This workshop will facilitate direct exchange of skills and expertise in astrophysics, data science, and high-performance computing (HPC) in the context of radio astronomy by bringing together students, post-docs, and staff in an informal but focused research environment.
In addition to lectures and hands-on sessions, the workshop will heavily focus on short-term project development in a hackathon-like environment. Projects will be defined by invited project instigators and will cover a wide range of analysis challenges with MeerKAT data.
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The workshop is organised by Rhodes University, EPFL, and Venues for Conferences in Africa. Funding for the workshop is provided by the National Research Foundation, the the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory, and the Swiss National Science Foundation. Computational support for the workshop is provided by the Inter-university Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy (IDIA).