J1-10: Future Directions for Radio Astronomy Signal Processing

Monday, July 23, 2007 • MacDonald Room

Organizers/Co-Chairs:

M. Wright, University of California at Berkeley, USA

B. Carlson, NRC Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Canada

URSI496_Hawkins.pdf: "CARMA correlators - past, present, and future" (Invited)

D.W. Hawkins, Caltech, Owens Valley Radio Observatory, USA

Presenter: David Hawkins, Caltech, Owens Valley Radio Observatory, USA

URSI431 Cappallo.pdf: "Large N Correlation via FPGA's" (Invited)

R.J. Cappallo, MIT Haystack Observatory, USA;

M.F. Morales, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA;

J.D. Bunto, CSIRO ICT Centre, Australia;

B. Kincaid, MIT Haystack Observatory, USA;

C.J. Lonsdale, MIT Haystack Observatory, USA

Presenter: Roger Cappallo, MIT Haystack Observatory, USA

URSI598_Carlson.pdf: "Looking towards the SKA: a benchmark based on the EVLA Correlator" (Invited) B.R. Carlson, National Research Council of Canada, HIA/DRAO, Canada;

M. O'Neill, BreconRidge Manufacturing Services Inc., Canada;

L.J. Morales, iSine Inc., USA;

J. Wu, Arrow Electronics Inc., Canada

Presenter: Brent Carlson, National Research Council of Canada, HIA/DRAO, Canada

URSI236_Doeleman.pdf: "A Wideband Digital Back End for Radio Astronomy" (Invited)

B.J. Fanous, MIT Haystack Observatory, USA;

H. Chen, University of California at Berkeley, USA;

S.S. Doeleman, MIT Haystack Observatory, USA;

P. Droz, University of California at Berkeley, USA;

H.F. Hinteregger, MIT Haystack Observatory, USA;

A.E. Niell, MIT Haystack Observatory, USA;

A.Parsons, University of California at Berkeley, USA;

A.E.E. Rogers, MIT Haystack Observatory, USA;

D. Werthimer, University of California at Berkeley, USA;

A.R. Whitney, MIT Haystack Observatory, USA

Presenter: Brian Fanous, MIT Haystack Observatory, USA

URSI599: "A flexible architecture for array data processing" (Invited)

M. Wright, University of California at Berkeley, USA;

D. MacMahon, University of California at Berkeley, USA;

G.R. Harp, SETI Institute, USA;

L. Urry, University of California at Berkeley, USA;

M. Dexter, University of California at Berkeley, USA

Presenter: Melvyn Wright, University of California at Berkeley, USA

URSI166: "A Beam-former Architecture for Antenna Arrays Using General Purpose Hardware" (Invited)

V. Nagpal, University of California at Berkeley, USA; D. MacMahon, University of California at Berkeley, USA;

N. Hwang, University of California at Berkeley, USA; H. Chen, University of California at Berkeley, USA;

O. Milgrome, University of California at Berkeley, USA; A. Parsons, University of California at Berkeley, USA;

D. Werthimer, University of California at Berkeley, USA; M. Wright, University of California at Berkeley, USA

Presenter: Vinayak Nagpal, University of California at Berkeley, USA

URSI607_Demorest.pdf: "Designing the Next Generation of High-bandwidth Coherent Dedispersion Pulsar Backends" (Invited)

P.B. Demorest, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, USA;

S.M. Ransom, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, USA;

D.C. Backer, University of California at Berkeley, USA;

J. van Leeuwen, University of California at Berkeley, USA;

I.H. Stairs, University of British Columbia, Canada;

R. McCullough, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, USA;

R. Lynch, University of Virginia, USA

Presenter: Paul Demorest, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, USA

URSI293: "A Scalable Correlator Architecture Based on Packetized Interconnect and Modular FPGA Hardware" (Invited)

A. Parsons, University of California at Berkeley, USA; D.C. Backer, University of California at Berkeley, USA;

H. Chen, University of California at Berkeley, USA; T. Filiba, University of California at Berkeley, USA;

D. MacMahon, University of California at Berkeley, USA; A. Parsa, University of California at Berkeley, USA;

D. Werthimer, University of California at Berkeley, USA; M. Wright, University of California at Berkeley, USA

Presenter: Aaron Parsons, University of California at Berkeley, USA

URSI633_Hovey.pdf: "Radio-Astronomy DSP Systems in the Next Decade: The Forecast,The Challenges and Possible Solutions" (Invited)

G.J. Hovey, National Research Council of Canada, HIA/DRAO, Canada;

T.A. Burgess, National Research Council of Canada, HIA/DRAO, Canada;

B.R. Carlson, National Research Council of Canada, HIA/DRAO, Canada;

D. Fort, National Research Council of Canada, HIA/DRAO, Canada

Presenter: Gary Hovey, National Research Council of Canada, HIA/DRAO, Canada

URSI138_Navarro.pdf: "Architecture for a Flexible Signal Processing Platform for Radio Astronomy, Antenna Arraying, and Radio Science" (Invited)

R. Navarro, California Institute of Technology, USA

Presenter: Robert Navarro, California Institute of Technology, USA