ASKAP Community Workshop 2014

09:30-16:30 Tue 21 Oct 2014

Marsfield Lecture Theatre

This 1-day workshop is aimed at the ASKAP Science Survey Teams and other potential ASKAP users.

The ASKAP team will provide a comprehensive update on BETA commissioning, data processing and the ASKAP data archive.

The afternoon sessions will provide astronomers with an opportunity to discuss the options for transitioning from ASKAP-12 (the early science array) to the full ASKAP, including the options for re-deployment of Mk I receivers from BETA.

Registration is free of charge.

Program

09:30 Welcome (Lisa Harvey-Smith)
09:35 – 09:40 Opening remarks (Lewis Ball, CASS Chief)
09:40 – 09:50 Project Update (Ant Schinckel)
09:50 – 10:10 BETA performance overview (Dave McConnell)
10:10 – 10:30 Beam forming – status and outlook (Aidan Hotan)
10:30 – 10:50 Wide-field imaging, correlated noise and interleaving (Ian Heywood)
10:50 – 11:00 Contaminants: RFI, solar, cross talk (Lisa Harvey–Smith, Paolo Serra)

Morning Tea

11:30 – 11:50 Data Processing Readiness for Early Science (Ben Humphries)
11:50 – 12:10 ASKAP Data Archive and Readiness for Early Science (Jessica Chapman)
12:10 – 12:30 Discussion of morning presentations, ASKAP early science readiness (Anne Green)

Lunch (Provided in the interaction space)

13:30 – 13:45 Delivery Plan/Schedule for ADE PAFs (Adrian Rispler)
13:45 – 14:00 Indicative u,v coverage & point spread function for a number of deployment options (Matt Whiting)

Presentations from ASKAP Science Survey Teams on preferred PAF deployment options

14:00 – 14:15 EMU/POSSUM
14:15 – 14:30 WALLABY/GASKAP
14:30 – 14:45 FLASH
14:45 – 15:00 DINGO
15:00 – 15:15 VAST and CRAFT

Afternoon Tea

15:45 – 16:30 Discussion on deployment options for ASKAP phased array feeds (Anne Green)

1630 Meeting Close

Contact

Lisa Harvey-Smith
lisa.harvey-smith@csiro.au