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The Experimental Satellite Ground Station Facility (SGSF) aims to accelerate the development and maturation of space and satellite technologies by providing cost and time efficient access to live over the air experimentation and validation as well as underpinning skill and talent development. SGSF fills a gap in the EPSRC equipment portfolio and represents a scarce facility globally. The facility provides researchers working across a wide range of space and satellite technologies readily access to state-of-the-art infrastructure for experimentation with high altitude and spaceborne platforms in LEO, MEO or GEO orbits. It also allows the collection of astronomical data as well as the experimentation with astrophotonic and radiometric devices and systems. It comprises of 1) an experimental mm-wave terminal that can be flexibly configured to adjust the baseband processing, RF front-end or the antenna while performing live over-the-air measurements. This includes a tracking positioner that can emulate mobility and can be used for the validation of mm-wave tracking antennas; 2) a modular experimental optical terminal built along a similar philosophy to enable plug-and-play" access in research spanning from optical communications and quantum missions to astronomical imaging and component testing; 3) reference terminals that can be used to benchmark the performance of experimental setups or to provide telecommand and control as well as data download for experimental satellite missions; 4) support infrastructure, which includes a dedicated dark fibre connection to the Tayside 5G Hub established by the Scotland 5G Centre as well as the core network. This connectivity will enable e.g.; research that addresses the integration of non-terrestrial networks into 5G and beyond; using SGSF as a terminal station in larger experimental setups involving a distributed ground segment; exending the scope of quantum communication experiments. SGSF is hosted at the Errol aerodrome, a favourable location for its quiet electromagnetic environment and wide field of view. The site benefits from an existing industrial satellite ground station and has recently been selected to host the EPSRC Quantum Communications Hub telescope, with which SGSF synergises. In order to ensure broad and fair engagement with users across academia and the industry, user engagement for SGSF is through the Scotland 5G Centre through a dedicated Busines Engagement Manager. In order to ensure ready access to the infrastructure and enable efficient setup for each experimental campaign, SGSF is staffed by an experienced Research Technologist. The facility is costed using the Transparent Approach to Costing (TRAC) and is widely accessible to all interested users.

The project "Compressive Imaging in Radio Interferometry" (CIRI) aims to bring new advances for interferometric imaging with next-generation radio telescopes, together with theoretical and algorithmic evolutions in generic compressive imaging. Radio Interferometry (RI) allows observations of the sky at otherwise inaccessible angular resolutions and sensitivities, providing unique information for astrophysics and cosmology. New telescopes are being designed, such as the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), whose science goals range from astrobiology and strong field gravity, to the probe of early epochs in the Universe when the first stars formed. These instruments will target orders of magnitudes of improvement in resolution and sensitivity. In this context, they will have to cope with extremely large data sets. Associated imaging techniques thus literally need to be re-invented over the next few years. The emerging theory of compressive sampling (CS) represents a significant evolution in sampling theory. It demonstrates that signals with sparse representations may be recovered from sub-Nyquist sampling through adequate iterative algorithms. CIRI will build on the theoretical and algorithmic versatility of CS and leverage new advanced sparsity and sampling concepts to define, from acquisition to reconstruction, next-generation CS techniques for ultra-high resolution wide-band RI imaging and calibration techniques. The new techniques, and the associated fast algorithms capable of handling extremely large data sets on multi-core computing architectures, will be validated on simulated and real data. Astronomical imaging is not only a target, but also an essential means to trigger novel generic developments in signal processing. CIRI indeed aims to provide significant advances for compressive imaging thereby reinforcing the CS revolution, which finds applications all over science and technology, in particular in biomedical imaging. CIRI is thus expected to impact science, economy, and society by developing new imaging technologies essential to support forthcoming challenges in astronomy, and by delivering a new class of compressive imaging algorithms that can in turn be transferred to many applications, starting with biomedical imaging.

To develop a machine learning architecture and embedded capability to enable Upside Energy to continuously evolve its ensemble of algorithms for grid prediction and demand response portfolio management.

From cookers to concrete: Understanding the environmental impact of buildings will engage school children in a web-based game designed to develop their skills in recognising where carbon dioxide is produced in buildings and what they can do to reduce it. The proposed engagement project aims to instil demand for more environmentally benign methods of construction and building use in future generations of construction clients and the public as building users. The work seeks to increase awareness of the potential that marked shifts in design and construction methods (such as the use of innovative construction materials and servicing methods to achieve zero-carbon buildings)) have for maintaining our quality of life in a sustainable manner. It is necessary to inspire future building users to demand the use of new technologies and new practices so that they will become commonplace without need for regulatory mandate. The project will last twelve months and has been designed to coordinate with the school calendar. The project will be evolve over three phases. The initial phase will be the development phase and will involve the educational partners and researchers and the creation of a database; a series of building model animations and a public interface for the game specifically and the project in general. The second phase will be a strategic piloting phase within our partner schools, two at primary level and two at secondary. This phase will involve an iterative process of developing educational material tuned to the specific requirements of the different age groups. The third and final phase will be the implementation of the game and support material within the schools and the dissmenation of the project outcomes. The implementation will be designed to meet the needs of the specific schools and the material will be developed to allow a flexible delivery. The dissemination will be through various media but will culminate in an exhibition to be hosted by the Lighthouse and will showcase the work of the schools.