)
Auditorium CE 3
EPFL - Main Campus
Emma Tolley
(EPFL),
Jean-Paul Kneib
(EPFL)
Description
We are pleased to invite you to participate to the fifth edition of the Swiss SKA days. During this exciting 2-day event we will discuss the ambitious SKA radio-astronomy project at the forefront of advanced technology and computing.
The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) project is an international effort to build the world’s largest radio telescope, with eventually over one square kilometer of collecting area in South Africa and Australia. Switzerland currently has observer position in the SKA project, and is considering joining as a SKAO member in 2022. The SKA Days 2021 will discuss the Swiss interest and participation in this ambitious project.
The fifth Swiss SKA meeting will take place during September 7 to 8 at EPFL.
If you would like to contribute or participate to the Swiss SKA days please register here.
Participants
Abhijit Bendre
Adrian Jarret
Alberto Dassatti
Alexander Söderqvist
Alexandre Refregier
Alexey Boyarsky
Amin Shokrollahi
Andrii Neronov
Anna Scaife
Aurel Schneider
Babak Falsafi
Barbara PASCAUD
Barbara Weber
Ben Cumming
Bo Qin
Carl Shneider
Carolina ODman
Carolyn Crichton
Catherine Cesarsky
Cheng Zhao
Chiara Ferrari
Christof Bühler
Christoph Vögele
christophe donzelot
Claudio Gheller
Damien Gratadour
Damien Korber
Daria Shirokova
Daria Shirokova
Darren Reed
Devin Crichton
Didier Queloz
Diego Casadei
Dominique Bovey
Elena Gavagnin
Emma Tolley
Emmanuelle David
Eric Paic
Erica Lastufka
Estrella Briant
Etienne Orliac
Felix Eberli
Fernando Camilo
Florina Ciorba
Frederic Courbin
Gilles Fourestey
Hamsa Padmanabhan
Hanna Sathiapal
Hariharan Krishnan
Hillary Sanctuary
Huanyuan Shan
Ian Hastings
Ivana Novak
Ivar KJELBERG
Jean-Paul Kneib
Jeff Wagg
Jennifer Schober
Jesus Salgado
Jiaxi Yu
Joachim Stadel
Julien Fageot
Julien Rouvinet
Kenda Knowles
Kevin Reymond
Laszlo Istvan Etesi
Laurent JAMMES
Laurène Donati
Leon Koopmans
Lucio Mayer
Lukas Gehrig
Marc Audard
Maria Drozdovskaya
Marian Gaultney
Mark Sargent
Martin STEINACHER
Mathias Beck
Matthieu SIMEONI
Melanie Johnston-Hollitt
Michael Rupen
Michel Hübner
Michele Bianco
Michelle Lochner
Miles Deegan
Miroslav Pantaleev
Miroslava Dessauges-Zavadsky
Mohammad Reza KHALVATI
Mpati Ramatsoku
Nicolas BILLOT
Oday Darwich
Olga Taran
Oliver Müller
Olivier Küttel
Omkar Bait
Pablo Fernandez
Pascal Coeudevez
Pascal Rochat
Pascale Jablonka
Pierre Brisson
Pierre-André Mudry
Ralf Flückiger
Richard Anderson
Robert Braun
Robert Feldmann
Rohit Sharma
Rosie Bolton
Ruben Cabezon
Sambit Giri
Sepand Kashani
Shan Mignot
Shreyam Parth Krishna
Simon Berry
Simon Felix
Simon Frasch
Slava Voloshynovskiy
Stefan Hackstein
Stefan Kögl
Susanne Wampfler
Sylvère Froidevaux
Tanita Ramburuth-Hurt
Tejpreet Kaur
Teresa Montaruli
Teresa Montaruli
Thibaut Roger
Thijs Geurts
Timothée Schaeffer
Torrance Hodgson
Vasileios Angelopoulos
Victor Holanda
Xiang-Ping Wu
Yoan Rappaz
Yves Wiaux
Zoe Presser
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09:30
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10:00
Welcome Coffee 30m Arcadie Terrasse
Arcadie Terrasse
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10:00
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12:00
Tuesday Morning: Welcome & Overview Auditorium CE 3 (EPFL Main Campus)
Auditorium CE 3
EPFL Main Campus
Convener: Jean-Paul Kneib (EPFL)- 10:00
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10:25
SKA Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 15mSpeaker: Chairperson of the Council of the SKA Observatory Dr. Catherine Cesarsky (SKAO)
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10:40
Update on SKAO Status 30mSpeaker: SKA Director of Policy Development Dr. Simon Berry (SKA Observatory)
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11:10
Update on Swiss Status 10mSpeaker: State Secretary of Education, Research, and Innovation Dr. Martina Hirayama
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11:20
SKA China 15mSpeaker: Prof. Xiang-ping Wu (National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC))
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11:35
MeerKAT Status 20mSpeaker: SARAO Chief Scientist Dr. Fernando Camilo (South African Radio Astronomy Observatory)
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12:00
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13:15
Lunch 1h 15m Restaurant Le Native
Restaurant Le Native
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13:15
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15:30
Tuesday Afternoon: Industry Auditorium CE 3
Auditorium CE 3
EPFL - Main Campus
Convener: Michel Hübner-
13:15
Session Introduction 10mSpeaker: Industrial Liaison Adviser Michel Hübner (ILO Office)
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13:25
SKA Procurement status 15mSpeaker: SKA Head of Procurement Services Ian Hastings (SKA Organisation)
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14:00
Pitches 1h 20m
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COSYLAB 10mSpeaker: Alexander Söderqvist (Cosylab Switzerland GmbH)
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KANDOU BUS 10mSpeaker: Amin Shokrollahi
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SUPERCOMPUTING SYSTEMS 10mSpeaker: Christof Bühler
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15:20
Q&A 10m
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13:15
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15:30
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16:00
Cofee Break 30m Arcadie Terrasse
Arcadie Terrasse
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18:00
Tuesday Afternoon: SKA Projects & Computing Auditorium CE 3
Auditorium CE 3
EPFL - Main Campus
