Prior ALMA Early Science Community Day Events
ALMA Community Day Events
To prepare the North American community to fully participate in the Early Science (ES) call, the North American ALMA Science Center (NAASC) organized community outreach events in the months leading up to the Cycle 1 proposal deadline. In addition, the North American community was encouraged to propose and host ALMA Community Day Events (CDEs) at their home institutions. These CDEs are one to two day events organized and led by Community Day proposers with a focus on the Early Science capabilities of ALMA, mm/submm interferometry observing techniques, and the tools required to design ALMA observing programs and submit proposals. The NAASC supports these events by providing staff to describe ALMA ES capabilities and NAASC community support programs, and by leading brief demonstrations and/or tutorials on the ALMA ES user tools, including the ALMA Observing Tool for proposal generation and SIMdata in CASA for simulating observations.
A list of recent community outreach events are provided in the table below.
Dates |
Location |
Contact |
Event Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5-9, 2014 | AAS-DC | Kartik Sheth | website |
| Nov 1, 2013 | UT-Austin | Kartik Sheth | website |
| Oct 31, 2013 | IPAC/SSC | Kartik Sheth | website |
| Oct 28-29, 2013 | GSFC, MD | Kartik Sheth | website |
| Sep 27-Sep 28, 2013 | Washington D.C. | Kartik Sheth | website |
ALMA Cycle 1 Proposal Preparation Training Materials
The following is a summary of tutorial materials presented at the June 2012 proposal preparation webinar event. Cycle 1 proposers are also encouraged to read the ALMA Cycle 1 Call for Proposals, the Proposer's Guide and the ALMA Early Science Primer. A more comprehensive description of the Cycle 1 setup of ALMA is provided in the ALMA Technical Handbook.
The ALMA Observing Tool, a java application used for the preparation and submission of ALMA Phase I (observing proposals) and Phase II (telescope run files for accepted proposals), is available for download and installation at this link.
Cycle 1 Proposal Preparation Tutorials
| Title | ppt | Video (mm:ss) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Planning an ALMA Proposal | ppt | mp4 (54:40) | |
| ALMA Observing Tool Video Tutorial |
4 videos (19:11) | ||
| Using CASA to Simulate Interferometer Observations | ppt | ||
| A Crash Course in CASA | ppt | ||
| Imaging and Self-Calibration | ppt |
Introduction to Interferometry
Available below are links to supporting taped presentations and ppt files on "Introduction to Interferometry" that we encourage you to review prior to the webinar.
These presentations were developed by our colleagues at the National Research Council of Canada and are presented by Dr. James Di Francesco.
| Title | ppt |
Video (mm:ss) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction | ppt | aspx (2:01) | |
| Basic Radio/MM Astronomy | ppt | aspx (23:45) | |
| Aperture Synthesis | ppt | aspx (27:52) | |
| Interferometry Imaging | ppt | aspx (18:16) | |
| Deconvolution Techniques | ppt | aspx (12:48) |
Dates |
Location |
Contact |
Event Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28-Mar 1, 2013 | Charlottesville, VA | Carol Lonsdale | website |
| Jun 14, 2012 | Anchorage, AK | Aaron Evans | website |
| Jun 11-12, 2012 | Charlottesville, VA | Aaron Evans | website |
| May 29 - June 5, 2012 | Socorro, NM | Amy Mioduszewski | website |
| Apr 3-4, 2012 | Green Bank, WV | David Frayer | website |
| Jan 19-20, 2012 |
Caltech | Miriam Krauss | website |
| Jan 13, 2012 | UC Berkeley | Nina Ruymaker | website |
| Dec 15, 2011 | University of Maryland | Peter Teuben |
Cycle 0 Community Day Events
The NAASC presented a series of ALMA Community Day Events to assist the community in the preparation of proposals to use ALMA in it's inaugural Early Science observing cycle, Cycle 0.
NAASC Community Outreach
To prepare the North American community to fully participate in the Early Science (ES) call, the North American ALMA Science Center (NAASC) organized community outreach events in the months leading up to the proposal deadline. The first of these events was at the American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting in January in Seattle (see article in Feb, 2011 edition of NRAO eNews). A full list of community outreach events hosted during the 2011 March through current period are provided in the Table below.
ALMA Special Session at the 219th AAS
ALMA Cycle 0 Early Science and Capabilities for Cycle 1 Science have been presented at the 219th AAS. For details about the presentation, please click this link.
ALMA Community Day Events
Members of the North American community hosted ALMA Community Day(s) events. These were one to two day events organized and led by Community Day proposers with a focus on the Early Science capabilities of ALMA, mm/submm interferometry observing techniques, and the tools required to design ALMA observing programs and submit proposals. The NAASC supported these events by providing staff to describe ALMA ES capabilities and NAASC community support programs, and to lead brief demonstrations and/or tutorials on the ALMA ES user tools, including the ALMA Observing Tool for proposal generation and SIMdata in CASA for simulating observations.
The most up to date versions of the CDE talks given by NAASC staffs are provided in the following table:
| Talk | Download |
|---|---|
| Introduction to ALMA Early Science | ppt | pdf |
| ALMA: MM Observing Considerations | ppt | pdf |
| ALMA Observing Preparation Tool | ppt | pdf |
| Introduction to CASA and Simulation with Simdata |
ppt | pdf |
| Basics of Interferometry Reduction | |
| A Crash Course in CASA | |
| Imaging ALMA Data | |
| Self-Calibration |
Dates |
Location |
Contact |
Event Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2011 | University of Western Ontario** | Gerald Schieven | Website |
| May 27, 2011 |
Columbia University NY, NY |
Andrew Baker | Website |
| May 25, 2011 |
University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA |
Kartik Sheth | Website |
| May 23-24, 2011 |
218th AAS Meeting Boston, MA |
Kartik Sheth | Website |
| May 12-13, 2011 |
University of Calgary** | Gerald Schieven | Website |
| May 12-13, 2011 |
University of Arizona & NOAO Tucson, AZ |
Joan Najita / Xiaohui Fan | Website |
| May 10, 2011 |
Universite Laval** Quebec Q.C. |
Gerald Schieven | Website |
| May 9-10, 2011 |
Hands-on Tutorials NRAO Charlottesville, VA |
Kartik Sheth | Website |
| May 8-10, 2011 |
University of Iowa Iowa City, IA |
Cornelia Lang / Daryl Haggard / Tony Wong | Website |
| May 4-5, 2011 |
HIA** Victoria, B.C. |
Brenda Matthews | Website |
| May 2-3, 2011 |
University of Florida Gainesville, FL |
Jonathan Tan | Website |
| April 26-27, 2011 |
Hands-on Tutorials NRAO Charlottesville, VA |
Kartik Sheth | Website |
| April 20, 2011 |
Harvard-Smithsonian CfA Boston, MA |
Sean Andrews | Website |
| April 18-19, 2011 |
University of Toronto** Toronto, CA |
Gerald Schieven | Website |
| April 18, 2011 |
STScI Baltimore, MD |
Rachel Osten | Website |
| March 15-16, 2011 |
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA |
John Carpenter / Eric Murphy / Carrie Bridge | Website |
| March 11, 2011 |
Santa Fe, NM after "Building on New Worlds, New Horizons" |
Kartik Sheth | Website |
| March 7, 2011 |
U. Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
Tony Mroczowski / Kim Scott | Website |
**: Canadian Community Day Events
