Hosted by: Graduate University for Advanced Studies (GUAS),Department of Astronomical Science, and National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)

Software Tutorial Support: NAOJ Astronomy Data Center

This Winter School is aimed to provide lectures and software tutorials for young astronomers (graduate students and postdocs) interested in millimeter and submillimeter interferometric observations and/or VLBI observations.
This First Circular announces the date and the venue, and program outline. Detailed programs, application forms for attendance/accommodation/travel support will be announced in Second Circular.

Dates of the school: February 7-11, 2011

Venue: National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), Mikaka campus
(including one-day trip to Nobeyama Radio Observatory)

Official language: English

Program outline:

Feb 7 Lectures (Radio Astronomy, Science, Radio Telescope Instrumentation)

Feb 8 Lectures (Interferometric observations--calibrations, proposal preparations, data reduction etc)

Feb 9 Software tutorial (ALMA Observing Tool, CASA, AIPS)

Feb 10 Software tutorial (CASA, AIPS), banquet

Feb 11 Nobeyama one-day tour

The maximum number of acceptable participants for tutorial and Nobeyama tour will be limited to 50 people because of the capacity of the rooms. We will have additional 50 people as lecture-only attendees. We will select the attendees after the registration is closed.

Important Dates:

September 15, 2010, First Circular

October 10, 2010, Second Circular

November 15, 2010 Deadline for registration, accommodation, travel support

Organizing Committee:

Ken Tatematsu (NAOJ/ALMA, chair)

Tomoya Hirota (NAOJ/Mizusawa VLBI, co-chair)

Yoshiaki Hagiwara (NAOJ/Mizusawa VLBI)

Aya Higuchi (NAOJ/ALMA)

Nario Kuno (NAOJ/Nobeyama)