A deep survey for compact structure in the nearby universe: key science for the upgraded Australian Long Baseline Array

该项目利用信息和通信技术的进步来建立一个国家和国际设施网络，其中包括主要位于澳大利亚东海岸的现有望远镜，以及在西澳大利亚和新西兰规划的设施。其中一个设施，新技术演示器，是澳大利亚通往平方公里阵列路线图的重要组成部分。作为该项目的一部分，我们将进行与SKA相关的科学和技术演示，这将有助于澳大利亚申办这一耗资10亿美元的仪器。该项目巩固了跨塔斯曼的重要合作，并将天体物理学和信息通信技术领域的研究人员聚集在一起，使澳大利亚在eVLBI领域处于领先地位。

This project uses advances in ICT to build a national and international network of facilities that includes existing telescopes primarily on the east coast of Australia, as well as planned facilities in Western Australia and New Zealand. One of these facilities, the New Technology Demonstrator, is a crucial part of Australia's roadmap to the Square Kilometre Array. The SKA-related science and technology demonstrations we will undertake as part of this project will contribute to Australia's bid to host this $US1b instrument. This project cements a significant Trans-Tasman collaboration and brings together researchers in astrophysics and ICT to give Australia a leading position in the field of eVLBI.