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The committee organising the content of the workshop consists of Bob Sault, David McConnell, Lister Staveley-Smith, Roopesh Ojha and Emma Ryan-Weber. Your enquiries or suggestions about the content of the workshop are welcome.
Monday
| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Registration |
| 9:30 - 9:45 |
Welcome (David McConnell) |
| 9:45 - 10:30 |
Basic interferometry - I (Ray Norris) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning tea |
| 11:00 - 11:45 |
Basic interferometry - II (David McConnell) |
| 11:45 - 12:00 |
Overview of synthesis imaging (John Reynolds) |
| 12:00 - 12:30 |
Tutorials |
| 12:30 - 1:30 |
Lunch |
| 1:30 - 2:10 |
Fourier theory (Frank Stootman) |
| 2:10 - 2:45 |
(parallel sessions) Tutorial and demo: Fourier theory (Vince McIntyre) |
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Special topic: Wavelets (Frank Stootman) |
| 2:45 - 3:15 |
Afternoon tea |
| 3:15 - 3:40 |
Comparison of different radio telescopes (Michael Kesteven) |
| 3:40 - 4:10 |
Optical interferometry (Tim Bedding) |
| 4:10 - 4:35 |
SUSI (John Davis) |
| 4:35 - 5:15 |
Group feedback (led by Ray Norris and Emma Ryan-Weber) |
| Evening |
Workshop Reception at the array |
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Optical observing (weather permitting!) |
Tuesday
| 9:00 - 9:25 |
Antennas (Michael Kesteven) |
| 9:25 - 9:50 |
Receivers (Russell Gough) |
| 9:50 - 10:10 |
Correlators (Warwick Wilson) |
| 10:10 - 10:30 |
(parallel sessions) Tutorial |
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Special topic: Advanced ATNF correlators (Dick Ferris) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning tea |
| 11:00 - 11:35 |
Sensitivity and basic radiometry (Ravi Subrahmanyan) |
| 11:35 - 12:10 |
Visibility calibration and flagging (Mark Wieringa) |
| 12:10 - 12:30 |
(parallel sessions) Tutorial |
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Special topic: Water vapour radiometry (Bob Sault) |
| 12:30 - 1:30 |
Lunch |
| 1:30 - 5:00 |
Observatory tour |
Wednesday
| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Basic imaging (John Reynolds) |
| 9:30 - 10:10 |
Deconvolution and MFS (Bob Sault) |
| 10:10 - 10:30 |
(parallel sessions) Tutorial |
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Special topic: Imaging errors (Dave Rayner) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning tea |
| 11:00 - 11:40 |
Non-image analysis and selfcalibration (Steven Tingay) |
| 11:40 - 12:30 |
Group feedback (led by Ray Norris and Emma Ryan-Weber) |
| 12:30 - 1:30 |
Lunch |
| 1:30 - 2:00 |
Polarimetry (Roopesh Ojha) |
| 2:00 - 2:30 |
VLBI (Steven Tingay) |
| 2:30 - 3:00 |
(parallel sessions) Tutorial |
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Special topic: Random media in radio astronomy (Barney Rickett) |
| 3:00 - 5:00 |
Practical session |
| Evening |
Workshop Dinner at the array |
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"Radioastrology" (John Storey) |
Thursday
| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Image analysis (Jim Lovell) |
| 9:30 - 10:00 |
Interferometric spectral line imaging (Martin Zwaan) |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
(parallel sessions)Tutorial |
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Special topic: Spectral line VLBI (Chris Phillips) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning tea |
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Single dish spectral line observing (Lister Staveley-Smith) |
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Spectral line image analysis and visualisation (Baerbel Koribalski) |
| 12:00 - 12:30 |
(parallel sessions) Tutorial |
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Special topic: GIPSY image analysis (Erwin de Blok) |
| 12:30 - 1:30 |
Lunch |
| 1:30 - 2:00 |
Mosaicing (Erwin de Blok) |
| 2:00 - 2:30 |
Single dish/interferometer combination (Naomi McClure-Griffiths) |
| 2:30 - 3:00 |
(parallel sessions) Tutorial |
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Special topic: Advanced visualisation (Malte Marquarding) |
| 3:00 - 5:00 |
Practical session |
Friday
| 9:00 - 9:30 |
mm astronomy (John Storey) |
| 9:30 - 10:00 |
mm techniques (Tony Wong) |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
(parallel sessions) Tutorial |
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Special topic: ALMA (Wim Brouw) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning tea |
| 11:00 - 11:40 |
Telescopes of the Future - SKA and SKA demonstrators (Elaine Sadler) |
| 11:40 - 12:15 |
Practical observing strategies (Jessica Chapman) |
| 12:15 - 12:30 |
Conclusion |
| 12:30 - 1:30 |
Lunch |
| 1:30 - 5:00 |
Bushwalking (Mark Wieringa) or observing |
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