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December 2013 |
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New Zealand Government Press Release, 26 November 2013
For the original and full announcement, see this: http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/kiwi-researchers-secure-leading-role-ska-project
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Two New Zealand research groups have secured prominent positions in one
of the world’s largest and most ambitious science projects – the Square
Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope, Science and Innovation Minister
Steven Joyce announced today. AUT University and Victoria University of
Wellington will lead two work areas in the pre-construction of the SKA.
These two areas are in the Central Signal Processor and the Science Data
Processor work packages, working alongside other New Zealand experts.
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“While this is a radio astronomy project, one of its exciting features
is that the quantity of information that will be gathered by this
instrument will be massive; it requires major leaps in information and
communication technology to manage, store and interpret the data. One of
the encouraging features of the SKA project is that a project of this
size and complexity can only be achieved through collaboration which
will develop and deepen our international linkages. The work with
international groups is exciting – more than 350 scientists and
engineers, from 18 countries, and from more than 100 institutions will
be involved. This is an unprecedented opportunity for New Zealand to
showcase our expertise in ICT and software development. During the SKA’s
three-year design phase a significant number of New Zealand
organisations will be involved including the University of Auckland,
Massey University, Victoria University Wellington, Callaghan Innovation,
Compucon New Zealand, University of Otago, IBM, Green Button and Open
Parallel.”
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December 2013 |
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New Zealand Government Press Release, 26 November 2013
For the original and full announcement, see this: http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/kiwi-researchers-secure-leading-role-ska-project
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Two New Zealand research groups have secured prominent positions in one
of the world’s largest and most ambitious science projects – the Square
Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope, Science and Innovation Minister
Steven Joyce announced today. AUT University and Victoria University of
Wellington will lead two work areas in the pre-construction of the SKA.
These two areas are in the Central Signal Processor and the Science Data
Processor work packages, working alongside other New Zealand experts.
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“While this is a radio astronomy project, one of its exciting features
is that the quantity of information that will be gathered by this
instrument will be massive; it requires major leaps in information and
communication technology to manage, store and interpret the data. One of
the encouraging features of the SKA project is that a project of this
size and complexity can only be achieved through collaboration which
will develop and deepen our international linkages. The work with
international groups is exciting – more than 350 scientists and
engineers, from 18 countries, and from more than 100 institutions will
be involved. This is an unprecedented opportunity for New Zealand to
showcase our expertise in ICT and software development. During the SKA’s
three-year design phase a significant number of New Zealand
organisations will be involved including the University of Auckland,
Massey University, Victoria University Wellington, Callaghan Innovation,
Compucon New Zealand, University of Otago, IBM, Green Button and Open
Parallel.”
Editor's note: Compucon is a member of the Central Signal Processing design team
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December 2013 |
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New Zealand Government Press Release, 26 November 2013
For the original and full announcement, see this: http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/kiwi-researchers-secure-leading-role-ska-project
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Two New Zealand research groups have secured prominent positions in one
of the world’s largest and most ambitious science projects – the Square
Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope, Science and Innovation Minister
Steven Joyce announced today. AUT University and Victoria University of
Wellington will lead two work areas in the pre-construction of the SKA.
These two areas are in the Central Signal Processor and the Science Data
Processor work packages, working alongside other New Zealand experts.
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“While this is a radio astronomy project, one of its exciting features
is that the quantity of information that will be gathered by this
instrument will be massive; it requires major leaps in information and
communication technology to manage, store and interpret the data. One of
the encouraging features of the SKA project is that a project of this
size and complexity can only be achieved through collaboration which
will develop and deepen our international linkages. The work with
international groups is exciting – more than 350 scientists and
engineers, from 18 countries, and from more than 100 institutions will
be involved. This is an unprecedented opportunity for New Zealand to
showcase our expertise in ICT and software development. During the SKA’s
three-year design phase a significant number of New Zealand
organisations will be involved including the University of Auckland,
Massey University, Victoria University Wellington, Callaghan Innovation,
Compucon New Zealand, University of Otago, IBM, Green Button and Open
Parallel.”
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December 2013 |
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The International SKA Organisation has posted a press release on its website- Hundreds of the world's experts engaged in the final race for designing the largest radio telescope on earth.
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4 November 2013, SKA Headquarters, Jodrell Bank Observatory, UK - The
Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Project enters a new era and takes a major
step towards the start of the construction of the world’s largest radio
telescope, after the announcement today of the teams who will be
responsible for its final design. In total, more than three hundred and
fifty scientists and engineers, representing 18 nations and drawn from
nearly one hundred institutions, universities and industry have the
challenging task to work on the critical detailed design phase which
will usher in the most sensitive and powerful telescope ever devised.
See this for the full announcement: http://www.skatelescope.org/news/consortia-announcement/. |
Compucon New Zealand is in the team for Central Signal Processing
(CSP). What is CSP? The same press release provides
this introduction: The CSP is the central processing “brain” of the
SKA. It converts digitised astronomical signals detected by SKA
receivers (antennas & dipole (“rabbit-ear”) arrays) into the vital
information needed by the Science Data Processor to make detailed images
of deep space astronomical phenomena that the SKA is observing. It will
also design a “non-image processor” in order to facilitate the most
comprehensive and ambitious survey yet to find new pulsars and precisely
time known pulsars. The CSP consortium is led by David Loop of the NRC
(National Research Council of Canada), Canada.
This link shows the organisations that are members of the CSP consortium. http://www.skatelescope.org/skadesign/wp/csp/
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December 2013 |
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The International SKA Organisation has posted a press release on its website- Hundreds of the world's experts engaged in the final race for designing the largest radio telescope on earth.
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4 November 2013, SKA Headquarters, Jodrell Bank Observatory, UK - The
Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Project enters a new era and takes a major
step towards the start of the construction of the world’s largest radio
telescope, after the announcement today of the teams who will be
responsible for its final design. In total, more than three hundred and
fifty scientists and engineers, representing 18 nations and drawn from
nearly one hundred institutions, universities and industry have the
challenging task to work on the critical detailed design phase which
will usher in the most sensitive and powerful telescope ever devised.
See this for the full announcement: http://www.skatelescope.org/news/consortia-announcement/. |
Compucon New Zealand is in the team for Central Signal Processing
(CSP). What is CSP? The same press release provides
this introduction: The CSP is the central processing “brain” of the
SKA. It converts digitised astronomical signals detected by SKA
receivers (antennas & dipole (“rabbit-ear”) arrays) into the vital
information needed by the Science Data Processor to make detailed images
of deep space astronomical phenomena that the SKA is observing. It will
also design a “non-image processor” in order to facilitate the most
comprehensive and ambitious survey yet to find new pulsars and precisely
time known pulsars. The CSP consortium is led by David Loop of the NRC
(National Research Council of Canada), Canada.
This link shows the organisations that are members of the CSP consortium. http://www.skatelescope.org/skadesign/wp/csp/
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