IVS2016

from Sunday, 13 March 2016 (08:00) to Saturday, 19 March 2016 (18:00)


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
13 Mar 2016
14 Mar 2016
15 Mar 2016
16 Mar 2016
17 Mar 2016
18 Mar 2016
19 Mar 2016
AM
09:00
Opening and Welcome - Axel Nothnagel (Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, University of Bonn) Prof. Ludwig Combrinck (HartRAO) (until 09:15) ()
09:15
Oral1: Advances in VGOS Stations and Technology -Dr Gino Tuccari (INAF-IRA & MPI) Mr Evgeny Nosov (Institute of Applied Astronomy of RAS (IAA RAS)) (until 10:50) ()
09:15 <i>INVITED TALK:</i> Current Trends and Challenges in Satellite Laser Ranging - Dr Graham Appleby (NERC Space Geodesy Facility, Herstmonceux, UK)   ()
09:40 <i>INVITED TALK:</i> An Overview of the Japanese GALA-V Wideband VLBI System - Dr Mamoru Sekido (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology)   ()
Slides
10:05 IVS Retreat 2015 - Axel Nothnagel (Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, University of Bonn)   ()
10:20 BRAND EVN - Dr Gino Tuccari (INAF-IRA and MPI)   ()
10:35 Plan for a VLBI antenna in Tahiti from 2018 - Dr richard Biancale (CNES/GRGS)   ()
Slides
10:50 --- Tea / Coffee Break ---
11:15
Oral1: Advances in VGOS Stations and Technology -Mr Evgeny Nosov (Institute of Applied Astronomy of RAS (IAA RAS)) Dr Gino Tuccari (INAF-IRA &amp; MPI) (until 12:45) ()
11:15 Building a new core station in Ny-Ålesund - Mr Leif Morten Tangen (Norwegian Mapping Authority)   ()
11:30 The progress of Seshan VGOS station construction - Dr Guangli Wang (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory)   ()
Slides
11:45 VGOS observations with GGAO12M, Westford, and the new Kokee 12m antenna - Dr Arthur Niell (MIT Haystack Observatory)   ()
Paper
12:00 KPGO 12m Signal Chain Update, First Light and Beyond - Dr Chet Ruszczyk (MIT Haystack Observatory)   ()
12:15 Unveiling the VGOS Signal Chain at the Kokee Park Geophysical Observatory - Mr Ganesan Rajagopalan (MIT Haystack Observatory)   ()
12:30 Status and first results from the VGOS-compatible antenna Ws with an Elevenfeed at Wettzell - Gerhard Kronschnabl (Geodetic Observatory Wettzell)   ()
09:00
Oral2: VGOS Strategies and Expected Results - Brian Corey (MIT Haystack Observatory) Dr Bill Petrachenko (Natural Resources Canada) (until 10:30) ()
09:00 Next Generation Global Geodetic Networks for GGOS - Dr Dan MacMillan (NVI, Inc./NASA GSFC)   ()
09:15 VGOS Source Selection Criteria - Dr Bill Petrachenko (Natural Resources Canada)   ()
09:30 Observing with sibling and twin telescopes - Dr Lucia Plank (University of Tasmania)   ()
Slides
09:45 Prototyping automation and dynamic observing with the AuScope array - Dr Jim Lovell (University of Tasmania)   ()
Slides
10:00 Current status of an implementation of a system monitoring for seamless auxiliary data at the Geodetic Observatory Wettzell - Dr Alexander Neidhardt (Technische Universität München, Geodätisches Observatorium Wettzell)   ()
10:15 New generation VLBI: Intraday UT1 estimations - Prof. Alexander Ipatov (Institute of Applied Astronomy RAS)   ()
10:30 --- Tea / Coffee Break ---
11:00
Oral3: Stations, Correlators and Operations Centres -Dr Fengchun Shu (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory) Ed Himwich (NVI/NASA) (until 12:40) ()
11:00 <i>INVITED TALK:</i> Activities of the IERS Working Group on Site Survey and Co-location - Sten Bergstrand (SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden)   ()
11:25 First Local Ties from Data of the Wettzell Triple Radiotelescope Array - Prof. Torben Schüler (Geodetic Observatory Wettzell - BKG)   ()
11:40 Activities of Sejong station and toward the GGOS - Mr Sang Oh YI (NGII(National Geographic Information Institutue))   ()
11:55 Report on the current activities of GSI VLBI - Mr Ryoji Kawabata (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan)   ()
