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ASKAP 2013

ASKAP 2013. Year in review. Ant Schinckel | ASKAP Theme Leader. 17 December 2012. Astronomy and space science. HSE. Zero lost time injury (LTIs) Record maintained over life of project (six years!) Few incidents or near-misses 4WD driver training Bush fire fighting Snake handling

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ASKAP 2013

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  1. ASKAP 2013 Year in review Ant Schinckel | ASKAP Theme Leader 17 December 2012 Astronomy and space science

  2. HSE • Zero lost time injury (LTIs) • Record maintained over life of project(six years!) • Few incidents or near-misses • 4WD driver training • Bush fire fighting • Snake handling • Remote area first aid

  3. Site and site support • MRO infrastructure complete • (except the power station) • BETA installation complete • MSF opened 4 July • Fibre link upgraded to 40+ Gb/s

  4. ADEPAF design finalised

  5. ADEPrototype assembly

  6. PAFsEngineering Excellence Award

  7. ASKAP – Digital Systems • Processor and Data acquisition cards • Next V7 evolution • Successes with • BETA Correlator • BETA Beamformer • Firmware development • 2 sites ASKAP: CDSCC September 2013

  8. Computing • Pawsey Centre opened 7 August, Operations launched 15 Nov. • Early adopter access and integration tests • Supporting BETA • “Epic” & “Magnus” • Supporting MWA • archival storage • CSIRO ASKAP Science Data Archive (CASDA)

  9. Commissioning

  10. Early science • ASKAP Early Science Workshop • 70 attendees, 14 institutes, 5 countries • ASKAP Early Science Program (draft) released 26 September • Early Science Simulations • Preliminary ASKAP-12 layout

  11. Outreach

  12. Project management • Passed audit against CSIRO Major Project Standard (May) • Compliant with 30 of 36 standards • No non-compliances • Passed Chief Executive Audit (August) • Risk Assessment & Audit audit – in progress Funding • SIEF – $6m for PAFs + $6m CSIRO capex • AAL/NCIRS – $6m for ATNF ops +$6m CSIRO capex Presentation title | Presenter name

  13. We acknowledge the WajarriYamatji people as the traditional owners of the Observatory site. Presentation title | Presenter name

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