ALMA Data Handling Workshop
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 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!
Program
Lectures will begin on February 9th at 14.00 and end on the 12th at 13.00.
The following topics will be discussed in theoretical and hands-on sessions
- Basics of interferometry
- Introduction to ALMA and CASA
- The ALMA Science Archive
- ALMA data calibration
- ALMA data imaging
- ALMA image analysis
- Enhancement of image quality
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
View the list of registered participants here (updated to December 9 2015)
Registration
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
The workshop will take place in the CNR Research Area in Bologna, room 216 (main hall, first floor).
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