MeqTreeWorkshop2009
MCCT SKADS Mixed Workshop : http://mcct.skads-eu.org/nancay/nancay-mcct.php
SKADS Standard Set of Challenge (SSSC) : http://www-astro.physics.ox.ac.uk/~ianh/SSSC/index.html
[[!table header="no" class="mointable" data=""" Week 1 |||| Mon | 28/09 | Meqtree installation and building | Oleg Smirnov: attachment:MeqTrees-Installation.pdf Tue | 29/09 | Meqtree introduction | Oleg Smirnov: pdf (Exercise: E-Jones) | | The principles of RA data reduction | Anna Scaife: pdf Wed | 30/09 | The perils of the ionosphere | Oleg Smirnov: pdf (Exercise: Z-Jones and F-Jones) | | Modelling the ionosphere | Anna Scaife: pdf | | Theme splitting | E-Jones, Ionosphere and fringe fitting Thu | 01/10 | Calibration: 3C147 | ["OlegSmirnov/3C147CalibrationTutorial"] (Exercice: G-Jones and B-Jones) Fri | 02/10 | Student talk: Visualization with Pyplot | Alessio: pdf see ["/Visualization"] | | What we are trying to achieve | Jan Noordam: pdf | | A network of Vanguard groups | Mario Santos: pdf Week 2 |||| Mon | 05/10 | Squint, pointing, peeling and all that jazz | Juan Uson: ppt pdf [http://astrowiki.physics.ox.ac.uk/pub/Algorithms2008/WebHome/ic2233ngc2537movie.gif.bz2 video] Instructions Tue | 06/10 | What's all this "Creative Commons" about? | Duncan Hall: pdf | | LOFAR beamshapes and their use in calibration and imaging | Sarod Yatawatta Paper Wed | 07/10 | Image simulations and the UVBrick | Filipe Abdalla: ppt pdf | | Student talk: MakeAnt & fringe fitting (correct if wrong) | Stephen Bourke: Purr log? Thu | 08/10 | Student talk: VLA Beam squint simulation | Shannon & Fred: [MCCTnancay-ShannonFred_20091008.ppt ppt] [MCCTnancay-ShannonFred_20091008.pdf pdf] | | Student talk: Fitting for LBA beams | Julien & Laurent: [MCCTnancay-JulienLaurent_20091008.pdf pdf] Fri | 09/10 | LOFAR Calibration | Sarod: pdf | | Student talk: PyPlot Mark 1.1 | Alessio: pdf | | Student talk: MWA Beam simulation | Stewart : Purr log (tar.gz) SSSC's link | | Closure talk | Jan: pdf """]]
- PyNode Visualization ["/Visualization"]
- Simulating station beamshape (E-Jones) StationBeamShapes
- Simulating the Ionosphere ["/Ionosphere"]
- Fringe Fitting: FringeFitting
Monday 28 Sep.: PURR Log awards
Thursday 1st Oct.: Football game.
Friday 2nd Oct.: BBQ and Visualisation script awards
Saturday 3rd Oct.: Loire Valley castle tour to Chambord and Blois.
Wednesday 7th Oct.: Restaurant Salbris
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From left to right (Nançay): Jan Noordam (ASTRON), Oleg Smirnov (ASTRON), Shannon Jaeger (Univ. Calgary), Steve Torchinsky (OBSPM), Filipe Abdalla (UCL), Stewart Gleadow (Univ. Melbourne), Roger Deane (Oxford - Astro), Alessio Magro (University of Malta), Richard Vella (University of Malta), Fred Dulwich (Oxford - OerC), Stephen Bourke (fill), Julien Girard (OBSPM - LESIA) , Mario Santos (IST - CENTRA), Laurent Chemin (OBSPM - GEPI), Anna Scaife (Cambridge - MRAO), Wim Van Driel (OBSPM - GEPI).
- Jan Noordam (ASTRON, Chair)
- Steve Rawlings (Oxford University)
- Anna Scaife (Cambridge University)
- Oleg Smirnov (ASTRON)
- Wim van Driel (Observatoire de Paris)
- Christophe Rozière
- Steve Torchinsky
- Wim van Driel
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