https://fpra.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/ 2026-05-05T11:14:26+02:00 https://fpra.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/ https://fpra.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/lib/tpl/newday/images/favicon.ico text/html 2020-02-27T10:36:12+02:00 https://fpra.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/doku.php?id=talksposters:2020_tutorials:f01&rev=1582796172&do=diff [ Here is the link] text/html 2020-01-23T22:51:15+02:00 https://fpra.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/doku.php?id=talksposters:2020_tutorials:f02&rev=1579816275&do=diff Title: Getting information from your data. Non-parametric and parametric analysis. Description: You have your data. What's next? It is time to do some "information harvesting". In this tutorial we will overview some of the methods that are used to do exactly ths. We will look at both empirically and theory motivated data processing. DFT, Lomb-Scargle periodogramms, frequentist and Bayesian statistics, Gaussian processes are covered. text/html 2020-01-17T17:05:50+02:00 https://fpra.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/doku.php?id=talksposters:2020_tutorials:f03&rev=1579277150&do=diff Title: Non-detection analysis Description: Pulsar surveys don't necessarily return positive results. We are going to discuss how we can use non-detections in a useful way for different kinds of surveys. As an example, I am going to describe step by step the analysis regarding a targeted survey for millisecond pulsars. text/html 2020-03-06T07:23:56+02:00 https://fpra.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/doku.php?id=talksposters:2020_tutorials:m01&rev=1583475836&do=diff Title: Pulsars in a nutshell Description: I will go through the basic properties of pulsars and how they can be inferred. [ Here is the link] text/html 2020-01-17T16:42:29+02:00 https://fpra.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/doku.php?id=talksposters:2020_tutorials:m02&rev=1579275749&do=diff Title: How to use Docker and Singularity Description: Step-by-step tutorial on how to create your own Docker/Singularity images and how to use them.  Requirements: laptop in order to follow along is encouraged, and if you do, make sure to install Docker and Singularity (installation links provided on github page). <https://github.com/ghenning/PulsarTutorialJan2020> This link has all the info/material for my tutorial. At the top of the page are links to the installation guides for docke… text/html 2020-02-27T10:38:14+02:00 https://fpra.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/doku.php?id=talksposters:2020_tutorials:th01&rev=1582796294&do=diff Title: Gravitational Waves: Sources near and far Description: I will describe the coherent measurement and directional localization of gravitational waves with a 2 and 3-D pulsar timing arrays (PTAs).  An instructive example of primordial black holes illustrates how the same sources could be detected with both LIGO and PTAs. text/html 2020-01-17T16:53:13+02:00 https://fpra.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/doku.php?id=talksposters:2020_tutorials:th02&rev=1579276393&do=diff Title: Mass measurements and tests of general relativity with binary pulsars Description: In this talk, I will describe the timing of binary pulsars, with a particular emphasis on the measurement of post-Keplerian orbital parameters and their applications. text/html 2020-01-22T17:48:36+02:00 https://fpra.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/doku.php?id=talksposters:2020_tutorials:th03&rev=1579711716&do=diff Title: Timing new pulsars Description: I discovered a new pulsar now what?. In this hands-on tutorial I will show how to start timing a new pulsar to reach a phase connected solution. Requirements: access to machine where singularity is installed, example: numerix, miraculix. The singularity images to be used are contained in /homes/mscruces/singularity. To set up everything just source setup_env.sh which is contained in that directory. text/html 2020-01-17T16:46:14+02:00 https://fpra.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/doku.php?id=talksposters:2020_tutorials:tu01&rev=1579275974&do=diff Title:  Useful python packages Description: In my talk I will present basic packages for manipulating numerical tables, visualizing your results, performing bash commands through python, access pulsar archives with psrchive python package, and fitting models to your data. Requirements: For my talk I will use jupyter notebook. The packages that are required are: matplotlib, IPython, ipywidgets, numpy, os.path, glob, argsparse, subprocess, psrchive, astropy, scipy.stats . I have availabl… text/html 2020-01-17T16:47:46+02:00 https://fpra.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/doku.php?id=talksposters:2020_tutorials:tu02&rev=1579276066&do=diff Title: Description: For my hands on session, I have a github link (<https://github.com/prajwalvp/sql_db_tutorial/>) which will be updated with some relevant details. Requirements: docker, ipython and MySQLdb which is the python library that helps execute MySQL commands. text/html 2020-03-06T07:22:31+02:00 https://fpra.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/doku.php?id=talksposters:2020_tutorials:tu03&rev=1583475751&do=diff Title: Description: I will say a little bit about the pulsar emission mechanism, what we believe is valid etc. [ Here is the link] text/html 2020-01-17T16:44:21+02:00 https://fpra.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/doku.php?id=talksposters:2020_tutorials:tu031&rev=1579275861&do=diff Title:  Useful python packages Description: In my talk I will present basic packages for manipulating numerical tables, visualizing your results, performing bash commands through python, access pulsar archives with psrchive python package, and fitting models to your data. Requirements: For my talk I will use jupyter notebook. The packages that are required are: matplotlib, IPython, ipywidgets, numpy, os.path, glob, argsparse, subprocess, psrchive, astropy, scipy.stats . I have availabl… text/html 2020-02-27T10:24:59+02:00 https://fpra.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/doku.php?id=talksposters:2020_tutorials:w01&rev=1582795499&do=diff Title: RFI mitigation Description: Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) is the bane of many high time-resolution radio astronomers. It takes the form of unwanted, artificial, non-Gaussian signal in radio observations, and is caused by many conveniences of the modern age, from mobile phones to microwave ovens. This talk will cover the basics behind the RFI phenomenon, show examples of problems you may come across while searching your data for pulsars/single pulses, and highlight some examples of… text/html 2020-01-23T14:37:17+02:00 https://fpra.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/doku.php?id=talksposters:2020_tutorials:w02&rev=1579786637&do=diff Title: When and how to use GPUs Description:This tutorial will cover the basics of GPUs: architecture (what is it and what is it good for?), coding/compiling (how do I use one?) and tooling (how can I make this easy?) Requirements: Access to Numerix0 and a laptop connected to the MPIfR network. Notes: