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The International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (or ICRAR) is an international centre of excellence in astronomical science and technology, launched in 2009 as a joint venture between Curtin University and the University of Western Australia.〔http://www.icrar.org/news/news_items/icrar-launch〕〔http://sciencewa.net.au/topics/space/item/730-launch-of-international-radio-astronomy-centre-rockets-to-success/730-launch-of-international-radio-astronomy-centre-rockets-to-success〕〔http://vimeo.com/15939581〕 ICRAR attracts some of the world's leading researchers in radio astronomy, contributing to Australian and international scientific and technical programs for the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, the world's biggest ground-based telescope array which is in its design phase and the two Australian SKA precursors, the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) and the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), both located at Murchison, Western Australia. The headquarters of ICRAR are located in Crawley, Western Australia. ==Aims== ICRAR was created to deliver world-class outcomes for science, engineering and high performance computing and to play a key role in the SKA. It seeks to: * Create a collaborative environment for scientists and engineers to engage and work with industry to produce studies, prototypes and systems linked to the overall scientific success of the SKA, MWA and ASKAP. * Enhance Australia's position in the international SKA program by contributing to the development process for the SKA in scientific, technological and operational areas. * Promote scientific, technical, commercial and educational opportunities through public outreach, educational material, training students and collaborative developments with national and international educational organisations. * Establish and maintain a pool of emerging and top-level scientists and technologists in the disciplines related to radio astronomy through appointments and training. * Make world-class contributions to SKA science, with emphasis on the signature science themes associated with surveys for neutral hydrogen and variable (transient) radio sources. * Make world-class contributions to SKA capability with respect to developments in the areas of Data Intensive Science and support for the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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