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, 3 December 2018 (09:00) to Wednesday, 5 December 2018 (20:00)

Monday, 3 December 2018
09:30 The SKA Project [chair: M. Tavani]
The SKA Project [chair: M. Tavani]
09:30 - 10:55
Contributions

09:30 Welcome from host - 5' - Tiziana Venturi

09:35 Welcome from INAF - 10' - Marco Tavani

09:45 The SKA Project and its Science - 45' - Robert Braun

10:30 The SKA project from the SEAC perspective - 25' - Andrea Ferrara
11:00 coffee break
coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 [chair: D. Fierro]
[chair: D. Fierro]
11:30 - 13:00
Contributions

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

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

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

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

12:45 The SKA1-LOW receiver: the Italian experience from SKADS to AADC - 15' - Federico Perini (INAF IRA)
13:00 Lunch break
Lunch break
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 [chair: R. Smareglia]
[chair: R. Smareglia]
14:00 - 16:00
Contributions

14:00 ITPM ADU 1.5 for LFAA and general purpose application - 15' - Francesco Schilliro' (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

14:15 The SKA-Dish Local Monitor and Control - 25' - Corrado Trigilio (INAF-OA Catania)

14:40 Centrall Signal Processing Consortium: the Italian contribution - 25' - Gianni Comoretto

15:05 Telescope Manager Consortium: the Italian contribution - 25' - Mauro Dolci (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

15:30 PHAROS2: A C-Band Cryogenic Phased Array Feed - Alessandro Navarrini
16:00 coffee break
coffee break
16:00 - 16:30
16:30 [chair: G. Bernardi]
[chair: G. Bernardi]
16:30 - 16:45
Contributions

16:30 Low-Frequency Array Verification with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - 15' - Stefania Matteoli (CNR – IEIIT)
16:45 HI [chair: G. Bernardi]
HI [chair: G. Bernardi]
16:45 - 17:40
Contributions

16:45 Extragalactic HI Science: ongoing activities towards the SKA - 25' - Paolo Serra

17:10 First results from MeerKAT Commissioning Observations - 15' - Filippo Maccagni (INAF)

17:25 ASKAP HI Imaging of a nearby spiral galaxy - 15' - Dane Kleiner (INAF)
17:40 [chair: G. Bernardi]
[chair: G. Bernardi]
17:40 - 18:05
Contributions

17:40 Euclid & SKA: Competition or Synergy? - 25' - Roberto Scaramella
Tuesday, 4 December 2018
09:15 [chair: G. Brunetti]
[chair: G. Brunetti]
09:15 - 11:00
Contributions

09:15 Supercomputing and Big Data: the SKA requirements - 25' - Maurizio Miccolis

09:40 Supercomputing and big data for the SKA: challenges and opportunities for Italy - 30' - A. Possenti / R. Smareglia

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

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

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

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

12:05 Synergies between SKA and other cosmological probes - 25' - Stefano Camera (on behalf of Matteo Viel)
12:30 Our Galaxy [chair: C. Trigilio]
Our Galaxy [chair: C. Trigilio]
12:30 - 13:10
Contributions

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

12:55 New methodologies for Galactic data reduction and analysis - 15' - Francesco Cavallaro (INAF-OA Catania)
13:10 Lunch break
Lunch break
13:10 - 14:00
14:00 the Cradle of Life [chair G. Umana]
the Cradle of Life [chair G. Umana]
14:00 - 14:40
Contributions

14:00 From protostellar disks to planetary atmospheres with SKA: Back to cm-wavelengths with new perspectives - 25' - Claudio Codella (INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri)

14:25 Searching for exoplanets with SKA - 15' - Adriano Ingallinera (INAF - OA Catania)
14:40 [chair: G. Umana]
[chair: G. Umana]
14:40 - 15:45
Contributions

14:40 Infrared-Radio synergies in Galactic Interstellar medium and star formation - 25' - Sergio Molinari

15:05 Synergies between SKA and LSST: the transient sky - 25' - Maria Teresa Botticella

15:30 Definitive characterization of the ISM in the Local Universe: SKA and other facilities - 15' - Viviana Casasola (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
15:45 coffee break
coffee break
15:45 - 16:15
16:15 Transients [chair: A. Possenti]
Transients [chair: A. Possenti]
16:15 - 17:15
Contributions

16:15 Pulsars and FRBs: ongoing activities towards the SKA - 25' - Marta Burgay (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

16:40 Probing the properties of globular clusters using pulsars with MeerKAT - 15' - Federico Abbate (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

16:55 Deciphering the puzzle of GRB170817 and the SKA studies of Gamma Ray Bursts - 20' - Giancarlo Ghirlanda (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
17:15 [chair: A. Possenti]
[chair: A. Possenti]
17:15 - 18:20
Contributions

17:15 GRAWITA: the role of SKA - 25' - Eliana Palazzi

17:40 Synergies between SKA and CTA - 25' - Stefano Vercellone

18:05 The THESEUS space mission and its sinergy with SKA - 15' - Lorenzo Amati (INAF - OAS Bologna)
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
09:10 Active Galactic Nuclei [chair: F. Govoni]
Active Galactic Nuclei [chair: F. Govoni]
09:10 - 09:50
Contributions

09:10 AGN Science with the SKA - 25' - Tiziana Venturi (INAF, Istituto di Radioastronomia)

09:35 Search and modelling of remnant radio galaxies at 150 MHz with LOFAR - 15' - Marisa Brienza (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
09:50 [chair: F. Govoni]
[chair: F. Govoni]
09:50 - 10:05
Contributions

09:50 The latest Fermi catalogs and SKA prospects for high energy studies - 15' - Marcello Giroletti (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
10:05 Magnetism and Galaxy Clusters [chair F. Govoni]
Magnetism and Galaxy Clusters [chair F. Govoni]
10:05 - 11:00
Contributions

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

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

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

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

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

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

12:40 Simulations of Galactic polarized synchrotron emission for Epoch of Reionization observations - 15' - Marta Spinelli (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
13:00 Lunch break
Lunch break
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 [chair: I. Prandoni]
[chair: I. Prandoni]
14:00 - 14:15
Contributions

14:00 Complementarity and synergy with CMB projects - 15' - Carlo Burigana (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
14:15 Galaxy Formation and Evolution [chair: I. Prandoni]
Galaxy Formation and Evolution [chair: I. Prandoni]
14:15 - 15:10
Contributions

14:15 Galaxy/AGN Evolution: ongoing activities towards the SKA - 25' - Marco Bondi

14:40 Theoretical Models of Galaxy Formation including HI - 15' - Anna Zoldan (OATS - INAF)

14:55 Hosts and environments of radio-active AGN - 15' - Manuela Magliocchetti (IAPS-INAF)
15:10 [chair: I. Prandoni]
[chair: I. Prandoni]
15:10 - 15:25
Contributions

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

15:25 SKA-related activities in Italy - 20' - Isabella Prandoni (INAF-IRA)
15:45 coffee break
coffee break
15:45 - 16:15

16:15 [chaired by SKA Italy Board]
[chaired by SKA Italy Board]
16:15 - 17:15

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