The Square Kilometre Array - SKADS Technology Seminar
Overall System Design
Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, December 10th
10:00 - 10:05
Open
Nigel Rix, Technology Business Manager
Electronics Knowledge Transfer Network
10:05 - 10:15
Introduction to the SKA Project
Prof Peter Wilkinson, UK SKADS Principal Investigator
University of Manchester
10:15 - 10:30
System Overview
Dr Andrew Faulkner, SKADS Project Engineer
University of Cambridge
10:30 - 10:50
Challenges for data processing,
control and monitoring
Dr Paul Alexander, Head of Astrophysics Group
University of Cambridge
10:50 - 11:05
System Simulations
Dr Stefano Salvini
Oxford e-Research Centre
11:05 - 11:30
Experiences in telescope control
Dr Chris Meyer, Consultant
Observatory Sciences
11:30 – 12:00
Coffee
12:00 – 12:15
Challenges for the Data network
Prof Ralph Spencer, Professor of Radio Astronomy
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Univ of M/cr
12:15 – 12:30
High performance networks
Dr. Reza Nejabati, Academic Fellow
University of Essex
12:30 – 13:00
IBM Super-computing roadmap
Maciej Remiszewski, Deep Computing Team
IBM
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 14:25
High performance database
and data storage technologies
14:25 - 14:50
Petascale Computing – challenges Peter Chow, Assistant Group Manager
to scale new and existing applications Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe Ltd
14:50 - 16:00
Technology Discussions:
Networks
Computing
Data Storage
16:00– 16:30
Coffee
16:30 – 16:50
Summary of discussion
Dr Alexander
16:50 – 17:00
Next Steps & Close
Nigel Rix
Andrew Bond, Director Database, Business
Intelligence and Datawarehousing, Oracle
Facilitated by Dr Alexander
Required Specification for SKA Project
Current State-of-the-Art
Expected developments and barriers
Projected mini-roadmap