12:10 VERA K-band Geodetic VLBI experiment using newly developed high speed sampler and recorder - Dr Takaaki Jike (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)   ()
Slides
12:25 Optimizing the African VLBI Network for Astronomy and Geodesy - Dr Aletha de Witt (Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory)   ()
09:00
Oral3: Stations, Correlators and Operations Centres - Ed Himwich (NVI/NASA) Dr Fengchun Shu (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory) (until 10:45) ()
09:00 The Italian VLBI network: first results and future perspectives - Mr Matteo Stagni (IRA - INAF)   ()
09:15 A Technical Overview of the EVN - Dr Pablo de Vicente (Observatorio de Yebes (IGN))   ()
09:30 New DiFX sofware correlator cluster at Bonn - Arno Mueskens (IGG Uni Bonn)   ()
09:45 Real-time e-VLBI in the EVN and software correlation at JIVE - Dr Bob Campbell (JIVE)   ()
Slides
10:00 Current Status of Shanghai VLBI Correlator - Dr Wu Jiang (SHAO,CAS)   ()
10:15 The progress of VLBI digital backend in SHAO - Mr renjie zhu (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Science)   ()
10:30 The first geodetic VLBI field-test of LIFT: a 550Km long optical fiber link for remote antenna synchronization - Mr Matteo Stagni (IRA - INAF)   ()
10:45 --- Tea / Coffee Break ---
11:10
Oral4: Data structures and Analysis Strategies in the VGOS Era -Dr John Gipson (NVI Inc/GSFC NASA) Prof. Ludwig Combrinck (HartRAO) (until 12:25) ()
11:10 Constraining Least Squares VLBI Solutions - Dr Thomas Artz (Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, University of Bonn)   ()
11:25 Robust ambiguity estimation for automated analysis of Intensive sessions - Mr Niko Kareinen (Chalmers University of Technology)   ()
11:40 Results from the VLBI Analysis Software Comparison Campaign 2015 - Mr Grzegorz Klopotek (Chalmers University of Technology)   ()
Slides
11:55 Simulations of near real-time EOP estimation from a future VGOS network - Dr Tobias Nilsson (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences)   ()
Slides
12:10 Status Report Norwegian Mapping Authority Analysis Center - Ms Ann-Silje Kirkvik (Norwegian Mapping Authority)   ()
09:00
Oral5: Geodetic and Astrometric Results - Johannes Boehm (Technische Universität Wien) Dr Stanislav Shabala (University of Tasmania) (until 10:45) ()
09:00 Vienna contribution to the ICRF3 - Mr David Mayer (Technische Universität Wien)   ()
09:15 Status of the X/S Source Catalog - Dr David Gordon (NVI Inc./GSFC)   ()
09:30 Estimating the Celestial Reference Frame via Intra-Technique Combination - Mr Andreas Iddink (Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, University of Bonn)   ()
09:45 Selecting sources that define a stable celestial reference frame with the Allan variance - Dr Karine Le Bail (NVI, Inc.)   ()
10:00 Defining Sources Selection and Celestial Reference Frame Stability - Mr César GATTANO (SYRTE - Observatoire de Paris)   ()
Slides
10:15 The XKa Celestial Reference Frame: Assessing Accuracy - Mr Christopher Jacobs (JPL/NASA)   ()
Slides
10:30 About the extension of the coordinate parametrization of radio sources in VLBI - Dr Maria Karbon (GFZ)   ()
Slides
10:45 --- Tea / Coffee Break ---
11:15
Oral5: Geodetic and Astrometric Results - Johannes Boehm (Technische Universität Wien) Dr Stanislav Shabala (University of Tasmania) (until 12:45) ()
11:15 ICRF sources: How good is the 'deep' southern sky - Mr Sayan Basu (University of South Africa and Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory, South Africa)   ()
11:30 The structure of the radio source 0642+449 detected from CONT14 observations - Dr Minghui XU (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory)   ()
11:45 Images of VLBI calibrators from the BeSSeL survey - Dr Bo Zhang (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory)   ()
12:00 The Statistic Analysis of Atmospheric Effects of Differential VLBI - Mr Shuangjing Xu (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory)   ()
