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

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PRELIMINARY Block Agenda, to be evolved online to full Agenda.

Tuesday 21 Feb 2012

Introduction

• CASS changes and the LBA??

LBA proposals and block scheduling

• call for proposals
• proposal stats
• OPAL

LBA schedules

• SCHED
• Wiki

Observing issues

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

Correlation

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

Calibration

Technical developments

• DAS
• Recorders
• Disk systems

Review of Actions and Open discussion

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

Wednesday 22 Feb 2012

MORNING Sessions

Networks and eVLBI

• AARNet report
• CASS network plans
• Other networking plans?
• Overseas connectivity - India, Asia, Europe, South America, Africa
• e-VLBI tests?
• NEXPRES

Technical developments

• DiFX 2.0
• e-VLBI
• VDIFF and VTP

Review of actions and General discussion

AFTERNOON

Special session on VLBA time and projects

• VLBA support from CASS and ICRAR
• VLBA time availability
• “big” project proposals?

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