LOFAR/SKA Meeting 2026

Europe/Berlin
Description

The LOFAR/SKA meeting 2026 will take place from Monday 18 through Wednesday 20 May at ECAP.

Registration
LOFAR-SKA Cosmic Ray Meeting
Participants
    • LOFAR: Talks
      • 1
        IFT reconstruction update
        Speaker: Karen Terveer (Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics)
      • 2
        Simulating cosmic rays with CRPropa
        Speaker: Amber Duijndam (Radboud University)
      • 3
        Interferometry at LOFAR
        Speaker: Tjibbe Gottmer (Radboud University)
    • 12:30 PM
      Lunch
    • LOFAR: Database planning
      • 4
        LORA
        Speaker: Katie Mulrey (Radboud University)
    • Coding / software discussion & hands-on

      Discussion and hands-on: how to develop software together, documentation, creating examples, github/gitlab etc.

      • 5
        LOFAR Data pipeline discussion & hands-on
        Speakers: Katie Mulrey (Radboud University), Sjoerd Bouma (ECAP)
      • 3:00 PM
        Coffee / Tea / Biscuits?
      • 6
        LOFAR Data pipeline discussion & hands-on
        Speakers: Katie Mulrey (Radboud University), Sjoerd Bouma (ECAP)
    • 6:30 PM
      Dinner at Chai Roti Chai Roti, Goethestraße 26, Erlangen

      Chai Roti, Goethestraße 26, Erlangen

      Goethestraße 26, Erlangen, Germany

      (self-pay)

    • SKA: Talks
    • 12:00 PM
      Lunch
    • Coding / software discussion & hands-on

      Discussion and hands-on: how to develop software together, documentation, creating examples, github/gitlab etc.

      • 11
        LOFAR 1 Summary Paper Discussion
        Speaker: Katie Mulrey (Radboud University)
      • 12
        Coding / software discussion & hands-on
      • 2:30 PM
        Coffee
      • 13
        Coding / software discussion & hands-on
    • 7:00 PM
      Lasertag / Team Building Lasertag Planet, Hauptstr. 55, Erlangen

      Lasertag Planet, Hauptstr. 55, Erlangen

    • 8:00 PM
      Dinner at Kitzmann Brau Kitzmann Brau, Südliche Stadtmauerstraße 25, Erlangen

      Kitzmann Brau, Südliche Stadtmauerstraße 25, Erlangen

      (self-pay)

    • SKA: Talks
      • 14
        Radio detection of PeV Gamma Ray with SKA-Low
        Speaker: Philipp Laub (Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
      • 15
        Air Shower Profile Reconstruction with SKA/LOFAR
        Speaker: Keito Watanabe (KIT)
      • 16
        Radio Interferometric Reconstruction of the Air Shower Parameters with the SKA-Low array
        Speaker: Subhadip Saha (IAP, KIT & IIT Kanpur (Physics))
      • 10:30 AM
        Coffee / Tea / Biscuits
      • 17
        Feasibility Analysis of Detecting Inclined Air Showers Using SKA-Low
        Speaker: chao zhang (Nanjing University)
      • 18
        TBC
        Speaker: Arthur Corstanje (Radboud University)
    • 12:00 PM
      Lunch
    • Coding / software discussion & hands-on

      Discussion and hands-on: how to develop software together, documentation, creating examples, github/gitlab etc.

      • 19
        Coding / software discussion & hands-on
      • 2:30 PM
        Coffee
      • 20
        Coding / software discussion & hands-on