Radio Astronomy in Malaysia Workshop on East-Asia Collaboration for SKA, Daejeon, Korea, Nov 30-Dec 2, 2011 Radio Astronomy in Malaysia and the vision of joining SKA Zamri Zainal Abidin Radio Cosmology Research Lab (under the Advanced Fundamental Research Cluster)

Workshop on East-Asia Collaboration for SKA, Daejeon, Korea, Nov 30-Dec 2, 2011 Zamri Zainal Abidin, Zainol Abidin Ibrahim, Norsiah Hashim, Roslan Umar, Ungku Ferwani Salwa, Zety Shahrizat, Mohd Shaiful Rizal, Wan Zul Adli, Zulfazli Rosli, Noorkhallaf Noorazlan, Norsuzian Mohd Anim, Mohd Fairos Assilam, Radial Anwar, Tariqul Islam, Abdul Halim Abdul Aziz, Mas Md Said (16 members) 2+2 Lecturers/Researchers 4 Lecturers/PhD students 8 MSc students 4 BSc project students

Radio Astronomy in Malaysia Workshop on East-Asia Collaboration for SKA, Daejeon, Korea, Nov 30-Dec 2, 2011 Radio Astronomy in Malaysia 2005 –Jupiter radio storm detection 2006 – Radio meteor observation 2007 – Collaboration with Jodrell Bank Observatory 2007 – UMRT-1 (1.5 m) 2008 – SEAAN WG RA 2008 – Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) 2008 – UMRT-2 (2.3 m) - Neutral Hydrogen 2010 – Dark Matter Group 2010 – Solar Radio Monitoring Group 2011 – RFI Study 2011 – UMRT-3 (3.0 m) - Under construction 2011 – MRT for LFs 2011 – Outreach and Promotions 2011 – Space Weather with e-CALLISTO 2011 – Galaxy Clusters observation with 7-meter JBO radio telescope 2012 – UMRT-4 (7 m) with INSTUN 2015 – UMRT-5 (15-20m) with National Space Agency (purchase from China) 2022 – VLBI and SKA with MPIfR and JBO via SEAAN & EASKA RFI Study Cosmology (Dark Matter) Space Weather Outreach and Promotions

Radio Astronomy in Malaysia Workshop on East-Asia Collaboration for SKA, Daejeon, Korea, Nov 30-Dec 2, 2011 Radio Astronomy in Malaysia Types of Researchers Radio Astronomy Engineers Radio Astronomy Scientists/Physicists Types of Science/Physics Experimental / Observation Theoretical SKA: Michael Kramer (MPiFR) Greta Collins Bo Peng Here Internationalization: -SEAAN; VLBI with NZ; and SKA with EASKA -Participating country (or join a consortium) in SKA project -Science Working Group in SKA or telescope provider for baseline extension and link - Malaysia as a good bridging candidate for Oceania and Asia link (mentioned by Steven Tingay)

Radio Astronomy in Malaysia Workshop on East-Asia Collaboration for SKA, Daejeon, Korea, Nov 30-Dec 2, 2011 Radio Astronomy in Malaysia Main science goals: Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) Study Throughout Malaysia and Southeast Asia Spectrum Management for Radio Astronomy Protecting Radio Astronomy Spectral Windows Cosmology Dark Matter study (Rotation Curve) Space Weather Solar radio monitoring: Magnetic storm study Joint goals with South East Asia Astronomy Network (SEAAN) WG Radio Astronomy: Spectrum Management Project Dark Matter, OH Masers, Pulsars and Black Holes

Workshop on East-Asia Collaboration for SKA, Daejeon, Korea, Nov 30-Dec 2, 2011 RFI Study Identification of the lowest RFI level for building future radio telescopes Instruments (e.g. Antenna, LNA, Motor, Spectrum Analyzer) Radio Quiet Zone study

Workshop on East-Asia Collaboration for SKA, Daejeon, Korea, Nov 30-Dec 2, 2011 Spectrum Management Radio Astronomy Frequency Committee in the Asia-Pacific region (RAFCAP) member Study/monitor RFI power level above permitted threshold set by ITU-R RA 769-2

Cosmology Dark Matter study Rotation Curves of galaxies Workshop on East-Asia Collaboration for SKA, Daejeon, Korea, Nov 30-Dec 2, 2011 Cosmology Dark Matter study Rotation Curves of galaxies Collaboration with SISSA, Italy Timeline: First year into 3-year joint-project Inter-galactic Dark Matter in galaxy clusters Collaboration with JBO, United Kingdom Timeline: First 6 months into 1 and half-year project

Space Weather e-CALLISTO Workshop on East-Asia Collaboration for SKA, Daejeon, Korea, Nov 30-Dec 2, 2011 Space Weather e-CALLISTO Compact Astronomical Low-frequency, Low-cost Instrument for Spectroscopy in Transportable Observatories Solar Radio Spectrometer for Solar weather study Collaboration with ANGKASA and Institute of Astronomy, Zurich Timeline: Workshop/training in December 2011

Working Group Radio Astronomy Workshop on East-Asia Collaboration for SKA, Daejeon, Korea, Nov 30-Dec 2, 2011 Working Group Radio Astronomy Malaysia Thailand Indonesia Common Projects Spectrum Management Interferometer Network

Acknowledgement University of Malaya Grants MOSTI Grant Workshop on East-Asia Collaboration for SKA, Daejeon, Korea, Nov 30-Dec 2, 2011 Acknowledgement University of Malaya Grants Research University Grant 2010-2013 Research University Grant 2008-2010 MOSTI Grant Science-Fund 2006-2009 National Space Agency (ANGKASA) Jodrell Bank Observatory (Manchester, UK) WG RA, SEAAN UKM, USM, UNISZA, UPSI

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