Lorentz Center - ELSA school on the Science of Gaia from 19 Nov 2007 through 28 Nov 2007
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    ELSA school on the Science of Gaia
    from 19 Nov 2007 through 28 Nov 2007

 
Monday 19/11
Monday 19/11
 
09:30 – 09:45      Welcome by Lorentz Center staff and observatory director
 
09:45 - 11:15       Stellar astrophysics: stellar evolution, Yveline Lebreton
 
               coffee
 
11:45 – 13:15      Stellar astrophysics: stellar atmospheres, Andreas Korn
 
               lunch
 
14:15 – 14:45      Introduction to exercises
 
14:45 onwards     Students work on exercises
 
17:00                     Wine and  Cheese
 
 
Tuesday 20/11
 
09:00 – 10:30      Structure and dynamics of the Galaxy, Annie Robin
 
               coffee
 
11:00 – 12:30      Structure and dynamics of the Local Group, Mark Wilkinson
 
               lunch
 
13:30 onwards     Students work on exercises
 
 
Wednesday 21/11
 
09:00 – 10:30      Formation and evolution of the Galaxy in a cosmological context, Amina Helmi
 
               coffee
 
11:00 – 12:30      Chemical enrichment history of the Galaxy as encoded in its stars, Sofia Feltzing
 
               lunch
 
13:30 – 15:00      Poster presentation and discussion
 
               tea/coffee
 
15;30 – 17:00      Poster presentation and discussion
 
 
Thursday 22/11
 
09:00 – 10:30      Binaries, Jean Louis Halbwachs
 
               coffee
 
11:00 – 12:30      Exoplanets, Alessandro Sozzetti
 
               lunch
 
13:30 onwards     Students work on exercises
 
16:00     Observatory colloquium by Floor van Leeuwen on "The role of astrometry in astronomical research"
 
19:30     Social dinner at restaurant Asian Palace, Leiden town center
 
 
Friday 23/11
 
09:00 – 10:30      Fundamental physics, Sergei Klioner
 
               coffee
 
11:00 – 12:00      Dynamics and physical properties of small solar system bodies, Paolo Tanga
 
               lunch
 
13:30 – 15:00      Presentation exercise results and discussion
 
               tea/coffee
 
15:00 – 17:00      Presentation exercise results and discussion
 
 
Saturday 24/11 
                               Possible visit to ESTEC test centre
 
 
Week 2
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Monday 26/11
 
9:00-10:00            Grid Computing lecture and demo video 

 coffee
 
10:30-12:00         workshop: Live Grid 

               lunch 

13:00-13:30         parralelization issues solved by AGIS by Lennart Lindegren 

13:30-14:00         use case Tropomi Integrated Development Environment by Johan de Vries
 
 
 
 
14:00 – 17:00      Steering committee meeting
 
17:00                     Wine and Cheese
 
               
 
Tuesday 27/11
 
09:00 – 10:30      The building of ESA's science programme, Catherine Turon
 
               coffee
 
11:00 – 12:30      Realization of space projects as seen from the perspective of ESA, Rudolf Schmidt
 
               lunch
 
13:30 – 15:00      Realization of space projects as seen from the perspective of industry, Xavier Moisson
 
 
Wednesday 28/11
 
09:00 – 10:30      Interpretation of astrometric survey data, Anthony Brown
 
               coffee
 
11:00 – 12:30      Gaia in the context of other space missions and future ground-based observatories, James Binney
 
               lunch

 



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