4th SKADS Workshop: Lisbon 2-3 October, 2008

The 4th SKADS Workshop was hosted by Multidisciplinary Centre for Astrophysics at Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, Portugal on 2-3 October, 2008.

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Agenda

Day 1

	SKADS Status and Progress Arnold van Ardenne
	SKADS and SKA Andrew Faulkner
	SKADS Science and Engineering Steve Torchinsky
	Science Simulations Overview Steve Rawlings
	Pulsar Science with the SKA Roy Smits
	An Inventory of SKADS Tools to a full SKA Simulation Hans-Rainer Klöckner
	Epoch of Reionisation / 21cm Simulations Mário Santos
	Evolution of Magnetic Fields in Galaxies Tigran Arshakian
	SKADS DS2 and Beyond Jan Noordam
	Array Configuration Studies Dharam Vir Lal
	Simulated HI Observations Robbie Auld
	The SKADS Sky Databases François Lévrier
	SKADS Costing Work: Spreadsheets to Scalable Designs Rosie Bolton
	Aperture Array Simulations Ben Mort
	SKADS System Design Aspects: Building a System Laurens Bakker
	Aperture Arrays System Design Philippe Picard
	Sensitivity: The Challenges Jan-Geralt bij de Vaate
	EMBRACE Dion Kant
	EMBRACE Prototype Tile Measurements Mark Ruiter
	EMBRACE Solar Drift Scans Henrik Olofsson
	Antenna simulation, realization and verification Michel Arts
	Wideband Integrated Antenna Dual Polarization David Zhang
	Status of CMOS LNA Research and Development Leo Belostotski
	Progress in Active Antenna Design and Developement Timothy Finn
	Progress on LNA Programme Boumedienne Boudjelida
	LNA Progress Danielle Kettle
	2 Polarisation All Digital Georgina Harris
	2-PAD From Antennas to Beamforming Kris Zarb-Adami
	Nançay Differential BeamFormer Chip Séverin Barth
	2PAD’s Beamforming Software Aziz Ahmedsaid
	DSP Technology Options Chris Shenton

Day 2

	Basic Element for SKA Training - BEST Stelio Montebugnoli
	Receivers for BEST Jader Monari
	Optical Links for BEST Frederico Perini
	Progress in Differential Amplifiers Óscar García Pérez
	Local Oscillator distribution over fibre Roshene McCool
	RF Fibre Optics Thomas Berenz
	Cyclostationary Nulling with Phased Arrays Cédric Dumez-Viou
	Backend Processing André Gunst
	Technology Readiness Levels Andrew Faulkner
	Transition from SKADS to PrepSKA Richard Schilizzi

Reports on Deliverables

	Design Study 2: Science and Technical Specifications Thijs van der Hulst
	Design Study 3: The Network and its Output Data Paul Alexander
	Design Study 4: Technical Foundations and Enabling Technologies Andrew Faulkner
	Design Study 5: EMBRACE Dion Kant
	Design Study 6: BEST Stelio Montebugnoli

Workshop Summary

SKADS 4th Workshop Summary Peter Wilkinson