Second Announcement for the 10th E-VLBI Workshop 2011 Nov 13-16
Towards Global Real-Time VLBI
The 10th International e-VLBI Workshop will be held in South Africa near
the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory, between Nov 13 and Nov 16,
2011. HartRAO is both a component of the e-EVN and
involved in work towards the South African SKA pathfinder,
MeerKAT. HartRAO is also spearheading an effort to convert
communications dishes across Africa into an African VLBI network.
E-VLBI is the enabling technology to realizing a world-wide, flexible,
real-time VLBI network, where the observing configuration is driven by the
science needs. With the coming expansion of sensitivity to
transient radio sources driven by LOFAR, MeerKAT, MWA and ASKAP, the
capability of rapid and high-resolution followup such as can be
provided by e-VLBI will be of increasing importance.
The focus of this workshop will be on both recent scientific results
achieved using e-VLBI and technical advances in the transport,
processing and imaging of e-VLBI data.
Conference: The E-VLBI workshop will be held Nov 13 to 15 at Amanzingwe
Conference centre,near Johannesburg, South Africa, followed by a
tour or HartRAO and a discussion of the African VLBI Network on
Nov 16.
Confirmed Invited speakers:
Dave Boboltz (USNO; USA): Time, Space and the VLBA
Vivek Dhawan (NRAO; USA): Micro-Quasars
Sergei Gulyaev (Auckland U. Technology: New Zealand): E-VLBI in New Zealand
Michael Jones (Oxford, UK): E-Vlbi with E-Merlin and Goonhilly
Huib Langevelde (JIVE; Netherlands): Global E-VLBI
David Lapsley (Haystack Obs. MIT, USA): VLBI in the Cloud
Enno Middelberg (Ruhr-Uni. Bochum; Germany): Large Field VLBI Surveys
Zsolt Paragi (JIVE; Netherlands): E-VLBI Observations of Supernovae and
Gamma-Ray Bursts
Steven Tingay (ICRAR; Australia): ASKAP and E-VLBI
Randall Wayth (ICRAR; Australia): V-FASTR: The VLBA Transient Project
Patrick Woudt (U. Capetown; South Africa): The MeerKAT Transients Project
For more information and registration, please see
http://www.hartrao.ac.za/e-vlbi2011/e-vlbi2011.html
