SKA Pre-Construction Phase 1
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
The Square Kilometre Array is a large next generation radio telescope that is planned to be many times more sensitive than the current most sensitive telescopes in the world and transform our view of the universe. It is a global mega-science project involving scientists and engineers from institutes and industry partners in more than 20 countries. It will be a radio interferometer with an aggregate collecting area of about 1 million square metres spread over at least 3000 km and operating in the frequency range ~70 MHz to 10 GHz (and possibly 30 GHz in the future). It is one of a small number of flagship astronomical instruments that will span the entire electromagnetic spectrum from radio to gamma rays, and beyond the electromagnetic spectrum to gravitational waves, cosmic rays and neutrinos, and whose collective aim is chart the full history of the universe from its beginnings in the Big Bang to the present day.
The SKA can be regarded as a vast sensor network whose backbone is an optical fibre network linking all elements of the system, from the collectors (dishes, aperture arrays) to the correlator, to the science data processor and high performance computer, and on to the national and regional science centres around the world. The work to be carried out under this grant focusses on the optical fibre network and the options for transporting the signals throughout the SKA, as well as on generation and distribution of the synchronisation and timing signals that are used throughout the telescope.
The SKA can be regarded as a vast sensor network whose backbone is an optical fibre network linking all elements of the system, from the collectors (dishes, aperture arrays) to the correlator, to the science data processor and high performance computer, and on to the national and regional science centres around the world. The work to be carried out under this grant focusses on the optical fibre network and the options for transporting the signals throughout the SKA, as well as on generation and distribution of the synchronisation and timing signals that are used throughout the telescope.
Planned Impact
The beneficiaries of this research will be the astronomy community in the UK and globally, UK and global industry, young scientists and engineers, and the general public.
When the SKA is in operation, it will be the most advanced radio telescope on the planet, able to tackle the major questions in astrophysics and cosmology and to make new discoveries. It will transform our view of the universe. The UK astronomy community continues to play a leading role in developing the science case and deriving requirements on the technical design, and is well placed to take full advantage of the SKA capability when it comes on line late this decade.
A project of the size and scientific & technical interest of the SKA is a strong attractor for the best young science and engineering talent in the UK, both in the academic world as well as in industry. It provides engagement in state of the art engineering and science, as well as project management of a global project. The high quality team being built up in Signal & data transport (SADT) and synchronisation & timing (SAT) is evidence that this process is already taking place, and this can be expected to continue when industry engagement ramps up.
Signal & data transport and synchronisation & timing is attracting UK and global industry interest due to the technical requirements that push the state of the art and provide opportunities for industry to engage in research that is likely to result in new or modified product lines as well as direct supplies to the SKA project. Potential impact areas on the medium and longer term include the following:
SADT: Internet traffic volume is expanding exponentially. Low cost innovative solutions for data flow and storage will be the goal of industry players in this area. SKA requirements for low cost data transmission over fibre will help drive technology to support these future infrastructure requirements for high definition, multiple video data streaming for communications and entertainment, cloud computing, data warehousing, data mining, etc. There is also high interest in 'bursty' bandwidth on demand support, and subsequent charging schemes for quality of service, that will be studied as part of the SADT activity.
SAT: Very accurate time and frequency transfer has significant impact in many areas including aerospace and defence requirements. There is the potential to support increasingly high speed telecommunications networks and time division multiple access (TDMA) networks. Improved accuracy in timing will benefit geodesy, and this could be extended to surveying and civil engineering. Global navigation could also benefit, and the pressure to develop higher precision GPS sensors will allow for improved seismological warnings.
When the SKA is in operation, it will be the most advanced radio telescope on the planet, able to tackle the major questions in astrophysics and cosmology and to make new discoveries. It will transform our view of the universe. The UK astronomy community continues to play a leading role in developing the science case and deriving requirements on the technical design, and is well placed to take full advantage of the SKA capability when it comes on line late this decade.
A project of the size and scientific & technical interest of the SKA is a strong attractor for the best young science and engineering talent in the UK, both in the academic world as well as in industry. It provides engagement in state of the art engineering and science, as well as project management of a global project. The high quality team being built up in Signal & data transport (SADT) and synchronisation & timing (SAT) is evidence that this process is already taking place, and this can be expected to continue when industry engagement ramps up.
Signal & data transport and synchronisation & timing is attracting UK and global industry interest due to the technical requirements that push the state of the art and provide opportunities for industry to engage in research that is likely to result in new or modified product lines as well as direct supplies to the SKA project. Potential impact areas on the medium and longer term include the following:
SADT: Internet traffic volume is expanding exponentially. Low cost innovative solutions for data flow and storage will be the goal of industry players in this area. SKA requirements for low cost data transmission over fibre will help drive technology to support these future infrastructure requirements for high definition, multiple video data streaming for communications and entertainment, cloud computing, data warehousing, data mining, etc. There is also high interest in 'bursty' bandwidth on demand support, and subsequent charging schemes for quality of service, that will be studied as part of the SADT activity.
