Presentations of RFI2010

Monday March 29th 2010

Session 1 - Introductions - Chair Murray Lewis

Setting the stage - layers of RFI Mitigation (invited) (PDF)
Willem Baan and Albert-Jan Boonstra, ASTRON

Passive spectrum use and upcoming changes in the spectrum environment (invited) (PPT)
Chris van Diepenbeek, Radiocommunications Agency NL

Session 2 - Spectrum measurements and characterization (I) - Chair Axel Jessner

External sources of RFI at the GMRT: methods for control and coexistence with commercial users (PPT)
Pravin Raybole, GMRT, NCRA-TIFR, Pune, India

The RFI Environment at Hat Creek Radio Observatory (PPT)
Peter Williams, Dept. of Astronomy, UC Berkeley

Radio Astronomy in Turkey: Site selection studies for radio quiet zones (PPT)
Ibrahim Kucuk, Erciyes University, Radio Astronomy Observatory, Turkey

Assessment of RFI measurements for LOFAR (PDF)
Mark Bentum, Albert-Jan Boonstra, and Rob Millenaar, ASTRON

Session 3 - RFI mitigation overview and challenges - Chair Tasso Tzioumis

Overview of RFI mitigation methods in existing and new systems (invited) (PPT)
Michael Kesteven, CSIRO

The impact of cognitive radio on radio astronomy (PPT)
Mark Bentum, Albert-Jan Boonstra, and Willem Baan, University of Twente/ASTRON

Session 4 - Spectrum Management and radio quiet zones - Chair Chris van Diepenbeek

Spectrum Management for Science in the 21st Century (PPT)
Michael Davis, CORF

EMC in an RQZ: the need for buffer zones (PPT)
Carol Wilson, CSIRO CASS

RFI Protection at the NRAO Green Bank Site (PPT)
Carla Beaudet, NRAO

Establishment of a protected radio astronomy reserve in South Africa (PPT)
Adrian Tiplady, SKA South Africa

RQZs: Recent progress and the Australian experience. (PPT)
Tasso Tzioumis, CSIRO ATNF

Tuesday March 30th

Session 5 - System approaches - Chair Tomas Gergely

System approach to RFI mitigation for the SKA (PPT)
Rob Millenaar, Albert-Jan Boonstra, and Mark Bentum, SPDO/ASTRON/TUTwente

The Murchison Widefield Array (PPT)
Daniel Mitchell, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

New hints to mitigators from the latest RFI experiences (PPT)
Roberto Ambrosini, Istituto di Radioastronomia

"Oktave" Superwide-Band Technologies for the RATAN-600 Continuum Radiometers (PPT)
Marat Mingaliev, Special Astrophysical Observatory

Session 6 - Detection - Chair Rodolphe Weber

Statistics of the Spectral Kurtosis Estimator (PPT)
Gelu Nita, New Jersey Institute of Technology

A Wideband Spectrometer with RFI Detection
Dale Gary, New Jersey Institute of Technology

RFI mitigation at Nancay Observatory: Impulsive Signal Processing (PPT)
Dalal Ait Allal, Nancay Observatory

Techniques for excision RFI on RATAN-600 radio telescope in dm ranges (PPT)
Denis Kratov, Special Astrophysical Observatory

Session 7 - Filtering & pre-correlation - Chair Albert-Jan Boonstra

Field Trials of a RFI adaptive filter for Pulsar Observations (PPT)
Michael Kesteven, CSIRO-CASS

Lessons learned from the WSRT Interference Mitigation System (PDF)
Willem Baan and Peter Fridman, ASTRON

A turn-key Concept for active cancellation of Global Position System L3 Signal (PDF)
Lou Nigra, University of Wisconsin - Madison Department of Astronomy / NAIC

Space-Time Digital Filtering of Radio Astronomical Signals using 3-D Cone Filters (PPT)
Pan Agathoklis, Dep. of ECE, University of Victoria

Wednesday March 31th

Session 8 - Spectrum measurements (II) - Chair Reinhard Keller

RFI in Metsahovi Radio Observatory - measurements and effects (PDF)
Petri Kirves, Metsahovi Radio Observatory

RFI measurements at the WSRT (PPT)
Hans van der Marel, ASTRON

The RFI monitoring systems for the Medicina and the Sardinia Radio Telescope (PPT)
Pietro Bolli, Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari

VHF-band RFI in Geographically Remote Areas (PPT)
Judd Bowman, Caltech

Session 9 - Spatial filtering techniques - Chair Mike Kesteven

Spatial filtering of RFI using a reference antenna (PDF)
Alle-Jan van der Veen and Albert-Jan Boonstra, TUDelft, ASTRON

Spatial filtering using a multi-beam receiver (PPT)
Jonathon Kocz, Swinburne University of Technology

Cyclostationarity for phased array (PPT)
Rodolphe Weber, Observatoire de Paris

ASTRON, LOFAR RFI Mitigation (PPT)
Albert-Jan Boonstra, Mark Bentum, and Mattheijs Eikelboom, ASTRON, TUTwente

Session 10 - In- & Post-correlation techniques - Chair Alle-Jan van der Veen

Software correlators as testbeds for RFI algorithms (PPT)
Adam Deller, NRAO

Post-correlation RFI detection (PDF)
Andre Offringa, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute

RFI mitigation in AIPS. The new task UVRFI. (PPT)
Leonid Kogan, National Radio Astronomy Observatory

RFI Mitigation for the Parkes Galactic All-Sky Survey (GASS) (PPT)
Peter Kalberla, Argelander Institut fuer Astronomie (AIfA)

Session 11 - Miscellaneous techniques - Chair Willem Baan

Robust statistical estimates as a tool in RFI mitigation (PPT)
Peter Fridman, ASTRON

RFI Mitigation Techniques at the Allen Telescope Array (PPT)
Garrett Keating, Allen Telescope Array

RFI Protection at the Shanghai Sheshan Site (PPT)
Zhi-Qiuan Shen, Bin Li, and Tao An, Shanghai Observatory

RFI mitigation for the Effelsberg Bonn HI Survey (EBHIS) (PDF)
Lars Floeer, Argelander-Institut fuer Astronomie