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:

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)