Outreach Projects of the RAI Group

BIMA and Radio Astronomy

Radio astronomers, who rely upon computers to process their observations before they can "see" their results, are developing innovative tools and techniques to collaboratively control faraway instruments, form images of the unseen cosmos and analyze them in close to realtime. Created by NCSA's Education & Outreach Group with the assistance of Richard Crutcher and Ray Plante, this multimedia-rich exhibit provides a "virtual tour" of the BIMA Array and its pioneering role in the radio astronomy of the future.

RAI Demonstration at Supercomputing'95

The Radio Astronomy Imaging Group presented a demonstration of how high performance astronomical processing systems could be used to carry out near real time imaging of a complex source.

Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems VIII

NCSA and the University of Illinois Astronomy Department hosted the ADASS'98 conference in Urbana, Illinois November 1-4, 1998. It was attended by approximately 220 astronomers and software engineers. The Radio Astronomy Imaging group, in addition to playing a crucial role in the organization of the conference carried out two demonstrations and contributed a oral presentation.

The RAI Group Contributions to NCSA Training

At the NCSA Fall Training Workshop, Doug Roberts presented a lecture entitled: High Performance Computing from the Perspective of an Applications Scientist.