“CSIC4SKA” project aims to equip CSIC community for the SKAO’s Key Science Projects (KSP) with a toolset for simulating SKA observations of astronomical objects of interest at the Spanish SKA Regional Centre prototype (espSRC). The astronomers will “see” those targets and catalogues with SKA “eyes”. Community analysis software will be gathered according to the Open Science principles. The espSRC is one of the nodes integrated into the first operative version of the international network of SKA Regional Centers (SRCNet v0.1). Therefore, a timely aspect of CSIC4SKA is to explore partnerships with national computing service providers. Technical interfaces and organisational models to integrate HPC resources with the espSRC are being assessed.

CSIC4SKA is leveraging CSIC’s expertise to consolidate its position in SKA during the pivotal period of KSP establishment and SRCNet development.

Link to the news article on the IAA-CSIC website

 We acknowledge financial support from the grant INFRA24023 (CSIC4SKA) funded by CSIC.