Developing Real-time Coordination Pipelines in the Era of Time-Domain Radio Astronomy

开发时域射电天文学时代的实时协调管道

• 批准号: 555585-2020
• 负责人: Pen, UeLiU
• 金额: $ 2.71万
• 依托单位: University of Toronto
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=746478
• 关键词: Developing; Real; time; Coordination; Pipelines

This project will capitalize on synergies between Prof. Ue-Li Pen's world-leading expertise in combining data from multiple telescopes and Huawei Canada's deep research and development capabilities in telecommunications. Through this partnership, they will investigate (1) methods to simultaneously calibrate radio signals at multiple antennas in real-time, and (2) the use of AI-powered phone cameras to optically identify astronomical interlopers (e.g., planes, satellites) that are difficult to filter out of radio astronomical observations, also in real-time.The program will have several far-reaching benefits and will reinforce Canada's technical leadership in radio astronomy and telecommunications. Scientifically, advances to real-time phase calibration will be applicable to similar challenges faced by radio astronomers seeking to localize transient phenomena, like enigmatic fast radio bursts that are normally observable for only a few milliseconds before disappearing forever. The interloper study will provide a much needed technique to clean up radio signals, and could potentially lead to an extremely economical optical complement to conventional radio astronomy. This project also has the potential to deliver immense benefits to ordinary Canadians and to Canadian productivity. The partners' work to combine radio signals will address the challenge of increasing mobile bandwidth without needing to build ever more cell towers. Their approach to applying radio astronomy techniques to telecommunications networks will help ensure Canada becomes an international leader in 6G and related technologies. The proposed network of time-synchronized, AI-powered optical monitoring developed through the interloper study could form the basis of a powerful intelligent sensor network, with applications in transportation, resource extraction, construction, security, logistics, and climate change monitoring.

该项目将利用Ue-Li Pen教授在结合多个望远镜数据方面的世界领先专业知识与华为加拿大在电信领域的深入研发能力之间的协同效应。通过这种合作关系，他们将研究（1）实时同时校准多个天线上的无线电信号的方法，以及（2）使用人工智能驱动的手机摄像头来光学识别天文闯入者（例如，该计划将产生若干深远的好处，并将加强加拿大在射电天文学和电信方面的技术领导地位。在科学上，实时相位校准的进步将适用于射电天文学家寻求定位瞬态现象所面临的类似挑战，例如神秘的快速射电爆发，通常只能观察几毫秒，然后永远消失。这项研究将提供一种急需的技术来清理无线电信号，并可能导致对传统射电天文学的一种极其经济的光学补充。该项目也有可能给普通加拿大人和加拿大的生产力带来巨大的好处。合作伙伴的工作，以联合收割机无线电信号将解决挑战，增加移动的带宽，而不需要建立更多的细胞塔。他们将射电天文学技术应用于电信网络的方法将有助于确保加拿大成为6 G和相关技术的国际领导者。通过interloper研究开发的时间同步、人工智能驱动的光学监测网络可以构成强大的智能传感器网络的基础，并应用于交通、资源开采、建筑、安全、物流和气候变化监测。