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The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be one of the most complex scientific instruments ever built. It will, when fully deployed, consist of an array of ~4000 dishes, with a novel flat panel aperture array component capable of all-sky imaging, and work in the frequency range 70MHz to ~25GHz. The total project cost is likely to be around 1.5 billion Euros. The array will be supported by an IT infrastructure designed to handle data rates comparable to the current internet traffic of the Earth.

• SKA - exploring the universe factsheet (PDF - 780Kb)

Presentations from the STFC Knowledge Exchange
Workshop 20^th March 2013

• SKA Strategic Overview - Philip Diamond (PDF - 6034Kb)
• UK Strategy for SKA - Simon Berry (PDF - 2318Kb)
• Signal and Data Transport in the SKA - Richard Schilizzi (PDF - 3546Kb)
• Software and HPC - Paul Alexander (PDF - 2483Kb)
• The Hartree Centre - John Bancroft (PDF - 1272Kb)
• Phased Array Technology - Andrew Faulkner (PDF - 4333Kb)
• RF Systems and Signal Processing - Mike Jones (PDF - 1497Kb)
• TSB overview - Jonathan Mitchener (PDF - 683Kb)
• STFC External Innovations Funding Schemes - Vlad Skarda (PDF - 695Kb)
• SKA where Science meets Industry - Nigel Rix (PDF - 3204Kb)

• Simon Berry
  Head of Ground-based Astronomy
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