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Logistics for the workshop

Logistics for the workshop. Yashwant Gupta NCRA. CASPER 2011 Pune, Oct 10 2011. Accommodation & Transportation. At NCRA & IUCAA Primarily for students

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Logistics for the workshop

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  1. Logistics for the workshop Yashwant Gupta NCRA CASPER 2011 Pune, Oct 10 2011

  2. Accommodation & Transportation • At NCRA & IUCAA • Primarily for students • Pay at location as per local rates • At YASHADA : • Pay at location as per rates • Contact number : 020 25608001 • Hotels : • Marriott, Pride, Sayaji, Royal Orchid • Transportation : • Morning departure from YASHADA : 7:45 AM and 8:00 AM • From the hotels : 7:45 AM • Two return trips after dinner • Meals • B’fast, lunch, dinner for 10th – 14th at the venue • Also dinner on 9th and B’fast on 15th

  3. Scientific Program • Mornings (9 AM to 1 PM) : Talks and Presentations • Venue : NCRA Auditorium • All talks will be recorded for posterity  common projection from one machine  load your talks before hand • Contact person : Premkumar + • Afternoons : (2 PM to 5 PM) : Tutorials and Hands-on sessions • Venue : Tutorial Lab (1st floor) • Contact person : Ajithkumar + • Afternoons : (2 PM to 5 PM) : Working Group discussion sessions • List of WGs will be finalised today at 2 PM • Meeting Rooms – 1, 2, 3; NCRA Board Room; this auditorium • Contact person : Yashwant Gupta (till WG coordinators are finalised) • Posters : just outside, in the auditorium foyer ; few more “walk-ins” possible • Contact person : SandeepChaudhari • We will meet in this auditorium for a short while (15-20 mins) at 2:00 PM every day, before dispersing to the tutorials or discussion sessions

  4. Proposed Working Groups • WG1 : Building CASPER based instruments : current status, learnings, and immediate requirements • WG2 : Designs for next generation processing hardware (including Roach-3) • WG3 : High-speed samplers and new ADCs, direct digitisation and related techniques • WG4 : Software tools and techniques for FPGAs • WG5 : CPU-GPU based instrument design (h'ware and s'ware aspects) • WG6 : Techniques for next-gen telescopes (SKA and other large-N instruments) -- hardware, networks etc.

  5. Scientific Program • Mornings (9 AM to 1 PM) : Talks and Presentations • Venue : NCRA Auditorium • All talks will be recorded for posterity  common projection from one machine  load your talks before hand • Contact person : Premkumar + • Afternoons : (2 PM to 5 PM) : Tutorials and Hands-on sessions • Venue : Tutorial Lab (1st floor) • Contact person : Ajithkumar + • Afternoons : (2 PM to 5 PM) : Working Group discussion sessions • List of WGs will be finalised today at 2 PM • Meeting Rooms – 1, 2, 3; NCRA Board Room; this auditorium • Contact person : Yashwant Gupta (till WG coordinators are finalised) • Posters : just outside, in the auditorium foyer ; few more “walk-ins” possible • Contact person : SandeepChaudhari • We will meet in this auditorium for a short while (15-20 mins) at 2:00 PM every day, before dispersing to the tutorials or discussion sessions

  6. Locations within NCRA building

  7. Other Events & Activities • Popular Talks : Monday, 10th and Wednesday, 12th ; 6 PM to 7 PM Venue : IUCAA Auditorium • Sponsors Booths : NCRA main building, near the registration and help desk • Cultural Evening -- Indian Music : Thursday, 13th Oct, 6:15 PM ; Venue : IUCAA Auditorium (please be seated by 6 PM) • Conference Dinner : Wednesday, 12th Oct, 7:30 PM (after popular talk by Dan Werthimer); Venue : NCRA Quad • GMRT visit : please sign up / check your name on the sign up sheet : Solanki • Return travel plans : please inform the registration desk : Shilpa + Pawar • Travel grant payments to students : contact Mr. Shetty , our Accounts Officer • Last, but not the least : WiFi Network : CASPER2011, CASPER2011A / B • password : casper@ncra

  8. Some Acknowledgements • Many colleagues at NCRA have worked behind the scenes to put all this together : • From the LOC : Annabhat Joshi, HemantLokhande, J. K. Solanki, B. Ajithkumar, S. Shetty, S. Chaudhari, V. Venkatasubramani • Electrical & Civil services : RV Swami and his team • Computer group : Shekhar, Ghole, Mangesh • Technical Support for auditorium, sound, projection : Premkumar • Accounts Deptt : A.P. Barve • General Administration : D V Pawar, ShilpaBhave • Thanks to our sponsors from the corporate world, whose support helped provide some of the travel grant funds to student participants from India and abroad :

  9. Thank You

  10. NCRA

  11. Locations within NCRA

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