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AgendaLBA-Ops-2012

LBA Ops and technical/eVLBI meeting, 21-22 Feb 2012, CASS, Sydney

Faraday Room, Marsfield

Note: The meeting will have minimal formal presentations. The emphasis is on general discussion and any resulting Action items. Names indicate discussion leaders.

Tuesday 21 Feb 2012

8:30-9:00 Coffee and tea

9:00-9:30 Introductions

• General meeting scope and housekeeping (Tasso Tzioumis) - 5 mins
• CASS changes and the LBA (Douglas Bock)

9:30-10:00 LBA proposals and block scheduling (Phil Edwards)

• call for proposals
• proposal stats
• OPAL

10:00-10:30 LBA schedules (Cormac Reynolds)

• SCHED
• Wiki

10:30-11:00 Coffee and refreshments

11:00-12:30 Observing issues (Tasso Tzioumis)

• Telescope reports
• Data transport
• Mk5 observations
• ASKAP plans
• AuScope
• Discussion

12:30-13:30 Lunch

13:30-14:30 Correlation (Cormac Reynolds and Hayley Bignall)

• DIFX changes -summary
• Pipeline and data checking
• Data distribution
• Online archive

14:30-15:00 Calibration (Chris Phillips and Hayley Bignall)

15:00-15:30 Tea and refreshments

15:30-16:30 Technical developments (Chris Phillips)

• DAS
• Recorders
• Disk systems

16:30-17:30 Review of Actions and Open discussion (Tasso Tzioumis)

• Actions from last year
• New actions from the day
• general discussion

18:00 - 21:00 Dinner at local restaurant (to be organised on the day)

Wednesday 22 Feb 2012

MORNING Sessions at AARNet, Level 2, Binary Centre, Bldg1, 3 Richardson Place, North Ryde, NSW 2113

8:00-9:00 Arrival at North Ryde. Car transport organised (confirm on previous evening).

9:00-10:00 Networks (Tasso Tzioumis)

• AARNet report (30 mins)
• CASS network plans (20 mins) - Shaun Amy
• Other networking plans? (10 mins)

10:00-10:30 e-VLBI (Chris Phillips)

• Overseas connectivity - India, Asia, Europe, South America, Africa
• e-VLBI tests?
• NEXPRES (5 mins)

10:30-11:00 Coffee and refreshments

11:00-12:00 Technical developments (Chris Phillips)

• DiFX 2.0
• e-VLBI
• VDIF and VTP

12:00-12:30 Review of actions and General discussion

12:30-13:30 Lunch at AARNet

13:30-14:00 Transport to ATNF, Marsfield

AFTERNOON -- Special session on VLBA time and projects

Faraday Room, Marsfield

Telecon and videocon facilities may be provided on request

14:00-14:30 Discussion with CASS Director

14:30-15:30 VLBA time (Steven Tingay)

• VLBA introduction
• VLBA support from CASS and ICRAR
• VLBA time availability
• "big" project proposals?

15:30-16:00 Tea and refreshments

16:00-17:30 VLBA time (Steven Tingay)

• Discussion
• Actions

17:30 END