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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
