Name: The II National Workshop of SKA science and technology
Start: 2018-12-03T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2018-12-05T20:00:00+01:00
Location: No location set

The II National Workshop of SKA science and technology

from Monday, December 3, 2018 (9:00 AM) to Wednesday, December 5, 2018 (8:00 PM)

Monday, December 3, 2018
9:30 AM The SKA Project [chair: M. Tavani]
The SKA Project [chair: M. Tavani]
9:30 AM - 10:55 AM
Contributions

9:30 AM Welcome from host - 5' - Tiziana Venturi

9:35 AM Welcome from INAF - 10' - Marco Tavani

9:45 AM The SKA Project and its Science - 45' - Robert Braun

10:30 AM The SKA project from the SEAC perspective - 25' - Andrea Ferrara
11:00 AM coffee break
coffee break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM [chair: D. Fierro]
[chair: D. Fierro]
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Contributions

11:30 AM The SKA project: the engineering perspective - 15' - Davide Fierro

11:45 AM The SKA Project: technical requirements and challenges - 25' - Luca Stringhetti

12:10 PM LFAA experiences in Italy - 20' - Jader Monari

12:30 PM The SKALA4-AL antenna: the Italian solution for SKA1-LOW - 15' - Pietro Bolli (INAF - OAA)

12:45 PM The SKA1-LOW receiver: the Italian experience from SKADS to AADC - 15' - Federico Perini (IRA - INAF)
1:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM [chair: R. Smareglia]
[chair: R. Smareglia]
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM ITPM ADU 1.5 for LFAA and general purpose application - 15' - Francesco Schilliro' (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

2:15 PM The SKA-Dish Local Monitor and Control - 25' - Corrado Trigilio (INAF-OA Catania)

2:40 PM Centrall Signal Processing Consortium: the Italian contribution - 25' - Gianni Comoretto

3:05 PM Telescope Manager Consortium: the Italian contribution - 25' - Mauro Dolci (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

3:30 PM PHAROS2: A C-Band Cryogenic Phased Array Feed - Alessandro Navarrini
4:00 PM coffee break
coffee break
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM [chair: G. Bernardi]
[chair: G. Bernardi]
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Contributions

4:30 PM Low-Frequency Array Verification with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - 15' - Stefania Matteoli (CNR – IEIIT)
4:45 PM HI [chair: G. Bernardi]
HI [chair: G. Bernardi]
4:45 PM - 5:40 PM
Contributions

4:45 PM Extragalactic HI Science: ongoing activities towards the SKA - 25' - Paolo Serra

5:10 PM First results from MeerKAT Commissioning Observations - 15' - Filippo Maccagni (INAF)

5:25 PM ASKAP HI Imaging of a nearby spiral galaxy - 15' - Dane Kleiner (INAF)
5:40 PM [chair: G. Bernardi]
[chair: G. Bernardi]
5:40 PM - 6:05 PM
Contributions

5:40 PM Euclid & SKA: Competition or Synergy? - 25' - Roberto Scaramella
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
9:15 AM [chair: G. Brunetti]
[chair: G. Brunetti]
9:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Contributions

9:15 AM Supercomputing and Big Data: the SKA requirements - 25' - Maurizio Miccolis

9:40 AM Supercomputing and big data for the SKA: challenges and opportunities for Italy - 30' - A. Possenti / R. Smareglia

10:10 AM LOFAR-IT HPC Activities - 30' - U. Becciani / G. Taffoni

10:40 AM Setting the stage for SKA: planning training and support for the community - 15' - Marcella Massardi (INAF-IRA/Italian ARC)
11:00 AM coffee break
coffee break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM [chair: C. Trigilio]
[chair: C. Trigilio]
11:30 AM - 12:05 PM
Contributions

11:30 AM The “wow” and the “how”: the challenge of effectively communicating SKA - 15' - Stefania Varano (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

11:45 AM GENESIS-SKA outreach: how to catch general public, how to engage business - 20' - C. Boccato / S. Pastore (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
12:05 PM [chair: C. Trigilio]
[chair: C. Trigilio]
12:05 PM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

12:05 PM Synergies between SKA and other cosmological probes - 25' - Stefano Camera (on behalf of Matteo Viel)
12:30 PM Our Galaxy [chair: C. Trigilio]
Our Galaxy [chair: C. Trigilio]
12:30 PM - 1:10 PM
Contributions

12:30 PM The SCORPIO project: the first ASKAP glimpse in the Galactic plane - 25' - G. Umana / F. Bufano (INAF - OA Catania)

12:55 PM New methodologies for Galactic data reduction and analysis - 15' - Francesco Cavallaro (INAF-OA Catania)
1:10 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
1:10 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM the Cradle of Life [chair G. Umana]
the Cradle of Life [chair G. Umana]
2:00 PM - 2:40 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM From protostellar disks to planetary atmospheres with SKA: Back to cm-wavelengths with new perspectives - 25' - Claudio Codella (INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri)

