South African Radio Astronomy Observatory
Simon Perkins is a Senior Scientific Software Developer at the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory, where responsibilities include leading the development of a distributed computing strategy for processing Radio Astronomy data. Prior experience includes a Senior Software Developer role at Coiled and a previous tenure at the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory, focusing on scientific software development. Simon's academic background features research as a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Cape Town, where work centered on High Performance Computing techniques for the Square Kilometre Array Telescope, alongside lecturing in C++. Simon holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Computer Science from the University of Cape Town.
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South African Radio Astronomy Observatory
The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), a facility of the National Research Foundation, is responsible for managing all radio astronomy initiatives and facilities in South Africa, including the MeerKAT Radio Telescope in the Karoo, and the Geodesy and VLBI activities at the HartRAO facility. SARAO also coordinates the African Very Long Baseline Interferometry Network (AVN) for the eight SKA partner countries in Africa, as well as South Africa’s contribution to the infrastructure and engineering planning for the Square Kilometre Array Radio Telescope. To maximise the return on South Africa’s investment in radio astronomy, SARAO is managing programmes to create capacity in radio astronomy science and engineering research, and the technical capacity required to support site operations.