Lofar Data School September 2026
from
Wednesday, 16 September 2026 (08:00)
to
Wednesday, 23 September 2026 (18:00)
Monday, 14 September 2026
Tuesday, 15 September 2026
Wednesday, 16 September 2026
08:00
Arrival & registration
Arrival & registration
08:00 - 09:00
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
09:00
Welcome/Introduction
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Roberto Pizzo
Welcome/Introduction
Roberto Pizzo
09:00 - 09:15
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
09:15
Science with LOFAR
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Tim Shimwell
Science with LOFAR
Tim Shimwell
09:15 - 10:00
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
10:00
Break
Break
10:00 - 10:30
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
10:30
LOFAR data: from the telescope to the archive
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Noa Peters
LOFAR data: from the telescope to the archive
Noa Peters
10:30 - 11:00
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
11:00
Beamforming with LOFAR
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Vlad Kondratiev
Beamforming with LOFAR
Vlad Kondratiev
11:00 - 11:45
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
11:45
LOFAR imaging data flow
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Frits Sweijen
LOFAR imaging data flow
Frits Sweijen
11:45 - 12:30
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
13:30
LOFAR software landscape
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Vlad Kondratiev
Frits Sweijen
LOFAR software landscape
Vlad Kondratiev
Frits Sweijen
13:30 - 14:15
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
14:15
Container tests + initial inspection (tutorial + problem solving)
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LOC
Tammo Jan Dijkema
Container tests + initial inspection (tutorial + problem solving)
LOC
Tammo Jan Dijkema
14:15 - 15:00
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
15:00
Break
Break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
15:30
Systematic (instrumental & external) effects in LOFAR data: inspection & removal
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Cristina Cordun
Systematic (instrumental & external) effects in LOFAR data: inspection & removal
Cristina Cordun
15:30 - 16:30
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
16:30
Introduction to science challenges
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Tutors
LOC
Introduction to science challenges
Tutors
LOC
16:30 - 17:00
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
17:00
Welcome Reception (Borrel)
Welcome Reception (Borrel)
17:00 - 19:00
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
Thursday, 17 September 2026
09:00
LOFAR (self-) calibration
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Christian Groeneveld
LOFAR (self-) calibration
Christian Groeneveld
09:00 - 10:00
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
10:00
Quality assessment of LOFAR data
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Aleksandar Shulevski
Quality assessment of LOFAR data
Aleksandar Shulevski
10:00 - 10:30
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
10:30
Break
Break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
11:00
Introduction to pulsar science with LOFAR
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Nina Gusinskaia
Introduction to pulsar science with LOFAR
Nina Gusinskaia
11:00 - 11:45
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
11:45
Reading BF HDF5 data with Python
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Cees Bassa
Vlad Kondratiev
David McKenna
Reading BF HDF5 data with Python
Cees Bassa
Vlad Kondratiev
David McKenna
11:45 - 12:45
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
12:45
Lunch
Lunch
12:45 - 13:45
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
13:45
Solar data analysis and imaging
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Soham Dey
Maaijke Mevius
Solar data analysis and imaging
Soham Dey
Maaijke Mevius
13:45 - 15:45
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
15:45
Break
Break
15:45 - 16:15
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
16:15
Q&A session / time to catch up on tutorials / work on science challenge
Q&A session / time to catch up on tutorials / work on science challenge
16:15 - 17:00
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
18:00
School dinner + pubquiz
School dinner + pubquiz
18:00 - 20:00
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
Friday, 18 September 2026
09:00
Low frequency (Wide field) imaging
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André Offringa
Low frequency (Wide field) imaging
André Offringa
09:00 - 10:00
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
10:00
Analysis techniques to characterize extended sources
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Andrea Botteon
Analysis techniques to characterize extended sources
Andrea Botteon
10:00 - 10:45
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
10:45
Break
Break
10:45 - 11:15
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
11:15
LOFAR VLBI
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Frits Sweijen
LOFAR VLBI
Frits Sweijen
