MWGaiaDN Induction School

Jan 29, 2024, 9:00 AM → Feb 2, 2024, 2:00 PM Europe/Amsterdam

PLNT Leiden

Anthony Brown (Sterrewacht)

Introductory school for the PhD students from the MWGaiaDN network. The school is also open to a limited number of participants from outside the network

The school programme consists of:

• Lectures on the Gaia mission and the data in the Gaia archive
• Turorials on using the Gaia archive and the Gaia selection function
• During unconference sessions participants work on short scientific projects, using the Gaia data and with expert help available.
• Training on public engagement and outreach

More details on the programme can be found in the attached programme notes below.

Participants should make their own travel and accommodation arrangements. There is no registration fee for this school. MWGaiaDN covers the costs for the venue and also for the catering (lunches, coffee/tea) throughout the event.

 

MWGaiaDN is a Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network funded under grant agreement no. 101072454. 

The tutorial on the Gaia selection function is provided by the GaiaUnlmiited project which is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 101004110.

Documents Explanations on the shcool programme

Monday, January 29

9:00 AM → 9:45 AM Opening

Convener: Anthony Brown (Sterrewacht)

9:00 AM Registration, name tags, etc

Participants arrive, register, and receive their name tags.

9:30 AM Welcome, Introduction

Speaker: Anthony Brown (Sterrewacht)

Intro_InductionSchool.pdf

9:45 AM → 11:00 AM Pitch cards

One-slide, two-minute intro by each participant

Convener: Anthony Brown (Sterrewacht)

Induction_school_pitch_cards.pdf

11:00 AM → 11:30 AM Coffee/tea

11:30 AM → 12:30 PM Lectures: Introduction to Gaia

Convener: Dr Timo Prusti

11:30 AM Gaia mission, survey strategy, instruments

Introduction to the Gaia mission, the survey, and the Gaia instruments.

Speaker: Dr Timo Prusti (ESA)

GaiaIntroduction-Prusti.pdf

12:30 PM → 1:30 PM Lunch

1:30 PM → 3:00 PM Tutorials: Gaia archive tutorial

Tutorials on the Gaia archive and Gaia selection function, including hands-on components.

Conveners: Dr Carine Babusiaux (Université Grenobles Alpes), Dr Jos de Bruijne (ESA)

GaiaArchiveTutorial-DeBruijne.pdf

1:30 PM Gaia Archive tutorial

Speakers: Carine Babusiaux (Université Grenobles Alpes), Jos de Bruijne (ESA)

GaiaArchiveTutorial-DeBruijne.pdf

3:00 PM → 3:30 PM Coffee/tea

3:30 PM → 5:00 PM Sprint time: Sprint session 1

Participants work on their projects

Tuesday, January 30

9:00 AM → 10:30 AM Lectures: Gaia data products 1

9:00 AM Gaia astrometric data

Gaia astrometric data: astrometry basics, reference frame, epoch astrometry, etc

Speaker: Dr Sergei Klioner (TU Dresden)

GaiaAstrometricData-Klioner.pdf

9:45 AM Gaia astrophysical data

Speaker: Dr Antonella Vallenari (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Padova)

AstrophysicalParameters_Vallenari.pdf

10:30 AM → 11:00 AM Coffee/tea

11:00 AM → 12:30 PM Lectures: Gaia data products 2

11:00 AM Gaia extragalactic data

Speaker: Dr Despina Hadzidimtriou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)

GaiaExtragalacticContent-Hatzidimitriou.pdf

11:45 AM Simulating Gaia data

Speaker: Dr Mercè Romero-Gómez (Universitat de Barcelona)

SimulatingGaiaData_MRomeroGomez.pdf

12:30 PM → 1:30 PM Lunch

1:30 PM → 3:00 PM Tutorials: Gaia selection function tools

Tutorials on the Gaia archive and Gaia selection function, including hands-on components.

