MeqTreeWorkshop2009

= Towards third generation calibration in radio astronomy = == MCCT SKADS/MeqTrees Workshop Nançay (Fr) - Sep. 27/Oct. 10 == 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

=== Program of Talks, Demos and Exercices === ||||||||<rowbgcolor="#ffffe0"style="text-align: center;">'''Week 1''' || || Mon ||28/09 ||Meqtree installation and building || Oleg Smirnov: attachment:MeqTrees-Installation.pdf || || Tue ||29/09 ||Meqtree introduction ||Oleg Smirnov: [attachment:MCCTnancay-Oleg_20090928.pdf pdf] (Exercise: E-Jones) || || || || The principles of RA data reduction ||Anna Scaife: [attachment:MCCTnancay-Anna_20090928.pdf pdf] || || Wed || 30/09 ||The perils of the ionosphere ||Oleg Smirnov: [attachment:MCCTnancay-Oleg_20090930.pdf pdf] (Exercise: Z-Jones and F-Jones) || || || ||Modelling the ionosphere ||Anna Scaife: [attachment:MCCTnancay-Anna_20090930.pdf 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: [attachment:MCCTnancay-Alessio_20090930.pdf pdf] see ["/Visualization"] || || || ||What we are trying to achieve ||Jan Noordam: [attachment:MCCTnancay-Jan_20091002.pdf pdf] || || || ||A network of Vanguard groups ||Mario Santos: [attachment:MCCTnancay-Mario20091002.pdf pdf] || ||||||||<rowbgcolor="#ffffe0"style="text-align: center;">'''Week 2''' || || Mon || 05/10 || Squint, pointing, peeling and all that jazz ||Juan Uson: [attachment:MCCTnancay-Juan_20091005.ppt ppt] [attachment:MCCTnancay-Juan_20091005.pdf pdf] [http://astrowiki.physics.ox.ac.uk/pub/Algorithms2008/WebHome/ic2233ngc2537movie.gif.bz2 video] [attachment:Juanvideoinstructions.txt Instructions] || || Tue || 06/10 ||What's all this "Creative Commons" about? ||Duncan Hall: [attachment:MCCTnancay-Duncan_20091006.pdf pdf] || || || ||LOFAR beamshapes and their use in calibration and imaging ||Sarod Yatawatta [attachment:droopydipoles.pdf Paper] || || Wed || 07/10 ||Image simulations and the UVBrick ||Filipe Abdalla: [attachment:MCCTnancay-Filipe_20091007.ppt ppt] [attachment:MCCTnancay-Filipe_20091007.pdf pdf] || || || ||Student talk: MakeAnt & fringe fitting (correct if wrong) ||Stephen Bourke: Purr log? || ||Thu ||08/10 ||Student talk: VLA Beam squint simulation ||Shannon & Fred: [attachment:MCCTnancay-ShannonFred_20091008.ppt ppt] [attachment:MCCTnancay-ShannonFred_20091008.pdf pdf] || || || ||Student talk: Fitting for LBA beams ||Julien & Laurent: [attachment:MCCTnancay-JulienLaurent_20091008.pdf pdf] || ||Fri ||09/10 ||LOFAR Calibration ||Sarod: [attachment:MCCTnancay-Sarod_20091009.pdf pdf] || || || ||Student talk: PyPlot Mark 1.1 ||Alessio: [attachment:MCCTnancay-Alessio_20091009.pdf pdf] || || || ||Student talk: MWA Beam simulation ||Stewart : [attachment:MCCTnancay-StewartMWAPL.tar.gz Purr log (tar.gz)] SSSC's link || || || ||Closure talk ||Jan: [attachment:MCCTnancay-Jan_20091009.pdf pdf] || === Open Niches ===

• PyNode Visualization ["/Visualization"]
• Simulating station beamshape (E-Jones) /StationBeamShapes
• Simulating the Ionosphere ["/Ionosphere"]
• Fringe Fitting: /FringeFitting === Social Program === 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

=== List of Participants === . attachment:Groupphoto.jpg 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).

==== SOC ====

• Jan Noordam (ASTRON, Chair)
• Steve Rawlings (Oxford University)
• Anna Scaife (Cambridge University)
• Oleg Smirnov (ASTRON)
• Wim van Driel (Observatoire de Paris) ==== LOC ====
• Christophe Rozière
• Steve Torchinsky
• Wim van Driel === Previous Workshop === Old workshop pages: MeqTreeWorkshop2007