8th ATNF Synthesis Imaging School

ATNF Synthesis Imaging School 2008

 

 

 

Program

8th ATNF Synthesis Imaging School
29 September -- 3 October, 2008

(program version 1.6, 26-sep

Mon.  
08:30  Registration and coffee            
09:00  Introduction to the ATCA                       Phil Edwards            
10:00  Principles of Interferometry: I: introduction, motivation and basics     Ron Ekers            
11:00  Coffee            
11:30     II: detailed theory                         Rick Perley            
12:30  Signal Processing                              Graeme Carrad            
13:30  Lunch            
14:30  Correlators and CABB                           Dick Ferris            
15:30  Coffee            
16:00  ASKAP & SKA                                    Ilana Feain            
17:00  Q&A session            
18:00  Bus leaves site            
19:30  Evening function (RSL Outback Shack)       
Tue.  
08:45  Coffee            
09:00  Fourier Transforms                             Robert Braun            
10:00  Calibration and Editing                        Mark Wieringa            
11:00  Coffee            
11:30  Imaging and Deconvolution                      Mark Wieringa            
12:30  Spectral Line Observing                        Andrew Walsh            
13:30  Lunch            
14:30  Tutorial 1 (includes "The radio-astronomers IT toolkit" Tara Murphy)  (and coffee break at 15:30)            
17:00  Q&A session            
18:00  Bus leaves site       
Wed.  
08:45  Coffee            
09:00  Sensitivity                                    Bob Sault            
10:00  Self Calibration                               Steven Tingay            
11:00  Coffee            
11:30  Error Recognition                              Ron Ekers            
12:30  Writing a proposal & using OPAL and ATOA       Jessica Chapman            
13:30  Lunch            
14:30  Tutorial 2            
17:00  Q&A session            
18:30  On-site evening function            
21:30  Bus 1 leaves            
22:00  Bus 2 leaves         
Thu.  
08:45  Coffee            
09:00  Mosaicing and adding single dish data          Bob Sault            
10:00  Data Analysis                                  Naomi McClure-Griffiths            
11:00  Coffee            
11:30  Polarimetry I                                  Dave McConnell            
12:30  Polarimetry II                                 Rick Perley            
13:30  Lunch            
14:30  Tutorial 3            
17:00  Q&A session            
18:00  Bus leaves site       
Fri.  
08:45  Coffee            
09:00  Advanced Data Reduction                        Maxim Voronkov            
10:00  VLBI                                           Cormac Reynolds            
11:00  Coffee            
11:30  Telescopes of the World                        Phil Edwards            
12:30  Closing remarks            
13:00  BBQ Lunch            
14:00  Bushwalking & other tour options 

 


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