SAT: Very accurate time and frequency transfer has significant impact in many areas including aerospace and defence requirements. There is the potential to support increasingly high speed telecommunications networks and time division multiple access (TDMA) networks. Improved accuracy in timing will benefit geodesy, and this could be extended to surveying and civil engineering. Global navigation could also benefit, and the pressure to develop higher precision GPS sensors will allow for improved seismological warnings.
Organisations
- University of Manchester (Lead Research Organisation)
- Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Africa (Collaboration)
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) (Collaboration)
- University of Granada (Collaboration)
- ASTRON Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (Collaboration)
- IBM (Collaboration)
- SKA Square Kilometre Array (Collaboration)
- University of Western Australia (Collaboration)
- National Physical Laboratory (Collaboration)
- Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE) (Collaboration)
- GEANT Project (Collaboration)
- No.38 Research Institute of CETC (CETC38) (Collaboration)
- Tsinghua University China (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (Collaboration)
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Collaboration)
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (Collaboration)
- Frazer-Nash Consultancy (Collaboration)
- Ardine Training Ltd (Collaboration)
- Instituto de Telecomunicações (Collaboration)
- Australian Academic and Research Network (Collaboration)
- National Center for Radio Astrophysics, India (Collaboration)
- Daresbury Laboratory (Collaboration)
- Observatory of Paris (Collaboration)
Publications
Bommineni M
(2017)
NMGR TO DDBH (LOW) INTERFACE CONTROL DOCUMENT
Bommineni M
(2017)
NMGR TO DDBH (MID) INTERNAL INTERFACE CONTROL DOCUMENT
Boven P
(2016)
SKA1 SYNCHRONIZATION AND TIMING ARCHITECTURE
Davis J
(2016)
SKA TIMESCALE CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT AND DOWN SELECTION
Dickinson C
(2015)
Studies of Anomalous Microwave Emission (AME) with the SKA
Gabrielczyk R
(2016)
Verification Cross-Reference Matrix (VCRM) SADT
Gabrielczyk R
(2017)
SADT Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP)
Gabrielczyk R
(2016)
SKA1 SADT Master Data Assumptions List
Gabrielczyk R
(2016)
SADT ELEMENT TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION
Gabrielczyk R
(2016)
SADT Preliminary Design Review (PDR) Observation Action Register (OAR)
Gozzard D R
(2018)
Simple Stabilized Radio-Frequency Transfer With Optical Phase Actuation
Grainge K
(2017)
SKA-SADT Business Case
Grainge K
(2017)
Square Kilometre Array: The radio telescope of the XXI century
Hindley D
(2016)
SADT SAT.CLOCKS BUILD and OPERATIONAL COSTS
Hughes-Jones R
(2016)
SKA 1 SADT INSTALLATION, COMMISSIONING, OPERATIONAL TESTING AND MONITORING OF SADT LINKS
Macquart J
(2015)
Fast Transients at Cosmological Distances with the SKA
Mort B
(2017)
Analysing the impact of far-out sidelobes on the imaging performance of the SKA-LOW telescope
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mort Benjamin
(2016)
Analysing the impact of far-out side-lobes on the imaging performance of the SKA-LOW telescope
in ArXiv e-prints
Muller J
(2016)
NON-SCIENCE DATA NETWORK SYSTEM DESIGN REPORT
Muller J
(2017)
NSDN TO NMGR INTERFACE CONTROL DOCUMENT (MID)
Navarrini A
Design of PHAROS2 Phased Array Feed
Pearson M
(2017)
SKA-SADT Cost Update 2nd October 2017
PSS-NIP
(2018)
PSS-NIP CDR documentation
SADT Consortium
(2018)
SADT CDR submission
Scaife A
(2019)
Compute and Storage for SKA Regional Centres
Scaife AMM
(2020)
Big telescope, big data: towards exascale with the Square Kilometre Array.
