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 2008 November 17--19 2008 November 17--19
  
-We will start modestly early in the morning on November 17, probably at 9:00 or 10:00, depending on arrival times.  So you will probably need to travel to Garching on the weekend.+We will start modestly early in the morning on November 17, at 9:00.  So you will probably need to travel to Garching on the weekend.
  
 ===== Location ===== ===== Location =====
  
-MPA Garching  --- details to be provided by Sven soon+MPA Garching, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 1, 85748 Garching\\ 
 +Seminar room 006 (basement) 
 + 
 +Way from the underground station "Garching Forschungszentrum" to the institute's main entrance. 
 +{{:public:meetings:mpa_garching.png|}} 
 + 
 +[[http://maps.google.de/maps?f=d&saddr=Boltzmannstra%C3%9Fe&daddr=Karl-Schwarzschild-Stra%C3%9Fe&hl=de&geocode=FUJz4AIdWxWyAA%3BFQZn4AIdphWyAA&mra=ls&sll=48.261534,11.670399&sspn=0.004543,0.004721&ie=UTF8&ll=48.262313,11.670452&spn=0.009085,0.009441&t=h&z=16| Link to Google Maps]]
  
 ===== Hotels ===== ===== Hotels =====
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 ^ Name ^ Type ^ Arrival Date ^ Departure Date ^ Hotel ^ Looking for roommate ^ ^ Name ^ Type ^ Arrival Date ^ Departure Date ^ Hotel ^ Looking for roommate ^
-|James M Anderson| (T)|Nov 15|Nov 19|?|N| +|James M Anderson| (T)|Nov 16 17:30|Nov 19 20:00|Hotel Hoyacker|N| 
-|Sven Duscha| (S)       |Nov 17|Nov 19|N|N| +|Sven Duscha| (S)       |Nov 16|Nov 19|N|N| 
-|Frank Breitling| (S) |?|?|?|?|+|Frank Breitling| (S) |Nov 16|Nov 19|?|N|
 |Jochen Eislöffel| (S) |?|?|?|?| |Jochen Eislöffel| (S) |?|?|?|?|
-|Joerg Knoche| (S) |?|?|?|?|+|Joerg Knoche| (S) |n/a|n/a|N|N|
 |Thomas Riller| (S) |?|?|?|?| |Thomas Riller| (S) |?|?|?|?|
-|Christian Vocks| (S) |?|?|?|?| +|Christian Vocks| (S) |Nov 16|Nov 19|?|N| 
-|Matthias Hoeft| (S) |?|?|?|?|+|Matthias Hoeft| (S) |Nov 16 22:00|Nov 19 15:00|Park Hotel|N|
 |Petr Kuchar| (S)       |?|?|?|?| |Petr Kuchar| (S)       |?|?|?|?|
-|Hristo Stoev| (S) |?|?|?|?| +|Hristo Stoev| (S) |Nov 16|Nov 19|?|?| 
-|Enno Middelberg| (T) |?|?|?|?| +|Enno Middelberg| (T) |Nov 16|Nov 19|?|?| 
-|Emanuela Orru| (B)     |?|?|?|?|+|Emanuela Orru| (B)     |Nov 19|Nov 19|N|N| 
 +|Artie Hatzes | (S)     |Nov 16|Nov 19|N|N| 
 + 
 +===== Lectures ===== 
 + 
 +Lectures will be derived from the NRAO Synthesis Imaging in Radio Astronomy series.  See http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/events/synthesis/2008/lectures08.html 
 + 
 +In the table below, you can find the titles of lectures from the 2008 summer school.  If you think you would like to teach a section, please fill in your initials.  If more than one person wants to teach something, we can negotiate later, so don't be afraid to put yourself down for something which already has a name.  The initial priority level was assigned by JMA, but feel free to put an X in the request column if you think it is important for you. 
