POSSUM Workshop 2012

ATNF Headquarters, Sydney, Australia
May 8th and 9th 2012

Format Change
Overview
Participants
Program
Venue
Accommodation
Workshop Dinner
Funding
Registration

Format Change

The format of the 2012 POSSUM workshop has changed from a full week to a three day meeting: a one-day science workshop followed by a technical POSSUM workshop (see below). Please update your calendars accordingly.

Overview

The 2012 Sydney Possum Workshop will be held in at the ATNF headquarters in Sydney on Tuesday May 8th and Wednesday May 9th. It follows directly from a One-day Magnetic Fields Workshop, which is open to the larger community. The focus of the Magnetic Field Workshop is purely on science (not necessarally related to POSSUM) while the POSSUM workshop will concentrate on the technical aspects of ASKAP and POSSUM:

• Updates on BETA, ASKAP, other ASKAP surveys and other relevant surveys.
• Data processing pipelines and quality control.
• Polarisation calibration.
• Data verification.
• Analysis tools and pipelines for early science.
• Key science questions (WG9).
• Other working group meetings.
• Overview from PIs: structure, management, publication policy, etc.

Attendees are encouraged to stay for the full week as there will be plenty of opportunity to work closely with other POSSUM members on the Thursday and Friday.

Participants

Participants can attend the workshop in person or phone in via a video-conferencing link.

Program

The meeting will be organised into the following sessions:

• BETA, ASKAP-12 & commissioning (Ettore Carretti, Wed afternoon - from Parkes; Cormac Purcell)
• RM synthesis & RMCLEAN (Xiaohui Sun)
• Software pipeline (Cormac Purcell)
• Source finding (Jeroen Stil)
• Coordination with EMU (redshifts, ASKAP-12 survey, key POSSUM questions/simulations) (Bryan Gaensler) [longer session?]
• PPC, PPA, and value-added products (Larry Rudnick - TBC)
• Wide-field issues (beam shapes, polarisation, etc.) (Tony Willis)
• Ionospheric tests (Shane O'Sullivan, plus possibly Tom Landecker)
• Coordination with other related surveys (S-PASS, GMIMS, GALFACTS) (Russ Taylor)

It will be possible for participants to present a talk via a video-conferencing link. If you plan to do this please provide a PDF-format version of your talk and contact the organisers well in advance to arrange the technical details of the link.

The final program

Venue

The venu for the meeting is the CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility headquarters in Marsfield, Sydney. The workshop will take place in Faraday room. Tea, coffee and lunch will be provided.
Information on how to get to the Marsfield Site is available from this website.

The dial-in details are,

Accommodation

The Marsfield Lodge is on the ATNF site and has six single and two twin bedrooms. Some of these have been reserved for conference attendees and are recommended for students or those on a strict budget. Note: As of April 5th there are only two rooms left at the lodge. The preferred accommodation of the ATNF is the North Ryde Travellodge, which is 20 minutes walk from the meeting venue (see the Google map here). A block reservation of 10 rooms has been made, so when booking a room please advise the Travellodge staff that you attending a meeting at the ATNF - quote 'CSIRO MAY'. The rates on offer are as follows:
$147.00 per room per night
$162.00 per room per night including breakfast for 1
$177.00 per room per night including breakfast for 2

Note: The rooms must be booked by April 23rd to get the special rate.

Parking costs $7.50 per car per night.

Internet is: $9.95 per hour
$19.95 for 24 hours
$49.95 for 3 days
$99.00 for 7 days

A guide to other accommodation near the ATNF headquarters is listed here.
For your information, there is a web-page giving information on visiting the University of Sydney here.

Workshop Dinner

A formal workshop dinner will be held on Wednesday May 9th at AJ's Indian Restaraunt. The meal will cost $33.50 per person. If you are planning on attending could you let Jo Daniels and Cormac Purcell know when registering, including vegetarian preferences.

Travel funding

Limited funding is available to support overseas visitors. Please contact Bryan Gaensler directly for more information.

Registration

To register for the workshop please copy the text below, fill in the required information and email to Jo Daniels (jo.daniels@sydney.edu.au) and Cormac Purcell (cormac.purcell@sydney.edu.au).

The registration deadline is Monday April 23rd.

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