CASPER2019: Heterogeneous Architectures -- FPGA, GPU, and now System on Chip

天文信号处理和电子研究合作组织（CASPER）成立于13年前，目的是使射电天文学的专门计算方法得到广泛应用。从那时起，它已经成为一个由全世界数百名科学家和工程师组成的社区，他们的方法在射电天文学中无处不在。CASPER在射电天文学中产生了如此广泛的影响，以至于它的方法和工具成为上一个十年回顾中每个顶级射电天文学计划的基础。该项目将支持2019年8月12日至16日在哈佛大学天文台举行的CASPER会议。工作坊将包括五天的讲座、辅导和实践练习。本次研讨会将与国家科学基金会支持的天文技术暑期学校（OISE/1743747）合作开展。本次研讨会将包括新兴的射频系统芯片（RFSoC）应用的新技术重点。通过与“实验室导师”配对，学生将有机会与经验丰富的研究人员见面并互动。除了学术报告外，还将邀请来自行业的演讲者。这些演讲为学生提供了一个与学术界以外的潜在雇主建立联系的机会。会议的演讲将在会议和CASPER网站上公开发布。会议还将举办一场关于射电天文学的公开讲座、一次海报会议和几次面向公众的现场演示。申请的资金将抵消学生注册、住宿和旅行的费用。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Collaboration for Astronomy Signal Processing and Electronics Research (CASPER) was founded thirteen years ago to make specialized computational methods for radio astronomy widely available. It has since become a community of hundreds of scientists and engineers worldwide and their methods have become ubiquitous throughout radio astronomy. CASPER has had such a broad impact in radio astronomy that its methods and tools underlie each of the top-ranked radio astronomy initiatives of the last decadal review.This project will support the CASPER Conference scheduled for 12-16 August 2019 at the Harvard College Observatory. The workshop will include five days of lectures, tutorials and hands-on exercises. This workshop will be run in collaboration with NSF supported PIRE summer school on astronomy techniques (OISE/1743747). This workshop will include a new technical focus on emerging Radio Frequency System on a Chip (RFSoC) applications. Students will have the opportunity to meet and interact with experienced researchers by being paired with "lab mentors." In addition to academic presentations, speakers from industry will be invited. These presentations give students an opportunity to network with potential employers outside of academia. Presentations from the conference will be made publicly available on the conference and CASPER websites. The conference will also feature a public lecture on radio astronomy, a poster session and several live demonstrations for the general public. Requested funds will offset costs of student registration, accommodation and travel.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.