in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
Thiagaraj P
(2016)
Fourier Domain Acceleration Searching
Thiagaraj P
(2016)
Folding and Optimisation
Wang B
(2016)
TSINGHUA TESTS RAPID TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION MITIGATION
Wingfield N
(2016)
SKA1 MID PROPOSED OVERHEAD FIBRE RETICULATION
Zhang Y
(2018)
On the front-end design of mid-frequency aperture array for square kilometre array
in Experimental Astronomy
Description | We have formed an international consortium of 15 different institutes in 8 different countries and submitted a bid to the Office of the SKA for the design work associated with the Signal and Data Transport (SADT) for the SKA telescope. This bid was accepted and the University of Manchester now lead this package of work. We had a Premilinary Design Review in 2015 which we have passed subject to completion of actions. We have now progressed to Critical Design Review that was closed out in January 2019. |
Exploitation Route | The next stage of the project is to produce documentation ready for tender. Thus the Designs that we are working on now will be issued for tender to industry who will therefore use the products of our work to build the Signal and Data Transport systems for the SKA telescope. |
Sectors | Construction Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Manufacturing including Industrial Biotechology |
URL | http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/research/ska/ |
Description | The on-going technical leadership and design work in the SKA project was one of the contributing factors in the decision to locate the HQ of the SKA Organisation at Jodrell Bank. This employs more than 50 people and is the international face of this high profile project. |
First Year Of Impact | 2015 |
Sector | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Electronics |
Impact Types | Societal Economic |
Description | Studentship for China-UK exchange |
Amount | £12,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | China |
Start | 09/2012 |
End | 09/2013 |
Description | Ardine |
Organisation | Ardine Training Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Contract issued by University of Manchester to Ardine |
Collaborator Contribution | Technical support in the following areas: - Provide technical and engineering design services relating to the SKA Mid and Low telescope Digital Data Back-Haul (DDBH) networks on behalf of the University of Manchester's SKA Signal and Data Transport (SaDT) Consortium. - Make a proportionate and relevant contribution to preparing Critical Design Review (CDR) documentation related to the DDBH networks on behalf of the SaDT Consortium and supporting other SaDT Consortium CDR deliverables as reasonably required. |
Impact | Contribution to SADT DDBH Detailed Design Document |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | CSP consortium |
Organisation | SKA Square Kilometre Array |
Department | SKA Central Signal Processing Consortium |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Lead of Pulsar Search Sub-element of CSP element of SKA. |
Collaborator Contribution | Overall design of full CSP element of SKA. |
Impact | Preliminary Design Review documentation for Stage 1 of SKA pre-construction, multi-disciplinary with Engineering and Astrophysics. |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | Daresbury |
Organisation | Daresbury Laboratory |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Contract from University of Manchester to Daresbury Labs |
Collaborator Contribution | Simon Gregory from STFC Daresbury provided additional Project Management support for the SADT Consortium in the SKA at a maximum of 26 hours per week over a 12 week period. Simon is now working on test planning and test reporting. |
Impact | Test plan and test result documentation |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Frazer Nash |
Organisation | Frazer-Nash Consultancy |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | We lead the SADT Consortium |
Collaborator Contribution | RAMs and FMECA analysis of the SADT element |
Impact | RAMs and FMECA analysis of the SADT element |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Front-End Design Task Leader of MFAA Consortium |
Organisation | ASTRON Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy |
Country | Netherlands |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Lead the Front-End Design task for the MFAA consortium; Deliver one front-end solution for the consortium based on ORA design; Lead the integration work of ORA array with differential LNAs, this is a distinguished design within the MFAA consortium and community. Developed the unique planar antenna array structure for wide band, dual polarisation and low cost applications Different array geometries (Square grid and triangular grid) and low cost production techniques have been investigated Polarisation purity of the developed antenna array is improved significantly, helping the consortium to reduce the risk of the aperture array technology for radio astronomy |
Collaborator Contribution | Differential LNA designed by Observatoire de Paris, Nancay; A beamformer board based on time delay has also developed by Nancay, it will greatly help to characterise the planar antenna array structure developed in Manchester. Front-end solution by ASTRON based on Vivaldi antenna; Front-end solution by KLAASA based on Vivaldi antenna; Demonstrator construction of ORA by KLAASA |
Impact | Deliver an optimised front-end solution for MFAA. Bring the mid-frequency aperture array technology to TRL5. |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | Front-End Design Task Leader of MFAA Consortium |
Organisation | No.38 Research Institute of CETC (CETC38) |
Country | China |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Lead the Front-End Design task for the MFAA consortium; Deliver one front-end solution for the consortium based on ORA design; Lead the integration work of ORA array with differential LNAs, this is a distinguished design within the MFAA consortium and community. Developed the unique planar antenna array structure for wide band, dual polarisation and low cost applications Different array geometries (Square grid and triangular grid) and low cost production techniques have been investigated Polarisation purity of the developed antenna array is improved significantly, helping the consortium to reduce the risk of the aperture array technology for radio astronomy |
Collaborator Contribution | Differential LNA designed by Observatoire de Paris, Nancay; A beamformer board based on time delay has also developed by Nancay, it will greatly help to characterise the planar antenna array structure developed in Manchester. Front-end solution by ASTRON based on Vivaldi antenna; Front-end solution by KLAASA based on Vivaldi antenna; Demonstrator construction of ORA by KLAASA |
