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African School on Space Science: Related Applications and Awareness for Sustainable Development of the Region | (smr 2631)
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  • Monday, 30 June 2014
    • 08:30 - 17:00
      • 08:30 Registration and Administrative Formalities 1h15'
      • 09:45 Opening Ceremony 45'
        Speaker: Workshop Directors and Guests of Honors
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 11:00 Introduction to Space Weather and its Impact on our Daily Lives 45'
        Speaker: Endawoke Yizengaw (USA)
        Material: lecture notes
      • 11:45 Panel Discussion, Moderator: P. Doherty, Panelists: C. Amory (FR), K. Groves (USA), M. Hughes (Rwanda), C. Monstein (CH), B. Rabiu (Nigeria), P. Sibanda (Zambia), J. Uwamahoro (Rwanda), E. Yizengaw (USA) 1h15'
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h15'
      • 14:15 Current Status of Space Science Development in Africa 45'
        Speaker: Babatunde Rabiu (Nigeria)
        Material: lecture notes
      • 15:00 Astronomy and Space Science Education, Research and Outreach in Rwanda: Current Status and Beyond 30'
        Speaker: Nkundabakura Pheneas (Rwanda)
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 16:00 Project Descriptions: Introduction to research projects that will be performed throughout the workshop 1h0'
        Speaker: Christine Amory (France)
      • 17:00 Close
  • Tuesday, 1 July 2014
    • 09:00 - 17:30
      • 09:00 Solar Eruptive Phenomena 1h30'
        Speaker: Nat Gopalswamy (presented by Jean Uwamahoro)
        Material: lecture notes
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 11:00 The Sun-Earth Connections through the Dynamo Process 1h0'
        Speaker: Christine Amory (France)
        Material: lecture notes
      • 12:00 Monitoring the Sun with the CALLISTO Solar Spectrometer 1h0'
        Speaker: Christian Monstein (Switzerland)
        Material: lecture notes
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
      • 14:00 Analysis of the Trends, Characteristics and Predictability of Geo-effective Solar Transients 1h0'
        Speaker: Jean Uwamahoro (Rwanda)
        Material: lecture notes
      • 15:00 Accessing Space Weather Data 30'
        Speaker: Endawoke Yizengaw
        Material: lecture notes
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 16:00 Project Time: Time to work on group projects 1h30'
      • 17:30 Close
  • Wednesday, 2 July 2014
    • 09:00 - 21:00
      • 09:00 Tutorial: The Ionosphere 1h30'
        Speaker: Keith Groves (USA)
        Material: lecture notes
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 11:00 The Equatorial Electrojet 1h0'
        Speaker: Vafi Doumbia (Cote D\'Ivoire)
        Material: lecture notes
      • 12:00 Electrodynamic Coupling Between High and Low Latitudes 1h0'
        Speaker: Christine Amory
        Material: lecture notes
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
      • 14:00 Tutorial on Open Source Tools to Process GNSS Data for Space Science Studies in Africa 1h30'
        Speaker: Patrick Sibanda (Zambia)
        Material: lecture notes
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 16:00 Project time: Time to work on group projects 1h30'
      • 17:30 Close
      • 19:00 Reception Dinner (Sportsview Hotel) 2h0'
  • Thursday, 3 July 2014
    • 09:10 - 18:00
      • 09:10 AMBER Magnetometers Network and Longitudinal Differences of Equatorial Electrodynamics and Ionospheric Vertical Density Distribution 45'
        Speaker: Endawoke Yizengaw (USA)
        Material: lecture notes
      • 09:45 Geomagnetic and Magnetic Indices 45'
        Speaker: Christine Amory (France)
        Material: lecture notes
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 11:00 Geomagnetic Storms 45'
        Speaker: Anthea Jane Coster (USA)
        Material: lecture notes
      • 11:45 The Monitor Project 45'
        Speaker: Yannick Beniguel (France)
        Material: lecture notes
      • 12:30 Administrative Details/Discussions 30'
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
      • 14:00 Multiple Phase Screen Scintillation Modeling 45'
        Speaker: Yannick Beniguel
        Material: lecture notes
      • 14:45 Processing Ionospheric Data using MATLAB: Space Applications and Hands-on Demonstration 45'
        Speaker: Daniel Okho (Nigeria)
        Material: lecture notes
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 16:00 Processing Ionospheric Data using MATLAB continued 30'
      • 16:30 Project time: Time to work on group projects 1h30'
