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 ===== Main goals =====
-   - Expand existing space related station-based measurements to cooperative sensor network overcoming professional astronomy measurements.
-   - Design algorithms and implement technology for astronomy observations management on distributed sensor network.
+   - Design algorithms and implement innovative technologies for astronomy observations in existed radio detection network.
-   - Extend existing systems for easy implementation to whole EU region.
+   - Extend existing system for collaboration of people in science in whole EU region.
 ===== Bolidozor network =====
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-==== Video meteor detection system ====
-Several projects of visual meteor detection software currently exist. But neither is open-source and all of them have poor results and large false positive detection rates. We need a high quality video meteor detection system for evaluation of our radio meteor detection metods.
+===== Tasks for SOCIS participants =====
-Video data will be collected by our design of [[cs:vmds|visual meteor detection station (VMDS01A)]] (part of our project). Meteor trails within these video data have to be detected in real-time. Meteor trails must be interpreted in physical context (meteoroid explosions, trail clouds coveradge, etc.). Following this, geometric parameters can be delivered and orbit parameters can be calculated.
+There are several tasks for SOCIS participants in the summer 2015 you can choose one. There are brief description of problems and description of initial task for qualifying of you for these tasks. If you are interested in the tasks presented here please do not hesitate to contact us at bolidozor@googlegroups.com, we will send you a technical details. We will help you with your deal.
-{{ :cs:designs:measuring:meteor_trail.png?500 | A meteor trail captured by VMDS01A }}
-Testing data will be provided or testing station may be builded on desired location maintained by student.
-=== Expected results ===
+==== Task: Radio Meteor Interferometry ====
+There is a new radio meteor detection station RMDS02D developed. This station has abilities for radio interferometry detection of meteor trails with use of two antennas at an observatory site. The software for computation of heading to the meteor from two records taken in same time with RMDS02D from two or more antennas.
-Design and implement reliable algorithms for real time meteor detection from video data. Algorithms for distinguishing of different types of meteors are welcomed. The used algorithm should be based on currently existing software imprementation.
+{{:cs:sdr:rmds02d_small.jpg?600|RMDS02D}}
+=== Qualification task ===
-**Difficulty**: //hard// **Importance**: //medium//.
+The student has to adopt [[https://github.com/MLAB-project/radio-observer|radio-observer]] a radio astronomy software developed in the SOCIS project in the year 2013 to [[https://github.com/alexlee188/ghpsdr3-alex|GHPSDR3]] radio server. Now the radio-observer has implemented connection to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software-defined_radio|SDR]] by [[http://jackaudio.org/|JACK]]. New connection module for GHPSDR is a task for a student for showing his/her skills.
-Knowledge of programming languages necessary to implement the solution (C/C++ preferred for performance reasons). Ability to use/learn to use basic development tools (IDE, version control software, issue tracking systems).
-==== Station maintenance software  ====
+=== Project details ===
-Measuring station is a complex computer based system which needs internal self checking, failure detection, calibration and continuous maintenance of data collection. A software to carry out these tasks is required. It should generate reports concerning station health and upload these files to the data server.
+With use of interferometry the direction of target object can be discovered. We intended to use two FITS radio reflexion record for determine of direction to reflection. The radio-observer application has to be extended for simultaneous recording of two two signals from two radios with synchronised Local Oscillator. These two records can be used for calculation of correlation. Finally the direction of reflected signal will be found from this correlation. Student helps community with acquisition of another information from meteor trails records.
+{{:cs:sdr:radio_interferometry.gif?424|Radio Interferometer}}
 === Expected results ===
-Set of software scripts for performing station maintenance tasks with simple visualization of system states on station's local display.
+The application for GNU/Linux operating system which determine direction to the reflection from measuring station. Some user interaction is possible.
-**Difficulty**: //easy// **Importance**: //medium//.
+==== Task: Radio Meteor Crowd Science ====
-Knowledge of scripting languages is necessary to implement the solution (Python is preferred). Ability to use/learn to use basic development tools (IDE, version control software, issue tracking systems).
-===== General station supervising tool =====
+We are looking for programmer who can utilize nowadays technology for crowd science for our project Bolidozor the radio meteor detection network. Some research is needed. The student has to search for existing technologies for Citizen Science (like CrowdCrafting, PyBossa, Zooniverse,...) and then he or she has to program a Citizen Science application for searching for meteors coincidences in records of Bolidozor’s radio meteors database which supports Czech Astronomical Society.
-For data acquisition we are using several open-source softwares  which reads input from sensors or  receivers and generates output files. The station software and operating system is prone to failure and requires nearly continuous inspection of output data.
+=== Qualification task ===
-=== Expected results ===
+The student has to show his abilities of programming web applications. Some web page which displays screenshots from meteors data stored at http://space.astro.cz/bolidozor/ has to be shown.
-Consistent software package (ideally .deb installation file) which will be able to install necessary software for detection and collection of meteor signals for new measurement stations in the network.
