Minutes

ALBiUS Kick-off meeting (Dwingeloo, 2-3 March 2009)


An ALBiUS kick-off meeting will be held in Dwingeloo on March 2nd (afternoon) and March 3rd (full day).
This meeting will be a brainstorm focused on various ALBiUS Work Packages.
The kick-off meeting consists of two parts:

  • Splinter sessions;
  • Presentations and Discussions.


Participants:

NameInstitute
Paola AndreaniESO
Stephen BourkeJIVE
Patrick CharlotBordeaux Observatory
Giuseppe CimoJIVE
Ed FomalontNRAO
Gabriel GrigorescuUCAM
Mark KettenisJIVE
Hans-Rainer KloecknerOxford
Robert LaingESO
Huib van LangeveldeJIVE
Ronald NijboerASTRON
Aukelien van den PollJIVE
Anita RichardsJBCA
Alan RoyMPIfR
Michael SipiorJIVE


Preliminary Programme:

Monday (2nd March)
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Welcome messages (FP7 and ALBiUS) Garrett (ASTRON)/van Langevelde (JIVE)
13:40 ALBiUS management van Langevelde (JIVE)
14:00 Introduction and Rules of Engagement van Es (ASTRON)/van den Poll (JIVE)
ALBiUS DoW
15:00 Breakdown of the project: Work Packages van Langevelde (JIVE)
16:00 Splinter session
18:00 Dinner
Tuesday (3rd March)
9:00 Question time
9:30 Splinter session
Presentations and discussions:
11:00 Framework and Distributed ParselTongue Bourke/van Langevelde (JIVE)
11:15 Distributed ParselTongue Kettenis/Sipior (JIVE)
11:30 Data Structure Laing (ESO)
12:00 Global Fring Fitting Fomalont (NRAO)
12:10 Astrometric positions Charlot (BORD)
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Ionospheric/Tropospheric Richards (UMAN)
13:50 Primary beam/Mosaicing Laing (ESO)
14:00 Distributed Processing Calibration and Source Parametrization Nijboer (ASTRON)
14:40 Data Inspection Kloeckner (UOXF)
15:10 Coffee
15:30 RFI mitigation Roy (MPG)
16:00 Final remarks van Langevelde (JIVE)
17:00End of the meeting


Accommodation and Registration:

The participants will be accommodated at the Hotel de Börken in Lhee (Dwingeloo).
A block of single rooms has been reserved for this meeting.
Cost: € 65,00 per night.
Deadline for this block booking is Thursday 12 February 2009.

Please contact JIVE secretary for the logistics arrangements. In particular, you are kindly asked to provide the following details:

  • name
  • institute
  • e-mail address
  • arrival date
  • departure date
  • vegetarian yes/no
  • dinner yes/no
  • hotel room needed yes/no
  • remarks


Or fill out the registration form.

Directions:

An interactive map of the JIVE area can be seen here.

The nearest international airport is Amsterdam Airport (Schiphol). The train station at Schiphol is located within the airport - only a 5 minute walk from the baggage reclaim area.
You should get the direct train from Schiphol to Hoogeveen, this leaves 19 minutes after the hour.
For full details please consult the NS Railway Journey Planner.
Before you travel you should inform the JIVE Secretary about when you expect to arrive in Schiphol and which train you will take to Hoogeveen. When you contact the JIVE secretary upon arrival Schiphol (tel. +31(0)521 596524) to confirm the train times, a taxi will be arranged to meet you at Hoogeveen station.

Dinner location:

The meeting dinner will take place at the Hotel de Börken in Lhee (Dwingeloo).



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