Welcome to ALMA Community Day!

1. Welcome to ALMA Community Day! Veronica Allen Kristina Nyland (NPP fellow, NASA Goddard) (NRC fellow, resident at NRL)

2. Introductions and Acknowledgements Kristina Nyland Veronica Allen • NPP fellow at NASA Goddard • PhD from Kapteyn Institute at the University of Groningen • ALMA, IRAM • Astrochemical modeling, high-mass star forming regions, protostars, planetary science, extraterrestrial oceans • Will be joining us this afternoon to lead OT tutorials • NRC fellow, resident at NRL • Previously a postdoc at NRAO-CV, ASTRON; PhD from NMT • VLA, ALMA, VLBA, global VLBI, LOFAR, GMRT • Galaxy evolution, AGN, outflows, extragalactic star formation, IMBHs, both low and high redshift • Experience serving on the ALMA Science Review Panel We thank the UMD Astronomy Department for support, and Marc Pound, Peter Teuben, and Alberto Bolatto for their help with workshop logistics and advertising! 2

3. Schedule 09:00 – 09:10 – Welcome and overview of workshop 09:10 – 09:50 – Introduction to NRAO 09:50 – 10:20 – Coffee break 10:20 – 11:00 – Introduction to radio interferometry 11:00 – 11:20 – ALMA capabilities 11:20 – 12:00 – Proposal preparation 12:00 – 13:00 – Lunch (provided for registered participants) 13:00 – 14:30 – ALMA Observing Tool tutorial 14:30 – 15:00 – Coffee break 15:00 – 16:30 – CASA simulations and imaging tutorial 16:30 – 17:00 – Workshop wrap-up and questions 3

4. Internet Access There are 2 options for WiFi access: 1) eduroam 2) umd-guest 4

5. Software If you haven’t downloaded in advance, you will need both to participate in the afternoon hands-on time! 1) ALMA OT https://almascience.nrao.edu/proposing/observing-tool Download the webstart version (will automatically download the most recent version each time you open it) 2) CASA https://casa.nrao.edu/casa_obtaining.shtml Download most recent version 5

6. Resources Questions answered within 48 hours (24/7 staffing during week before proposal deadline)https://help.almascience.org Up to $35k to support undergraduate or graduate student involvement in successful ALMA proposalshttps://science.nrao.edu/opportunities/student-programs/sos Support available upon request for authors from US institutions reporting ALMA/VLA results https://library.nrao.edu/pubsup.shtml NRAO covers travel expenses for up to 2 people from 2 teams per week to get observing support at the NAASChttps: //science.nrao.edu/facilities/alma/visitors-shortterm You too can become an ALMA Ambassador! https://science.nrao.edu/facilities/alma/ambassadors-program ALMA Helpdesk Student observing support Page charges Face-to-face visits ALMA ambassadors 6

7. Upcoming Events • NRAO Community Day UMBC • June 13-14, 2019 at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County • Hands-on sessions with a focus on the post-proposal stage, including observation preparation, data reduction, and imaging • https://science.nrao.edu/science/meetings/2019/umbc19/index • Radio/mm Astrophysical Frontiers in the Next Decade • June 25-27, 2019 at the UVA Inn at Darden in Charlottesville, VA • http://go.nrao.edu/ngVLA19_Registration • 7th VLA Data Reduction Workshop • October 7-18, 2019 at the NRAO in Socorro, NM • Advanced workshop not intended for radio interferometry beginners • https://science.nrao.edu/science/meetings/2019/vla-data-reduction 7