SKA SDP
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
Southampton leads the Pipeline Imaging (PIP.IMG) work package element of the SDP. This covers the Imaging Pipeline work for the SDP element during Stage 1 & 2 of the SKA Preconstruction Phase. This includes imaging pipelines for the three array types: SKA1_MID, SKA1_LOW & SKA1_SURVEY.
The scope of the imaging pipeline includes:
Gridding
Deconvolution
Peeling**
Continuum Subtraction
Selfcal**
** May be in the calibration pipeline or imaging pipeline depending on the model for processing implemented
The scope of the imaging pipeline includes:
Gridding
Deconvolution
Peeling**
Continuum Subtraction
Selfcal**
** May be in the calibration pipeline or imaging pipeline depending on the model for processing implemented
Planned Impact
Beneficiaries of this project include the international SKA community and industrial partners.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Anna Scaife (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Scaife AMM
(2020)
Big telescope, big data: towards exascale with the Square Kilometre Array.
in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
Scaife A
(2019)
Compute and Storage for SKA Regional Centres
Lucas Luis
(2019)
Efficient Source Finding for Radio Interferometric Images
in arXiv e-prints
| Description | - What were the most significant achievements from the award? Input to ongoing work for SKA SDP, specifically: direct dependent imaging (A-projection), visibility gridding on accelerated compute, multi-scale deconvolution, fast imaging. - To what extent were the award objectives met? If you can, briefly explain why any key objectives were not met. This award is for design work for SKA SDP. This objective is being met. - How might the findings be taken forward and by whom? The material from this work will influence the contributions for CDR and later construction. |
| Exploitation Route | Work done under this grant will influence input to CDR and construction. |
| Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) |
| Description | This grant funds technical development work for the SKA project. The software prototyping under this grant has contributed to multiple pieces of work for this design effort, which will form a basis for CDR documentation. All design work under this grant contributed to earned value from the SKA project to the UK. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2016 |
| Sector | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) |
| Impact Types | Economic |
| Description | AENEAS |
| Amount | € 3,000,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | EU project 731016 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | Horizon 2020 |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 01/2017 |
| End | 12/2019 |
| Description | RadioNet |
| Amount | € 10,000,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | EU Project 730562 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | Horizon 2020 |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 01/2017 |
| End | 12/2021 |