German ALMA Community Days 2017

Bonn, 27/28 March 2017

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

The registration will take place in the lobby, session 0 will be held in room 0.006.

13:30 - 14:00 Registration

Session 0: Brief introduction to radio interferometry (for non-radio astronomers)

14:00 - 15:00 Introduction to the basic concepts and terminology of radio interferometry I - A. Sanchez-Monge
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee and Tea
15:30 - 16:30 Introduction to the basic concepts and terminology of radio interferometry II - A. Sanchez-Monge
16:30 - 16:50 Sensitivity calculations - Y. Pidopryhora

The registration will take place in the lobby, session 1 will be held in the lecture hall 0.012, session 2 in rooms 0.005 and 0.006.

09:30 - 10:00 Registration

Session 1: ALMA in Cycle 5

10:00 - 10:10 Welcome and Logistics - F. Bertoldi, S. Mühle
10:10 - 10:35 Introduction to ALMA and its capabilities in Cycle 5 - A. Biggs
10:35 - 10:55 The life of an ALMA project: from a proposal to delivered data - R. Schaaf
10:55 - 11:15 Getting help: support for (prospective) ALMA users - S. Mühle
11:15 - 11:45 Coffee and Tea
11:45 - 11:55 The ALMA-OT in Cycle 5 - A. Biggs
11:55 - 12:15 Simulating ALMA observations - L. Moser
12:15 - 12:35 Data mining: making the most of the ALMA archive - B. Magnelli


12:35 - 14:00 Lunch break

Session 2: ALMA-OT Tutorials

14:00 - 17:00 ALMA-OT tutorial/level 1 (room 0.006) - A. Biggs, ARC staff
14:00 - 17:00 ALMA-OT tutorial/level 2 (room 0.005) - ARC staff