Program
Tuesday, 14 May
Arrivals (transportation from the airport provided)
16:00 - 18:00 Crash course to Unix systems and Python scripting (optional)
Wednesday, 15 May
08:00 - 09:00 Registration
09:00 - 09:15 Welcome
09:15 - 10:00 Basics of Radio Astronomy: Slides, Video (Dominic Ludovici)
10:00 - 10:20 Coffee Break
10:20 - 11:10 Antennas and receiver systems: Slides, Video (Jay Blanchard)
11:15 - 12:00 Fundamentals of radio interferometry I: Slides, Video (Rick Perley)
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch break (self-catered)
14:00 - 14:45 Fundamentals of radio interferometry II: Slides, Video (Rick Perley)
14:45 - 15:30 Basic radio interferometry - Geometry: Slides, Video (Rick Perley)
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:10 Cross Correlators: Slides, Video (Adam Deller)
17:15 - 18:15 Discussion groups
18:30 - 20:00 Welcome Reception
Thursday, 16 May
08:00 - 09:00 Registration
09:00 - 10:00 Calibration: Slides, Video (Ian Heywood)
10:00 - 10:20 Coffee Break
10:20 - 11:20 Introduction to imaging and deconvolution: Slides, Video (Joshua Marvil)
11:20 - 12:30 Advanced calibration: Slides, Video (Ian Heywood)
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break (self-catered)
14:00 - 15:00 Polarization in radio interferometry: Slides, Video (Michiel Brentjens)
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:15 Very Long Baseline Interferometry: Slides, Video (Adam Deller)
16:15 - 17:00 Interferometry of Solar System Bodies: Slides, Video (Bryan Butler)
17:00 - 18:00 Discussion groups
Friday, 17 May
09:00 - 10:00 Wide field imaging: Slides, Video (Preshanth Jagannathan)
10:00 - 10:20 Coffee Break
10:20 - 11:20 Narrow band mosaicking and data combination: Slides, Video (Adele Plunkett)
11:20 - 12:20 Wide band imaging: Slides , Video (Joshua Marvil)
12:20 - 14:00 Lunch break (self-catered)
14:00 - 15:00 Image and non-imaging analysis: Slides, Video (Dominic Pesce)
15:00 - 15:30 Safety information for weekend activities (Aspen Doan-Isenhour)
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:00 Discussion groups
17:00 - 18:00 CARTA live demo: Slides, Video (Juergen Ott)
Saturday, 18 May
Free day.
Events and things to do around Socorro:
- Socorro Farmers Market, Socorro Historic Plaza, Saturday 9am-12pm
- NMT Mineral Museum and Bookstore, Geology Building, 801 Leroy Place,
open: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat-Sun 10am-3pm - NMT Gym, location: few steps from Workman Center,
open: Mon-Fri 6am-9pm, Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 11am-7pm
Further afield:
- Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, 20 miles North of Socorro along I-25 N,
special events on Saturday, May 18: website - Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, 20 miles South of Socorro along I-25 S
Sunday, 19 May
VLA site Tour (including VLA antenna climbs!)
Monday, 20 May
09:00 - 12:30 Tutorials #1. Location: Cramer Hall, NMT campus
- VLA Manual Calibration and Imaging Part 1 (CASA)
- ALMA Manual Calibration and Imaging (slides), Part 1 (CASA)
- VLBA Basic Phase-Referencing, Part 1 (CASA)
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break (self-catered)
14:00 - 17:30 Tutorials #2. Location: Cramer Hall, NMT campus
- VLA Manual Calibration and Imaging, Part 2 (CASA)
- ALMA Manual Calibration and Imaging (slides), Part 2 (CASA)
- VLBA Basic Phase-Referencing, Part 2 (CASA)
18:00 - 20:00 Workshop Dinner
Tuesday, 21 May
09:00 - 09:45 PTA and Gravitational Waves: Slides, Video (Michael Lam)
09:45 - 10:30 Next generation VLA: Slides, Video (Viviana Rosero)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 Spectral Lines: Slides, Video (Ylva Pihlstrom)
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break (self-catered)
14:00 - 14:45 Error Recognition: Slides, Video (Natalie Butterfield)
14:45 - 15:30 Radio Frequency Interference: Slides, Video (Krishna Sekhar)
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:45 Low frequency radio interferometry: Slides, Video (Steven Tremblay)
16:45 - 17:30 High frequency radio and mm interferometry: Slides, Video (John Tobin)
17:30 - 18:30 Discussion groups
Wednesday, 22 May
09:00 - 09:30 NRAO New Initiatives and Developments: Interacting with Data (Anna Kapinska)
09:30 - 10:00 Farewell & T-shirts!
09:30 - 10:00 Coffee Break
10:00 - 13:30 Tutorials #3. Location: Cramer Hall, NMT campus
- Flagging VLA data (CASA)
- ALMA Pipeline (slides; CASA)
- VLBA Basic Self-Calibration (AIPS)
13:30 - 14:30 Lunch (provided)
14:15 Departures (transportation to the airport provided)
Thursday, 23 May
7:30-8:00 Departures (transportation to the airport provided)