Dr. Nicholas P. Rees Profile

Dr. Nicholas P. Rees

Head of Computing and Software at SKA Observatory

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Publications (26)

Proceedings Article | 11 September 2024 Presentation + Paper

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Construction update for the Square Kilometre Array Observatory

Gerhard Swart, Philip Diamond, Lewis Ball, Simon Berry, Robert Braun, Andrea Casson, Tracy Cheetham, Antonio Chrysostomou, Peter Dewdney, Robert Laing, Maria Grazia Labate, Ben Lewis, Lindsay Magnus, Joseph McMullin, Sarah Pearce, Nick Rees, Antony Schinckel, Luca Stringhetti, Andre van Es

Proceedings Volume 13094, 130940L (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3021248

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Observatories, Signal processing, Design, Pulsars, Antennas, Software development, Data processing

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

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SKAO software development management: an update

M. Miccolis, N. Rees, E. Mampuru

Proceedings Volume 13101, 131011U (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017808

KEYWORDS: Software development, Telescopes, Transparency, Project management, Organization management, Observatories, Ecosystems

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

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The Square Kilometre Array project update

J. McMullin, P. Diamond, M. Caiazzo, A. Casson, T. Cheetham, P. Dewdney, R. Laing, B. Lewis, A. Schinckel, L. Stringhetti, N. Rees, A. van Es, M. Labate, G. Swart, Lewis Ball, S. Berry, R. Braun, A. Chrysostomou, L. Magnus, S. Pearce

Proceedings Volume 12182, 121820Q (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2642184

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Optical instrument design, Telescopes, Prototyping, Signal processing, Antennas, Astronomical telescopes, Radio telescopes, Interferometry, Radio astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

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The Square Kilometre Array project

J. McMullin, P. Diamond, A. McPherson, R. Laing, P. Dewdney, A. Casson, L. Stringhetti, N. Rees, T. Stevenson, M. Lilley, A. van Es, M. G. Labate, G. Swart, A. Schinckel, T. Cheetham, M. Caiazzo, M. Austin, L. Ball, S. Berry, R. Braun, A. Chrysostomou

Proceedings Volume 11445, 1144512 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2565117

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Antennas, Radio telescopes, Interferometry, Chemical elements, Radio astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, Prototyping

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

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Scaling agile for the Square Kilometre Array

Marco Bartolini, Ray Brederode, Alan Bridger, Daniel Espada, Ferdl Graser, Piers Harding, Maurizio Miccolis, Vivek Mohile, Ben Mort, Aristeidis Nuostos, Nick Rees, Juande Santander-Vela, Snehal Valame, Peter Wortmann, Ugur Yilmaz

Proceedings Volume 11452, 114520B (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562213

KEYWORDS: Optical instrument design, Telescopes, Prototyping

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Proceedings Article | 15 September 2004 Paper

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The JCMT observing queue and recipe sequencer

Russell Kackley, Nicholas Rees, Craig Walther, Tim Jenness

Proceedings Volume 5496, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550646

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Calibration, Control systems, Human-machine interfaces, Astronomical telescopes, Databases, Observatories, Receivers, Switches, Switching

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Proceedings Article | 7 March 2003 Paper

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UFTI: the 0.8-2.5 µm fast-track imager for the UK Infrared Telescope

Patrick Roche, Philip Lucas, Craig Mackay, Eli Ettedgui-Atad, Peter Hastings, Alan Bridger, Nicholas Rees, Sandy Leggett, Chris Davis, Alan Holmes, Tony Handford

Proceedings Volume 4841, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460987

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Telescopes, Mirrors, Optical filters, Stars, Fabry–Perot interferometers, Control systems, Imaging systems, Polarimetry, Charge-coupled devices

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Proceedings Article | 7 March 2003 Paper

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Design status of WFCAM: a wide-field camera for the UK Infrared Telescope

David Henry, Mark Casali, David Montgomery, Keith Burch, Ken Laidlaw, Derek Ives, Andrew Vick, Alan Bridger, David Lunney, Andrew Adamson, Nicholas Rees, Tomas Chylek, Timothy Chuter

Proceedings Volume 4841, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.457204

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Charge-coupled devices, Sensors, Imaging systems, Mirrors, Infrared telescopes, Astronomy, Infrared cameras, Optical instrument design, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 17 February 2003 Paper

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HARP-B: a 350-GHz 16-element focal plane array for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

