Tango and SKA France meeting held at ESRF (Grenoble, FRANCE)

Name: Tango and SKA France meeting held at ESRF (Grenoble, FRANCE)
Start: 2018-04-05T09:30:00+00:00
End: 2018-04-05T17:00:00+00:00
Location: ESRF

Thursday 5 Apr 2018, 09:30 → 17:00 UTC

ESRF

71, Av. des Martyrs 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9

Chiara Ferrari (Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur), Jean-Michel Chaize (ESRF)

Description

The TANGO software developed at ESRF in collaboration with several other scientific institutions in Europe has been selected as the control system for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the largest radio telescope that will be built in 2020+ in South Africa and Australia. In this framework, ESRF and SKA France, the academic and private partnership coordinating the activities towards a French participation to the SKA, organize a meeting to discuss the future TANGO-related activities and developments of interest for the SKA and radio astronomical applications.

Participants

Alain BUTEAU
Andrew Goetz
Chiara Ferrari
Dominique BROGUIERE
Dominique PETER
gabriel marquette
Jean-Michel Chaize
Kevin Barriere
Lorenzo Pivetta
Marc FAJARDO
Matthieu DOUDEMENT
Michel CAILLAT
Michel Perault
Nicholas Rees
RAMAROSY Narisoa
Sebastien BLANCHET
Simon VIENOT
Sébastien GARA
Troussicot Aurélie

- 09:30 → 09:50
  
  Welcome coffee 20m
- 09:50 → 10:00
  
  Welcome address 10m
  
  Speaker: Michael Krisch
  
  Slides
- 10:00 → 10:20
  
  The SKA project and SKA France 20m
  
  presentation of SKA project and the newly created Maison SKA France
  
  Speaker: Dr Chiara Ferrari ((SKA France Director) Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur)
  
  Slides
- 10:20 → 10:35
  
  SKA project management 15m
  
  general planning of the SKA control, contractual and politic aspects
  
  Speaker: Dr Nick Rees (SKA Organisation)
  
  Slides
- 10:35 → 10:50
  
  Overview of TANGO 15m
  
  Speaker: Jean-Michel Chaize (ESRF)
  
  Slides
- 10:50 → 11:10
  
  The SKA control system 20m
  
  General description of the system, Tango strategy...
  
  Speaker: Mr Lorenzo Pivetta (SKA Organisation)
  
  Slides
- 11:10 → 12:10
  
  Round table of each participant 1h
  
  Each participant is invited to present his(her) company in few minutes
- 12:10 → 12:40
  
  lunch break 30m
- 12:40 → 15:10
  Discussions on potential collaborations
  - How SKA France partners can contribute to the SKA project?
  - Role played by the participants to the meeting
  - Identification of other possible interested partners at national and international level...
  - Action plan and Conclusions
  Convener: Dr Chiara Ferrari (Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur)
  - 12:40
    
    minutes of the discussions 20m
    
    Speaker: Dr Chiara Ferrari (Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur)
- 15:10 → 15:25
  
  Coffee break 15m
- 15:25 → 16:40
  
  Visit of the ESRF installation 1h 15m
  
  short presentation followed by the visit of the control room and a beamline
  
  Slides