7th ATNF Synthesis Imaging School

18 – 22 September 2006

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ATNF Synthesis Imaging School 2006

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(All talks in one giant tarball, 224 MB)

Monday Sep 18
8:30Registration + coffee
9:00Introduction & Welcome (Phil Edwards)
9:10-9:15Safety Induction (Michael Dahlem)
9:15 -10:15Principles of Interferometry I: introduction, motivation and basics
(Dave McConnell)
10:15-10:45Morning tea
10:45-11:45Principles of Interferometry II: detailed theory (Rick Perley)
11:45-12:45Principles of Interferometry III: practical applications (John Dickey)
12:45-1:45Lunch
1:45-2:45Signal Processing(Graeme Carrad)
2:45 -3:45Telescopes of the World (John Storey)
3:45-4:00Afternoon Tea
4:00-5:00Q&A with the speakers, announcements, late registration payments etc
5:10Bus to pick up
7:30Dinner at Bowling Club (Radio Astrology John Storey)
Tuesday Sep 19
8:45Coffee
9:00 (sharp) -10:00Fourier Transforms (John Dickey)
10:00 -11:00Calibration and Editing (John Reynolds)
11:00-11:30Morning tea, group photograph
11:30-12:30Imaging and Deconvolution (Mark Wieringa)
12:30-1:15Observing Strategies (Jessica Chapman)
1:15-2:15Lunch
2:15-5:15Group A (tutorial & site tour), Group B (data reduction), Group C (observing)
3:30-4:00Afternoon Tea
5:15-6:15Q&A with the speakers
6:15Bus to pick up
Wednesday Sep 20
8:45Coffee
9:00 (sharp) -10:00Sensitivity (Ray Norris)
10:00-11:00Data Analysis (Naomi McClure-Griffiths)
11:00-11:30Morning tea
11:30-12:30Error Recognition (Ron Ekers)
12:30-1:00OPAL and the ATCA archive (Jessica Chapman)
1:00-2:00Lunch
2:00-5:00Group A (data reduction), Group B (observing), Group C (tutorial & site tour)
3:30-4:00Afternoon Tea
5:15-6:15Q&A with the speakers
from 6:30Drinks & nibbles
7:00Aboriginal Astronomy (Ray Norris)
LaterCamp Fire Dinner
10:30Bus to pick up
Thursday Sep 21
8:45Coffee
9:00 (sharp) -10:00Self Calibration (Steven Tingay)
10:00-11:00Spectral Line (Juergen Ott)(Embedded movie)
11:00-11:30Morning tea
11:30-12:30Wide Field Imaging (Tim Cornwell)
12:30-1:30Polarimetry (Rick Perley)
1:30-2:30Lunch
2:30-5:30Group A (observing), Group B (tutorial & site tour), Group C (data reduction)
4:00-4:30Afternoon Tea
5:30-6:15Q&A with the speakers
Friday Sep 22
8:45Coffee
9:00 (sharp) -10:00VLBI (Phil Edwards)
10:00-11:00SKA, xNTD (Tim Cornwell)
11:00-11:30Morning tea
11:30-12:30Science Results & the Future (Elaine Sadler)                         
12:30-1:00Closing Remarks/Final Questionnaire (SOC)
1:00-2:30Conference close, BBQ lunch
2:30Bushwalk to Sawn Rocks, scenic flights

See also the material from the 2001 workshop and the on-line MIRIAD tutorials.


Enno Middelberg

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