Conveners: Dr Alfred Castro-Ginard (Leiden University), Dr Tristan Cantat-Gaudin (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy)

GaiaArchiveTutorial-DeBruijne.pdf

1:30 PM Gaia Selection Function Tutorial

Speakers: Alfred Castro-Ginard (Leiden University), Tristan Cantat-Gaudin (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy)

BinarySystemsGaiaUnlimited_CastroGinard.pdf

GaiaSelectionFunctionMWDisk-CantatGaudin.pdf

SubsamplesGaiaUnlimited-CastroGinard.pdf

3:00 PM → 3:30 PM Coffee/tea

3:30 PM → 5:00 PM Sprint time: Sprint session 2

Participants work on their projects

Wednesday, January 31

9:00 AM → 10:15 AM Lectures: Future astrometry missions

Convener: Anthony Brown (Sterrewacht)

9:00 AM The GaiaNIR mission

Speaker: Dr David Hobbs (Lunds Universitet)

GaiaNIR-Hobbs.pdf

9:45 AM The JASMINE mission

Speaker: Dr Daisuke Kawata (University College London)

JASMINE_Kawata.pdf

10:15 AM → 10:30 AM MWGaiaDN topics: Outreach plans

Convener: Anthony Brown (Sterrewacht)

10:15 AM Outreach activities planned for MWGaiaDN

Speaker: Dr Nicholas Walton (University of Cambridge)

MWGaiaDNTrainingOutreach-Walton.pdf

10:30 AM → 11:00 AM Coffee/tea

11:00 AM → 12:30 PM Sprint time: Sprint session 3

Participants work on their projects

12:30 PM → 1:30 PM Lunch

1:30 PM → 3:00 PM Sprint time: Sprint session 4

Participants work on their projects

3:00 PM → 3:30 PM Coffee/tea

3:30 PM → 5:00 PM Sprint time: Sprint session 5

Participants work on their projects

Thursday, February 1

9:00 AM → 10:30 AM Project wrap ups: Session 1

Students make short presentations on the project they worked on during the week.

ProjectPresentations.pdf

10:30 AM → 11:00 AM Coffee/tea

11:00 AM → 12:30 PM Project wrap ups: Session 2

Students make short presentations on the project they worked on during the week.

ProjectPresentations.pdf

12:30 PM → 1:30 PM Lunch

1:30 PM → 3:00 PM Public Engagement and Outreach: Session 1

Training on public engagement and outreach provided by the Science and Society group from Leiden Observatory

Convener: Pedro Russo (Leiden University)

GaiaSkyScriptingAndVideoTutorial-Jordan.pdf

GaiaSky Tutorial

3:00 PM → 3:30 PM Coffee/tea

3:30 PM → 5:00 PM Public Engagement and Outreach: Session 2

Training on public engagement and outreach provided by the Science and Society group from Leiden Observatory

Convener: Pedro Russo (Leiden University)

GaiaSkyScriptingAndVideoTutorial-Jordan.pdf

GaiaSky Tutorial

Friday, February 2

9:30 AM → 11:00 AM Public Engagement and Outreach: Session 3

Training on public engagement and outreach provided by the Science and Society group from Leiden Observatory

Conveners: Stefan Jordan (ARI/ZAH/Heidelberg University), Toni Sagristà Sellés (ARI/ZAH/Heidelberg University)

GaiaSkyScriptingAndVideoTutorial-Jordan.pdf

GaiaSky Tutorial

11:00 AM → 11:30 AM Coffee/tea

11:30 AM → 1:00 PM Public Engagement and Outreach: Session 4

Training on public engagement and outreach provided by the Science and Society group from Leiden Observatory

Conveners: Stefan Jordan (ARI/ZAH/Heidelberg University), Toni Sagristà Sellés (ARI/ZAH/Heidelberg University)

GaiaSkyScriptingAndVideoTutorial-Jordan.pdf

GaiaSky Tutorial

1:00 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch