SARA Western Conference 2020 - Conference Schedule

SARA Western Conference

March 27-29, 2020, Domenici Science Operations Center, JVLA, Socorro, NM

Conference Schedule

Time

Activity/Title

Presenter

Location

Friday, March 27th

 

 

 

Before 8AM

Breakfast

 

Hotel

8:00 – 9:00

Registration

Dave Westman

DSOC Auditorium

9:00 – 9:15

Introductions, etc.

Ken Redcap

"

9:15 – 10:00

Keynote Speech

JVLA Asst. Director,

Mark McKinnon

"

10:00 – 10:45

Reducing Observations from the JVLA, ALMA, ATCA and EVLBI

Radio-Telescope Archives

Dr. Richard Russell, DSES

"

10:45 – 11:00

Morning Break

 

"

11:00 – 12:00

Radio Galaxy Zoo

Anna Kapinska, NRAO

"

12:00 – 1:00

Lunch

 

"

1:00 – 1:45

Radio JOVE Observations of the Galactic Radio Background at HAARP, Gakona, Alaska

Whitham Reeve

"

1:45 – 2:30

Building a Custom Space Weather Dashboard

Keith Payea

"

2:30 – 3:00

Afternoon Break

 

"

3:00 – 3:45

Direct Sampling Input on RASDR2 for 15-28MHz Spectral Observations

Bogdan Vacaliuc

"

3:45 – 4:30

SARA Board Meeting, Lab tours

Ken Redcap

 

4:30

Adjourn

 

 

7:00 -

Dinner at restaurant

 

El Sombrero Restaurant

210 Mesquite St, Socorro

 

 

 

 

Saturday, March 28th

 

 

 

8:30 – 9:00

Breakfast

 

Hotel

9:00 – 9:45

Microwave SETI

Geographically-spaced Synchronized Signal Detection System

Skip Crilly

DSOC Auditorium

 

9:45 – 10:30

Astronomical Radio Interferometry and Satellite RFI

David Westman

"

10:30 – 11:00

Morning Break

 

"

11:00 – 11:45

LWA talk

Savin Varghese, UNM

"

11:45 – 12:45

Lunch

 

"

12:45 - 1:30

Python Program for Mitigating Radio Frequency Interference Observed in SpectraCyber Receiver Drift Scan Data Files

Jon Ayres, DSES

"

1:30 - 2:15

LOFASM astronomy

Ken Redcap

"

 

2:15 – 2:30

Group Photo

 

 

In front of Science Operations Center

2:30 - 3:15

Solar Activity Observatory using RadioJOVE

Maria Isabel Perez Martinez and her team from Mexico

"

3:15

Adjourn

 

 

Sunday, March 29th

TRAVEL TO VLA VIA PRIVATE VEHICLES

 

 

10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Arrive at VLA for tour of VLA and LWA Site 1

Dave Westman

VLA Site

1:00 PM

Lunch

 

Sponsored by Magdalena Astronomical Society, Inc.,  held at the Astronomical Lyceum,

402 S Main St

Magdalena, NM