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2017-Mar-23,30 & Apr-04
ALMA Cycle-5 Korea-ARC Town Meeting

1) 2017.03.23 (Seoul National University, 서울대)

-Place: SNU, Hall-19, room# 212 (서울대 19동 212호)

-Language: Korean

-Time: 14:00 - 17:35

-Program

  • 14:00 - 14:30 ALMA science 3 talks (10min/student)
  • 14:30 - 15:00 ALMA Cycle 4 Proposer's Guide and Capability (Jongsoo Kim)
  • 15:00 - 15:25 Introduction to the ALMA Observing Tool (Aran Lyo)
  • 15:25 - 15:50 Introduction to the ALMA Archive (Ji-Hyun Kang)
  • 15:50 - 16:15 Break
  • 16:15 - 16:45 ALMA Science Cases with our Galaxy (Woojin Kwon)
  • 16:45 - 17:15 ALMA Science Cases beyond our Galaxy (Se-Heon Oh)
  • 17:15 - 17:35 Discussion

2) 2017.03.30 (KIAS, 고등과학원)

-Place: KIAS, room# 1423 (고등과학원 1423호)

-Language: English

-Time: 14:00 - 17:30

-Program

  • 14:00 - 14:50 ALMA Science Cases beyond our Galaxy (Se-Heon Oh)
  • 14:50 - 15:10 ALMA Science 2 talks (10min per person)
  • 15:10 - 15:30 Break
  • 15:30 - 16:00 ALMA Cycle 4 Proposer's Guide and Capability (Jongsoo Kim)
  • 16:00 - 16:30 Introduction to the ALMA Observing Tool (Aran Lyo)
  • 16:30 - 17:00 Introduction to the ALMA Archive (Ji-Hyun Kang)
  • 17:15 - 17:35 Discussion

3) 2017.04.04 (KASI, 한국천문연구원)

-Place: KASI, Jangyoungsil-Hall, room# 331 (장영실 331호)

-Language: English

-Time: 13:30 - 17:30

-Program

  • 13:30 - 14:00 ALMA Science Cases with our Galaxy (Woojin Kwon)
  • 14:00 - 14:30 ALMA Science Cases beyond our Galaxy (Kijeong Yim)
  • 14:30 - 14:50 Observations of the Sun using the ALMA (Sujin Kim)
  • 14:50 - 15:30 Break
  • 15:30 - 16:00 ALMA Cycle 4 Proposer's Guide and Capability (Jongsoo Kim)
  • 16:00 - 16:30 Introduction to the ALMA Observing Tool (Aran Lyo)
  • 16:30 - 17:00 Introduction to the ALMA Archive (Ji-Hyun Kang)
  • 17:00 - 17:30 Discussion






2017-Feb-20~21
ALMA ACA TP (Total Power) Array GPU Spectrometer Preliminary Design Review

ALMA ACA TP Array GPU Spectrometer PDR was held at KASI in Feb 20~21, 2017.

Day 1 - Monday Feb 20
    • 09:30-10:00 Welcome and Logistics - 30 mins
    • 10:00-10:20 Overview and top-level science requirements - 20 mins
    • 10:20-11:00 Technical requirements - 40 mins
    • 11:00-11:15 Tea break - 15 mins
    • 11:15-12:15 Externa interface requirements: hardware - 60 mins
    • 12:15-13:30 Lunch. - 75 mins
    • 13:30-14:15 Externa interface requirements: software - 45 mins
    • 14:15-14:45 Preliminary design, feasibility and current status - 30 mins
    • 14:45-15:15 Project plan and schedule - 30 mins
    • 15:15-15:30 Tea break - 15 mins
    • 15:30-16:30 RID review - 60 mins
    • 16:30-18:00 Closed panel discussion - 90 mins
    • 18:00-19:00 to restaurant - 60 mins
    • 19:00-21:00 Dinner - 120 mins

    • Day 2 - Tuesday Feb 21
    • 09:30-10:45 RID Review - 75 mins
    • 10:45-11:00 Tea break - 15 mins
    • 11:00-12:00 Review panel Close section - 60 mins
    • 12:00-12:30 Preliminary Review Board Response 30 min - 30 mins
    • 12:30-13:45 Lunch - 75 mins
    • 13:45-15:45 Reserved for annex meetings & report preparation - 120 mins






    • 2016-Oct-24
      ALMA/ASTE F2F Meeting

      The 7th KASI/NAOJ F2F (face to face) meeting to discuss for the future ALMA/ASTE instrument update.
      The meeting was held at KASI for two days (Oct 24-25, 2016).

      F2F meeting program
      • Oct 24, day one
        • Session I: ACA TP spectrometer
        • 09:00-09:40: Update of the GPU spectrometer development (J. Kim)
        • 09:40-10:10: Interface of the GPU spectrometer for ALMA TP (M. Watanabe)
        • 10:10-10:40: Interface of the GPU spectrometer for the KVN and simulator for the GPU spectrometer (J. Wagner)

        • 10:40-11:00: Coffee break

        • 11:00-12:00: discussion (J. Kim)
          • Power attenuation of the optical splitter
          • Interface of the GPU spectrometer for the ASTE, etc.
          • DRXP testing plan

        • 12:00-13:00: Lunch

        • Session II: ASTE FPA
        • 13:00-13:40: Progress update on ASTE FPA frontend development in the KASI (J.W. Lee)
        • 13:40-14:20: Progress update on ASTE FPA frontend development in the NAOJ (S. Asayama)
        • 14:20-14:35: Progress report on the measurement system in the KASI (H.W. Kang)
        • 14:35-14:50: Current status of feedhorn design (B.W. Lee)

        • 14:50-15:10: Coffee break

        • 15:20-17:30: discussion (J.W. Lee)
          • Scheduling (J.W. Lee)
          • Identifying risky components and tasks
          • w/g interface issues

      • Oct 25, day two
        • Session III: Scheduling
        • 09:00-10:00: Discussion on spectrometer (J. Kim and S. Asayama):
          • Scheduling
          • Document preparation for ALMA management team
          • PDR plan for the TP GPU spectrometer, etc

        • 10:00-10:20: Coffee break

        • 10:20-10:35: Discussion on the ALMA backlog issue (S. Iguchi)
        • 10:35-12:00: Discussion on front end (J.W. Lee and S. Asayama)
          • Resuming remaining discussion items from the first day
          • Management issue on OMT development
          • Task assignment
      List of Participants:
      • NAOJ: Satoru Iguchi, Daisuke Iono, Shin'ichiro Asayama, Manabu Watanabe, Kazuyuki Kawakami, Scott Zang, Shan Wenlei, Takafumi Kojima, Alvaro Gonzalez, Matthias Kroug, Takashi Nakamoto, Tetsuhito Minamidani (NRO)
      • KASI: Jongsoo Kim, Aran Lyo, Jung-Won Lee, Bangwon Lee, Hyunwoo Kang, Doheung Je, Seog-tae Han, Woojin Kwan, Se-heon Oh

      ASTE oct 2016 F2F meeting






      2016-Mar-23
      ALMA/ASTE F2F Meeting

      The 5th KASI/NAOJ F2F (face to face) meeting to discuss for the future ALMA/ASTE instrument update.
      The meeting was held at KVN TAMNA site site for three days (Mar 23-25, 2016).

      F2F meeting program
      • March 23, day one
        • Session I: ASTE FPA
        • 09:00-09:45: Progress updates (J-W. Lee)
        • 09:45-10:30: NAOJ Receiver updates (S. Asayama)

        • 10:30-10:50: Coffee break

        • 10:50-11:20: Current status of ASTE corrugated horn development (B. Lee)
        • 11:20-11:50: Progress report on LO designs (D.-H. Je)
        • 11:50-12:00: TBD (brief summary of JCMT instrumentation panel meeting)

        • 12:00-13:00: Lunch box

        • Session II: ACA TP Spectrometer
        • 13:00-13:30: Progress Updates (J. Kim)
        • 13:30-14:00: Lab Tests of the GPU spectrometer (J. Wagner)
        • 14:00-14:30: Design and implementation, ICDs, data format, timing signals, etc. (M. Watanabe/S. Zang)
        • 14:30-15:00: ACA TP Spectrometer Study of the EMI test method (K. Kawakami)

        • 15:00-15:20: Coffee break

        • 15:20-17:30: Discussion lead by J. Kim
          • D. Iono, ACA TP Spectrometer .- Overall Plan -
          • S. Asayama, WBS and schedule for ACA TP spectrometer PDR

      • March 24, day two
        • Session III: PDR planning for the ACA TP spectrometer
        • 09:00-12:00: Discussion lead by J. Kim
          • J. Kim PDR documentation for ACA TP spectrometer, PDR scope, objectives, task assignment, etc

        • 12:00-13:00: Lunch box

        • Session IV: ASTE Single feed Receiver
        • 13:00-17:30: Discussion lead by J.-W. Lee
          • design overview(J.-W. Lee)
          • specification check(S. Asayama)
          • NAOJ contribution (S.Asayama)
          • component progress check(J.W. Lee)
          • sampler(H. Kang)
          • spectrometer(J. Kim)

      • March 25, day three
        • Session V: Summary and discussion
        • 09:00-09:15: Summary of the ACA TP spectrometer development (J.Kim)
        • 09:15-10:10: Discussion

        • 10:10-10:30: Coffee break

        • 10:30-10:45: Summary of the single- and multi-beam receivers (J.W. Lee)
        • 10:45-12:00: Discussion

      List of Participants:
      • NAOJ: Satoru Iguchi, Daisuke Iono, Shin'ichiro Asayama, Manabu Watanabe, Kazuyuki Kawakami, Scott Zang, Shan Wenlei, Takafumi Kojima, Alvaro Gonzalez, Matthias Kroug, Tetsuhito Minamidani (NRO)
      • KASI: Jongsoo Kim, Aran Lyo, Jung-Won Lee, Bangwon Lee, Hyunwoo Kang, Doheung Je

      ASTE mar 2016 F2F meeting






      2016-Feb-29
      Korea-ARC node Town meetings for the ALMA Cycle 4

      Two Korea-ARC node town meetings for the ALMA Cycle 4 will be held in March 2016. The main purpose of the town meeting is to introduce the upgraded ALMA capabilities for the Cycle 4 observations and help users to prepare their proposals.

      Town meeting program
      28 March 2016: KASI (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)

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      21 March 2016: SNU (Seoul Naitonal University)
      • Lecture: How to Prepare ALMA Proposal
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      18 March 2016: KIAS (Korea Institute For Advanced Study)
      • 14:00 - 14:30 ALMA Cycle 4 Proposer's Guide and Capability (Jongsoo Kim)
      • 14:30 - 15:00 ALMA Science Cases beyond our Galaxy (Woojin Kwon)
      • 15:00 - 15:20 Introduction to the ALMA Archive (Ji-Hyun Kang)
      • 15:20 - 15:40 Break
      • 15:40 - 16:10 Introduction to the ALMA Observing Tool (Aran Lyo)
      • 16:10 - 16:30 How to Write Technical Justification and Introduction to the ALMA Simulator (Woojin Kwon)
      • 16:30 - 16:50 Break
      • 16:50 - 17:30 Q&A
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      2015-Oct-1
      ALMA/ASTE F2F Meeting

      The 3rd KASI/NAOJ F2F (face to face) meeting to discuss for the future ALMA/ASTE instrument update.
      The meeting was held at KVN TAMNA site site for two days (Oct 1-2, 2015).

      F2F meeting program
      • October 1, day one
        • 08:30-09:00 sandwich coffee at the workshop place

        • Session I: spectrometer

        • 09:00-09:15 ACA Spectrometer System Overview and Architecture (Satoru Iguchi)
        • 09:15-09:30 ACA Spectrometer Technical Specifications for ALMA (Shin'ichiro Asayama)
        • 09:30-10:30 ACA Spectrometer ICDs for ALMA (Manabu Watanabe)
        • 10:30-10:45 ACA Spectrometer Theoretical Consideration and Numerical Analysis (Kazuyuki Kawakami)

        • 10:45-11:00 coffee break

        • 11:00-11:30: GPU Polyphase Filter Bank (Jan Wagner)
        • 11:30-12:00: Revised Test Results of a GPU spectrometer (Jongsoo Kim)

        • 12:00-13:30 lunch box

        • 13:30-15:00 Discussion on ACA Spectrometer Development Strategy and Schedule, (leaded by S. Asayama)