Impact | Deliver an optimised front-end solution for MFAA. Bring the mid-frequency aperture array technology to TRL5. |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | Front-End Design Task Leader of MFAA Consortium |
Organisation | Observatory of Paris |
Country | France |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Lead the Front-End Design task for the MFAA consortium; Deliver one front-end solution for the consortium based on ORA design; Lead the integration work of ORA array with differential LNAs, this is a distinguished design within the MFAA consortium and community. Developed the unique planar antenna array structure for wide band, dual polarisation and low cost applications Different array geometries (Square grid and triangular grid) and low cost production techniques have been investigated Polarisation purity of the developed antenna array is improved significantly, helping the consortium to reduce the risk of the aperture array technology for radio astronomy |
Collaborator Contribution | Differential LNA designed by Observatoire de Paris, Nancay; A beamformer board based on time delay has also developed by Nancay, it will greatly help to characterise the planar antenna array structure developed in Manchester. Front-end solution by ASTRON based on Vivaldi antenna; Front-end solution by KLAASA based on Vivaldi antenna; Demonstrator construction of ORA by KLAASA |
Impact | Deliver an optimised front-end solution for MFAA. Bring the mid-frequency aperture array technology to TRL5. |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | Front-End Design Task Leader of MFAA Consortium |
Organisation | University of Cambridge |
Department | Department of Physics |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Lead the Front-End Design task for the MFAA consortium; Deliver one front-end solution for the consortium based on ORA design; Lead the integration work of ORA array with differential LNAs, this is a distinguished design within the MFAA consortium and community. Developed the unique planar antenna array structure for wide band, dual polarisation and low cost applications Different array geometries (Square grid and triangular grid) and low cost production techniques have been investigated Polarisation purity of the developed antenna array is improved significantly, helping the consortium to reduce the risk of the aperture array technology for radio astronomy |
Collaborator Contribution | Differential LNA designed by Observatoire de Paris, Nancay; A beamformer board based on time delay has also developed by Nancay, it will greatly help to characterise the planar antenna array structure developed in Manchester. Front-end solution by ASTRON based on Vivaldi antenna; Front-end solution by KLAASA based on Vivaldi antenna; Demonstrator construction of ORA by KLAASA |
Impact | Deliver an optimised front-end solution for MFAA. Bring the mid-frequency aperture array technology to TRL5. |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | GEANT |
Organisation | GEANT Project |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | We lead the SADT Consortium |
Collaborator Contribution | Leadership of the data transport from CSP to SDP for SKA |
Impact | Preliminary design of CSP-SDP link |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | NPL |
Organisation | National Physical Laboratory |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We lead the SADT Consortium |
Collaborator Contribution | Preliminary design of clocks and clock ensemble for the SKA Detailed design of above |
Impact | Preliminary design of clocks and clock ensemble for the SKA Detailed design of above |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | SDP |
Organisation | SKA Square Kilometre Array |
Department | SKA Science Data Processing Consortium |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Lead of design of the Pulsar Search and Pulsar Timing components of the pipeline sub-element of the Science Data Processing element of the Square Kilometre Array project. |
Collaborator Contribution | Overall design of the Science Data Processing element of SKA. |
Impact | Multi-disciplinary work mixing Astrophysics and Engineering, has lead to design documentation for the SDP. |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | SKA International SADT Consortium |
Organisation | ASTRON Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy |
Country | Netherlands |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | University of Manchester are the lead organisation for the SADT collaboration and have responsibility for the overall project management and system engineering in addition to its overall technical lead and leadership of the DDBH and STFR workpackages. |
Collaborator Contribution | Leadership of the CLK, NWA, NMGR, TM, SAT.LMC, CSP, SDP workpackages. |
Impact | T0 milestone achieved T0+12 milestone achieved Conceptual design and downselect milestone achieved ICD delivery milestone achieved RBS delivery milestone achieved PDR delivery milestone achieved |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | SKA International SADT Consortium |
Organisation | Australian Academic and Research Network |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | University of Manchester are the lead organisation for the SADT collaboration and have responsibility for the overall project management and system engineering in addition to its overall technical lead and leadership of the DDBH and STFR workpackages. |
Collaborator Contribution | Leadership of the CLK, NWA, NMGR, TM, SAT.LMC, CSP, SDP workpackages. |
Impact | T0 milestone achieved T0+12 milestone achieved Conceptual design and downselect milestone achieved ICD delivery milestone achieved RBS delivery milestone achieved PDR delivery milestone achieved |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | SKA International SADT Consortium |
Organisation | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | University of Manchester are the lead organisation for the SADT collaboration and have responsibility for the overall project management and system engineering in addition to its overall technical lead and leadership of the DDBH and STFR workpackages. |
Collaborator Contribution | Leadership of the CLK, NWA, NMGR, TM, SAT.LMC, CSP, SDP workpackages. |
Impact | T0 milestone achieved T0+12 milestone achieved Conceptual design and downselect milestone achieved ICD delivery milestone achieved RBS delivery milestone achieved PDR delivery milestone achieved |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | SKA International SADT Consortium |
Organisation | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) |
Department | Meraka Institute |
Country | South Africa |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | University of Manchester are the lead organisation for the SADT collaboration and have responsibility for the overall project management and system engineering in addition to its overall technical lead and leadership of the DDBH and STFR workpackages. |
