Speaker
John Conway
(Onsala Space Observatory, Chalmers University of Technology)
Description
An overview will be given of Sweden's involvement in the Square Kilometre Array including the following topics:
(1) The national funding secured for Swedish SKA involvement and membership of the SKA Observatory international organisation.
(2) Ongoing work establishing the Swedish node of the SKA Regional Centre (SRC) global network of data centres. The short and long term capabilities of this SRC node for supporting Swedish use of SKA precursor and other radio telescopes will be described.
(3) Technology development and industrial return to Sweden as a template for financing Swedish involvement in flagship international astronomy projects.
Primary author
John Conway
(Onsala Space Observatory, Chalmers University of Technology)
