Preliminary Programme of Events
Programme v1.2 (10/09/10)
Schedule | Presentations | ||
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Monday 27th September | |||
08:30-09:00 | Registration and Coffee | ||
09:00-09:30 | Introduction to ATNF Facilities | Phil Edwards | |
09:30-10:30 | Radio Astronomy Fundamentals | Jay Lockman | |
10:30-11:00 | Morning Tea | ||
11:00-12:00 | Next Generation Telescopes | Phil Diamond | |
12:00-13:00 | Principles of Single-dish Telescopes | John Reynolds | PDF PPT |
13:00-14:00 | Lunch | ||
14:00-15:00 | The Astronomers IT Toolkit | Tara Murphy | |
15:00-15:45 | Principles of Interferometry I | Rick Perley | PPT |
15:45-16:15 | Coffee Break | ||
16:15-17:00 | Principles of Interferometry II | Rick Perley | PDF PPT |
17:00-18:00 | Telescopes of the World | John Storey | |
18:00 | Finish and bus into town for dinner at The Gourmet Goblet Restaurant at the Narrabri Bowling Club | ||
19:00 | Dinner & Evening Talk: Connecting radio astronomy with indigenous culture in Western Australia | Steve Tingay | |
Tuesday 28th September | |||
08:45-09:00 | Coffee | ||
09:00-09:30 | Introduction to the Compact Array | Phil Edwards | |
09:30-10:30 | Signal Processing | Alex Dunning/Dick Ferris | PDF/PDF PPT |
10:30-11:00 | Morning Tea | ||
11:00-12:00 | Observing Strategies | Maxim Voronkov | PPT |
12:00-13:00 | Special Considerations for MM Observations | Kate Brooks | |
13:00-14:00 | Lunch | ||
14:00-17:00 | Tutorial Session (Site tour/Observing/Data Reduction ) | Various | Reduction TAR File |
17:00-18:00 | Q&A Discussion 1: Observing Modes | Various | Tutorial Examples PDF |
18:00 | Finish | ||
Wednesday 29th September | |||
08:45-09:00 | Coffee | ||
09:00-09:45 | Fourier Transforms | Robert Braun | PPT |
09:45-10:30 | Calibration and Editing | Jamie Stevens | |
10:30-11:00 | Morning Tea | ||
11:00-12:00 | Imaging and Deconvolution | Emil Lenc | PDF PPT |
12:00-13:00 | Data Analysis | Naomi McClure-Griffiths | |
13:00-14:00 | Lunch | ||
14:00-17:00 | Tutorial Session (Site tour/Observing/Data Reduction) | Various | |
17:00-18:00 | Q&A Discussion 2: Data Reduction and Imaging | Various | |
18:00 | Finish | ||
19:00 | On-site Woodfired Pizza Dinner & Evening Talk: The history of the GBT | Jay Lockman | |
21:30 | Bus back to town | ||
Thursday 30th September | |||
08:45-09:00 | Coffee | ||
09:00-09:45 | Error Recognition | Steve Tingay | PPT |
09:45-10:30 | Polarisation I | Dave McConnell | PDF KEY Additional Proceedings |
10:30-11:00 | Morning Tea | ||
11:00-12:00 | Polarisation II | Rick Perley | PPT |
12:00-13:00 | Sensitivity | Mark Wieringa | PPT |
13:00-14:00 | Lunch | ||
14:00-17:00 | Tutorial Session (Site tour/Observing/Data Reduction) | Various | |
17:00-18:00 | Q&A Discussion 3: Calibration Uncertainties | Various | |
18:00 | Finish | ||
Friday 1st October | |||
08:45-09:00 | Coffee | ||
09:00-09:30 | VLBI | Jamie Stevens | |
09:30-10:30 | Wide Field Imaging | Maxim Voronkov (for Tim Cornwell) | PPT |
10:30-11:00 | Morning Tea | ||
11:00-12:00 | Proposal Writing | Jessica Chapman | |
12:00-12:30 | Closing Remarks | Phil Edwards | |
12:30-14:00 | Lunch | ||
14:00 | End | ||
14:00-17:00 | Optional trip to Sawn Rocks in Mt. Kaputar National Park |
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