Program

Preliminary Program

09:00 - 09:50 — Welcome and Overview of Workshop + ALMA Overview and Capabilities

09:50- 10:05 -- The Redshift Distribution of the Most Extreme Star-Forming Galaxies (Cassie Reuter)

10:05- 10:20 -- Observing Young Stars with ALMA (Erin Cox)

10:20 - 10:40 — Coffee Break

10:40 - 11:40 — Radio Interferometry Basics

11:40 - 12:15 — Proposal Preparation

12:15 - 13:15 — Lunch (provided for registered participants)

13:15 - 14:15 — The ALMA Observing Tool including examples

14:15 - 14:45 — Data products + archive

14:45 - 15:30 — Introduction to CASA: Including ALMA Imaging + Simulations

15:30 - 15:45 — Tea Break and move to hands-on time

15:45 - 16:50 — Imaging or Simulations Hands-on time

16:50 - 17:00 -- Concluding remarks

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Preliminary Program

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