| 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 | ||
