Centrum Astronomiczne im. M. Kopernika -- Workshop on "Virtual Observatory Tools and their applications"

Dear colleagues,

We had a successful and very fruitful VO workshop in Krakow. Below you will find several links to the science cases and presentations as well as some photos.

Workshop on: "Virtual Observatory Tools and their applications"
Kraków, Hotel Kazimierz
16-18 June, 2014

Programme

June 16 (Monday), 2014

12:00 Registration and "software testing"
13:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:15 Introductory talks
- 14:00 - 14:15 Introduction to the VO (M. Allen)
- 14:15 - 14:45 VO tools. Science with the VO. (F. Jimenez-Esteban)
- 14:45 - 15:00 VO activities in Poland (G. Stachowski & T. Kundera)
- 15:00 - 15:15 Introduction to the school
15:15 - 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 - 17:15 Tutorial #1 (1h45m)
- Title: CDS tutorial. The Antennae and other interacting galaxies Use case
- VO-tools: Aladin, Vizier, SIMBAD, CDS cross-match service
- Tutor: Mark Allen
17:15 - 17:30 Coffee break
17:30 - 19:15 Tutorial #2 (1h45m)
- Title: Determination of stellar physical parameters using VOSA
- VO-tools: VOSA
- Tutor: Francisco Jimenez-Esteban

June 17 (Tuesday), 2014

9:00 - 10:45 Tutorial #3 (1h45m)
- Title: The Coma cluster of Galaxies
- VO-tools: Aladin, TOPCAT
- Tutor: Massimo Ramella
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 - 13:00 Tutorial #4 (1h45m)
- Title: Interactions with catalogs and tables
- VO-tools: TOPCAT + STILTS
- Tutor: Jean-Baptiste Marquette
13:00 - 14:30 LUNCH
14:30 - 16:00 Tutorial #5 (1.5h)
- Title: Open Clusters
- VO-tools: CDS, Aladin, Topcat (TBD)
- Tutors: Tomasz Kundera / Grzegorz Stachowski
16:00 - 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 - 18:00 Participants' projects (groups)
19:00 - 23:00 Social Event & School Dinner

June 18 (Wednesday), 2014

09:30 - 10:30 Participants' projects (groups)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 13:00 Participants' projects (groups)
13:00 - 14:30 LUNCH
14:30 - 16:30 Project presentations
16:30 - 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 - 17:15 Feedback
17:15 - 17:30 Wrap-up
17:30: End of workshop

Pictures

Pictures taken during the event

Organization

The conference is organized under HECOLS (Polish-French collaboration in astrophysics) program, which is coordinated by prof. Paweł Haensel from N. Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warszawa and by dr. Jean-Baptiste Marquette from Institut d’Astrophysique, Paris. It is limited to about 30 participants including tutors.

Tutors

The tutors in alphabetic orders:

Mark Allen, CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg
Thomas Boch, CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg
Francisco Jimenez-Esteban, Centro de Astrobiología, Madrid
Tomasz Kundera, OA UJ, Kraków
Jean-Baptiste Marquette, Institut d’Astrophysique, Paris
Massimo Ramella, INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste
Grzegorz Stachowski, UP, Kraków

The Local Organizing Committee (LOC)

T. Kundera (OAUJ Kraków)
N. Siódmiak (CAMK Toruń)
R. Szczerba (CAMK Toruń)

Conference site and accomodation

The workshop will take place in hotel Kazimierz II in Kraków, ul. Starowiślna 60.

Ryszard Szczerba & Jean-Baptiste Marquette

on behalf of Organizers

Participants

Adhikari Tek Prasad - CAMK PAN
Bhatta Gopal - OA UJ
Biernacka Monika - UJK
Ciecieląg Paweł - CAMK PAN
Donatowicz Jadwiga - UT Wien
Drozd Katarzyna - CA UMK
Gładkowski Marcin - CAMK PAN
Godłowski Włodzimierz - IF UO
Hypki Arkadiusz - CAMK PAN
Iłkiewicz Krystian - CA UMK
Kahraman Filiz - UWr
Konorski Piotr - UW
Kulczak-Jastrzebska Magda - OA UJ
Lagadec Eric - Nice Observatory, France
Otulakowska-Hypka Magda - CAMK PAN
Ratajczak Milena - CAMK PAN
Siódmiak Natasza - CAMK PAN
Szczerba Ryszard - CAMK PAN
Wiśniewicz Mateusz - IA UZG
Zoła Stanisław - OA UJ
Żejmo Michał - IA UZG