General Info
The I-HOW Radio Astronomy Capacity Building Workshop aims to provide a unique platform for students and young researchers from developing nations to learn how to analyze radio data from arrays such as VLA, ALMA, MeerKAT, and LOFAR. It will ideally open a unique opportunity to both increase the science return of the available data archives and encourage the junior to mid-career scientists in the region to learn about Radio Astronomy. A wide range of topics such as star and planet formation, galaxy formation and evolution, the interstellar and intergalactic medium, AGNs, dark matter, dark energy, cosmic magnetism, and transients will be ideally studied through the radio window.
The teams of experts include a number of renowned senior lecturers from various fields. One of the objectives of this workshop is to inspire and prepare young researchers to use future radio observatories like SKA, ngVLA, etc which will revolutionize our understanding about the Cosmos and Universe. These short training and teaching programs are very effective and provide ample opportunities for collaborative research with experts. This particular workshop also aims to highlight a number of research programs, in line with main research themes, in Iran and Türkıye and to explore new possibilities of Central/West Asia collaborations.
The I-HOW Capacity Building Workshops also promote cultural exchange between participants through various activities outside normal workshop hours. This is the first time the International Astronomical Union (IAU) organizes such a Capacity Building Workshop in Radio Astronomy thanks to the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. This workshop is initiated by Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences- IPM in Iran and will be held in collaboration with Ercıyes University and TAD in Türkıye.
Important dates
- First announcement: 12 April
- Registeration opens: 12 April
- Registration closes: 1 July
- Approved participants notification: 10 July
- Start of the workshop: 4 September
Scientific Organizing Committee
- Fatemeh Tabatabaei (SOC chair)
Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, Iran - Ibrahim Küçük (SOC co-chair)
Ercıyes University, Türkıye - Bradley Frank (I-HOW)
South African Radio Astronomy Observatory, SA - Violette Imprellizzeri (I-HOW)
Leiden University, The Netherlands - Shant Baghram
Sharif University of Technology, Iran - Masoumeh Ghasemi-Nodehi
Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, Iran - Habib Khosroshahi
Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, Iran - Baerbel Koribalski
CSIRO's Australia Telescope National Facility, Australia - Areg Mickaelian
Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, Armenia - Emmanuel Momjian
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, USA
Local Organizing Committee
- Inci Akkaya Oralhan (LOC chair)
Ercıyes University, Türkıye - Sinan Aliş (LOC co-chair)
Istanbul University, Türkıye - Mustafa Kürşad Yıldız (LOC co-chair)
Ercıyes University, Türkıye - Arash Danesh
Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, Iran - Mohammad Hosseinirad
Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, Iran - Sinan Kaan Yerli
Middle East Technical University, Türkıye - Cenk Kayhan
Ercıyes University, Türkıye - Hanieh Kiaee
Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, Iran - Korhan Yelkencı
Istanbul University, Türkıye
Lecturers (confirmed)
- Betsey Adams
Astron - Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy - Aida Ahmadi
Leiden Observatory - George Bendo
The University of Manchester - Jack Gallimore
Bucknell University - Roger Ianjamasimanana
Instituto Astrofísica Andalucía - Michael Janßen
Max-Planck-Institute for Radio Astronomy
- Mustafa Kürşad Yıldız
Ercıyes University - Giulia Macario
INAF - Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory - Nadeem Oozeer
South African Radio Astronomy Observatory - Rosita Paladino
University of Bologna - Cristiana Spingola
INAF - Institute for Radioastronomy in Bologna
