ATNF eVLBI Network Technologies Workshop 2007

24th and 25th July 2007

The ATNF is hosting a two-day workshop to discuss various network technologies with a particular emphasis on their application to eVLBI and ASKAP.

Date: Tuesday 24 July 2007, 10:00 to 17:30
Wednesday 25 July 2007, 09:00 to 15:00
Venue: Lecture Theatre, ATNF Marsfield (directions, accommodation)


Workshop Programme

Workshop programme
Status: Final

24 July 2007 (Tuesday)

10:00 10:30 Morning Tea
Session 1
10:30 10:45 Brian Boyle and Shaun Amy Welcome:
  • Aims
  • Programme
  • Local Information
10:45 11:45 Tasso Tzioumis, Chris Phillips and Shaun Amy VLBI
  • Science
  • Evolution from tape to disk/network
  • eVLBI-Oz
  • Network issues and EXPReS
11:45 12:00 Sergei Gulyaev/Tim Natusch Developments in New Zealand towards trans-Tasman eVLBI
12:00 12:30 Charles Smith Engineering networks and protocols for high-performance
12:30 13:30 Lunch
Session 2
13:30 15:00 Jerry Sobieski Networks:
  • Incorporating advanced network technologies in eVLBI
  • Existing IP (routed) networks and emerging end-to-end lightpath networks
  • Global Lambda Integrated Facility (GLIF)
  • Dynamic service control plane:
    • What is it?
    • How does an end-user take advantage of it?
    • Possible service models for integration of dedicated network resources into the science process
    • US initiatives: DRAGON, HOPI, I2-DCS, ...
    • Joint EU-US activities: DICE, DRAGON-UvA-I2, SCARI, ...
15:00 15:30 Afternoon Tea
Session 3
15:30 17:30 Jerry Sobieski Workshop/Discussion: Description and realisation of a distributed application using the DRAGON GMPLS software suite (Application Specific Topologies, ASTs)
18:30 late Dinner

25 July 2007 (Wednesday)

Session 4
09:00 09:40 John Zic The CSIRO ICT Centre
  • Network Technologies Laboratory
  • Advanced Applications
  • ...
09:40 10:00 Tim Cornwell The Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP)
  • The Computing and Data Processing Challenge
10:00 10:30 Morning Tea
Session 5
10:30 11:10 Adam Deller Software Correlators:
  • Hardware versus Software
  • Science that is now possible
  • The Australian Long Baseline Array approach/current status
  • Offline (disk)/Online (streamed)
11:10 11:50 Greg Wickham The Australian Perspective:
  • AARNet Regional network
  • Layer 2 versus Layer 3
  • Flexibility and provisioning
  • Future developments
11:50 12:30 George McLaughlin The International Perspective:
  • Lightpaths and their use by the Research and Education community
  • Applications
  • Flexibility
  • A look into the future...
12:30 13:30 Lunch
Session 6
13:30 15:00 Discussion facilitated by: Tasso Tzioumis The Future:
  • Could we use these technologies to enhance eVLBI?
  • How will VLBI evolve over the next 3, 5 and 10 years?
  • What is the role of ASKAP and the SKA in driving network infrastructure and protocol development?
  • What do we (as scientists and engineers) need from our network providers?
  • What are our short, medium and longterm outcomes/hopes?
  • ...
15:00 Workshop close


Organising Committees

Programme Organisers
  • George McLaughlin (Pacific Wave)
  • Shaun Amy (ATNF)
  • Jerry Sobieski (MAX Gigapop)
  • Tasso Tzioumis (ATNF)
Local Organisers
  • Shaun Amy (ATNF)
  • Chris Phillips (ATNF)
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