FAQs

About the conference

• What is the SMA Interferometry School?
  The main goals of the school are to provide graduate students, advanced undergraduates, post-docs and scientists outside the field with a broad knowledge of interferometry and data reduction techniques at (sub)millimeter wavelengths. The workshop will provide a series of lectures focusing on fundamentals of radio interferometry, with a special emphasis on the Submillimeter Array (SMA) interferometer and its new capabilities.


• How is it different from similar interferometry schools?
  The school will also extensively utilize the SMA, located on Maunakea. Unlike other interferometry schools, school participants will propose, observe, and perform data reduction on their own projects as part of the curriculum.

Logistics

• Where is the SMA Interferometry School being held?
  The Submillimeter Array Interferometry School is normally held at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory offices (SAO) in Hilo, Hawaii. However, due to limitations imposed by the current pandemic, we have decided to hold the school virtually this year. All activities will be organized online, and we will aim to help support participation from across the globe.


• When is the SMA Interferometry School being held?
  The school will be held from 14-19 March 2021.


• What are the registration costs?
  There are no registration costs for the workshop.