Preliminary Programme of Events
Programme v3 (19/09/12)
| Time | Title | Speaker | Chair |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday 24th September | |||
| 08:30-09:00 | Registration | ||
| 09:00-09:45 | Introduction to ATNF Facilities | Phil Edwards | Tom Franzen |
| 09:45-10:30 | Radio Astronomy Fundamentals | Douglas Bock | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Morning tea | ||
| 11:00-11:45 | Principles of Interferometry I | Ron Ekers | Tom Franzen |
| 11:45-12:30 | Fourier Transforms | John Reynolds | |
| 12:30-13:45 | Lunch | ||
| 13:45-14:30 | Principles of Interferometry II | Ravi Subrahmanyan | Alex Hill |
| 14:30-15:15 | Telescopes of the World | Phil Edwards | |
| 15:15-15:45 | Afternoon tea | ||
| 15:45-16:30 | Discussion/Q&A with speakers | Alex Hill | |
| 18:00 | Dinner and winery tour in Wee Waa | ||
| Tuesday 25th September | |||
| 08:45-09:00 | Coffee | ||
| 09:00-09:30 | Signal Processing | John Tuthill | Phil Edwards |
| 09:30-10:00 | Receiver Systems | Suzy Jackson | |
| 10:00-10:45 | Calibration | Mark Wieringa | |
| 10:45-11:15 | Morning tea | ||
| 11:15-12:00 | Imaging and Deconvolution | Urvashi Rau | Phil Edwards |
| 12:00-12:45 | Observing Strategies | Shari Breen | |
| 12:45-14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00-15:30 | Electives/data reduction tutorials | Various | |
| 15:30-16:00 | Afternoon tea | ||
| 16:00-17:30 | Electives/data reduction tutorials | Various | |
| Wednesday 26th September | |||
| 08:45-09:00 | Coffee | ||
| 09:00-09:45 | The Astronomer’s IT Toolkit | Malte Marquarding | Shari Breen |
| 09:45-10:30 | Polarimetry I | James Green | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Morning tea | ||
| 11:00-11:45 | Error Recognition | Emil Lenc | Shari Breen |
| 11:45-12:30 | Polarimetry II | Bob Sault | |
| 12:30-12:45 | Discussion/Q&A with speakers | ||
| 12:45-14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00-15:30 | Electives/data reduction tutorials | Various | |
| 15:30-16:00 | Afternoon tea | ||
| 16:00-17:30 | Electives/data reduction tutorials | Various | |
| 18:00 | BBQ on site at Compact Array and evening talk | ||
| Thursday 27th September | |||
| 08:45-09:00 | Coffee | ||
| 09:00-09:45 | High Dynamic Range Imaging | Ravi Subrahmanyan | Alex Hill |
| 09:45-10:30 | Wideband Imaging | Urvashi Rau | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Morning tea | ||
| 11:00-11:45 | Mosaicing (Including Single Dish Combination) | Lister Staveley-Smith | Alex Hill |
| 11:45-12:30 | Phased Array Feeds | Aaron Chippendale | |
| 12:30-12:45 | Discussion/Q&A with speakers | ||
| 12:45-14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00-15:30 | Electives/data reduction tutorials | Various | |
| 15:30-16:00 | Afternoon tea | ||
| 16:00-17:30 | Electives/data reduction tutorials | Various | |
| Friday 28th September | |||
| 08:45-09:00 | Coffee | ||
| 09:00-09:45 | Image Analysis | Andrew Hopkins | Tom Franzen |
| 09:45-10:30 | Very Long Baseline Interferometry | Steve Tingay | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Morning tea | ||
| 11:00-11:45 | Widefield Imaging | Tim Cornwell | Tom Franzen |
| 11:45-12:30 | Proposal Writing | Andrew Hopkins | |
| 12:30-12:45 | Closing remarks | ||
| 12:45-13:45 | Lunch and end of school | ||
| 13:45-17:00 | Optional trip to Sawn Rocks in Mt. Kaputar National Park | ||