12:15 An Inequality Constrained Least-Squares approach as an alternative estimation procedure for atmospheric parameters from VLBI observations - Mr Sebastian Halsig (Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, University of Bonn)   ()
12:30 On the impact of different mapping functions on geodetic and tropospheric products from VLBI data analysis - Mr Kyriakos Balidakis (Technische Universität Berlin, Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation Science, Berlin, Germany)   ()
Slides
09:00 IVS Analysis Workshop   ()
09:00 IVS Directing Board meeting   ()
PM
16:00 Registration   ()
18:00 Icebreaker Reception   ()
12:45 --- Lunch ---
14:00
Oral1: Advances in VGOS Stations and Technology -Dr Gino Tuccari (INAF-IRA &amp; MPI) Mr Evgeny Nosov (Institute of Applied Astronomy of RAS (IAA RAS)) (until 14:45) ()
14:00 Operating Experience of Broadband Acquisition System on RT-13 Radio Telescopes - Mr Evgeny Nosov (IAA RAS)   ()
Slides
14:15 Current status of the development and performance of OCTAVE-DAS and Correlator System - Dr Tomoaki Oyama (NAOJ)   ()
14:30 On your Marks ... Flex, Buff and VGOS, partly even in real-time - Mr harro verkouter (Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC, Dwingeloo)   ()
14:45
Oral2: VGOS Strategies and Expected Results -Dr Bill Petrachenko (Natural Resources Canada) Brian Corey (MIT Haystack Observatory) (until 15:25) ()
14:45 <i>INVITED TALK:</i> Delay & Phase Calibration in VGOS Post-processing - Dr Roger Cappallo (MIT Haystack Observatory)   ()
15:10 Progress on the United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management initiative on the Global Geodetic Reference Frame and the Norwegian Mapping Authority's core station project at 79&deg; North - Mr Per Erik Opseth (Norwegian Mapping Authority)   ()
15:25 --- Get drinks, move to Poster area ---
15:45
Poster1-3 - Dirk Behrend (NVI, Inc./NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) (until 16:45) ()
15:45 Automated simultaneous local ties with GNSS and robot tachymeter - Sten Bergstrand (SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden)   ()
15:45 Current Status of Ishioka VGOS antenna - Mr Ryoji Kawabata (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan)   ()
15:45 Difxcalc: Calc11 for the DiFX Correlator - Dr David Gordon (NVI, Inc./GSFC)   ()
15:45 DOR Local-correlation Delay Model Calculation Experiment in CE-3 Mission - Yidan Huang (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory)   ()
15:45 First 2 Gbps observations between KVAZAR VGOS antennas and Yebes RAEGE antenna - Dr Pablo de Vicente (Observatorio de Yebes (IGN))   ()
15:45 First implementations of new monitoring capabilities as extension to the e-RemoteCtrl software - Dr Alexander Neidhardt (Technische Universität München, Geodätisches Observatorium Wettzell)   ()
15:45 First results of the FAST-S/X-sessions with new VGOS antennas - Dr Pablo de Vicente (Observatorio de Yebes (IGN)) Dr Alexander Neidhardt (Technische Universität München, Geodätisches Observatorium Wettzell)   ()
15:45 From CONT to VGOS: The Evolution of the CONT Campaigns - Mrs Cynthia Thomas (NVI, Inc.)   ()
Slides
15:45 High-speed data playback of VLBI hardware correlator - Ms Jiangying Gan (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory,CAS)   ()
Slides
15:45 How to register a VGOS-radio telescope at ITU and why it is important - Dr Vincenza TORNATORE (Politecnico di Milano - DICA) Brian Corey (MIT Haystack Observatory)   ()
15:45 Implementation of the VGOS Trials - Dirk Behrend (NVI, Inc.)   ()
Poster
15:45 Metsähovi Geodetic Fundamental Station in Finland - new VGOS site, plans, and current status - Dr Nataliya Zubko (Finnish Geospatial Research Institute)   ()
15:45 Operational VGOS Scheduling - Dr Bill Petrachenko (Natural Resources Canada)   ()
15:45 Plans and progress of the Vienna Correlator - Johannes Boehm (Technische Universität Wien)   ()
