Event starts:
Mon, 22/03/2010 (All day)
Event ends:
Thu, 25/03/2010 (All day)
SKA2010 - International SKA Science and Engineering Meeting
22-25 March 2010
Introduction
The
international SKA project will hold a science and engineering meeting
from 22-25 March 2010 at the headquarters of the SKA Program
Development Office, at the University of Manchester, UK. This meeting
is intended to be in the spirit of previous SKA science and engineering
meetings, which were influential in shaping the direction of the SKA.
However, now that the SKA has entered the system design phase, this
meeting will have a greater focus on system and engineering decisions,
and their impact on the scientific observations to be conducted by the
SKA.
SKA activity world-wide is gathering pace
as the project moves towards funding and site decisions in a few years
time. PrepSKA and its sub-system verification programs, TDP, SKADS, and
the precursor and pathfinder projects, are all contributing to the body
of knowledge needed for the costed system design and SKA implementation
plan to be delivered at the end of PrepSKA. On the astronomical side,
the SKA science case is being refined and deepened through the focus on
multi-wavelength observations and science simulations being carried out
around the world.
The aim of SKA2010 is to bring the astronomical and engineering community together to discuss:
- the latest astronomical results in SKA-relevant areas,
- the status of engineering studies for the SKA systems and sub-systems, and
- design/science trade-off issues for the SKA.
The results of these discussions are
likely to have substantial impact on the direction of the international
project, including a possible revision of the science priorities for
the SKA.
| Start |
Monday 22 March 2010 (time tbc) |
| End |
Thursday 25 March 2010 (time tbc) |
| Venue |
Whitworth Hall,
Oxford
Road,
The University of Manachester,
Manchester,
M13 9PL,
GB
|
| Sessions |
We
invite papers on the following SKA science or engineering topics,
particularly those that emphasise the impact on the scientific
observations to be conducted by the SKA or that take a
system-engineering approach to the design of the telescope:
- Science with the SKA;
- Receptor Engineering;
- Pathfinder/Precursor Project Science Talks and the SKA;
- Software and Data Management; and
- SKA Configuration and Operations.
|
| Invited Speakers |
- F. Abdalla;
- P. Padovani;
- D. Psaltis;
- J. Pritchard;
- G. Bower (tbc);
- J. Greaves;
- L. Greenhill;
- J. Jonas;
- M. Kramer;
- R. Norris;
- R. Perley;
- H. Rottgering;
- I. Smail (tbc);
- B. Stappers; and
- L. Staveley-Smith;
|
| Registration |
Open meeting |
| Further information |
dewdney [at] skatelescope [dot] org (Peter Dewdney), SKA Project Engineer
lazio [at] skatelescope [dot] org (Joe Lazio), SKA Project Scientist
bell [at] skatelescope [dot] org (Lisa Bell), SPDO Office Manager (tel: +44 161 275 4239) |
The Schuster Building is shown as Building 54 on the University Campus map.
The
Organising Committee for this event is: A. van Ardenne, K. Cloete, J.
Cordes, T. Cornwell, P. Dewdney, R. Fender, B. Gaensler, J. van Gorkom,
M. Hoare, J. Jonas, K. Kellermann, J. Lazio, P. Napier, S. Ransom and
R. Schilizzi.
Registration
for this meeting is compulsory and you are requested to do so as soon
as possible. Close of registration is 5 March 2010.
http://www.skatelescope.org/pages/SKA2010/ska2010.htm
enquiries [at] skatelescope [dot] org