11:15 - 12:15
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
12:15
Lunch + Tour of the Dwingeloo telescope / LOFAR documentary at 12:35
Lunch + Tour of the Dwingeloo telescope / LOFAR documentary at 12:35
12:15 - 13:15
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
13:15
VLBI data analysis and lofar_facet_selfcal tool usage
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Roland Timmerman
VLBI data analysis and lofar_facet_selfcal tool usage
Roland Timmerman
13:15 - 14:30
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
14:30
LOFAR LBA: LiLF
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Jort Boxelaar
LOFAR LBA: LiLF
Jort Boxelaar
14:30 - 15:30
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
15:30
Break
Break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
16:00
Science Lecture: From the Extremely Large Telescope to tiny ones
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Ramon Navarro
Science Lecture: From the Extremely Large Telescope to tiny ones
Ramon Navarro
16:00 - 17:00
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
Saturday, 19 September 2026
08:00
Free day
Free day
08:00 - 16:00
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
Sunday, 20 September 2026
13:00
Excursion to LOFAR Core site and Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT)
Excursion to LOFAR Core site and Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT)
13:00 - 17:00
Monday, 21 September 2026
09:00
Cosmic Ray and Lightning Science with LOFAR Transient Buffers
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Katherine Mulrey
Cosmic Ray and Lightning Science with LOFAR Transient Buffers
Katherine Mulrey
09:00 - 09:30
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
09:30
Working with LOFAR Transient Buffer Data
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Brian Hare
Working with LOFAR Transient Buffer Data
Brian Hare
09:30 - 10:00
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
10:00
The Sky is the Limit: Astronomy Research Within Planetary Boundaries
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Pragya Chawla
The Sky is the Limit: Astronomy Research Within Planetary Boundaries
Pragya Chawla
10:00 - 10:30
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
10:30
Break
Break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
11:00
Transient analysis
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Antonia Rowlinson
Transient analysis
Antonia Rowlinson
11:00 - 11:30
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
11:30
Work on science challenge
Work on science challenge
11:30 - 12:30
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
13:30
Star and exoplanet research with LOFAR
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Sanne Bloot
Star and exoplanet research with LOFAR
Sanne Bloot
13:30 - 14:15
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
14:15
Science exploitation of wide field sky images
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André Offringa
Science exploitation of wide field sky images
André Offringa
14:15 - 15:00
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
15:00
Break
Break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
15:30
Work on science challenge
Work on science challenge
15:30 - 17:00
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
Tuesday, 22 September 2026
09:00
The coming renaissance in radio astronomy
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Joe Callingham
The coming renaissance in radio astronomy
Joe Callingham
09:00 - 09:30
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
09:30
Low frequency science with LOFAR2.0: future perspective
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Emanuela Orru
Low frequency science with LOFAR2.0: future perspective
Emanuela Orru
09:30 - 10:30
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
10:30
Break
Break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
11:00
Work on science challenge
Work on science challenge
11:00 - 12:30
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
13:30
Work on science challenge
Work on science challenge
13:30 - 15:00
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
15:00
Break
Break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
15:30
Work on science challenge
Work on science challenge
15:30 - 17:00
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
Wednesday, 23 September 2026
09:00
Science challenge - finalization
Science challenge - finalization
09:00 - 10:00
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
10:00
Break
Break
10:00 - 10:30
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
10:30
Science challenge presentations
Science challenge presentations
10:30 - 12:00
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
12:00
Q&A session + Feedback questionnaire
Q&A session + Feedback questionnaire
12:00 - 12:30
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
12:30
Concluding remarks, school closing ceremony
Concluding remarks, school closing ceremony
12:30 - 13:00
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
13:00
Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
Room: van der Hulst auditorium
14:00
Departure
Departure
14:00 - 15:00
Room: van der Hulst auditorium