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2nd Announcement: e-VLBI and the Path to the Square Kilometre Array

From: <Steven.Tingay_at_email.protected>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:25:46 +0800

e-VLBI and the Path to the Square Kilometre Array
9th International e-VLBI Workshop

International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research
Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia

October 18 - 20, 2010

The 9th International e-VLBI Workshop will be held in Western
Australia, the location of significant advances on the path to the
SKA. The $100m Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope, with a
high speed network connection to Perth, the $80m Pawsey High
Performance Computing Centre for SKA Science and the $100m
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), promise a
suite of new astronomical capabilities powered by innovative
technologies and high performance networking and computing.

Within this context, e-VLBI has a lot to offer as a pathfinder
technology for the SKA. Long haul, high speed data transport is a key
technology driver for the SKA, accurate time distributed over long
haul networks may also be a key technology, and e-VLBI is moving
forward with remote operations of highly distributed telescope and
processing facilities. e-VLBI offers an environment in which
technology can be pushed to its current limits, solutions for SKA
technologies can be tested, and partnerships between network providers
and scientists can be established. Further, the scientific value of
the e-VLBI technique is substantial, evidenced by recent high profile
publications based on the e-VLBI technique.

The focus of this meeting will be recent scientific and technical
advances in e-VLBI, in particular looking toward the future role of
SKA pathfinder telescopes, such as ASKAP, as part of e-VLBI arrays,
and what we can learn from e-VLBI and apply to the SKA.

The workshop will be three days in duration, the first two days
dedicated to scientific and technical presentations. The third day
will be a networking forum for representatives of networking
organisations and scientists to discuss current and future trends in
high speed data transport and relevance to e-VLBI and the SKA.

The SOC for the meeting is:

   * Prof. Steven Tingay (ICRAR, Australia: Chair)
   * Dr Walter Alef (MPIfR, Germany)
   * Dr Walter Brisken (NRAO, USA)
   * Dr Richard Dodson (ICRAR, Australia)
   * Prof. Robert Fender (Southampton, United Kingdom)
   * Dr Melanie Johnston-Hollitt (VUW, New Zealand)
   * Dr Noriyuki Kawaguchi (NAOJ, Japan)
   * Dr Zsolt Paragi (JIVE, The Netherlands)
   * Dr Zhiqiang Shen (SHAO, China)
   * Dr Anastasios Tzioumis (CSIRO, Australia)
   * Dr Huib van Langevelde (JIVE, The Netherlands)
   * Dr Alan Whitney (MIT Haystack, USA)

The LOC for the meeting is:

   * Prof. Steven Tingay
   * Dr Richard Dodson
   * Dr Cormac Reynolds
   * Dr Maria Rioja
   * Mr Pete Wheeler

Invited speakers are:

James Miller-Jones (Confirmed)
Michael Bietenholtz (TBA)
Ken Baldwin (TBA)
Marcello Giroletti (Confirmed)
Sergei Pogrebenko (TBA)
Arpad Szomoru (Confirmed)
Andreas Brunthaler (TBA)

To register for the meeting, go to http://www.icrar.org/e-VLBI2010.
There is no registration fee for this meeting. Information regarding
travel and accommodation options will be made available on this
website in the near future.

Contributed papers are encouraged and the SOC will be producing the
program based on the invited and contributed papers.

To receive further announcements about this meeting, please send an
email to e-VLBI2010_at_icrar.<!--nospam-->org.

Professor Steven Tingay
ICRAR
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Professor Steven Tingay
Premier's Fellow
Deputy Director
ICRAR
Deputy Director
Western Australian Radio Astronomy Centre of Excellence
Director, Science and Operations
Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy
Department of Imaging and Applied Physics
Curtin University of Technology
Bentley, Western Australia
Australia
Street address:
Brodie Hall building
1 Turner Ave
Technology Park
Bentley 6102
Western Australia
Email:  s.tingay_at_ivec.<!--nospam-->org OR s.tingay_at_curtin.<!--nospam-->edu.au
WWW: http://astronomy.curtin.edu.au
Phone: +61 (0)8 9266 3516
Mobile: +61 (0)425 771 856
Received on 2010-04-30 10:26:13