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3rd MIDPREP and AAMID Workshop
Preparing for SKA Wide-field Science and Engineering
7-9 March 2016
SAAO, Cape town, South Africa
Programme
PROGRAMME 3rd MIDPREP/AAMID workshop – SAAO, Cape Town 2016
7 March: 1st Day WORKSHOP
| 09:30 | Registration |
| 10:00 | Session 1: Opening and Welcome (chair: Patrick Woudt, University of Cape Town) |
| 10:00 | Welcome - Ted Williams (SAAO) |
| 10:05 | Progress and status of AAMID – Wim van Cappellen (ASTRON) |
| 10:30 | Progress and status of MIDPREP – Arnold van Ardenne (ASTRON) |
| 10:45 | Progress and views from SKA South Africa – Rob Adam (SKA South Africa) |
| 11:00 | Break |
| 11:30 | Session 2: Overview of Wide-Field telescope aspirations around 1 GHz (chair: Patrick Woudt) |
| 11:30 | SKA2 Ambitions and wide-field science – André van Es/Jeff Wagg (SKA Organisation) |
| 12:00 | Status and progress of MID-AA technology – Andrew Faulkner (Cambridge University) |
| 12:30 | Status and progress of PAF technology – Mark Bowen (CSIRO) |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Session 3: Wide-field Science opportunities around 1 GHz (chair: Kurt van der Heyden, UCT) |
| 14:00 | HI Science in the Local Universe – Claude Carignan (University of Cape Town) |
| 14:30 | Galaxy evolution probed by extragalactic HI – Sarah Blyth (University of Cape Town) |
| 15:00 | Galaxy evolution probed by radio continuum - Kim McAlpine (University of Western Cape) |
| 15:20 | Cosmology – Filipe Abdalla (University College London) |
| 15:50 | Break |
| 16:20 | Session 3: Wide-field Science opportunities around 1 GHz (Cont) (chair: Mario Santos, UWC) |
| 16:20 | Cosmic magnetism – Russ Taylor (UWC/UCT) |
| 16:50 | The dynamic radio sky: Pulsars – Joeri van Leeuwen (ASTRON) |
| 17:20 | The dynamic radio sky: Transients and variables – J.P. Macquart (Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy) |
| 17:50 | Wrap up |
| 18:00 | End of 1st day workshop |
8 March: 2nd Day WORKSHOP
| 09:40 | Session 4: Wide-field and high resolution instruments (Chair: Arnold van Ardenne) |
| 09:40 | VLBI opportunities with SKA-AAMID – Roger Deane (Rhodes University) |
| 10:00 | The African VLBI Network (AVN) - TL Venkatasubramani (SKA South Africa) |
| 10:40 | EMBRACE, latest results – Steve Torchinsky (Observatoire de Paris à Nancay) |
| 11:10 | Session 5: Converging on SKA-AAMID science requirements |
| 11:10 | SKA-AAMID Science Requirements – Steve Torchinsky (Observatoire de Paris à Nancay) |
| 11:40 | Break |
| 12:00 | Session 6: South African Environment, Infrastructure and Education (Chair: Kobus Cloete,SKA SA) |
| 12:00 | RFI at the South African SKA site – Rob Millenaar (SKA South Africa) |
| 12:30 | Infrastructure – Tracy Cheetham (SKA South Africa) |
| 13:00 | Mass production towards 2025 + Movie slide 12 – Robert van der Horn (ASTRON) |
| 13:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30 | Session 7: Mid-Frequency Aperture Array systems (Chair: Jan Geralt bij de Vaate) |
| 14:30 | SKA-AAMID System Design – André Gunst (ASTRON) |
| 15:00 | Dual use of MID-AA’s: Space Applications – Carla Sharpe (SKA South Africa) |
| 15:15 | The MFAA science capable demonstrator – Wim van Cappellen (ASTRON) |
| 15:45 | Mid-Frequency Aperture Arrays for demonstration and education (Discussion) |
| 16:15 | Break |
| 16:45 | Session 8: Calibration, Computing and Science Data Processing (Chair: Jess Broderick) |
| 16:45 | SKA-AAMID Science data processing – Oleg Smirnov (Rhodes University) |
| 17:15 | SKA-AAMID calibration – Stefan Wijnholds (ASTRON) |
| 18:15 | End of 2nd day workshop |
| Conference dinner – Authentic braai & drinks at SAAO |
9 March: 3rd Day WORKSHOP
| 10:00 | Session 8: Calibration, Computing and Science Data Processing (cont) (Chair: Oleg Smirnov) |
| 10:00 | Digital Signal Processing Platforms – Francois Kapp (SKA South Africa) |
| 10:30 | SKA-AAMID modeling of computing power and costs – Rik Jongerius (IBM Netherlands) |
| 11:00 | Session 9: AAMID Front-End development progress (Chair: Wim van Cappellen) |
| 11:00 | ORA developments – David Zhang (University of Manchester) |
| 11:20 | Break |
| 11:40 | Optimal performance, manufacturability in Vivaldi arrays – Mark Ruiter (ASTRON) |
| 12:00 | Irregular array of Log periodic Dipoles – Andrew Faulkner (Cambridge University) |
| 12:20 | Regular Dense Dipole Arrays – Jacki Gilmore (Stellenbosch University) |
| 12:40 | Low Noise Amplifiers for AAMID – Paulus Kruger (North-West University) |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Session 10: Views of South African Industry (Chair: David Davidson, Stellenbosch University) |
| 14:00 | EMSS-Antennas – Isak Theron |
| 14:20 | Reutech Radar – Werner Steyn |
| 14:40 | SCS Space – Ben Opperman |
| 15:00 | SKA-AAMID Power and Costs; what is known already? (Discussion) |
| 15:30 | Wrap-up |
| 16:00 | End of workshop |
Drinks
17:00 – Departure by bus from SAAO for Sunset tour and dinner at the V&A Waterfront
10 + 11 March: Closed AAMID consortium meeting