        • 15:00-15:15 coffee break

        • Session II: Receivers for ASTE

        • 15:15-15:45 Updates on ASTE FPA Frontend development at KASI (Jung-Won Lee)
        • 15:45-16:00 Rx update at NAOJ (Shin'ichiro Asayama)
        • 16:00-16:15 Study on ASTE FPA LO Configuration (Do-Heung Je)
        • 16:15-16:30 Design considerations for silicon-stacked corrugated horns (Bangwon Lee)
        • 16:30-18:00 Discussion on ASTE FPA Development Strategy and Schedule (leaded by Jung-Won Lee)

        • 18:30-20:00 dinner

      • October 2, day two
        • 08:30-09:00 sandwich and coffee at the workshop place

        • Session III: Discussions

        • 09:00-10:00 ACA Spectrometer: Issues, risks, and Q&A, leaded by J. Kim and S. Iguchi
        • 10:00-11:00 Receivers for ASTE: Issues, risks, and Q&A, leaded by J.-W. Lee and S. Asayama
        • 11:00-11:30 meeting summary, Jung-Won Lee

        • 12:00-17:00 (Hala Mountain Climbing from YoungSil)
      List of Participants:
      • NAOJ: Satoru Iguchi, Daisuke Iono, Shin'ichiro Asayama, Matthias Kroug, Alvaro Gonzalez Garcia, Takafumi Kojima, Manabu Watanabe, Kazuyuki Kawakami
      • NRO: Tetsuhiro Minamidani
      • KASI: Jongsoo Kim, Jung-Won Lee, A-ran Lyo, Do-heung Je, Young-woo Kang, Bangwon Lee

      ASTE oct 2015 F2F meeting







      2015-May-13
      ALMA/ASTE F2F Meeting

      The KASI/NAOJ F2F (face to face) meeting to discuss for the future ALMA/ASTE instrument update.
      The meeting was held at KASI for two days (May 11-12, 2015).

      Major discussion agenda:
      1. Future EA and Korea plans for the ALMA
      2. Future plan for the ASTE instrumentation
      3. Spectrometers and Correlators
      4. Discussion on ASTE/ALMA collaboration
      List of Participants:
      • NAOJ: Satoru Iguchi, Daisuke Iono, Shin'ichiro Asayama, Takeshi Okuda, Matthias Kroug, Alvaro Gonzalez Garcia, Takafumi Kojima
      • KASI: Jongsoo Kim, Jung-Won Lee, A-ran Lyo, and Korean ARC members and Engineers and Technicians in the Radio division.

      ASTE mar 2015 F2F meeting







      2015-Mar-2
      Korea-ARC node Town meetings

      The Korea ARC node will hold a series of town meetings for the ALMA Cycle 3 preparation. The main purpose of the town meeting is to introduce the upgraded ALMA capabilities and help users to prepare their proposals. Three half day meetings and one full day meeting are scheduled.

      The full day event
      Full day town meeting program
      Full day town meeting dates
      03 April 2015: KASI (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
      • place: KASI, Jangyoungsil-Hall, room# 331
      • time: 13:00 - 17:40
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      The half day event (in the afternoon)
      Half day town meeting program
      • ALMA Cycle 3 capabilities (30 min)
      • ALMA Science cases (30 min)
      • ALMA Archive data (30 min)
      • ALMA Observing Tool (OT) practice (1.5 hrs) :
      • install OT from here (OT for cycle 3 will be released on March 24, 2015)
      • Discussion (0.5~1 hr)
      Half day town meeting dates
      25 March 2015: KIAS (Korea Institute For Advanced Study) + Sejong Univ.
      • place: KIAS, room# 1423 (고등과학원 1423호)
      • time: 2:00-6:00 PM
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      26 March 2015: SNU (Seoul National Univ.) + Yonsei Univ.
      • place: SNU, Hall-19, room# 212 (서울대 19동 212호)
      • time: 3:00-6:00 PM
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      27 March 2015: KyungHee Univ.
      • place: KHU Astronomical Observatory, 1st floor projection room (경희대 천문대 1층 영상실)
      • time: 1:00-4:00 PM
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Korean ARC Node is to provide support service to the ALMA user community in Korea