> > Dear Sir, > > Thank you for your time. I am writing for some further information > about CASPER and correlative works. > I am a graduate student of National Astronomical Observatories > Chinese Academy of Sciences and at present I am dealing with the > digital back end for radio telescope. My supervisor send me a > email which mentioned the CASPER project, and besides those > documentations and video lectures on the CASPER website which I > really interest in, I hope you could give some solutions or > suggestions to the questions as follows: > Firstly, with no offence I deeply hope to know if the CASPER > project is promising or not, how is the project going, and what > are the most challenging parts CASPER are facing up in the past, > at present and even in the future?
We think it is. See https://wikio.nrao.edu/bin/view/CICADA/WebHome for information on our projects. John > Secondly, I want to know if we adopt such digital back end > solutions for our project, how long it will take to get know all > the hardware and software well if we could be the collaborators, > and how long it will take to build the whole system up? > I really appreciate CASPER and your groups' efforts. > Your reply will be welcomed and seriously considered for our next > step of work. > > Yours sincerely, > Liu Dong-liang >