Australian Involvement in the MWA II

A one-day workshop

13 November 2007 AR Building (Arts Building)
Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn Campus, Melbourne

This is to announce the second 1-day workshop to discuss Australia's part in the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA). This will include discussion on the science, current status, and the future use of the MWA telescope.

This meeting is being kindly hosted by the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing at Swinburne University of Technology (AR Building, Hawthorn Campus, Melbourne).

The MWA is a radio telescope which will observe in the 80-300 MHz band. It is the low-frequency instrument being built on the superb radio quiet SKA-candidate site in Western Australia. The initial science focuses of the MWA are the epoch-of-reionisation, transients, solar/space physics and an all-sky survey.

We encourage all people interested in the MWA and its science to attend. The agenda is given below.

To help with catering, please e-mail Lisa Lansfield by 8 November to let her know that you will be attending.

For transport options, see the directions to Swinburne's Hawthorn Campus.

For further information, contact

10:00-10:20 Morning tea

Science with the MWA (Chair: David Barnes)

10:20-10:30 Welcome - Matthew Bailes, Rachel Webster

10:30-10:45 Overview of MWA science and Australian involvement - Lister Staveley-Smith

10:45-11:00 ISM science with the MWA - Greg Madsen

11:00-11:15 Solar and space science with the MWA - Iver Cairns

11:15-11:35 Discussion: MWA, the Galaxy and Sun - Leads: Bryan Gaensler and Iver Cairns

11:35-11:50 Transients with the MWA - Shami Chatterjee

11:50-12:05 Baseband systems for transient detection - Matthew Bailes

12:05-12:30 Discussion: MWA transient science and collaboration - Lead: Shami Chatterjee

12:30-1:15 Lunch Lunch will be available in nearby cafes

Technical developments and status update (Chair: Lister Staveley-Smith)

1:15-1:30 Site status - Bob Sault

1:30-1:40 Front end status - Bob Sault

1:40-1:50 The correlator - Ludi de Souza

1:50-2:20 The real-time system: Calibration and imaging - Bob Sault

2:20-2:35 GPU research at WA - Chris Harris

2:35-2:50 Funding and Board reports - Rachel Webster

2:50-3:20 Discussion

3:20-3:35 Afternoon tea

The future (Chair: Matthew Bailes)

3:35-3:45 Operational requirements - Bob Sault

3:45-4:00 A WA operations centre model - Steven Tingay

4:00-4:15 The NCRIS process - Rachel Webster

4:15-5:00 Discussion

5:00 End

Last updated: Bob Sault (9-Nov-2007)