Development in Africa with Radio Astronomy (DARA) - Mozambique 2018

Overview

Later this year, in June, Prof. Dalmiro Maia (University of Porto) and I will be teaching radio astronomy at a workshop in Maputo, Mozambique. The workshop is organized as part of the DARA project.

The workshop will be held at Eduardo Mondlane University from June 18, 2018 to June 29, 2018.

Schedule

• Please note that this schedule is subject to change depending on the progress made during the workshop.

• Morning break: 10:00-10:30

• Lunch break: 13:00-14:00

• Evening break: 16:00-16:30

• Lecturers: Dalmiro Maia (DM) & Sarrvesh Sridhar (SS)

Date	Time	Title	Lead
18/06	09:00-10:00	L1: Introduction & scope of the workshop	SS/DM
	10:30-13:00	T1: The UNIX terminal	DM
	14:00-15:00	T2: Python basics	SS
	15:00-17:30	T3: Python packages	SS
19/06	08:30-09:00	L2: Introduction to Radio Interferometry	DM
	09:00-10:00	T4: Fun with Fourier transforms	DM
	10:30-11:30	L3: Radio Interferometry: First principles	SS
	11:30-13:00	T5: CASA & Measurement set	SS
	14:00-16:00	T6: Calibration tutorial	SS/DM
	16:30-17:30	T6: Calibration tutorial	SS/DM
20/06	08:30-09:00	Recap from previous day	SS/DM
	09:00-10:00	L3: Imaging	DM
	10:30-12:30	T7: Imaging tutorial	SS/DM
	12:30-13:00	L4: Imaging parameters	SS
	14:00-16:00	T8: Imaging tutorial	SS/DM
	16:30-17:30	T8: Imaging tutorial	SS/DM
21/06	all day	T9: Continuum tutorial	SS/DM
22/06	08:30-09:00	Recap from previous day	SS/DM
	09:00-10:00	L5: Self-calibration	DM
	10:30-12:00	T10: Self-calibration tutorial	SS/DM
	12:00-13:00	L6: Radio frequency interference (RFI)	SS
	14:00-16:00	Back-up time slot
	16:30-17:30	Recap of week 1	SS/DM
26/06	08:30-09:00	Recap from week 1	SS/DM
	09:00-10:00	T11: 3C277.1 calibration tutorial	SS/DM
	10:30-13:00	T11: 3C277.1 calibration tutorial	SS/DM
	14:00-15:00	L7: Advanced imaging	SS
	15:00-16:00	T12: 3C277.1 imaging tutorial	SS/DM
	16:30-17:30	T12: 3C277.1 imaging tutorial	SS/DM
27/06	08:30-09:00	Recap from previous day	SS/DM
	09:00-10:00	L8: Science with spectral lines	DM
	10:30-11:30	L9: Modern interferometers	SS
	11:30-12:30	Proposals & projects	SS/DM
	14:00-17:30	Proposals & projects	SS/DM
28/06	08:30-09:00	Recap from previous day	SS/DM
	09:00-10:00	L10: Error recognition	DM
	10:30-12:00	T13: Error recognition tutorials	SS/DM
	12:00-13:00	L11: Fringe fitting & AIPS	DM
	14:00-15:00	L11: Fring fitting & AIPS	DM
	15:00-16:00	Data & literature archives	SS
	16:00-17:30	Back-up time
29/06	08:30-09:00	Recap from previous day	SS/DM
	09:00-10:00	Science talk	SS
	10:30-11:30	Science talk	DM
	12:00-13:00	Time for final questions	SS/DM
	14:00-15:00	Summary & Feedback	SS/DM

Tutorials

• EVN continuum tutorial

• Calibration and imaging tutorial

Other files

• Download the script for fun with Fourier transforms here.

Acknowledgements

Lectures and tutorials presented during the workshop are based on original teaching material from a previous DARA workshop.