Convener: Mark Sargent (U. of Sussex, Astronomy Centre)-
16:00
The European SKA Forum 15mSpeaker: Director of SKA France Dr. Chiara Ferrari (Lagrange Laboratory, OCA)
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16:29
SKA and 21-cm Cosmology 10mSpeaker: Prof. Leon Koopmans (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute)
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16:41
SKA computing 15mSpeaker: SKA Computing Infrastructure Lead Dr. Miles Deegan (SKA Organisation)
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17:10
SKA Regional Centers 10mSpeaker: SKA Head of Data Operations Dr. Rosie Bolton (SKAO)
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18:00
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20:00
Apéro 2h Gina Restaurant
Gina Restaurant
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10:00
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10:30
Wednesday Morning: Science Session Auditorium CE 3
Auditorium CE 3
EPFL - Main Campus
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09:00
SKA Science Capabilities 12mSpeaker: SKA Science Director Dr. Robert Braun (SKA Organisation)
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09:51
The MeerKAT Galaxy Cluster Legacy Survey 10mSpeaker: Kenda Knowles (Rhodes University / South African Radio Astronomy Observatory)
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10:04
Searching for Jellyfish Galaxies with MeerKAT 10mSpeaker: Mpati Ramatsoku (Rhodes University / INAF-OAC)
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10:17
Astrochemistry with the SKA - and how CRAF protects radioastronomy from interference 13mSpeaker: Prof. Susanne Wampfler
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09:00
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10:30
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11:00
Coffee 30m Auditorium CE 3
Auditorium CE 3
EPFL - Main Campus
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Wednesday Morning: Science Session II Auditorium CE 3
Auditorium CE 3
EPFL - Main Campus
Convener: Prof. Jennifer Schober-
11:00
Fundamental physics using intensity mapping with the SKA 10mSpeaker: Hamsa Padmanabhan
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11:13
Galaxy Formation Simulations in the era of SKA and its precursors 10mSpeaker: Prof. Lucio Mayer (University of Zurich)
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11:39
Intergalactic magnetic fields with SKA and CTA 10mSpeaker: Dr. Andrii Neronov
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12:19
Proposed RF systems for SKA MID bands 10mSpeakers: Dominique Bovey (HES-SO/HEIG-VD), Dr Miroslav Pantaleev (RUAG SA)
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11:00
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12:30
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14:00
Lunch 1h 30m Restaurant Le Native
Restaurant Le Native
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15:30
Wednesday Afternoon: Data Science Session Auditorium CE 3
Auditorium CE 3
EPFL - Main Campus
Convener: Emma Tolley (EPFL)- 14:00
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14:14
Information-theoretic astro-imaging and data analysis 10mSpeaker: Prof. Slava Voloshynovskiy (University of Geneva)
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14:26
Identifying ionized bubbles during reionization from SKA observations 10mSpeaker: Michele Bianco (University of Sussex)
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14:38
Anomaly Detection in Astronomical Data using Machine Learning 10mSpeaker: Dr. Michelle Lochner
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14:50
Accelerating the Computational Modeling of HI via Deep Learning 10mSpeaker: Robert Feldmann (University of Zurich)
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15:02
A Deep Denoising Autoencoder approach for radio astronomy data 10mSpeaker: Dr. Claudio Gheller
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15:14
Public Engagement in Times of Open Data and Open Science 10mSpeaker: Hanna Sathiapal
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15:30
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16:00
Coffee Break 30m Auditorium CE 3
Auditorium CE 3
EPFL - Main Campus
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16:00
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17:24
Wednesday Afternoon: Data Science Session II Auditorium CE 3
Auditorium CE 3
EPFL - Main Campus
Convener: Dr Matthieu Simeoni (EPFL)-
16:00
Optimisation & AI for image formation in the SKA era 11m
The presentation will cover recent algorithmic developments at the interface of optimisation theory and machine learning, towards scalable precision robust image formation in radio interferometry. High-resolution high-dynamic range reconstructions of wideband and widefield images of diffuse emission with complex and faint structure, from both JVLA and ASKAP data, will be presented to showcase the new algorithmic capability for the SKA era.
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Tools21cm: a user-friendly package to create mock SKA observations of the epoch of reionization 10mSpeaker: Sambit Giri (Stockholm University)
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16:25
Towards fast and accurate predictions of the cosmic dawn for SKA 11mSpeaker: Aurel Schneider (ICS, University of Zurich)
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Interferometric Imaging in Radio Astronomy with the Sparsity-Promoting Frank-Wolfe Algorithm 10mSpeaker: Adrian Jarret (EPFL)
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17:14
A MIGHTEE Study of the Group Environment 10mSpeaker: Shreyam Krishna
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