Collaborator Contribution | Leadership of the CLK, NWA, NMGR, TM, SAT.LMC, CSP, SDP workpackages. |
Impact | T0 milestone achieved T0+12 milestone achieved Conceptual design and downselect milestone achieved ICD delivery milestone achieved RBS delivery milestone achieved PDR delivery milestone achieved |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | SKA International SADT Consortium |
Organisation | GEANT Project |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | University of Manchester are the lead organisation for the SADT collaboration and have responsibility for the overall project management and system engineering in addition to its overall technical lead and leadership of the DDBH and STFR workpackages. |
Collaborator Contribution | Leadership of the CLK, NWA, NMGR, TM, SAT.LMC, CSP, SDP workpackages. |
Impact | T0 milestone achieved T0+12 milestone achieved Conceptual design and downselect milestone achieved ICD delivery milestone achieved RBS delivery milestone achieved PDR delivery milestone achieved |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | SKA International SADT Consortium |
Organisation | Instituto de Telecomunicações |
Country | Portugal |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | University of Manchester are the lead organisation for the SADT collaboration and have responsibility for the overall project management and system engineering in addition to its overall technical lead and leadership of the DDBH and STFR workpackages. |
Collaborator Contribution | Leadership of the CLK, NWA, NMGR, TM, SAT.LMC, CSP, SDP workpackages. |
Impact | T0 milestone achieved T0+12 milestone achieved Conceptual design and downselect milestone achieved ICD delivery milestone achieved RBS delivery milestone achieved PDR delivery milestone achieved |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | SKA International SADT Consortium |
Organisation | Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE) |
Country | Netherlands |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | University of Manchester are the lead organisation for the SADT collaboration and have responsibility for the overall project management and system engineering in addition to its overall technical lead and leadership of the DDBH and STFR workpackages. |
Collaborator Contribution | Leadership of the CLK, NWA, NMGR, TM, SAT.LMC, CSP, SDP workpackages. |
Impact | T0 milestone achieved T0+12 milestone achieved Conceptual design and downselect milestone achieved ICD delivery milestone achieved RBS delivery milestone achieved PDR delivery milestone achieved |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | SKA International SADT Consortium |
Organisation | National Center for Radio Astrophysics, India |
Country | India |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | University of Manchester are the lead organisation for the SADT collaboration and have responsibility for the overall project management and system engineering in addition to its overall technical lead and leadership of the DDBH and STFR workpackages. |
Collaborator Contribution | Leadership of the CLK, NWA, NMGR, TM, SAT.LMC, CSP, SDP workpackages. |
Impact | T0 milestone achieved T0+12 milestone achieved Conceptual design and downselect milestone achieved ICD delivery milestone achieved RBS delivery milestone achieved PDR delivery milestone achieved |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | SKA International SADT Consortium |
Organisation | National Physical Laboratory |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | University of Manchester are the lead organisation for the SADT collaboration and have responsibility for the overall project management and system engineering in addition to its overall technical lead and leadership of the DDBH and STFR workpackages. |
Collaborator Contribution | Leadership of the CLK, NWA, NMGR, TM, SAT.LMC, CSP, SDP workpackages. |
Impact | T0 milestone achieved T0+12 milestone achieved Conceptual design and downselect milestone achieved ICD delivery milestone achieved RBS delivery milestone achieved PDR delivery milestone achieved |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | SKA International SADT Consortium |
Organisation | Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University |
Country | South Africa |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | University of Manchester are the lead organisation for the SADT collaboration and have responsibility for the overall project management and system engineering in addition to its overall technical lead and leadership of the DDBH and STFR workpackages. |
Collaborator Contribution | Leadership of the CLK, NWA, NMGR, TM, SAT.LMC, CSP, SDP workpackages. |
Impact | T0 milestone achieved T0+12 milestone achieved Conceptual design and downselect milestone achieved ICD delivery milestone achieved RBS delivery milestone achieved PDR delivery milestone achieved |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | SKA International SADT Consortium |
Organisation | Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Africa |
Country | South Africa |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | University of Manchester are the lead organisation for the SADT collaboration and have responsibility for the overall project management and system engineering in addition to its overall technical lead and leadership of the DDBH and STFR workpackages. |
Collaborator Contribution | Leadership of the CLK, NWA, NMGR, TM, SAT.LMC, CSP, SDP workpackages. |
Impact | T0 milestone achieved T0+12 milestone achieved Conceptual design and downselect milestone achieved ICD delivery milestone achieved RBS delivery milestone achieved PDR delivery milestone achieved |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | SKA International SADT Consortium |
Organisation | Tsinghua University China |
Country | China |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | University of Manchester are the lead organisation for the SADT collaboration and have responsibility for the overall project management and system engineering in addition to its overall technical lead and leadership of the DDBH and STFR workpackages. |
Collaborator Contribution | Leadership of the CLK, NWA, NMGR, TM, SAT.LMC, CSP, SDP workpackages. |
Impact | T0 milestone achieved T0+12 milestone achieved Conceptual design and downselect milestone achieved ICD delivery milestone achieved RBS delivery milestone achieved PDR delivery milestone achieved |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | SKA International SADT Consortium |
Organisation | University of Granada |
Country | Spain |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | University of Manchester are the lead organisation for the SADT collaboration and have responsibility for the overall project management and system engineering in addition to its overall technical lead and leadership of the DDBH and STFR workpackages. |