15:45 Preparations for a new VGOS radio telescope at HartRAO - Prof. Ludwig Combrinck (HartRAO)   ()
15:45 The Development of Hardware Correlator in SHAO - zhijun xu (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, CAS)   ()
15:45 The German Antarctic Receiving Station O’Higgins and its VLBI-capabilities - Mr Christian Plötz (Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie)   ()
15:45 The impact of the broadband VLBI on the next decade - Dr Mamoru Sekido (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology) Dr Kazuhiro Takefuji (NICT)   ()
15:45 The UN-GGIM Roadmap for the Global Geodetic Reference Frame - Dr Halfdan Pascal Kierulf (Norwegian Mapping Authority)   ()
15:45 Update on the Spanish-Portuguese RAEGE project - Dr Pablo de Vicente (Observatorio de Yebes (IGN))   ()
Slides
16:45 --- Drinks "refuel" ---
17:00
Poster4-6 -Dr Stanislav Shabala (University of Tasmania) (until 18:00) ()
17:00 <i>INVITED POSTER:</i> APOD mission status and observe APOD by VLBI - Dr Guangli Wang (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory)   ()
Poster
17:00 Application and development of VieVS at BACC - Johannes Boehm (Technische Universität Wien)   ()
17:00 Application of Kalman filtering for the analysis of Intensive sessions - Dr Tobias Nilsson (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences)   ()
Poster
17:00 Aspects of relativistic geodesy within the framework of VLBI and VGOS - Prof. Ludwig Combrinck (HartRAO)   ()
17:00 Completing the K-band Celestial Reference Frame in the North. - Dr Aletha de Witt (Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory)   ()
Poster
17:00 Connected-element interferometry and error analysis of Beidou GEO navigation satellites - Dr Fengchun Shu (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory)   ()
Poster
17:00 Hard- and software tools for the education of Geodetic VLBI - Prof. Thomas Hobiger (Chalmers / Onsala Space Observatory)   ()
17:00 Improvement of the IVS-INT01 Sessions - Dr John Gipson (NVI Inc/GSFC NASA)   ()
17:00 ivg::ASCOT: The Development of a new VLBI Software Package - Dr Thomas Artz (Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, University of Bonn)   ()
17:00 IVS Combiantion Center at BKG: Options and functions of the revised website - Sabine Bachmann (BKG)   ()
17:00 IVS Primary Data Center and Analysis Center at BKG - Dieter Ullrich (BKG)   ()
17:00 On the impact of inhomogeneities in meteorological data on VLBI data analysis - Mr Kyriakos Balidakis (Technische Universität Berlin, Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation Science, Berlin, Germany)   ()
Poster
17:00 Preliminary Results of VLBI observations of the Chang’E-3 Lunar Lander - Rüdiger Haas (Chalmers University of Technology) Axel Nothnagel (Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, University of Bonn)   ()
17:00 Progress on VLBI Ecliptic Plane Survey - Fengchun Shu (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory)   ()
Poster
17:00 Refinement of Rapid UT1 Estimation Derived from Tsukuba VLBI Measurements after 2011 Earthquake - Mr Gerald Engelhardt (BKG (Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy))   ()
17:00 The effects of quasar variability on astrometry - Dr Shabala Stanislav (University of Tasmania)   ()
17:00 The new Geodetic Research Data Management System at HartRAO - Ms Glenda Coetzer (HartRAO)   ()
Poster
17:00 The variable Earth annual retrograde nutation - Mr César GATTANO (SYRTE - Observatoire de Paris)   ()
Slides
17:00 Transition to the vgosDb data format. - Dr John Gipson (NVI Inc/GSFC NASA)   ()
17:00 Venus and Mars Express spacecraft observations with Wettzell radio telescopes - Dr Alexander Neidhardt (Technische Universität München, Geodätisches Observatorium Wettzell)   ()
17:00 Vienna contribution to ITRF2014 - Johannes Boehm (Technische Universität Wien)   ()
Poster
17:00 VieVS 2.3 - status of the Vienna VLBI Software and plans for the future - Johannes Böhm (Technische Universität Wien)   ()
