[ASA] Reminder: Parkes community update workshop August 4th 2020

Tue Jul 28 11:39:09 AEST 2020

Dear All,

As a reminder we have an online Parkes community update workshop next Tuesday, 4th August, 1100—1300 AEST / 0900-1100 AWST to discuss the Parkes Science Case, the Ultra-Wideband High (UWH) proposal and receiver rationalisation. The agenda is:

0900 AWST / 1100 AEST Overview of Science Case, UWH, Cryo-PAF and receiver rationalisation
0930 AWST / 1130 AEST Q&A
0945 AWST / 1145 AEST Update on Breakthrough Listen progress and data availability
1000 AWST / 1200 AEST Brief presentation on case for lead of UWH LIEF
1005 AWST / 1205 AEST Spacecraft Tracking with Parkes
1015 AWST / 1215 AEST VLBI with Parkes
1025 AWST / 1225 AEST Spectropolarimetry with Parkes
1035 AWST / 1235 AEST Discussion of all of the above & coordination of interested LIEF proposal participants
1100 AWST / 1300 AEST Finish

To join the meeting please register here (if you have not already done so): https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/4fTFCZY1NqiEVVyYuz1V_R?domain=forms.gle and I will send the remote login details later this week. For those that cannot make it we will aim to record the workshop, and post both the video and the presentations online,

Associated documents:
Science Case:  https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/uJiUC1WLPxc1DDKXhG-lg9?domain=parkes.atnf.csiro.au
Receiver Rationalisation: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/5nSVC2xMQzivJJAQUBm6TY?domain=parkes.atnf.csiro.au

Kind regards,

Jimi

Dr. Jimi Green
Parkes Senior System Scientist, CASS Group Leader
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science
james.green at csiro.au<mailto:james.green at csiro.au>  |  08 6436 8879
ARRC Building, 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington, WA 6151

CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

CSIRO Australia’s National Science Agency | csiro.au

From: "Green, Jimi (CASS, Kensington WA)" <James.Green at csiro.au>
Date: Monday, 22 June 2020 at 9:59 am
To: "asa at mailman.sydney.edu.au" <asa at mailman.sydney.edu.au>
Subject: Parkes future science case and community workshop

Dear All,

As part of ATNF strategy planning we have developed a first draft for a Parkes Science Case for the next decade, as we approach SKA operations. This draft has so far been compiled from previous workshops, Australia Telescope User Committee meeting discussions and technology funding proposals. The intention is to now gather community input over the coming 6 weeks to iterate the document ahead of having a workshop at the beginning of August. This workshop is intended to enable discussion of the science case, together with two other aspects of Parkes operations: the receiver fleet rationalisation and the science case for a high frequency ultra-wide-bandwidth receiver.

The draft case can be found here: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/uJiUC1WLPxc1DDKXhG-lg9?domain=parkes.atnf.csiro.au

The (online) workshop, scheduled for the 4th August, nominally 1100-1500 AEST, will have the following objectives:

  *   Review the Science case (including identifying whether there is science that will drive Parkes during 2020-2030 missing from the current draft)
  *   Establish the headline science objectives for an ultra-wide bandwidth high frequency receiver, as well as bringing together the interested parties to establish a lead University (and partners) for an ARC LIEF proposal for this receiver

  *   Review the receiver rationalisation process following the receipt of proposal submissions for the OCT2020 semester (details here: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/5nSVC2xMQzivJJAQUBm6TY?domain=parkes.atnf.csiro.au)

  *   Provide updates to the community on the Cryogenically cooled Phased Array Feed (‘Cryo-PAF’) design work and the availability of Breakthrough Listen data for the community

The intention is to have submitted talks from those interested in contributing and time for discussion, if you are interested in attending please complete this expression of interest form: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/4fTFCZY1NqiEVVyYuz1V_R?domain=forms.gle

In the interim, please contact me directly if you wish to provide input or thoughts in advance of the workshop,

Kind regards,

Jimi

Dr. Jimi Green
Parkes Senior System Scientist, CASS Group Leader
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science
james.green at csiro.au<mailto:james.green at csiro.au>  |  08 6436 8879
ARRC Building, 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington, WA 6151

CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

CSIRO Australia’s National Science Agency | csiro.au

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