Henry Smith, Richard Hills, Stafford Withington, Johnathan Richer, Jamie Leech, Ross Williamson, Hugh Gibson, Roger Dace, P. Ananthasubramanian, Robert Barker, Robert Baldwin, Howard Stevenson, Peter Doherty, Dennis Molloy, Victor Quy, Chris Lush, Sally Hales, William Dent, Ian Pain, Robert Wall, Peter Hastings, Brenda Graham, Thomas Baillie, Ken Laidlaw, Richard Bennett, Ian Laidlaw, William Duncan, Maureen Ellis, Russell Redman, Robert Wooff, Keith Yeung, Joeleff Fitzsimmons, Lorne Avery, Dennis Derdall, Dean Josephson, Andre Anthony, Raj Atwal, Tomas Chylek, Dean Shutt, Per Friberg, Nicholas Rees, Robin Philips, Matthias Kroug, Teun Klapwijk, Tony Zijlstra

Proceedings Volume 4855, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459674

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Receivers, Calibration, Imaging systems, Mirrors, Telescopes, Staring arrays, Astrophysics, Connectors, Single sideband modulation

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2002 Paper

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JCMT observatory control system

Nicholas Rees, Frossie Economou, Tim Jenness, Russell Kackley, Craig Walther, William Dent, Martin Folger, Xiaofeng Gao, Dennis Kelly, John Lightfoot, Ian Pain, Gary Hovey, Russell Redman

Proceedings Volume 4848, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461306

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Control systems, Observatories, Interfaces, Data acquisition, Heterodyning, Calibration, Infrared telescopes, Raster graphics, Infrared radiation

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2002 Paper

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JCMT/UKIRT telescope control system

Russell Kackley, Nicholas Rees, Jeremy Bailey

Proceedings Volume 4848, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461562

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Control systems, Observatories, Astronomical telescopes, Databases, Mirrors, Interfaces, Astronomy, Operating systems, Instrument modeling

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Proceedings Article | 2 January 2002 Paper

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Sharing code and support between heterogeneous telescopes: the UKIRT and JCMT joint software projects

Frossie Economou, Tim Jenness, Nicholas Rees

Proceedings Volume 4844, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460642

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Software development, Astronomical telescopes, Observatories, Astronomy, Control systems, Software engineering, Calibration, Databases, Infrared spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 2 January 2002 Paper

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Seeing statistics at the upgraded 3.8m UK Infrared Telescope (UKIRT)

Marc Seigar, Andrew Adamson, Nicholas Rees, Timothy Hawarden, Malcolm Currie, Timothy Chuter

Proceedings Volume 4844, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460604

KEYWORDS: Image quality, Telescopes, Infrared telescopes, Image quality standards, Imaging systems, Point spread functions, Near infrared, Stars, K band, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 2 August 2000 Paper

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Thermal performance and facility seeing at the upgraded 3.8-m UK Infrared Telescope (UKIRT)

Timothy Hawarden, Andrew Adamson, Timothy Chuter, Nicholas Rees, Richard Massey, Charles Cavedoni, Eli Ettedgui-Atad

Proceedings Volume 4004, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.393905

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Fluctuations and noise, Domes, Infrared telescopes, Convection, Control systems, Space telescopes, K band, Adaptive optics

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Proceedings Article | 16 June 2000 Paper

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ORAC: a modern observing system for UKIRT

Alan Bridger, Gillian Wright, Frossie Economou, Min Tan, Malcolm Currie, David Pickup, Andrew Adamson, Nicholas Rees, Maren Purves, Russell Kackley

Proceedings Volume 4009, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.388393

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Control systems, Gemini Observatory, Observatories, Data storage, Astronomy, Data acquisition, Java, Databases, Software development

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Proceedings Article | 29 October 1999 Paper

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Lightweighted secondary mirror for the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope

Ralf-Rainer Rohloff, Eckhart Pitz, Timothy Hawarden, Nicholas Rees, Eli Ettedgui-Atad, Horst Kaufmann, Lutz Schmadel

Proceedings Volume 3785, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.367613

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Surface finishing, Zerodur, Infrared telescopes, Polishing, Spherical lenses, Manufacturing, Optical spheres, Telescopes, Autocollimation

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Proceedings Article | 29 October 1999 Paper

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Postupgrade performance of the 3.8-m United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT)

Timothy Hawarden, Nicholas Rees, Timothy Chuter, Antonio Chrysostomou, Charles Cavedoni, Ralf-Rainer Rohloff, Eckhart Pitz, Donald Pettie, Richard Bennett, Eli Ettedgui-Atad

