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ARDRA meeting - 13-15 November, 2019
The Fariyas Resort, Lonavala
13 November, 2019 (09:15-18:00)
09:15-09:30 Melanie Johnston-Hollitt &Yashwant Gupta
Divya Oberoi

Setting the stage

SOC/LOC announcements

Session 1 - Sun and Heliosphere (Divya Oberoi)
09:30-09:45 Divya Oberoi Solar science with MWA - status, plans and possibilities
09:45-10:00 Iver Cairns (remote) Solar Radio Bursts: Research Topics for SKA and Extensions to MWA
10:00-10:15 John Morgan IPS results with the MWA
10:15-10:30 Discussion - Sun and Heliosphere
10:30-10:50 Andrew Zic, PoonamChandra Magnetic stars
10:50-11:00 Discussion - Magnetic stars
11:00-11:30 Tea Break  
Session 2 – Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies (Melanie Johnston-Hollitt)
11:30-11:45 Dharam Vir Lal Cluster of Galaxies: Our efforts using uGMRT
11:45-12:00 Surajit Paul Future perspective on radio astronomy with low massclusters
12:00-12:15 Abhirup Datta Cluster of Galaxies
12:15-12:30 Melanie Johnston-Hollitt An overview of cluster physics research in Australia 
12:30-13:00 Discussion  
13:00-14:00 Lunch
Session 3A – Transients (Poonam Chandra)
14:00-14:15 J-P Macquart Fast Transients - Australian activities
14:15-14:25 Jayanta Roy Fast Transients - Indian Activities
14:25-14:30 Poonam Chandra Transient research in India in EM counterparts of GWsources and other slow transients
14:30-14:40 Shivani Bhandari, Firoza Sutaria, Ryan Shannon, Manoneeta

1-2 slide/s talks each related to collaboration opportunities

Slow transient activities in Australia

Transients with AstroSAT

Swinburne pulsar/transient/gw group

Search for transient radio counterparts of accretion evolution of compact objects

14:40-15:00 Discussion
15:00-15:30 Tea Break  
Session 4 - EOR (Tirthankar Roy Choudhury)
15:30-15:45 Ben McKinley(remote) Murchison widefield array epoch of reionisation 
15:45-16:00 Abhirup Datta Global 21 cm signal estimation using neural network
16:00-16:15 Tirthankar RoyChoudhury Theoretical models of the EoR
16:15-16:30 Prasanta Das Non-linear electrodynamics: a model of inflationary universe
16:30-17:00 Discussion
Session 3B – Pulsars (Goerge Hobbs)
17:00-17:15 Yashwant Gupta An overview of pulsar astronomy in India
17:15-17:30 Ramesh Bhat An overview of pulsar astronomy in Australia
17:30-17:40   1 slide collaboration ideas relating to pulsar astronomy
17:40-18:00 Discussion
     
14 November, 2019 (09:30-17:30)
Session 5 -Surveys and Extra-galactic Deep Fields (Ishwara Chandra)
09:30-09:45 Ishwara-Chandra GLASS and other deep fields with uGMRT
09:45-10:00 Veeresh Singh Search for high redshift galaxies from deep fields
10:00-10:15 Abhirup Dutta Deep fields with GMRT/uGMRT for Cosmology
10:15-10:30 Pankaj Jain Large scale anisotropy in the Universe
10:30-11:00 Discussion  
11:00-11:30 Tea Break
Session 6 – VLBI (Bhal Chandra Joshi)
11:30-11:45 Tasso Tzioumis Overview - Australian perspective
11:45-11:55 Bhal Chandra Joshi Overview - Indian perspective
11:55-12:00 B Ajith Kumar Technical developments at the uGMRT
12:00-12:15 Manikantan Ramadas, A. Deshpande, Visweshwar Ram Marthi 3 x 5 min talks, DDOR application of VLBI, SWAN, Pulsar VLBI – possible IND-AU collaboration opportunities
12:15-13:00 Discussion
13:00-14:00 Lunch
Session 7 – Science Data Processing, Calibration and Imaging (Wasim Raja)
14:00-14:12 Ruta Kale The uGMRT data reduction pipeline: recent developments and further challenges
14:12-14:24 Huib Intema Processing of uGMRT data using the SPAM pipeline: SPAM
14:24-14:36 Dharam Vir Lal A-projection for uGMRT
14:36-14:48 Eric Bastholm Software and Big Data challenges in  ASKAP
14:48-15:00 Wasim Raja ASKAP Wide-field imaging: Challenges and Approaches
15:00-15:30 Discussion
15:30-16:00 Tea Break
Session 8 – Big Data, SKA Regional Centers, Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning (Yogesh Wadadekar)
16:00-16:12 Greg Sleap MWA Archive and Data flow
16:12-16:24 Yogesh Wadadekar Plans for an Indian SRC
16:24-16:36 Snehal Valame Contributions to Astronomy domain: The virtual observatory, GMRT and SKA
16:36-17:00 Rajesh Tamhane + Shraddha Surana Understanding SKA Data Challenges from Data Science and Data Engineering Lenses
17:00-17:30 Discussion
  Banquet Dinner
     
15 November, 2019 (09:30-17:30)
Session 9 – Monitor and Control (Yashwant Gupta)
09:30-09:45 Andrew Williams Monitor & Control system of MWA
09:45-10:00 Mangesh Patil Indian contribution to SKA-Telescope Manager
10:00-10:15 Jitendra Kodilkar Next generation GMRT M&C system: A SKA Telescope Manager Prototype
10:15-10:40 Discussion
10:40-11:10 Tea Break
Session 10 – Signal Processing towards SKA (Prabu T.)
11:10-11:32 Ajith Kumar B Overview of digital signal processing systems at GMRT
11:32-11:46 Srivani K S Wide band Digital Tile Processing system for Low frequency arrays
11:46-12:00 Girish B S Ongoing developments and future trends in high-speed signal processing platforms for low frequency applications
12:00-12:14 Somashekar R Precision analog receiver for EoR
12:14-12:28 Ragunathan A Challenges in the design of an antenna for the detection of Global 21cm EoR signal
12:28-13:00 Discussion
13:00-14:00 Lunch
Session 11 – SKA Field Node and LFAA (Raunaq Bhushan)
14:00-14:12 Raunaq Bhushan SKA at the MRO
14:12-14:24 David Emrich SKA at the MRO: Deployed parts of the signal chain
14:24-14:36 Mia Walker SKA Prototype Comparison
14:36-14:48 Philip Edwards SKA Low Site and Infrastructure
14:48-15:00 Suresh Kumar The design and performance of RF front end and Signal Transport system of GMRT
15:00-15:12 Sandip Khopkar Tantrayut's perspective on Indian contribution to building of SKA Antennas and Electronics
15:12-15:45 Discussion
15:45-16:10 Tea Break
Wrap-up/ Summary
16:10-17:00 5 min summaries by all session coordinators, Divya, Poonam, JP, Nirupam, Ishwar, BCJ, Wasim, Yogesh, Prabhu, Raunaq, Luchetti message
17:05-17:30 Discussion
Close of meeting