Dear Casperites, Thank you for registering. I am excited to say that we are close to full capacity. Just a friendly reminder that registration closes today.
Kind regards, Adam Isaacson South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Hardware Manager Cell: (+27) 825639602 Tel: (+27) 215067300 email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 2:42 PM Adam Isaacson <aisaac...@ska.ac.za> wrote: > Dear Casperites, > > We are nearly at full capacity, but we have a few places left. The closing > date for registration will now be the *31st May 2019. *If you are keen (I > mean, why wouldn't you be?) then please register on the following site: > > CASPER HPW 2019 Registration Form > <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1TtD5cl7QxyYNFwrDXT2pqOXNOrBHKLG-PsJ4236k6FY/edit> > > Read previous email below for more detailed information. > > Kind regards, > > Adam Isaacson > South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) > Hardware Manager > Cell: (+27) 825639602 > Tel: (+27) 215067300 > email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za > > > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 10:55 AM Adam Isaacson <aisaac...@ska.ac.za> wrote: > >> Dear Casperites, >> >> The funding has been approved! I am pleased to announce that the next *CASPER >> Hardware Porting Workshop* will be held in *South Africa, HartRAO* >> (Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory, now part of SARAO). >> >> The workshop dates will be from the *8th July - 12th July*, so save the >> date. Registration will be on Sunday the *7th July. *The workshop ends >> on the 12th July, but for those staying on site, feel free to depart on the >> *13th >> July*. >> >> The *attendance fee is free* for all. The SA and African partner *final >> year/post graduate* *students* that attend will be fully covered for >> accommodation, food and travel. There is some CASPER funding for overseas >> travel, but it is very limited. The rest will need to provide for their own >> accommodation and travel. >> >> There is accommodation that exists on site (hostels and there should be >> container homes) and all food will be covered if staying on site - includes >> breakfast, dinner and some after snacks and drinks. I will send out a list >> of all the suggested accommodation in the surrounding area when I receive >> it. Sponsored students will only be staying on site. >> >> The workshop will provide morning tea+snacks, lunch and afternoon >> tea+snacks. There will be a welcome dinner, tour of HartRAO and evening >> entertainment arranged! *Did I mention we will be giving away a few >> sponsored development kits to the best students and non-students? Did I >> mention goodie bags? :)* >> >> The results of the doodle poll indicated that 14 people could attend. I >> expect that number to increase. We can accommodate a maximum of 40 >> attendees at this venue, which is a good number for this kind of event, >> based on past experience. I have also had a few students contact me outside >> the student poll. >> >> In this workshop we will be focusing on toolflow porting tutorials that >> target the Red Pitaya, but feel free to bring other hardware platforms. I >> will finalise a list of the supported platforms and software closer to the >> time. We probably won't be able to support everything, but I will confirm. >> Alas, this means that ROACH2 and ISE will probably not be supported. >> >> In terms of the training venue, there are 40 Ubuntu machines (i3 x 10 and >> i5 x 30), with 4GB RAM and 500GB Hybrid HDD each. We (SARAO) will provide >> an extra 4 x beefy machines for compiling purposes, but feel free to bring >> your own lap tops, if you have one. We will provide ssh and vnc connections >> to our beefy machines. There is internet (each machine is connected to a >> 1Gbps Ethernet Switch), but *please note this is a radio quiet zone, so >> no Wi-Fi - cell phones must be switched off on site!* >> >> VMs will be provided for you to copy and take with you - no licenses will >> be provided though. >> >> We will also have many experienced toolflow facilitators (University of >> Berkeley, SARAO and hopefully others) on hand should you have any >> questions. There will also be daily presentations to help connect the dots >> quicker. >> >> Okay, *so interested yet?* :). I am going to send around a google form >> shortly with a few questions and if you are definitely IN then fill this in >> and submit it. *NB: *To our SA/African partner final year/post grad >> students, please send me your CV and a one page motivation for this >> training directly via this email only (aisaac...@ska.ac.za). We will be >> connecting with the SA universities shortly as well. >> >> Watch this space for further info and feel free to email me directly with >> any questions you may have. Looking forward to it! :) >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Adam Isaacson >> South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) >> Hardware Manager >> Cell: (+27) 825639602 >> Tel: (+27) 215067300 >> email: aisaac...@ska.ac.za >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "casper@lists.berkeley.edu" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to casper+unsubscr...@lists.berkeley.edu. To post to this group, send email to casper@lists.berkeley.edu.