 + 
 +^Title^Lecturer^ Priority ^Requests ^Day^ 
 +|Fundamentals of Radio Interferometry | JMA | High | | Mo | 
 +|Antennas & Receivers in Radio Astronomy | EM  | High| | Mo | 
 +|Cross Correlators & New Correlators | JMA| High, but skip many parts| | Mo | 
 +|Polarization in Interferometry | SD | High| | We| 
 +|Calibration and Editing | JMA | High | | Mo | 
 +|Imaging and Deconvolution | EM or TE?| High| | Mo | 
 +|Sensitivity & Noise | | Low| | | 
 +|Advanced Calibration Techniques | JMA| Medium| | Tu | 
 +|Spectral Line Observing | | Low| | | 
 +|Error Recognition & Image Analysis | | Low| | | 
 +|Galactic radio science | | Very Low| |  | 
 +|EVLA | | Very Low| |  | 
 +|Very Long Baseline Interferometry | EM | High| | Tu | 
 +|Astrometry | | Low| |  | 
 +|VLBA Upgrade | | Very Low| |  | 
 +|Wide Field Imaging I: Non-coplanar arrays | JMA | High| | Tu | 
 +|Wide Field Imaging II: Mosaicing  | ??? | Medium| | We| 
 +|New Instruments | | Low| |  | 
 +|Millimeter Interferometry & ALMA | | Very Low| |  | 
 +|{{:public:meetings:lowfreqinterf_orru.pdf|Low Frequency Interferometry}} |EO| High| | We | 
 +|High Dynamic Range Imaging | EM | Medium| | We | 
 +|Proposal Writing | | Very Low| |  | 
 +|Interferometry of Solar System Objects | | Low| |  | 
 +|Non-Imaging Data Analysis | TE | Medium| | Tu| 
 +|Array Design & Simulations | | Low| |  | 
 +|Extragalactic Science | | Very Low| |  | 
 + 
 + 
 + 
 +====== Schedule ====== 
 + 
 +^Day^Time^Activity^ 
 +|**Monday**| | | 
 +| |  9:00 | Welcome and Introduction | 
 +| |  9:15 | Fundamentals of Radio Interferometry | 
 +| | 10:15 | Coffee Break | 
 +| | 10:30 | Antennas & Receivers in Radio Astronomy | 
 +| | 11:30 | Cross Correlators & New Correlators | 
 +| | 12:00 | Morning Review Session | 
 +| | 12:30 | Lunch | 
 +| | 13:00 | Calibration and Editing | 
 +| | 14:00 | Imaging and Deconvolution | 
 +| | 15:00 | Coffee Break | 
 +| | 15:15 | [[public:meetings:GLOWBI2008:tutorial_monday|Tutorial Session 1]] | 
 +| | 18:00 | End of Day 1 | 
 +| | 19:00 | Meet up for Dinner | 
 +| **Tuesday** | | | 
 +| |  9:00 | Non-Imaging Data Analysis | 
 +| | 10:00 | Coffee Break | 
 +| | 10:15 | Advanced Calibration Techniques | 
 +| | 11:15 | Very Long Baseline Interferometry | 
 +| | 12:15 | Morning Review Session | 
 +| | 12:30 | Lunch | 
 +| | 13:30 | [[public:meetings:GLOWBI2008:tutorial_tuesday|Tutorial Session 2]] | 
 +| | 15:45 | Coffee Break | 
 +| | 16:00 | Resume tutorial session | 
 +| | 17:00 | Wide Field Imaging I: Non-coplanar arrays | 
 +| | 18:00 | End of Day 2 | 
 +| | 19:00 | Meet up for Dinner | 
 +| **Wednesday** | | | 
 +| |  9:00 | Polarization in Interferometry | 
 +| | 10:00 | Coffee Break | 
 +| | 10:15 | [[public:meetings:GLOWBI2008:tutorial_wednesday|Tutorial Session 3]] | 
 +| | 12:00 | Lunch | 
 +| | 13:00 | Low Frequency Interferometry | 
 +| | 14:00 | End of Day 3 as people make their way back home | 
 + 
  
