7th ATNF Synthesis Imaging School
18 – 22 September 2006

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(All talks in one giant tarball, 224 MB)
| Monday Sep 18 | |
| 8:30 | Registration + coffee |
| 9:00 | Introduction & Welcome (Phil Edwards) |
| 9:10-9:15 | Safety Induction (Michael Dahlem) |
| 9:15 -10:15 | Principles of Interferometry I: introduction, motivation and basics (Dave McConnell) |
| 10:15-10:45 | Morning tea |
| 10:45-11:45 | Principles of Interferometry II: detailed theory (Rick Perley) |
| 11:45-12:45 | Principles of Interferometry III: practical applications (John Dickey) |
| 12:45-1:45 | Lunch |
| 1:45-2:45 | Signal Processing(Graeme Carrad) |
| 2:45 -3:45 | Telescopes of the World (John Storey) |
| 3:45-4:00 | Afternoon Tea |
| 4:00-5:00 | Q&A with the speakers, announcements, late registration payments etc |
| 5:10 | Bus to pick up |
| 7:30 | Dinner at Bowling Club (Radio Astrology John Storey) |
| Tuesday Sep 19 | |
| 8:45 | Coffee |
| 9:00 (sharp) -10:00 | Fourier Transforms (John Dickey) |
| 10:00 -11:00 | Calibration and Editing (John Reynolds) |
| 11:00-11:30 | Morning tea, group photograph |
| 11:30-12:30 | Imaging and Deconvolution (Mark Wieringa) |
| 12:30-1:15 | Observing Strategies (Jessica Chapman) |
| 1:15-2:15 | Lunch |
| 2:15-5:15 | Group A (tutorial & site tour), Group B (data reduction), Group C (observing) |
| 3:30-4:00 | Afternoon Tea |
| 5:15-6:15 | Q&A with the speakers |
| 6:15 | Bus to pick up |
| Wednesday Sep 20 | |
| 8:45 | Coffee |
| 9:00 (sharp) -10:00 | Sensitivity (Ray Norris) |
| 10:00-11:00 | Data Analysis (Naomi McClure-Griffiths) |
| 11:00-11:30 | Morning tea |
| 11:30-12:30 | Error Recognition (Ron Ekers) |
| 12:30-1:00 | OPAL and the ATCA archive (Jessica Chapman) |
| 1:00-2:00 | Lunch |
| 2:00-5:00 | Group A (data reduction), Group B (observing), Group C (tutorial & site tour) |
| 3:30-4:00 | Afternoon Tea |
| 5:15-6:15 | Q&A with the speakers |
| from 6:30 | Drinks & nibbles |
| 7:00 | Aboriginal Astronomy (Ray Norris) |
| Later | Camp Fire Dinner |
| 10:30 | Bus to pick up |
| Thursday Sep 21 | |
| 8:45 | Coffee |
| 9:00 (sharp) -10:00 | Self Calibration (Steven Tingay) |
| 10:00-11:00 | Spectral Line (Juergen Ott)(Embedded movie) |
| 11:00-11:30 | Morning tea |
| 11:30-12:30 | Wide Field Imaging (Tim Cornwell) |
| 12:30-1:30 | Polarimetry (Rick Perley) |
| 1:30-2:30 | Lunch |
| 2:30-5:30 | Group A (observing), Group B (tutorial & site tour), Group C (data reduction) |
| 4:00-4:30 | Afternoon Tea |
| 5:30-6:15 | Q&A with the speakers |
| Friday Sep 22 | |
| 8:45 | Coffee |
| 9:00 (sharp) -10:00 | VLBI (Phil Edwards) |
| 10:00-11:00 | SKA, xNTD (Tim Cornwell) |
| 11:00-11:30 | Morning tea |
| 11:30-12:30 | Science Results & the Future (Elaine Sadler) |
| 12:30-1:00 | Closing Remarks/Final Questionnaire (SOC) |
| 1:00-2:30 | Conference close, BBQ lunch |
| 2:30 | Bushwalk to Sawn Rocks, scenic flights |
See also the material from the 2001 workshop and the on-line MIRIAD tutorials.
Enno Middelberg
Last modified: Fri Nov 10 15:28:15 EST 2006