Proceedings Volume 3785, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.367622

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Image quality, Infrared telescopes, Fluctuations and noise, Stars, Manufacturing, Secondary tip-tilt mirrors, Adaptive optics, Actuators

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Proceedings Article | 25 August 1998 Paper

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Active optics at UKIRT

Antonio Chrysostomou, Nicholas Rees, Timothy Hawarden, Timothy Chuter, Charles Cavedoni, Donald Pettie, Richard Bennett, Eli Ettedgui-Atad, Colin Humphries, Brian Mack

Proceedings Volume 3352, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.319304

KEYWORDS: Monochromatic aberrations, Mirrors, Telescopes, Wavefront sensors, Active optics, Wavefronts, Image quality, Thermal effects, Spherical lenses, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 25 August 1998 Paper

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Upgraded UKIRT

Timothy Hawarden, Nicholas Rees, Charles Cavedoni, Timothy Chuter, Antonio Chrysostomou, Donald Pettie, Richard Bennett, Eli Ettedgui-Atad, John Harris, Brian Mack, Eckhart Pitz, Andreas Glindemann, Stefan Hippler, Ralf-Rainer Rohloff, Karl Wagner

Proceedings Volume 3352, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.319306

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Tin, Mirrors, Ions, Stars, Diffraction, Actuators, Monochromatic aberrations, Domes, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 18 September 1997 Paper

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UKIRT fast guide system improvements

Al Balius, Nicholas Rees

Proceedings Volume 3112, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.287767

KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, Stars, Telescopes, Filtering (signal processing), Interference (communication), Error analysis, Signal processing, Atmospheric modeling, Space telescopes, Statistical analysis

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Proceedings Article | 18 September 1997 Paper

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Progress on the UKIRT upgrades program

Nicholas Rees, Stefan Hippler

Proceedings Volume 3112, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.284221

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Telescopes, Mirrors, Charge-coupled devices, Monochromatic aberrations, Wavefronts, Imaging systems, Cameras, Image processing, CCD cameras

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Proceedings Article | 21 March 1997 Paper

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Progress of the UKIRT Upgrades Program

Timothy Hawarden, Charles Cavedoni, Timothy Chuter, Ivan Look, Nicholas Rees, Donald Pettie, Richard Bennett, Eli Ettedgui-Atad, John Harris, Colin Humphries, Brian Mack, Eckhart Pitz, Andreas Glindemann, Stefan Hippler, Ralf-Rainer Rohloff, Karl Wagner

Proceedings Volume 2871, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.269048

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Monochromatic aberrations, Control systems, Domes, Wavefronts, Diffraction, Active optics, Cooling systems, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 8 June 1995 Paper

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Controlling the UKIRT upgrades program

Nicholas Rees, Stefan Hippler

Proceedings Volume 2479, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.211429

KEYWORDS: Control systems, Telescopes, Human-machine interfaces, Servomechanisms, Mirrors, Computer programming, Secondary tip-tilt mirrors, Wavefront sensors, Control systems design, Computing systems

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Proceedings Article | 1 June 1994 Paper

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UKIRT upgrades program: preparing for the 21st century

Timothy Hawarden, Charles Cavedoni, Nicholas Rees, Timothy Chuter, Donald Pettie, Colin Humphries, Richard Bennett, E. Etad, John Harris, Brian Mack, Eckhart Pitz, Andreas Glindemann, Ralf-Rainer Rohloff

Proceedings Volume 2199, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176215

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Control systems, Sensors, Domes, Imaging systems, Secondary tip-tilt mirrors, Astronomy, Infrared telescopes, Wavefront sensors

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Proceedings Article | 1 June 1994 Paper

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Photon counting versus CCD sensors for wavefront sensing: performance comparison in the presence of noise

Andreas Glindemann, Nicholas Rees

Proceedings Volume 2199, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176254

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Wavefront sensors, Wavefronts, CCD image sensors, Telescopes, Monochromatic aberrations, Device simulation, Stars, Photon counting, Speckle pattern

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Proceedings Article | 1 July 1990 Paper

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Parallel observing: how to get unlimited observing time on a large optical telescope

Nicholas Rees, Craig Mackay, Mike Disney

Proceedings Volume 1235, (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.19109

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Charge-coupled devices, Cameras, Mirrors, Astronomy, Computing systems, Galactic astronomy, CCD cameras, Data archive systems, Optical telescopes

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