High Performance Computing in Observational Astronomy: Requirements and Challenges
12-16 October 2009
Pune, India.
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The theme of this meeting will be to discuss computationally intensive techniques important for different branches of astronomy. These techniques are increasingly being applied and planned for data collection, real-time and off-line analysis, and interpretation of results. Examples of such techniques include, among many others, software correlation of interferometric signals, dynamic beam forming and interference rejection, adaptive optics control for multi-segment telescopes, coded mask image analysis, matched filtering of gravitational wave signal, deconvolution and foreground subtraction of CMB maps, automated transient search etc.
Given the development and plans for large international astronomical facilities like the upgraded GMRT, eVLA, LOFAR, ASKAP, MeerKAT (and eventually the SKA) in radio, various new giant multi-segment mirror telescope projects in optical, new observatories like ASTROSAT in UV/x-ray, we feel that such a meeting will be well timed and will provide an appropriate forum for exchange of ideas and plans for handling the massive computing tasks associated with such large projects. In particular, we feel that participants from different wave band regimes will benefit by possible cross-fertilization of ideas. We expect significant participation from academia as well as the IT industry, and prominent researchers from both domains will be invited speakers at this meeting.
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