Program of Lectures and Events
All lectures take place in Workman 101 unless otherwise indicated
Tuesday May 29th | ||
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Time | Lecture | Speaker |
9:00-9:10 | Welcome to NRAO | Claire Chandler |
9:10-9:15 | Welcome from NMT | David Westpfahl |
9:15-9:20 | Welcome from UNM | Greg Taylor (UNM) |
9:20-10:10 | Antennas & Receivers in Radio Astronomy | Bob Hayward (NRAO) |
10:10-10:20 | questions | |
10:20-10:50 | Break | |
10:50-11:40 | Fundamentals of Radio Interferometry I | Rick Perley (NRAO) |
11:40-11:50 | questions | |
11:50-12:40 | Fundamentals of Radio Interferometry II | Rick Perley (NRAO) |
12:40-12:50 | questions | |
12:50-14:05 | Lunch | |
14:05-14:55 | Cross Correlators | Brent Carlson (NRC) |
14:55-15:05 | questions | |
15:05-15:55 | Polarization in Interferometry | Michiel Brentjens (ASTRON) |
15:55-16:05 | questions | |
16:05-16:35 | Break | |
16:35-17:50 | Calibration | George Moellenbrock (NRAO) |
17:50-18:00 | questions | |
18:00-18:30 | Discussion groups (various classrooms) | |
18:30-20:00 | Evening Reception (Macey Center) | |
Wednesday May 30th | ||
9:00-10:15 | Imaging and Deconvolution | David Wilner (CfA) |
10:15-10:25 | questions | |
10:25-10:55 | Break | |
10:55-12:10 | Analysis of Data Cubes | David Meier (NMT) |
12:10-12:20 | questions | |
12:20-13:35 | Lunch | |
13:35-14:50 | Advanced Calibration Techniques | Crystal Brogan (NRAO) |
14:50-15:00 | questions | |
15:00-15:50 | Error Recognition and Image Analysis | Greg Taylor (UNM) |
15:50-16:00 | questions | |
16:00-16:30 | Break | |
16:30-17:20 | Very Long Baseline Interferometry | Matt Lister (Purdue) |
17:20-17:30 | questions | |
17:30-18:00 | Galactic radio science | Claire Chandler (NRAO) |
18:00-18:05 | questions | |
18:05-18:35 | Discussion groups (various classrooms) | |
Thursday May 31th | ||
9:00-10:15 | Wide Bandwidth Imaging | Urvashi Rao Venkata (NRAO) |
10:15-10:25 | questions | |
10:25-10:55 | Break | |
10:55-11:45 | Wide Field Imaging I: Full Beam Imaging & Non-coplanar Arrays | Sanjay Bhatnagar (NRAO) |
11:45-11:55 | questions | |
11:55-12:25 | Time Domain Science | Gregg Hallinan (Caltech) |
12:25-12:30 | questions | |
12:30-13:45 | Lunch | |
13:45-14:35 | Wide Field Imaging II: Mosaicking | Juergen Ott (NRAO) |
14:35-14:45 | questions | |
14:45-15:30 | Planning VLA Observations | Michael Rupen (NRAO) |
15:30-15:35 | questions | |
15:35-16:05 | Break and walk to classrooms | |
16:05-18:05 | Planning VLA Observations -- Tutorial (various classrooms) | |
18:05-18:35 | Discussion groups (various classrooms) | |
Friday June 1st | ||
9:00-12:00 | Day 1 of data reduction tutorials (various classrooms) | |
12:00-14:00 | Lunch (SOC) | |
Mobile VLA Gift Shop (SOC lobby) | ||
Conference photo (13:00 outside SOC) | ||
14:00-17:00 | Data reduction tutorials continued (various classrooms) | |
Saturday June 2nd | ||
8:00-14:00 | Hike (South Baldy or Bosque Del Apache | |
sunset | Star Party (Etscorn Observatory, no transportation) | |
Sunday June 3rd | ||
9:00-15:00 | Tour of EVLA | |
Monday June 4th | ||
9:00-9:50 | Low Frequency Interferometry | Lincoln Greenhill (CfA) |
9:50-10:00 | questions | |
10:00-10:50 | Interferometry of Solar System Objects | Bryan Butler (NRAO) |
10:50-11:00 | questions | |
11:00-11:30 | Break | |
11:30-12:20 | Radio Telescopes Around the World | Lincoln Greenhill (CfA) |
12:20-12:30 | questions | |
12:30-13:45 | Lunch | |
13:45-14:15 | Extragalactic Science | Adam Leroy (NRAO) |
14:15-14:20 | questions | |
14:20-14:55 | Planning ALMA Observations | Mark Lacy (NRAO) |
14:55-15:30 | Using simdata | Nuria Marcelino (NRAO) |
15:30-15:35 | questions | |
15:35-16:10 | Break and walk to classrooms | |
16:10-17:55 | Planning ALMA Observations -- Tutorial (various classrooms) | |
17:55-18:25 | Discussion groups (various classrooms) | |
18:30-21:00 | Workshop Dinner (Macey Center) | |
Tuesday June 5th | ||
9:00-12:00 | Day 2 of data reduction tutorials (various classrooms) | |
12:00-14:00 | Lunch (SOC) | |
SOC tours (meet in SOC lobby at 12:00 or 13:00) | ||
14:00-17:00 | Data reduction tutorials continued (various classrooms) | |
15:35-sunset | Transit of Venus (anywhere you can see the sun and Etscorn observatory) |