East-Asia Interefometry Winter School (First Circular)
Hosted by: Graduate University for Advanced Studies (GUAS), Department of Astronomical Science, and National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)
Software Tutorial Support: NAOJ Astronomy Data Center
This Winter School is aimed to provide lectures and software tutorials for young astronomers (graduate students and postdocs) interested in millimeter and submillimeter interferometric observations and/or VLBI observations. This First Circular announces the date and the venue, and program outline. Detailed programs, application forms for attendance/accommodation/travel support will be announced in Second Circular.
Dates of the school:
February 7-11, 2011
Venue:
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), Mitaka campus
(including one-day trip to Nobeyama Radio Observatory)
Official language:
English
Program outline:
Feb 7 Lectures (Radio Astronomy, Science, Radio Telescope Instrumentation)
Feb 8 Lectures (Interferometric observations--calibrations, proposal preparations, data reduction etc)
Feb 9 Software tutorial (ALMA Observing Tool, CASA, AIPS)
Feb 10 Software tutorial (CASA, AIPS), banquet
Feb 11 Nobeyama one-day tour
The maximum number of acceptable participants for tutorial and Nobeyama tour will be limited to 50 people because of the capacity of the rooms. We will have additional 50 people as lecture-only attendees. We will select the attendees after the registration is closed.
Important Dates:
September 15, 2010; First Circular
October 10, 2010; Second Circular
November 15, 2010; Deadline for registration, accommodation, travel support
Organizing Committee:
Ken Tatematsu (NAOJ/ALMA, chair)
Tomoya Hirota (NAOJ/Mizusawa VLBI, co-chair)
Yoshiaki Hagiwara (NAOJ/Mizusawa VLBI)
Aya Higuchi (NAOJ/ALMA)
Nario Kuno (NAOJ/Nobeyama)