+To help somebody trying to complete the task a draft of Python [[https://github.com/bolidozor/python-bolidozor-postprocessing|Bolidozor browsing library]] is prepared and a [[https://github.com/bolidozor/bzbrowser|desktop application - bzbrowser]] showing a basic principles exists.
+=== Project details ===
-**Difficulty**: //medium// **Importance**: //high//.
+A huge database of radio meteor detections exists. There are snapshots in FITS format for each meteor detection which is accessible as files sorted by time. The waterfall visualisation snapshot from each record exists (see picture). It has to be find the same meteor detected by one station in records of other station or stations. Then exact time and other specific parameters of detection has to be determined by human.
+A HTML5 web interface should be developed for live inspection of the received stream by many concurrent users over the internet.
+{{:cs:sdr:5-06.27.14-10_08_15.jpg?700|Meteor Records}}
-===== Data display system =====
+There are a sample of records from two station 50 km away each other. There are two detections of possible identical meteor. Relative shift of this detections from a time mark (horizontal line in signal) has to be found for next computation of meteor trail. Some estimation of region of meteor occurrence can be determined from this measurement. The student will adopt some skills of use of bistatic radar in space science by meteors detection in this project.
-{{ :cs:sdr:pysdr_detector.png?direct&500 |Screen-shot from PySDR visualization software}}
+{{:cs:sdr:5-06.06.14-14_43_28.jpg?700|Meteors ZOO}}
-Implement new features and algorithms to [[https://github.com/MLAB-project/pysdr|PySDR]] software package for live 3D meteor visualization in astronomical observatories conference rooms.
+An another task is classification of meteors. There are different types of meteor reflections as shown at the picture. The meteor zoo should be established by humans observations.
+There are even utilization for Python programmer which could implement new features to [[https://github.com/MLAB-project/pysdr|PySDR]] software package for live 3D meteor visualization in astronomical observatories conference rooms.
-Better HTML5 interface should be developed for live inspection of the received stream by many concurrent users over the internet.
 === Expected results ===
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 Single package which will be able to install software needed for viewing and processing of meteor signals collected from measurement stations over internet.
-**Difficulty**: //medium// **Importance**: //medium//. Finish the HTML5 and OpenGL GUI for watching live streams, implement interactive elements. Optimize for use with mobile devices (tablets, smartphones).
+A web based citizen science application for classification and measurement of meteor trails visualised as waterfall pictures. This software allows the community do classification and other computation on captured data.
-Ability to learn and use third-party libraries necessary to implement the solution (CFITSIO, libfft, libusb, ...)
-===== General purpose radio-astronomy station software =====
-[[http://mlab-project.github.io/radio-observer/|Radio-observer]] should be used for other radio astronomy measurements using our designs of Basic or Advanced radio astronomy stations or well known [[http://www.haystack.mit.edu/edu/undergrad/srt/index.html| Small Radio Telescope design]]
-==== Knowledge prerequisites ====
-  * Basic knowledge of signal analysis
-  * Good math skills, at least the knowledge what Fourier transform does.
-  * Knowledge of the most frequently used data structures and algorithms, networking and thread programming.
-==== Solar flares detection station ====
-Combination of radio-observer with the Basic radio astronomy station design brings opportunity to detect radio bursts exited by solar flares. These data are useful for Heliophysics. However, a solar radio burst is weak compared to the local man-made noise and signal must therefore be cleared of this noise before the detection and classification.
-{{ :cs:designs:measuring:ionosphere.jpg?500 | Ionosphere measurement by SDRX01B}}
-=== Expected results ===
-Set of software scripts constructed as plugins for radio-observer software. These scripts should implement signal purification in various radiotelescope designs.
-**Difficulty**: //hard// **Importance**: //high//.
-Knowledge of scripting languages is necessary to implement the solution (Python is preferred). Ability to use/learn to use basic development tools (IDE, version control software, issue tracking systems).
-===== Fully automatic satellite reception station =====
-Scalable design of our [[en:sdrx|software defined receiver]] gives opportunity to use multiple antenna array for signal reception from Cubesat satellites.  Cubesat development teams around the word are limited by signal reception from their home stations or by volunteers who contribute by received data sets.
-These amateur LEO satellite reception methods can easily be improved by the use of multiple fixed antenna array and beam-forming algorithm on reception station.
-{{ :cs:designs:measuring:arissat1.jpg?300 | A SSTV image taken from ARISSAT1 by SDRX01A }}
-=== Expected results ===
-Set of software scripts constructed as plugins for radio-observer software for beam-forming algorithm application in multiple antenna array systems.
-**Difficulty**: //hard// **Importance**: //high//.
-Knowledge of scripting languages is necessary to implement the solution (Python is preferred). Ability to use/learn to use basic development tools (IDE, version control software, issue tracking systems).
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 For further information we strongly recommend to contact the project coordinator Jakub Kakona (kaklik@mlab.cz)
-Pokud navíc umíte český jazyk, tak je vhodné si též prohlédnout [[cs:programming_tasks|českou verzi stránky]].