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--- public:meetings:glowbi2008 [2008-11-06 11:09] – Enno Middelberg
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 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 =====
-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 =====
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 ^ Name ^ Type ^ Arrival Date ^ Departure Date ^ Hotel ^ Looking for roommate ^
-|James M Anderson| (T)|Nov 16|Nov 19|?|N|
+|James M Anderson| (T)|Nov 16 17:30|Nov 19 20:00|Hotel Hoyacker|N|
 |Sven Duscha| (S)       |Nov 16|Nov 19|N|N|
 |Frank Breitling| (S)	|Nov 16|Nov 19|?|N|
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 |Thomas Riller| (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)       |?|?|?|?|
 |Hristo Stoev| (S)	|Nov 16|Nov 19|?|?|
-|Enno Middelberg| (T)	|?|?|?|?|
+|Enno Middelberg| (T)	|Nov 16|Nov 19|?|?|
 |Emanuela Orru| (B)     |Nov 19|Nov 19|N|N|
 |Artie Hatzes | (S)     |Nov 16|Nov 19|N|N|
 ===== Lectures =====
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 ^Title^Lecturer^ Priority ^Requests ^Day^
 |Fundamentals of Radio Interferometry 		 | JMA | High | | Mo |
-|Antennas & Recievers in Radio Astronomy 	 | EM  | 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| | |
+|Polarization in Interferometry 		 | SD | High| | We|
-|Calibration and Editing 			 | JMA | High | | Tu |
+|Calibration and Editing 			 | JMA | High | | Mo |
-|Imaging and Deconvolution 			 | EM| High| | Mo |
+|Imaging and Deconvolution 			 | EM or TE?| High| | Mo |
 |Sensitivity & Noise 				 | | Low| | |
-|Advanced Calibration Techniques 		 | ALMA?| Medium| | |
+|Advanced Calibration Techniques 		 | JMA| Medium| | Tu |
 |Spectral Line Observing 			 | | Low| | |
 |Error Recognition & Image Analysis 		 | | Low| | |
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 |VLBA Upgrade 					 | | Very Low| |  |
 |Wide Field Imaging I: Non-coplanar arrays 	 | JMA | High| | Tu |
-|Wide Field Imaging II: Mosaicing 		 | SB | Medium| | Tu |
+|Wide Field Imaging II: Mosaicing 		 | ??? | Medium| | We|
 |New Instruments 				 | | Low| |  |
 |Millimeter Interferometry & ALMA 		 | | Very Low| |  |
-|Low Frequency Interferometry 			 |EO| High| | We |
+|{{:public:meetings:lowfreqinterf_orru.pdf|Low Frequency Interferometry}} 			 |EO| High| | We |
-|High Dynamic Range Imaging 			 | ?| Medium| |  |
+|High Dynamic Range Imaging 			 | EM | Medium| | We |
 |Proposal Writing				 | | Very Low| |  |
 |Interferometry of Solar System Objects 	 | | Low| |  |
-|Non-Imaging Data Analysis 			 | ALMA?| Medium| | We |
+|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
+===== 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.  ====
+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:
+a.
+  Since you are using a laptop, you really probably want to force
+  the installation to use the name LOCALHOST.
+.
+  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.
+.
+  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.
+.
+  Just (A)ccept no tape drives, unless you actually have a tape
+  drive on your laptop.
+B.
+  you probably want to accept only 127.0.0.1 for LOCALHOST to
+  access your computer.
+.
+  (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]]