      • 18:00 Close
  • Monday, 7 July 2014
    • 09:10 - 17:30
      • 09:10 GNSS Fundamentals 1h0'
        Speaker: John Raquet (USA)
        Material: lecture notes
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 11:00 GNSS Fundamentals continued 2h0'
        Speaker: John Raquet
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
      • 14:00 Introduction to Ionosondes 1h0'
        Speaker: Endewoke Yizengaw (USA)
        Material: lecture notes
      • 15:00 The International Committee on GNSS 30'
        Speaker: Sharafat Gadimova (Austria (presented by Patricia Doherty))
        Material: lecture notes
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 16:00 Project Time: time to work on group projects 1h30'
      • 17:30 Close
  • Tuesday, 8 July 2014
    • 09:00 - 17:00
      • 09:00 GNSS Calculations Lab 1h30'
        Speaker: John Raquet
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 11:00 Integrated GNSS - GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, QZSS and BeiDou for Consumer Applications 2h0'
        Speaker: Frank Van Diggelen (USA)
        Material: lecture notes
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
      • 14:00 Integrated GNSS continued 1h30'
        Speaker: Frank Van Diggelen
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 16:00 Got GPS? The Navigation Gap 1h0'
        Speaker: Mikel Miller (USA)
        Material: lecture notes
      • 17:00 Close
  • Wednesday, 9 July 2014
    • 09:00 - 17:00
      • 09:00 An Overview of Using Multiple Data Sources to Study Ionospheric Dynamics over the African Sector 45'
        Speaker: John Bosco Habarulema (SANSA, South Africa)
        Material: lecture notes
      • 09:45 Closing the Geophysical Data Gap: Recent Developments on Space Science Observations and Studies Based on GPS data in Zambia 45'
        Speaker: Patrick Sibanda
        Material: lecture notes
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 11:00 Ionospheric Modeling and Data Assimilation 1h0'
        Speaker: Bruno Nava (ICTP, Italy)
        Material: lecture notes
      • 12:00 TEC Estimation Using GNSS 50'
        Speaker: Luigi Ciraolo (ICTP, Italy)
        Material: lecture notes
      • 12:50 U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research Review 10'
        Speaker: Mikel Miller (USA)
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
      • 14:00 TEC Data Processing Laboratory 1h30'
        Speaker: Luigi Ciraolo
        Material: lecture notes
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 16:00 Project Time: Time to work on projects with team members 1h0'
      • 17:00 Close
  • Thursday, 10 July 2014
    • 09:00 - 22:10
      • 09:00 Multi-Instrument Arrays to Monitor and Predict Ionospheric Behavior 30'
        Speaker: Patricia Doherty (USA)
        Material: lecture notes
      • 09:30 The Madrigal Database 1h0'
        Speaker: Anthea Jane Coster
        Material: lecture notes
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 11:00 Space Science Research, Training and other Related Activities at SANSA: Opportunities for Africans 1h0'
        Speaker: Pierre Cilliers (SANSA, South Aafrica)
        Material: lecture notes
      • 12:00 Training on EGNOS-GNSS in Africa (TREGA) 30'
        Speaker: Claudia Paparini (ICTP, Italy)
        Material: lecture notes
      • 12:30 Building Theoretical Models from Observational Parameters 30'
        Speaker: Paul Baki Olande (Kenya)
        Material: lecture notes
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
      • 14:00 Afternoon activities to be determined. This may include a cultural tour or other tour of choice by the local organizers.
      • 19:10 Farewell Reception, Restaurant Soleluna 3h0'
  • Friday, 11 July 2014
    • 09:00 - 15:00
      • 09:00 Space Weather Effects on Aviation Systems 45'
        Speaker: Patricia Doherty
        Material: lecture notes
      • 09:45 Introduction of the Final Projects 15'
        Speaker: Jean Uwamahoro
      • 10:00 Research Project Group 1 15'
      • 10:15 Research Project Group 2 15'
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 11:00 Research Project Group 3 15'
      • 11:15 Research Project Group 4 15'
      • 11:30 Research Project Group 5 15'
      • 11:45 Research Project Group 6 15'
      • 12:00 Open Discussion - The Future - Where do we go from here? 1h0'
      • 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'
      • 14:00 Distribution of Certificates of Participation 1h0'
      • 15:00 End of Workshop
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