ALMA/NAASC Community Events

To prepare the North American community to fully participate in the ALMA Call for Proposals and archivel research, the North American ALMA Science Center (NAASC) organizes proposal preparation and data processing workshops. In addition, the North American community is encouraged to request to host ALMA proposal preparation workshops at their home institutions. These events are one to two day workshops organized and led by experienced local postdocs from the ALMA Ambassadors program and/or NAASC staff with a focus on the capabilities of ALMA, mm/submm interferometry observing techniques, and the tools required to design ALMA observing programs and submit proposals. For more information, contact naascinfo@nrao.edu.

A list of community outreach events from 2016 through the present is provided in the tables below. A list of events from other cycles is provided here.

Cycle 11 ALMA Events

ALMA Data Reduction Party: Polarization

The North American ALMA Science Center (NAASC) is pleased to announce an ALMA Data Reduction Party on Polarization that will take place March 3-6, 2025 at the North American ALMA Science Center in Charlottesville, Virginia. During this 3.5-day event, NAASC scientists and data analysts will provide focused information and individualized support to a cohort of North American PI or Archival ALMA users who want support to image ALMA polarization data. To facilitate data processing, attendees will be provided access to NRAO computing resources both during and after the workshop; the event is fully in-person, and travel support can be provided upon request. More information here . If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply by the deadline of December 20 at 17:00 ET. Note that the deadline has been extended to December 20!

Data Processing Workshops

ALMA Ambassadors will host data processing workshops across North America in September–November 2024. Events will be hybrid and include both in-person and virtual components. Please see the table below for event locations, dates, and webpages. Registration for each event is encouraged and registration forms are available on the individual event webpages.

Proposal Preparation Workshops

During the Spring of 2024, ALMA Ambassadors will host Cycle 11 proposal preparation workshops at institutes across the US. Information on these events and links to the event webpages are provided in the table below.

Cycle 10 ALMA Events

ALMA Data Reduction Party: Data Combination

The ALMA Data Reduction Party will take place November 6-8, 2023 at the North American ALMA Science Center in Charlottesville, Virginia. During this 3-day event, NAASC scientists and data analysts will provide focused information and individualized support to a cohort of North American PI or Archival ALMA users who want support to image ALMA data from multiple arrays that include 7-m and/or Total Power observations. Attendance is limited to 10 researchers based at institutions in North America. If you are interested in this opportunity, please fill out this form as soon as possible but no later than September 25. More information here.

ALMA Data Reduction Party: Data Combination

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) together with the NAASC cordially invite you to an NRAO Community Day at the Institute of Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics (IRyA UNAM) in Morelia, Mexico on September 28 and 29, 2023. This event is designed for all astronomers, and in particular for those who do not regularly utilize radio data in their research. The workshop will provide an overview of NRAO instruments (VLA, ALMA) including new capabilities, a discussion of data reduction, pipelines, including aspects of polarimetry and self-calibration. The second day will also include hands-on tutorials for ALMA and VLA data reduction and imaging. This community day will be preceded by the First Mexican meeting en route to the Next Generation Very Large Array. More information here.

Data Processing Workshops

The ALMA Ambassadors will be hosting data processing workshops between September to October 2023. Information on specific events is available on the table below.

Proposal Preparation Workshops

During the Spring of 2023, ALMA Ambassadors hosted targeted Cycle 10 proposal preparation workshops at institutes across the US. Information is provided below.

Cycle 9 ALMA Events

Data Processing Workshops

In the Fall of 2022, the Cycle 9 ALMA Ambassadors will host workshops focused on the basics of processing and analyzing ALMA data. The full set of workshop dates and locations will be announced by mid-September; preliminary information is available below.

Workshops

Community Day & Proposal Planning

For Cycle 9, ALMA Ambassadors will be hosting targeted workshops at institutes across the US and giving an abbreviated webinar series that is more broadly targeted. Information (including event or registration links) are provided below.

Workshops

Webinar Series

In addition to the in-person workshops, a webinar series presented some Cycle 9 information. The listing of these events is below.

Cycle 8 (2021) ALMA Community Day & Proposal Planning Events

Proposal planning events for Cycle 8 (2021) were fully virtual and took place from 22 March - 02 April 2021. These events were presented in an "a la carte" format by the 2021 ALMA Ambassadors. Details are available on the Cycle 8 2021 Events Page.

Cycle 8 (2020) ALMA Community Day & Proposal Planning Events

Cycle 7 (2019) ALMA Community Day & Proposal Planning Events

Cycle 6 (2018) ALMA Community Day & Proposal Planning Events

Cycle 5 (2017) ALMA Community Day & Proposal Planning Events