Important Information
The Australia Telescope Users Committee (ATUC) meets regularly to discuss issues that impact users of the ATNF. The next ATUC meeting will be held on 3 and 4 September at the CSIRO offices in Marsfield (Sydney).
ATUC
- The ATUC Open Day on 3 September will be held in the Lecutre Theatre in Marsfield. Remote attendance will be made available via Teams. All are welcome to attend. To participate in the ATUC Open Day please register in advance, using the link below. The registration deadline is 17:00 AWST on 21 August.
- If you, as a user (or potential user) of the ATNF, are aware of any issues that need to be raised at the next ATUC meeting, or would like to offer feedback on ATNF activities and facilities, you can do so via the ATUC Community Submission Form or by contacting any member of ATUC.
- In order to facilitate Q&A sessions during the ATUC Open Day, if you are attending online, please indicate your desire to ask a question by posting a message in the Teams chat, or use the ‘raise hand’ feature. The session chair will invite you to ask your question in due course.
Agenda
The agenda for the ATUC Open Day will be made available here prior to the meeting.
3 September – ATUC Open Day
Note: programme subject to change.
| Time (AEST) | Topic | Speaker |
| Session 1: High level overview | Chair: Andrew Zic | |
| 10:00-10:10 | ATUC Chair’s Welcome | Nick Seymour |
| 10:10-10:40 | ATNF Director’s Update | Douglas Bock |
| 10:40-10:50 | Discussion/Q&A | |
| Morning Tea: 10:50-11:30 | ||
| Session 2: Topical Updates | Chair: | |
| 11:30-11:45 | State of Play at ATNF | George Hobbs |
| 11:45-11:55 | Student Programme Update | |
| 11:55-12:10 | Update on ASKAP Key Capabilities | Aidan Hotan |
| 12:10-12:25 | Update on BIGCAT and ATCA | Chris Phillips |
| 12:25-12:30 | Discussion/Q&A | |
| Lunch: 12:30-13:30 | ||
| Session 2: Topical Updates (cont.) | Chair: | |
| 13:30-13:40 | The Murriyang Ultra-Wideband Mid and High receivers | Bahar Mohamadzade |
| 13:40-13:55 | Update on Parkes and the CryoPAF | Shi Dai |
| 13:55-14:10 | LAMBDA update | Tessa Vernstrom |
| 14:10-14:20 | Solar interference mitigation: Jolly Roger | Jongwhan Rhee |
| 14:20-14:30 | Updates on RFI Monitoring and Mitigation | Balthasar Indermuehle |
| 14:30-14:40 | Updates on CRACO as part of the ASKAP ecosystem | Andrew Zic |
| 14:40-14:50 | Data archives | Minh Huynh |
| 14:50-15:00 | Discussion/Q&A | |
| 15:00-15:30 | Afternoon Tea | |
| Session 3: Future directions | Chair: | |
| 15:30-15:50 | ATNF Futures | Cath Trott |
| 15:50-16:00 | Dish array: concept and feasibility | |
| 16:00-16:10 | Mid frequency all-sky aperture array: concept and feasibility | Nithyanandan Thyagarajan |
| 16:10-16:20 | ASKAP PAF upgrade: concept and feasibility | Aidan Hotan |
| 16:20-16:30 | Data platforms and AI integration | |
| 16:30 | Discussion/Q&A/Close |