  
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 James M Anderson James M Anderson
 +
 +
 +
 +===== 2008 Nov 03  AIPS Installation =====
 +
 +
 +Hello everyone,
 +
 +As part of the school in Garching, we intend to have a few short data
 +tutorial sessions.  The purpose of these sessions is to help the
 +students understand the fundamentals of radio interferometry --- not
 +to teach the students how to reduce radio interferometry data.  
 +
 +
 +The software LOFAR will use for processing data is not really in a
 +state which novice users can be expected to deal with in a few days'
 +introduction.  Therefore, for the convenience of the instructors who
 +have agreed to help with the teaching, the tutorial sessions will use
 +the AIPS software package, since the majority of the instructors are
 +comfortable trying to do tutorial sessions in AIPS.  ASTRON will host
 +a school on using LOFAR-specific software early next year.
 +
 +
 +So, we ask that everyone attending the school in Garching comes
 +prepared with his/her own laptop having a (recent) version of AIPS
 +installed and running.  Instructions for doing this are found below.
 +
 +On behalf of the organizing group, I look forward to seeing everyone
 +in two weeks.
 +
 +
 +James M Anderson
 +
 +
 +
 +
 +==== Installing AIPS on a laptop computer.  ====
 +
 +2010 Nov 14:  updated for 31DEC10 AIPS.
 + 
 +
 +
 +You will need either a computer running Linux or a Mac laptop.  You
 +will probably need about 1.5 GB of free space, including some space for
 +the tutorial datasets to be reduced in Garching.  
 +
 +
 +I have installed a new version of AIPS as myself (not the root
 +account) on my laptop this evening.  It took about 45 minutes, most of
 +which I was doing other things while the software was downloading from
 +the US.  I strongly recommend installing the pre-compiled binary
 +version, as it will be far easier to deal with.
 +
 +
 +So, to install AIPS, go to
 +
 +
 +http://www.aips.nrao.edu/
 +
 +
 +You want to install the current version, which is called 31DEC10, and
 +can be found at
 +http://www.aips.nrao.edu/dec10.shtml
 +
 +
 +You should open another tab/window in your web browser to see the
 +install instructions at
 +http://www.aips.nrao.edu/install.shtml
 +
 +
 +I will follow the instructions for Linux computers.  If you have a
 +Mac, you will have to read the Mac-specific instructions.
 +
 +
 +Ok, create a directory on your laptop where you want to install AIPS.
 +It would be easiest if this is also the directory where you will be
 +able to put large datasets.  Then, cd into that directory.  For me, I
 +made a directory in my home area called AIPS.
 +
 +
 +Now download the Perl installation script from 
 +ftp://ftp.aoc.nrao.edu/pub/software/aips/31DEC10/install.pl
 +and put it in the AIPS directory you just made.  Make sure it is
 +executable by running
 +
 +
 +''chmod u+x install.pl''
 +
 +
 +Next, run the installation script.  Make sure you use the -n option to
 +specify installing the binary version.
 +
 +
 +''perl ./install.pl -n''
 +
 +
 +Follow the instructions on-screen and in the installation web area.
 +Some specific notes are:
 +
 +
 +5a.  
 +  Since you are using a laptop, you really probably want to force
 +  the installation to use the name LOCALHOST.
 +
 +
 +7.   
 +  If you will use a data area in the same location as your program
 +  installation, you can just accept the suggested data area at the
 +  bottom of the screen.
 +
 +
 +8. 
 +  AIPS is really designed to print out lots of things, and really
 +  wants to have a printer installed.  You don't actually have to
 +  have a printer, but you should try to set up something.  Try the
 +  (D)iscover option.  Otherwise, just ask for a (N)ew printer, and
 +  give it a name of lpr, no options, and say A4 paper.
 +
 +
 +9.   
 +  Just (A)ccept no tape drives, unless you actually have a tape
 +  drive on your laptop.
 +
 +
 +9B.  
 +  you probably want to accept only 127.0.0.1 for LOCALHOST to
 +  access your computer.
 +
 +
 +10.  
 +  (This section is skipped for the binary installation.)
 +
 +
 +When you are finally ready, hit //Enter// to continue.  It will take many
 +minutes to download everything.
 +
 +
 +It will then ask about running a "Midnight Job".  This is a shell
 +script, which you can put into a cron job, to automatically download
 +updated software.  It is perfectly fine to accept this, as it will
 +only run manually, unless you manually put it into a cron job.  When
 +asked for a password, as the instructions on-screen tell you, just hit
 +//Enter//.
 +
 +
 +You will need to have your system running in either 24 bit or 8 bit
 +color mode.  You can run ''xdpyinfo'' if you are not sure which bit mode
 +you are using.  You are on your own to change the color bit depth of
 +your laptop.
 +
 +
 +Follow the instructions for starting up AIPS to test the installation.
 +Once you have done that, you can try running just    aips    with no
 +options to see if it can run the tv terminal.  AIPS will ask you for a
 +user number.  Just pick a favorite number between say 2 and 30000.
 +Since you do not have to share your laptop with other people, you are
 +free to pick any user number you wish.  (And many of us use different
 +numbers to keep different projects we are working on separated within
 +AIPS.)
 +
 +
 +Type   ''exit''   to stop running AIPS.
 +
 +
 +Those of you who are eager to get started can read the cookbook at 
 +http://www.aips.nrao.edu/cook.html
 +
 +
 +
 +====== Tutorial Sessions ======
 +
 +===== Monday, 2008 Nov 17 =====
 +
 +[[public:meetings:GLOWBI2008:tutorial_monday|Monday's Tutorial]]
 +
 +
 +
 +===== Tuesday, 2008 Nov 18 =====
 +
 +[[public:meetings:GLOWBI2008:tutorial_Tuesday|Tuesday's Tutorial]]
 +
 +
 +
 +
 +===== Wednesday, 2008 Nov 19 =====
 +
 +[[public:meetings:GLOWBI2008:tutorial_wednesday|Wednesday's Tutorial]]
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