CASPER 2013 Annual Meeting: 2nd-6th September 2013
The 2013 Annual Meeting for CASPER (Collaboration for Astronomy Signal Processing and Electronics Research) will be held at Jodrell Bank Observatory, the radio astronomy facility of The University of Manchester. This year's workshop of CASPER (Collaboration for Astronomy Signal Processing and Electronics Research) will be held at Jodrell Bank Observatory and the Discovery Centre, Cheshire in the United Kingdom from 2nd to 6th September 2013. Typically attended by about 100 international astronomy digital signal processing experts, the annual meeting of the global collaboration traditionally includes a review of the past year's accomplishments, future plans for development of new instruments and tools, a review of the latest global trends, and hands-on training for old hands and new recruits alike. The mission of CASPER is to streamline, simplify, and thereby accelerate the design of astronomy instrumentation by promoting design reuse through the development of platform-independent, open-source hardware and software. Historically CASPER DSP hardware has been FPGA-based, but in the recent years, CASPER has explored other options also, such as GPU computing, fast multi-core CPUs, and heterogenous computing that exploits the best of FPGAs and these new techniques. As a result, the annual CASPER workshops have become an excellent forum for fruitful exchange of ideas as well as for learning about the various techniques. This year's CASPER workshop will be hosted by the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics of the University of Manchester and will be held at the Jodrell Bank Observatory, home of the Lovell and eMerlin telescopes. Located about 20 miles south of Manchester. We look forward to an enthusiastic participation from members and supporters of the CASPER community, including newcomers wishing to join. Formal registration for the workshop will open in April. There will be a modest registration fee to cover coffee, lunches and a dinner. We also have a limited amount of funds available to support travel costs for students. More details to follow. Note also there will be a couple of concerts at Jodrell on the weekend before the workshop, have a look at the following website (Live From Jodrell Bank ) for more information if you are interested. There may be another band announced for that weekend. More information can be found at http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/meetings/casper2013/ . We will keep this site updated with information about registration, costs, visas, accommodation and travel. We are grateful to the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, and the School of Physics and Astronomy for sponsoring this meeting. Ben Stappers on behalf of the LOC and SOC.