17:00 VLBI Delay Reduced from S/C Observation and its Calibration in Chang’E Mission - Dr Guangli Wang (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory)   ()
Poster
17:00 VLBI sources in optical and radio - Mr César GATTANO (SYRTE - Observatoire de Paris)   ()
Slides
18:30 Meeting of the Monitor and Control Infrastructure (MCI) group   ()
18:30 WG on Galactic Aberration (WG8) meeting   ()
12:40 --- Lunch ---
13:40 --- Busses to HartRAO ---
14:20
Visit to HartRAO -Dr Aletha de Witt (Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory) Prof. Ludwig Combrinck (HartRAO) (until 19:00) ()
19:30 Asia-Oceania VLBI Group for Geodesy and Astrometry (AOV) meeting   ()
12:25
Oral5: Geodetic and Astrometric Results -Dr Stanislav Shabala (University of Tasmania) Johannes Boehm (Technische Universität Wien) (until 12:50) ()
12:25 <i>INVITED TALK:</i> IVS contribution to the ITRF2014 - Sabine Bachmann (BKG)   ()
Slides
12:50 --- Lunch ---
14:00
Oral5: Geodetic and Astrometric Results -Dr Stanislav Shabala (University of Tasmania) Johannes Boehm (Technische Universität Wien) (until 15:40) ()
14:00 The IVS Contribution to JTRF2014 - Dr Richard Gross (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)   ()
14:15 Application of Kalman filtering for the determination of a VLBI terrestrial reference frame - Mr Benedikt Soja (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences)   ()
Slides
14:30 VLBI processing at ESOC, the last piece for generating an independent reference frame - Ms Claudia Flohrer (ESOC - Navigation Support Office, Darmstadt, Germany)   ()
Slides
14:45 Combination of the two radio space geodetic techniques with VieVS during CONT14 - Dr Younghee Kwak (Technische Universität Wien)   ()
Slides
15:00 <i>INVITED TALK:</i> Status of the ICRF3 and Gaia activities - Dr Patrick Charlot (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux)   ()
15:25 Aspects of ICRF-3 - Dr Chopo Ma (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)   ()
16:20
Conference Dinner -Prof. Ludwig Combrinck (HartRAO) (until 22:30) ()
16:50 <i>DINNER TALK:</i> Half a century of geodetic VLBI analysis – a personal retrospect and future outlook - Prof. Harald Schuh (GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences)   ()
12:45 --- Lunch ---
14:15
Oral5: Geodetic and Astrometric Results - Johannes Boehm (Technische Universität Wien) Dr Stanislav Shabala (University of Tasmania) (until 15:15) ()
14:15 El Nino and VLBI measured LOD - Dr John Gipson (NVI Inc/GSFC NASA)   ()
14:30 Ultra-rapid earth rotation determination with VLBI during CONT11 and CONT14 - Rüdiger Haas (Chalmers University of Technology)   ()
14:45 Effects on Earth Orientation Parameters caused by different analysis options - Dr Robert Heinkelmann (GFZ Potsdam)   ()
15:00 Tidal atmospheric loading and VLBI - Mrs Anastasiia Girdiuk (TU Wien)   ()
15:15
Oral6: VLBI observations of Space Vehicles -Dr Vincenza TORNATORE (Politecnico di Milano - DICA) Rüdiger Haas (Chalmers University of Technology) (until 15:45) ()
15:15 E-GRIP: A Highly Elliptical Orbit Satellite Mission for Co-location in Space - Prof. Markus Rothacher (ETH Zurich)   ()
15:30 Near-field VLBI for Planetary Science - Dr Bob Campbell (JIVE)   ()
Slides
15:45 --- Tea / Coffee Break ---
16:15
Oral6: VLBI observations of Space Vehicles -Dr Vincenza TORNATORE (Politecnico di Milano - DICA) Rüdiger Haas (Chalmers University of Technology) (until 16:45) ()
16:15 VLBI observations of GNSS signals on the baseline Hobart-Ceduna – First results - Mr Andreas Hellerschmied (Technische Universität Wien)   ()
Slides
16:30 Accurate spacecraft positioning by VLBI imaging - Mr Weimin Zheng (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory,CAS)   ()
Slides
16:45 Closing Remarks - Axel Nothnagel (Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, University of Bonn)   ()
14:00 VGOS Technical Committee (VTC) meeting   ()
16:00 WG on ICRF3 meeting   ()