Program
Program of Lectures and Events
All lectures take place in Workman 101 unless otherwise indicated
Videos of the lectures will be available about 10 minutes after they end thanks to the NMT Distance Education Department.
| Tuesday May 13 | ||
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| 09:00-09:10 | Welcome to NRAO | Dale Frail (NRAO) |
| 09:10-09:15 | Welcome from NMT | Michelle Creech-Eakman (NMT) |
| 09:15-09:20 | Welcome from UNM | Ylva Pihlstrom (UNM) |
| 09:20-10:10 | Basics of Radio Astronomy | Tom Wilson (NRL) |
| 10:10-10:20 | questions | |
| 10:20-10:50 | Break | |
| 10:50-11:40 | Antennas & Receivers in Radio Astronomy | Todd Hunter (NRAO) |
| 11:40-11:50 | questions | |
| 11:50-12:40 | Fundamentals of Radio Interferometry I | Rick Perley (NRAO) |
| 12:40-12:50 | questions | |
| 12:50-14:05 | Lunch Break |
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| 14:05-14:55 | Fundamentals of Radio Interferometry II | Rick Perley (NRAO) |
| 14:55-15:05 | questions | |
| 15:05-15:35 | Break | |
| 15:35-16:25 | Cross Correlators | Adam Deller |
| 16:25-16:35 | questions | |
| 16:35-17:05 | Time Domain Science |
Dale Frail (NRAO) |
| 17:05-17:10 | questions | |
| 17:10-17:40 | Discussion groups (various classrooms) | |
| 18:00-20:00 | Evening Reception (Macey Center) | |
| Wednesday May 14 | ||
| 09:00-10:15 | Calibration | George Moellenbrock (NRAO) |
| 10:15-10:25 | questions | |
| 10:25-10:55 | Break | |
| 10:55-11:45 | Polarization in Interferometry | Michiel Brentjens (ASTRON) |
| 11:45-11:55 | questions | |
| 11:55-12:25 | Interferometry of Solar System Objects | Bryan Butler (NRAO) |
| 12:25-12:30 | questions | |
| 12:30-13:45 | Lunch Break | |
| 13:45-15:00 | Imaging and Deconvolution | David Wilner (CfA) |
| 15:00-15:10 | questions | |
| 15:10-15:40 | Break | |
| 15:40-16:55 | Spectral Line Data Analysis | Mark Lacy (NRAO) |
| 16:55-17:05 | questions | |
| 17:05-17:35 | Probing the Jet Collimation Region in M87 with the VLBA |
Craig Walker (NRAO) |
| 17:35-17:40 | questions | |
| 17:40-18:10 | Discussion groups (various classrooms) | |
| Thursday May 15 | ||
| 09:00-10:15 | Advanced Calibration Techniques | Crystal Brogan (NRAO) |
| 10:15-10:25 | questions | |
| 10:25-10:55 | Break | |
| 10:55-11:45 | Very Long Baseline Interferometry | Adam Deller (ASTRON) |
| 11:45-11:55 | questions | |
| 11:55-12:25 | Dwarf Galaxies and Extended Disks: Star Formation in Low Gas Density Environments | Jennifer Donovan Meyer (NRAO) |
| 12:25-12:30 | questions | |
| 12:30-13:45 | Lunch Break |
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| 13:45-14:35 | Wide Field Imaging I: Full Beam Imaging & Surveys | Steve Myers (NRAO) |
| 14:35-14:45 | questions | |
| 14:45-15:15 | Break |
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| 15:15-16:15 | Planning VLA & ALMA Observations -- Lectures | Tony Remijan & Lorant Sjouwerman (NRAO) |
| 16:15-16:25 | walk to classrooms | |
| 16:25-17:55 | Planning VLA & ALMA Observations -- Tutorials (Various classrooms) |
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| 18:00-18:30 | Discussion groups (various classrooms) | |
| Friday May 16 | ||
| 09:00-12:00 | Day 1 of data reduction tutorials (various classrooms) | |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch (SOC), for half the participants |
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| 13:00-13:10 | Workshop photo | |
| 13:10-14:15 | Lunch (SOC), for other half of the participants | |
| 14:00-17:00 | Data reduction tutorials continued (various classrooms) | |
| 17:00-17:20 | Walk to Workman 101 and refreshments | |
| 17:20-18:20 | Career Panel (Workman 101) | |
| Saturday May 17 | ||
| 8:00-17:00 | Hike | |
| Sunday May 18 | ||
| 8:30-14:00 |
VLA Tour | |
| Monday May 19 | ||
| 09:00-09:50 | Error Recognition and Image Analysis |
Greg Taylor (UNM) |
| 09:50-10:00 | questions | |
| 10:00-10:30 | Break | |
| 10:30-11:20 | Wide Field Imaging II: Mosaicking |
Brian Mason (NRAO) |
| 11:20-11:30 | questions | |
| 11:30-12:00 | Lightning Interferometry |
Mike Stock (NMT) |
| 12:00-12:05 | questions | |
| 12:05-13:20 | Lunch Break | |
| 13:20-14:35 | Wide Bandwidth Imaging |
Urvashi Rao Venkata (NRAO) |
| 14:35-14:45 | questions | |
| 14:45-15:35 | Low Frequency Interferometry | Tracy Clarke (NRL) |
| 15:35-15:45 | questions | |
| 15:45-16:15 | Break | |
| 16:15-16:45 | Studying the Origins of Stars and Their Planetary Systems with ALMA & VLA | Laura Perez (NRAO) |
| 16:45-16:50 | questions | |
| 16:50-17:40 | Future Array Technology and Design | Peter Dewdney (SKA) |
| 17:40-17:50 | questions | |
| 17:50-18:20 | Discussion groups (various classrooms) | |
| 18:30-21:30 | Workshop Dinner (Macey Center) | |
| Tuesday May 20 | ||
| 09:00-12:00 | Day 2 of data reduction tutorials (various classrooms) | |
| 12:00-14:00 | Lunch and SOC tour (SOC) | |
| 14:00-17:00 | Data reduction tutorials continued (various classrooms) | |
