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'''9-12 February 2016 - Area della Ricerca Bologna, Italy'''
'''9-12 February 2016 - Area della Ricerca Bologna, Italy'''


The Italian node of the European ALMA Regional Center is pleased to announce a 4-day ALMA data analysis workshop, with the aim to assist users in learning how to (re)process ALMA data, from raw data to the production of calibrated images and data analysis.
The Italian node of the European ALMA Regional Center is pleased to announce a 1.5-day workshop on to the archive activity and the imaging pipeline in Bologna on the 24th-25th of January dedicated to members of the ARC network.
 
We would like to discuss with all the people in the European ARC network about the archive-related on-going activities and the tools and programs that are being developed in its framework. To achieve most of these purposes the imaging pipeline plays a crucial role. A few contributed talks on related topics or archive mining science programs could be allocated.  
The program will include lectures to introduce the key concepts in the calibration and imaging of interferometric data, and hands-on sessions which will demonstrate their application in the Common Astronomy Software Applications (CASA) package.
 
Participants will be requested to work on their own laptops. Details on CASA versions and data downloads will be communicated later to the registered participants.
 
 
The workshop is open to researchers, post-docs and students interested in working with ALMA data, either their own or taken from the archive. Novice users are welcome!
 
== Accessing the ARC cluster ==
 
* The folders used for the school will be available up to Feb 29th. To access the ARC cluster do '''ssh -X almauserN@scheduler.ira.inaf.it '''. To work remotely on the school datasets (in scuola/) we suggest to create two individual folders and copy all the files you need into them.
* If you want to copy files from the cluster to your own machine, you need to type: '''scp      almauserN@storage.alma.inaf.it:scuola/nomefile .'''
 
* If you want to use the ARC cluster to work on your ALMA data please contact help-desk@alma.inaf.it and visit: http://www.alma.inaf.it/index.php/The_ARC_cluster for instructions.
 
* To fix the CASA viewer problem in the spectral line panel, Linux users can copy [[Media: Profiler.conf.txt|this file]] into their .config/NRAO/CASA/Spectral Profiler.conf file.


== Program ==
== Program ==


* February 9th
The preliminary agenda is the following
14:00 14:15 Welcome
14:15 15:30 [[Media:interf-intro.pdf| Introduction to Interferometry]]
15:30 16:45 [[Media:ALMA_dataschool.pdf| ALMA]]
16:45 17:00 coffee break
17:00 17:15 Hands-on: Sensitivity Calculator
17:15 18:00 Hands-on: UV plane visualization [[Media:Additional models.zip | additional models]]
 
* February 10th
  9:30 10:00 [[Media:introcasa.pdf | CASA introduction]]
10:00 10:45 [[Media:ALMA_archive_dataschool.pdf | Alma archive and data tree]]
10:45 11:15 coffee break
11:15 12:00 Hands on exploring the archive [[Media:ArchiveHandsOn.txt | Hands on instructions]]
12:00 13:00 [[Media:calib.pdf |Calibration- Introduction ]]
 
13:00 Lunch break


  14:00 15:30 Hands-on: Checking the calibration results with plotms [[Media:plotms.pdf | plotms instructions]]
-⁠Morning Jan 24th
15:30 16:00 coffee break
  session 1: archive statistics, on-going activities and development plan
16:00 18:00 Hands-on: QA2 report/weblog [[Media: tiny_data.zip | tiny dataset]] [[Media: qa_manual.zip | qa manual]] [[Media:weblog.pdf | weblog]]
        * Status of the archive, development plan and open issues (what is needed to set the stage)
        * The ALMA Re-Imaging development study: overview of its needs and purpose (Marcella)
        * Contributed talks
        * Short discussion session: initial collection of participation to archive-related activities


* February 11th
-⁠Afternoon Jan 24th
  9:30 10:30 [[Media:Imaging_feb16.pdf |Imaging - Introduction]]
  session 2: tools for the archive: pipeline et al.
  10:30 11:30 Hands-on: Imaging [[Media:ImagingScript4school.py |script_NGC1614]]
        * Description of the imaging pipeline (John Hibbard)
  11:30 12:00 coffee break
        * Demonstration of PL features and products
  12:00 13:00 Hands-on: Imaging
        * Tests of pipeline applicability to the archive data (Felix)
        * The keyword filler program (Elisabetta)
        * Discussion session (wish list of keywords, interaction pipeline-archive-filler-AQUA, definition of quality=science-readiness of PL products)


  13:00 Lunch break
-⁠Morning Jan 25th
 
    session 3⁠ (guided  discussion, chair: Marcella, Felix)
  14:00 15:30 Hands-on: [[Media:image_analysis2.pdf |Data products analysis]] [[Media:analysis_script2.py | Analysis script]]
        * contributed talks
  15:30 16:00 coffee break
        * To do list for the archive  (re-⁠imaging et al...)
  16:00 18:00 Hands-on: Data products analysis
        * Management issues for re-imaging activities (actions, quality control, communications, products, future meetings)
 
* February 12th
  9:30 10:00 [[Media:Selfcalibration.pdf |Self calibration]]
  10:00 11:00 Hands-on: self calibration
  11:00 11:30 coffee break
  11:30 12:30 Hands-on: self calibration [[File:selfcal_script4school.py]]
 
 
 
 
The trainers will be Nuria Marcelino, Marcella Massardi, Arturo Mignano, Rosita Paladino, and Kazi Rygl, members of the Italian Node of the ALMA Regional Centre.


== Participants ==
== Participants ==
View the list of registered participants
[[Media:Participants-050216.txt| here ]]
(updated to February 5, 2016)


== Registration ==
== Registration ==
Please fill the form on the webpage by the 10th of January


Registration has closed on December 15th, 2015.
No fee is required. For logistical reasons, a maximum of 40 participants can be accepted, on a "first come first serve” basis.
'''We have reached the maximum number of participants, and have a short waiting list. If any of the registered participants cannot be present, they are kindly requested to inform the organizers as soon as possible, so that their place can be taken by someone else.'''


== Venue, Logistics & contacts ==
== Venue, Logistics & contacts ==


The workshop will take place in the [http://www.bo.cnr.it/index-eng.html CNR Research Area] in Bologna, room 216 (main hall, first floor).  
The workshop will take place in the IRA Seminar Room at the 4th floor of the IRA institute.  
 


The [http://www.ira.inaf.it/Home.html Institute of Radioastronomy] is located in the CNR Research Area in Bologna. It can be reached by following the directions given  [http://www.bo.cnr.it/comearrivare-eng.html here].<br>
The [http://www.ira.inaf.it/Home.html Institute of Radioastronomy] is located in the [http://www.bo.cnr.it/index-eng.html CNR Research Area] in Bologna. It can be reached by following the directions given  [http://www.bo.cnr.it/comearrivare-eng.html here].<br>
A selection of hotels in Bologna can be found in this [http://www.bo.cnr.it/congressi/alberghi.html list].
A selection of hotels in Bologna can be found in this [http://www.bo.cnr.it/congressi/alberghi.html list].


Revision as of 15:10, 7 December 2016

9-12 February 2016 - Area della Ricerca Bologna, Italy

The Italian node of the European ALMA Regional Center is pleased to announce a 1.5-day workshop on to the archive activity and the imaging pipeline in Bologna on the 24th-25th of January dedicated to members of the ARC network. We would like to discuss with all the people in the European ARC network about the archive-related on-going activities and the tools and programs that are being developed in its framework. To achieve most of these purposes the imaging pipeline plays a crucial role. A few contributed talks on related topics or archive mining science programs could be allocated.

Program

The preliminary agenda is the following

-⁠Morning Jan 24th 

 session 1:  archive statistics, on-going activities and development plan
       * Status of the archive, development plan and open issues (what is needed to set the stage)
       * The ALMA Re-Imaging development study: overview of its needs and purpose (Marcella)
       * Contributed talks
       * Short discussion session: initial collection of participation to archive-related activities

-⁠Afternoon Jan 24th 

  session 2: tools for the archive: pipeline et al.
       * Description of the imaging pipeline (John Hibbard)
       * Demonstration of PL features and products 
       * Tests of pipeline applicability to the archive data (Felix)
       * The keyword filler program (Elisabetta)
       * Discussion session (wish list of keywords, interaction pipeline-archive-filler-AQUA, definition of quality=science-readiness of PL products)

-⁠Morning Jan 25th 

   session 3⁠ (guided  discussion, chair: Marcella, Felix)
       * contributed talks
       * To do list for the archive  (re-⁠imaging et al...)
       * Management issues for re-imaging activities (actions, quality control, communications, products, future meetings)

Participants

Registration

Please fill the form on the webpage by the 10th of January


Venue, Logistics & contacts

The workshop will take place in the IRA Seminar Room at the 4th floor of the IRA institute.


The Institute of Radioastronomy is located in the CNR Research Area in Bologna. It can be reached by following the directions given here.
A selection of hotels in Bologna can be found in this list.

If you have questions, please contact the Italian ARC : 

almadata2016@ira.inaf.it

Instructions for the hands-on sessions

During the hands-on sessions we will try to use the hardware and software facilities available at the ARC node. However, we request the participants to:

  • bring their own laptop to access via ssh to the ARC cluster (linux or mac)
  • download the latest version of CASA (4.5.0) from the website http://casa.nrao.edu/casa_obtaining.shtml install it on the laptop and verify that it is working properly. Older versions of CASA might not be suitable for the data that we will be using and will be slower than the last one, so please upgrade to this version if you have already a CASA version installed. Notice that it will be necessary only as a backup in case of malfunctioning of the ARC cluster or of the web links. You will soon receive further instructions on the download of the data that will be used as backup.

Please contact us for any problem.

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