Collaborator Contribution | Leadership of the CLK, NWA, NMGR, TM, SAT.LMC, CSP, SDP workpackages. |
Impact | T0 milestone achieved T0+12 milestone achieved Conceptual design and downselect milestone achieved ICD delivery milestone achieved RBS delivery milestone achieved PDR delivery milestone achieved |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | SKA International SADT Consortium |
Organisation | University of Western Australia |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | University of Manchester are the lead organisation for the SADT collaboration and have responsibility for the overall project management and system engineering in addition to its overall technical lead and leadership of the DDBH and STFR workpackages. |
Collaborator Contribution | Leadership of the CLK, NWA, NMGR, TM, SAT.LMC, CSP, SDP workpackages. |
Impact | T0 milestone achieved T0+12 milestone achieved Conceptual design and downselect milestone achieved ICD delivery milestone achieved RBS delivery milestone achieved PDR delivery milestone achieved |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | SKA-UMan testing - cosmic particles |
Organisation | ASTRON Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy |
Country | Netherlands |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | SKA-UMan: J Bray and colleagues & ASTRON collaboration for the purposes of testing and loaning equipment for the SKA project. |
Collaborator Contribution | ASTRON is making an in-kind contribution of four electro-optical data links, which are currently being manufactured. |
Impact | Testing for SKA project work. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Technique collaboration, IBM - SKA-UMan (SD) consortium |
Organisation | IBM |
Country | United States |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Collaboration work between Chris Skipper (SKA-UMan) and Paul Hurley of IBM regarding the potential use of the non-FFT imaging technique (bluebild). Work for the SDP consortium, SKA. |
Collaborator Contribution | Collaboration work between Chris Skipper (SKA-UMan) and Paul Hurley of IBM regarding the potential use of the non-FFT imaging technique (bluebild). Work for the SDP consortium, SKA. |
Impact | Ongoing. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | UWA |
Organisation | University of Western Australia |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Design and development of the "glass box" calibration system |
Collaborator Contribution | The aim of this project is to design the system required for distribution of the reference frequency signal that is needed for synchronisation of the elements of the SKA. The requirements for this system are equivalent to a timing accuracy of 1ps over timescales of 10 minutes. The scope of this project is to: • Provide conceptual design for the STFR system. • Develop STFR design. • Construct prototype. • Conduct validation testing. |
Impact | Development of a design of the STFR system for SADT SKA |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Apodisation of Aperture Array Stations with Shared Elements |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | ECP for inclusion of apodisation into SKA design NA |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Bluedot Festival July 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Listed by Hilary Kay STFC but applicable for many. bluedot festival - Jodrell Bank - 7-9 July 2017 This festival involves not only science, but also music and culture, providing an opportunity to engage with a more diverse audience. The festival included talks by SKA scientists, and we also provided a stand where festivalgoers were able to chat with SKA-related staff and students and try their hand at SKA-related activities. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | CDR meeting: PSS January 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Attendance at PSS Critical Design Review meeting held at SKA HQ JBO 29th and 30th January 2018. UMan attendees: Mike Pearson, Ben Stappers and more. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | DARA teaching: November to December 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | SKA related DARA teaching in Nairobi (African SKA Partner country). From 20th November to 1st December. Conducted by Althea Wilkinson and others. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Engineering for SKA to EEE |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Engineering undergraduates considering SKA as a future career path NA |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | European Optical Conference (ECOC) September 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | ECOC held in Sweden 18th to 20th September 2017. Attended by Richard Oberland (UMan-SADT) - Meeting with telecoms/datacoms industry vendors, floor exhibition, and technical sessions. Held 1-2-1 meetings with vendors on SKA SADT design work and planning. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Girls Night Out March 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Listed by Hilary Kay STFC. This event was run by the Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre, part of the University of Manchester. It featured the SKA, and included a talk by an SKA scientist. We also provided some SKA-related outreach activities to help engage the public with the SKA. Held at JBO 9th March 2017. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | ICALEPCS2017 conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Ralph Braddock (UMan-SADT) attended the (16th International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems) ICALEPCS2017 conference in Barcelona, Spain. This was held at the Palau de Congressos de Catalunya between 8-13th October 2017. At this conference Ralph presented the paper "THCPL04 - SKA Synchronization and Timing Local Monitor Control - Software Design Approach" written by Rajesh Warange and Ralph. He also presented a poster "THPHA085 - SKA Synchronization and Timing Local Monitor Control - Project Status" based upon a paper written by Rajesh Warange, Geoff Mant, Ralph (and also with credits to Yashwant Gupta, Keith Grainge, Jill Hammond, Uli Horn). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | IEEE NEMO conference: May 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | IEEE NEMO conference (Seville, Spain, 17th -19th of May 2017). Purpose: exchange research ideas and update recent progress. Achievement: exchanged experience in fast EM calculation with externaI large structures and methods to reduce mutual coupling of antenna arrays. Personal contributions: presentations given and attendance - Lei Liu and Keith Grainge |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Industry Day: UMan December 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | University of Manchester Industry Day 6th December 2017. Presentation and slides from Ben Stappers and Lina Levin Preston. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Lecture: AENEAS January 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | AENEAS lecture from Prof Anna Scaife held at UMan on 17th January 2018. Attended by Mike Pearson of UMan-SADT and others. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Meet the Expert at Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talks for meet the expert regularly spark questions and discussion with a varied audience. n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013,2014 |
