Name: HIRAX Collaboration Meeting 2026 - ETH Zurich
Start: 2026-09-07T08:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-09T17:30:00+02:00
Location: ETH Zurich

HIRAX Collaboration Meeting 2026 - ETH Zurich

from Monday, September 7, 2026 (8:30 AM) to Wednesday, September 9, 2026 (5:30 PM)

Monday, September 7, 2026

8:30 AM Welcome Coffee
Welcome Coffee
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: Seminar Room J 43.1
9:00 AM HIRAX Overview
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Seminar Room J 43.1
Contributions

9:00 AM Welcome - Alexandre and Nicola

9:05 AM Project Status - Kavi - Kavilan Moodley

9:20 AM Project Management Updates - Solan

9:35 AM Data Sharing and Internal Comm - Vadym, Julian

9:45 AM International Context / Other Telescopes - Mario, Dallas/CHORD Rep.
10:00 AM Instrument and Site
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Seminar Room J 43.1
Contributions

10:00 AM Site preparation - Ian, Corrie

10:15 AM Dishes - Corrie, Jennifer - Jennifer Studer (ETH Zurich)

10:30 AM Feed and Signal Chain - Dirk, Werner, Austin, Tony

11:15 AM F Engine - Vadym

11:30 AM X Engine, Beamforming - Thierry, Andre, Kendrick - Thierry VIANT (ETH Zurich / IPA)

11:45 AM SDP - Cosmology, FRB, Pulsar, Site software - Devin, Thierry, Kendrick, Aris/Arun, Neeraj, Julian - Devin Crichton (ETH Zurich)

12:00 PM RFI Environment and Monitoring - Keshav, Ben L.

12:15 PM Housekeeping - Ben L., Isibabale, Veruschka
12:30 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Operations
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Seminar Room J 43.1
Contributions

2:00 PM Telescope and Site Ops - Tony, Solan
2:30 PM Data Transport and Protocol
2:30 PM - 3:10 PM
Room: Seminar Room J 43.1
Contributions

2:30 PM Data and Software Orchestration Overview - Julian

2:45 PM Data Transport and Storage (SANREN, DIRISA) - Julian + partners representatives?

2:50 PM Compute Facilities (CHPC, CSCS, CA) - Julian + others
3:10 PM Coffee Break + Group Photo
Coffee Break + Group Photo
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM
Room: Seminar Room J 43.1
3:40 PM Calibration and Instrument Model
3:40 PM - 5:25 PM
Room: Seminar Room J 43.1
Contributions

3:40 PM Overview and Coordination - Ajith, Devin, Jennifer - Devin Crichton (ETH Zurich)

3:55 PM Metrology - Jennifer - Jennifer Studer (ETH Zurich)

4:10 PM Drone - Morgan, Tasmiya

4:25 PM Transits (Solar/Galactic Plane) - Ajith, Keshav, Tony

4:40 PM Primary Beam Simulations - Jennifer, Aditya, Ben S., Ajith, Sindhu - Jennifer Studer (ETH Zurich)

4:55 PM Cross-Coupling Simulations - Leslie, Manas, Quentin

5:10 PM Redundant Calibration - Bobby, Edwin, Devin, Julian
7:00 PM Social Dinner
Social Dinner
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
9:00 AM Visibility and Sky Simulations
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Seminar Room J 43.1
Contributions

9:00 AM Overview - Devin - Devin Crichton (ETH Zurich)

9:15 AM Sky Simulations - Pascal

9:30 AM Visibility Simulations - Devin

9:45 AM Connecting with Calibration and Commissioning - Jennifer, Devin, Aditya, Tony
10:00 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Seminar Room J 43.1
10:30 AM Analysis
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Seminar Room J 43.1
Contributions

10:30 AM Comissioning and Prototype Analysis - Tony, Devin - Devin Crichton (ETH Zurich)

10:45 AM Low Level Pipelines - Devin, Ajith - Devin Crichton (ETH Zurich)

11:00 AM High Level Cosmology Pipelines - Viraj, Chandra, Li, Warren, Pascal

11:15 AM Real-time Pipelines - Kendrick, Arun
11:30 AM Theory
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Seminar Room J 43.1
Contributions

11:30 AM Overview - Martin, Amanda

11:45 AM Cross-correlation and Cross-bispectrum Theory - Li, Chandra, Warren, Pascal
12:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM Early Science Results and Paper Planning
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: Seminar Room J 43.1
Contributions

1:30 PM Cosmology Context, DESI, CHIME Results etc. - Pascal

1:45 PM Signal Chain and Science Comissioning Papers - Kavi, Tony + Joint

2:15 PM Cosmology (Stacking cross and long-term auto.) - Pascal, Devin + Joint - Pascal Hitz (ETHZ)

2:30 PM First Transients Paper - Amanda + Joint
2:45 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Room: Seminar Room J 43.1
3:15 PM Next Steps
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Seminar Room J 43.1
Contributions

3:15 PM Deployment - Kavi, Solan + Joint

3:30 PM Analysis - Kavi, Solan + Joint

3:45 PM Scientific Results - Kavi, Solan + Joint

4:00 PM Internal Engagement - Kavi, Solan + Joint

4:15 PM External Engagement, Outreach, Press, ... - Kavi, Solan + Joint
Wednesday, September 9, 2026

8:00 AM Voluntary Informal Meetings

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Seminar Room J 43.1