Events

The CASPER workshop is a semi-annual workshop where FPGA, GPU, and general heterogeneous system programmers get together to discuss new instruments in radio astronomy, as well as the tools and libraries for developing and manipulating these instruments.

6th LOFAR Data School. The aim of the school is to introduce the LOFAR system to new members of the LOFAR community who will analyse both interferometric and high time resolution beamformed LOFAR data. Students, postdocs, and staff are all encouraged to attend.

The International LOFAR Telescope (ILT) is preparing for a significant upgrade, LOFAR2.0, for which a Large Programme Portfolio will be composed. The online information sessions will take place on: Thursday, 7 October 12-15 UT Tuesday, 12 October, 7-10 UT Hour 1: Welcome word – René Vermeulen (5min) LOFAR2.0 expected observing capabilities – Jason Hessels + Cees […]

The RF course is an excellent introduction for Digital / Analog engineers who are or will be involved in the development of RF systems.

ERIS 2022 is a week-long training in techniques of radio interferometry via lectures and tutorials. This school is the ninth of a series of summer schools sponsored by RadioNet and is hosted by JIVE – Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC & ASTRON – Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy. The topics covered by the lectures/tutorials will […]

Dear Colleagues, The NRAAC (Netherlands Radio Astronomy Advisory Committee) is pleased to announce the NL Radio Astronomy Community Day 2022 – the first in what we intend to be an annual event.  After two years of Covid pandemic it will be especially nice to see each other in person! The Community Day will be May […]

The third edition of the Next Generation Space VLBI workshop (ngSVLBI-2022), co-organised by JIVE and ASTRON in Dwingeloo (The Netherlands) will be held on 17-19 October 2022. The ngSVLBI-2022 workshop will focus on the future of high-resolution radio interferometry. Next-generation Space VLBI missions would be natural extensions of advanced Earth-based facilities such as global VLBI networks, (ng)EHT, […]

English follows Dutch   Bezoek ons tijdens onze open dag op 2 oktober Wij zijn gemakkelijk bereikbaar met de (elektrische) fiets. Kom je met de auto? Deze kunt je parkeren op het veld aan de Oude Hoogeveensedijk/Bosrand. Onze shuttlebus brengt je vervolgens gratis naar ons toe. Tijdens de open dag leer je van alles over […]

The 78th Dutch Astronomers’ Conference (“Nederlandse Astronomenconferentie”) will be organized by ASTRON the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy under the auspices of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Astronomenclub/Royal Netherlands Astronomical Society (KNA/RNAS) from 15 to 17 May 2023. The conference venue is the WestCord WTC hotel in Leeuwarden.

The RF course is an excellent introduction for Digital / Analog engineers who are or will be involved in the development of RF systems.

De cursus Toegepaste RF-techniek bestaat uit een theoriegedeelte (75%) en hands-on sessies in ons eigen lab (25%).
Deelnemers aan deze cursus dienen een hbo werk- en denkniveau te hebben. De deelnemer kent de basisbegrippen van elektronica. Parate kennis van wiskundige concepten is niet vereist, maar komt wel aan de orde bij de transmissielijntheorie. In de cursus wordt ook complexe rekenwijze toegepast.

Dear LOFAR Users, We are happy to announce that the 7th LOFAR Data School (LDS2024) will take place at ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (The Netherlands) in the week of 15-19 April, 2024. Rationale The goal of the school is to assist the participants in the generation and analysis of LOFAR science ready […]

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