Description | New Scientist Live September to October 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Listed by Hilary Kay STFC but applicable for others. New Scientist Live - ExCel London - 30 Sept-1 Oct 2017 This event included an SKA stand where staff from the SKA Organisation and SKA-related staff and students from UK universities were on hand to engage with the public. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Outreach SKA talk: Fulshaw Womens' Institute |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Outreach SKA talk at Fulshaw Womens' Institute on 12th February 2018. By Althea Wilkinson. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Outreach SKA talk: Scibar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Outreach SKA talk: Scibar at The Old Dancer in Wilmslow, Cheshire on 20th February 2018. By Althea Wilkinson. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Outreach debate: On Common Ground |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Panel member Althea Wilkinson, for "On Common Ground" debates on Science and Faith. SKA discussed. Exeter Cathedral 30th March 2017 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Outreach talk: Bluedot Festival, JBO July 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk by Prof Keith Grainge 'The Square Kilometre Array - the future of radio astronomy' for Bluedot Festival science programme. 9th July 2017. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.discoverthebluedot.com/ |
Description | Outreach talk: JBO Discovery Centre April 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk by Prof Keith Grainge 'The Square Kilometre Array - the future of radio astronomy' for 'Meet The Expert' outreach. 4th April 2017. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.jodrellbank.net/events/meet-the-expert-3/ |
Description | Outreach talk: JBO Discovery Centre August 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk by Prof Keith Grainge 'The Square Kilometre Array - the future of radio astronomy' for 'Meet The Expert' outreach. 1st August 2017. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.jodrellbank.net/events/meet-the-expert-5/ |
Description | PAF workshhop attendance, Australia |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Prof Keith Grainge attended PAF workshop at Marsfield in Australia, August 2017. Also Lei Liu contribution and attendance: Outcomes: discussed recent frontend and backend technology for PAFs. Potential agreement of new vacuum window for PHAROS and new array design; presentation given. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://events.csiro.au/Events/2017/August/11/PAF-Workshop-2017 |
Description | PST CDR meeting February 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Attendance at PST Critical Design Review meeting held at SKA HQ JBO 1st February 2018. UMan attendees: Mike Pearson and Ben Stappers and more. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Presentation: IAUS 337 September 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation from Lina Levin Preston on SKA Non-Imaging Processing. Held at JBO 4th to 8th September 2017. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Presentation: SKAO HQ (Chinese delegates) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation by Prof Keith Grainge 'Grant management: View from an academic' to a Chinese delegation studying SKA project financing. Held at SKAO HQ 2nd October 2017. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Pulsar conference: Cape Town December 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Pulsar and FRB Search Software in the Era of Real-Time Surveys held in Cape Town, South Africa 11th to 14th December 2017. Attended by Mitch Mickaliger who provided contributions. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | SADT Face to Face June 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | SADT Consortium group meeting, to follow the SKA led Engineering Meeting. Led by UMan attended by SADT member institutes. World Trade Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands June 2017. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | SADT Face to Face September 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | SADT Consortium group meeting, held online for members to attend virtually on 26th to 27th September. Purpose of meeting is to assess current progress and for the lead institute UMan to update the wider consortium on key news such as the outcome of the recently held technical down select for the SAT.STFR.FRQ solutions. Crucial guidance on progress is given in run up to CDR. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | SADT Face to Face workshop 24th to 26th April 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | SADT Consortium group meeting in order to assess the current state of design. Held at the Schuster Building, the University of Manchester, Oxford Road. Workshop is run by UMan and attended by all SADT member institutes internationally. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | SADT Technical Down Select meeting September 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | SADT.SAT.STFR.FRQ work packages technical down select meeting. A decision had to be reached on the two existing frequency solutions for the SADT Consortium design, on how this would move forward towards the Critical Design Review. An external panel was invited by UMan to assess the two designs. The concluding meeting was held at Jodrell Bank Observatory, University of Manchester on 19th September 2017. UMan attendees: Prof Keith Grainge, Althea Wilkinson, Mike Pearson, Michelle Hussey, SKAO rep - Andre van Es, plus 3 x external panel members. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | SKA AIP meeting: June 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | SKA AIP meeting (ASTRON, Dwingeloo, the Netherlands, 8th of June, 2017). Purpose: present recent progress of PAF research. Achievement: talked with expertise from ASTRON, Sweden and CSIRO about their recent research. Personal contribution (Lei Liu): presentation was given. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | SKA Consortium Leaders meeting: SADT update December 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Regular SKA led Consortium Lead meetings. Prof Keith Grainge responsible for delivering the update for SADT consortium to the other CLs and SKAO members. 7th December 2017, held at the SKAO HQ, Jodrell Bank. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | SKA Consortium Leaders meeting: SADT update January 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Regular SKA led Consortium Lead meetings. Prof Keith Grainge responsible for delivering the update for SADT consortium to the other CLs and SKAO members. 18th January 2018, held at the SKAO HQ, Jodrell Bank. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | SKA Construction Planning Workshop October 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Attended by Mike Pearson (UMan-SADT). Held at SKA HQ JBO 3rd to 5th October 2017. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | SKA Engineering meeting: Rotterdam June 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | SKA project wide Engineering meeting. Typically held once a year at a selected location with an affiliation with the member countries. Designed for the SKAO to be able to address the wider institutes and lead a programme on the current engineering progress with focus on problem solving/queries etc. Lead institutes from member countries are also expected to update in detail on their current progress. Held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands June 2017 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://indico.skatelescope.org/event/432/overview |
Description | SKA Software Development Workshop October 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Attended by Mike Pearson (UMan-SADT), Mitch Mickaliger, Rob Lyon (UMan-PSS). Held at SKA HQ JBO 2nd October 2017. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | SKA Town Hall meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A science focused SKA led meeting/working group in order for the SKA to engage with the wider science community. Attended by several key UMan people who are actively working on/contributing to the SKA project. April 2017. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | SKA discussions - member institute December 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Visit to Auckland University of Technology and the University of Auckland by Ben Stappers (UMan-PSS-NIP) for SKA discussions, including presentation. New Zealand, 18th and 19th December. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Science X April 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Listed by Hilary Kay STFC nut applicable for others. Science X - Trafford Centre, Manchester - 23 April 2017 This event was organised by the University of Manchester. We had a joint Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics/SKA stand with display material and hands-on activities to help engage with the public. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Talk Prof Keith Grainge: SKA Cosmology SWG, London 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk given by Keith Grainge 'Cosmology with PAFs'. Held at QMUL, London 19th September 2017 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://astro.qmul.ac.uk/news/ska-cosmology-swg-meeting |
Description | Talk by Prof Keith Grainge: JBCA internal symposium, November 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Regular JBCA internal symposium led by UMan.Talk on 'The Square Kilometre Array' from Keith Grainge. 11th February 2018. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Talk to Guizhou Normal University |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Talk sparked request for future collaboration and for undergraduate exchanges Ongoing |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Talk to Qiannan Normal College for Nationalities, China |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Talk sparked many questions NA |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Talk: AENEAS all hands meeting October 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk from Prof Keith Grainge: 'WP3 Prototyping' AENEAS all hands meeting held in Granada, Spain 19th October 2017. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://indico.astron.nl/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=97 |
Description | Talk: Conference, Greece 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk by Mitch Mickaliger on NIP work 'Labyrinth of the Unexpected'. Held in Kerastari, Greece 29th May to 4th June 2017. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Talk: EWASS June 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk by Prof Keith Grainge 'Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect observations with the SKA' at EWASS conference in Prague 26th June 2017. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://eas.unige.ch/EWASS2017/about.jsp |
Description | Talk: PIERS May 2017, Russia |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk from Prof Keith Grainge 'Phased Arrays Feed for Reflector Observing Systems with Development of True Time Delay Lines' at the Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS) held in St Petersburg, Russia 22nd May 2017. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.piers.org/piers2017StPetersburg/ |
Description | Talk: SADT FTF April 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk from Prof Keith Grainge 'Key Issues for SADT' as part of the wider SADT FTF meeting in Manchester (reported separately). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Talk: SEAC SADT update March 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk from Prof Keith Grainge 'Signal and Data Transport (SADT)' - Update to SEAC held at the SKAO HQ, JBO 16th March 2017. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Talk: STFC SKA Technical Oversight Committee September 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk by Prof Keith Grainge 'University of Manchester SKA Technical Work' to the STFC SKA Technical Oversight Commitee. Held at STFC, UK 28th September 2017. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Talk: URSI, Montreal 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | URSI conference in Montral, Canada. Prof Keith Grainge talk on 'Results from prototyping of the SKA Signal and Data Transport Systems'. 25th August 2017. Also; Lei Liu attendance and contribution: obtained Young Scientist Award and found potential cooperation opportunities, presentation given. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.ursi2017.org/welcome_e.shtml |
Description | Talk: eMERLIN / EVN Conference September 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk from Prof Keith Grainge 'e-MERLIN: Digital Developments'. eMERLIN / EVN Conference held at Jodrell Bank Observatory on 12th September 2017 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/meetings/JBOinSKAeraII/ |
Description | Talks: CETC Chief Engineer May 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talks by Prof Keith Grainge 'The School of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Manchester' and 'SKA in the University of Manchester'. CETC Chief Engineer meeting held at the SKAO 19th May 2017 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |