Swiss ALMA Community Day 2017

Bern, 03 April 2017

This event has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 730562 [RadioNet].

The morning session will take place in the lecture hall ExWi A006, coffee and tea will be served in front of the lecture hall.

08:30 - 09:00 Registration
09:00 - 09:10 Welcome and Logistics - S. Wampfler, S. Mühle

Session 0: Brief introduction to radio interferometry

09:10 - 09:55 Introduction to the basic concepts and terminology - L. Moser
10:00 - 10:45 Introduction to the basic concepts and terminology - S. Mühle
10:45 - 11:00 Sensitivity calculations - B. Magnelli
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee and Tea

Session 1: ALMA in Cycle 5

11:30 - 11:55 Introduction to ALMA and its capabilities in Cycle 5 - S. Randall
11:55 - 12:10 The life of an ALMA project: from a proposal to delivered data - L. Moser
12:10 - 12:25 Getting help: support for (prospective) ALMA users - S. Mühle
12:25 - 12:40 Simulating ALMA observations - L. Moser
12:40 - 12:55 Data mining: making the most of the ALMA archive - B. Magnelli


12:55 - 13:45 Lunch break

The afternoon session will take place in the main building, room 212 (level 1) and 104 (level 2), respectively.

Session 2: ALMA-OT Tutorials

14:00 - 17:00 ALMA-OT tutorial/level 1 (main building, room 212) - S. Mühle, S. Randall
14:00 - 17:00 ALMA-OT tutorial/level 2 (main building, room 104) - B. Magnelli, L. Moser