Melbourne, December 2006

Saturday December 16

Session on the Epoch of Reionization

• 9.05 - 9.30 LFD Science Capabilities and Plans: Colin Lonsdale
• 9.30 - 9.45 EOR Collaboration Organizational Issues: Jackie Hewitt
• 9.45 - 10.30 Quasars with Redshift Greater than Six
• Matt McQuinn - HI and z>6 quasars (15m)
• Paul Geil - Simulated Observations of High Redshift Quasar HII regions - MWA-LFD Sensitivity Analysis (15m)
• Mark Dijkstra - 21cm masers (15m)
• 10.30 Coffee
• 11.00 - 11.50 The Power Spectrum and Other Statistical Measurements
• Stuart Wyithe - Correlation Between Galaxies and 21cm emission (20m)
• Miguel Morales - MWA-LFD EoR Power Spectrum Measurements (20m)
• Discussion (10m)
• 11:50 - 12:15 The Future after the LFD
• Frank Briggs - MWA and SKA Timelines(10m)
• Discussion (20m)
• 12.15 - 12.30 Project Update: Colin Lonsdale
• 12.30 Lunch
• 1.30 - 3.15 Transient Science Forum: Discussion - Roger Cappallo
• 3.15 Tea
• 3.45 - 4.00 Govt of WA Perspective - Kelly Kranz-Little
• 4.00 - 5.30 Design Choices and Science Implications - Discussions
• 4.00 Hardware: Roger Cappallo
• 4.30 Software and Computing: Bob Sault
• 5.00 32 Tile Prototype: Divya Oberoi

Sunday December 17

Formal Meetings

• 9.00 - 10.30 Science Council: inaugural meeting
• Chair: Lister Staveley-Smith
• Members: Briggs, Doeleman, Hewitt, Morales, Oberoi, Schmidt, Webster, Wyithe …
• 10.30 - 11.00 Coffee
• 11.00 - 12.30 Science Council (Cont)
• 12.30 Lunch
• 1.30 - 4.30 Board Meeting & Steering Commitee (Closed)
• 3.30 - 4.00 Tea
• 4.00 - 5.30 Management Group
• Open Session
• 1.30 - 5.30 Working groups
• 32 tile prototype array (Oberoi)
• realtime software (Morales, Sault)
• monitor & control (Briggs)
• digital hardware (Cappallo)

Monday December 18

• 9.00 - 9.20 Antennas: Brian Corey
• 9.20 - 9.40 Receivers/Nodes: Frank Briggs
• 9.40 - 10.00 Polyphase & Correlator Boards: John Russell
• 10.00 - 10.20 Correlator Architecture: Roger Cappallo
• 10.20 Coffee
• 10.50 - 11.30 Discussion Session
• Clock
• Data Transport
• 11.30 - 12.15 Hardware Work Package Status Review: Lonsdale
• 12.15 Lunch
• 1.15 - 2.45 Infrastructure/installation: Sweetnam / Lynch
• Power generation
• Fiber to outside world
• Central processing building
• Personnel facilities
• LFD - xNTD sharing
• Other
• 2.45 Tea
• 3.15 - 3.45 Instrumental calibration: Daniel Mitchell
• 3.45 - 4.15 Ionospheric refraction: Shep Doeleman
• 4.15 - 4.45 Ionospheric Faraday rotation: Justin Kasper
• 4.45 - 5.15 Confusion noise and simulation: Randall Wayth

Tuesday December 19

• 9.00 - 9.20 Correction of data and potential RTS patterns: Miguel Morales
• 9.20 - 9.40 Processing and mapping to RTC: Bob Sault
• 9.40 - 10.30 Software System Discussion
• 10.30 Coffee
• 11.00 - 12.30 Breakout Sessions as required
• 12.30 Lunch
• 1.30 - 3.00 Summaries from Working Groups
• 32 tile prototype array (Oberoi)
• Realtime software (Morales)
• Monitor & control(Briggs)
• Digital hardware (Cappallo)
• 3.00 Tea
• 3.30 - 5.00 Management Group Open meeting
• Questions, issues, concerns - Project management response
• 5.00 - 5.30 Meeting Summary and Conclusions: Lonsdale
• Action Items
• Path to March CDRs
• Outstanding Issues and Challenges