2:25 PM Searching for exoplanets with SKA - 15' - Adriano Ingallinera (INAF - OA Catania)
2:40 PM [chair: G. Umana]
[chair: G. Umana]
2:40 PM - 3:45 PM
Contributions

2:40 PM Infrared-Radio synergies in Galactic Interstellar medium and star formation - 25' - Sergio Molinari

3:05 PM Synergies between SKA and LSST: the transient sky - 25' - Maria Teresa Botticella

3:30 PM Definitive characterization of the ISM in the Local Universe: SKA and other facilities - 15' - Viviana Casasola (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
3:45 PM coffee break
coffee break
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
4:15 PM Transients [chair: A. Possenti]
Transients [chair: A. Possenti]
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Contributions

4:15 PM Pulsars and FRBs: ongoing activities towards the SKA - 25' - Marta Burgay (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

4:40 PM Probing the properties of globular clusters using pulsars with MeerKAT - 15' - Federico Abbate (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

4:55 PM Deciphering the puzzle of GRB170817 and the SKA studies of Gamma Ray Bursts - 20' - Giancarlo Ghirlanda (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
5:15 PM [chair: A. Possenti]
[chair: A. Possenti]
5:15 PM - 6:20 PM
Contributions

5:15 PM GRAWITA: the role of SKA - 25' - Eliana Palazzi

5:40 PM Synergies between SKA and CTA - 25' - Stefano Vercellone

6:05 PM The THESEUS space mission and its sinergy with SKA - 15' - Lorenzo Amati (INAF - OAS Bologna)
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
9:10 AM Active Galactic Nuclei [chair: F. Govoni]
Active Galactic Nuclei [chair: F. Govoni]
9:10 AM - 9:50 AM
Contributions

9:10 AM AGN Science with the SKA - 25' - Tiziana Venturi (INAF, Istituto di Radioastronomia)

9:35 AM Search and modelling of remnant radio galaxies at 150 MHz with LOFAR - 15' - Marisa Brienza (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
9:50 AM [chair: F. Govoni]
[chair: F. Govoni]
9:50 AM - 10:05 AM
Contributions

9:50 AM The latest Fermi catalogs and SKA prospects for high energy studies - 15' - Marcello Giroletti (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
10:05 AM Magnetism and Galaxy Clusters [chair F. Govoni]
Magnetism and Galaxy Clusters [chair F. Govoni]
10:05 AM - 11:00 AM
Contributions

10:05 AM Magnetism and Galaxy Clusters: ongoing activities towards the SKA - 25' - Annalisa Bonafede

10:30 AM Observation of a nearby filament of galaxy clusters - 15' - Valentina Vacca (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

10:45 AM Cosmic magnetism with the SKA: expectations on the study of intracluster magnetic fields - 15' - Francesca Loi (Università di Bologna & INAF)
11:00 AM coffee break
coffee break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM [chair: R. Cassano]
[chair: R. Cassano]
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Contributions

11:30 AM Synergies between SKA and Athena - 30' - F. Panessa / F. Vazza (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
12:00 PM The Epoch of Reionization [chair: R. Cassano]
The Epoch of Reionization [chair: R. Cassano]
12:00 PM - 12:55 PM
Contributions

12:00 PM Reionization and the Cosmic Dawn: ongoing activities towards the SKA - Andrei Mesinger

12:25 PM Observing the cosmic dawn and epoch of reionization with the 21-cm line - 15' - Gianni Bernardi (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

12:40 PM Simulations of Galactic polarized synchrotron emission for Epoch of Reionization observations - 15' - Marta Spinelli (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
1:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM [chair: I. Prandoni]
[chair: I. Prandoni]
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Complementarity and synergy with CMB projects - 15' - Carlo Burigana (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
2:15 PM Galaxy Formation and Evolution [chair: I. Prandoni]
Galaxy Formation and Evolution [chair: I. Prandoni]
2:15 PM - 3:10 PM
Contributions

2:15 PM Galaxy/AGN Evolution: ongoing activities towards the SKA - 25' - Marco Bondi

2:40 PM Theoretical Models of Galaxy Formation including HI - 15' - Anna Zoldan (OATS - INAF)

2:55 PM Hosts and environments of radio-active AGN - 15' - Manuela Magliocchetti (IAPS-INAF)
3:10 PM [chair: I. Prandoni]
[chair: I. Prandoni]
3:10 PM - 3:25 PM
Contributions

3:10 PM The IDIA Cloud and the HIPPO Project - 15' - Mattia Vaccari (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
3:25 PM The SKA Project [chair I. Prandoni]
The SKA Project [chair I. Prandoni]
3:25 PM - 3:45 PM
Contributions

3:25 PM SKA-related activities in Italy - 20' - Isabella Prandoni (INAF-IRA)
3:45 PM coffee break
coffee break
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM

4:15 PM [chaired by SKA Italy Board]
[chaired by SKA Italy Board]
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM

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