Name: 2nd BINA Workshop
Start: 2018-10-09T09:00:00+00:00
End: 2018-10-12T18:00:00+00:00
Location: Royal Observatory of Belgium

2nd BINA Workshop

from Tuesday, October 9, 2018 (9:00 AM) to Friday, October 12, 2018 (6:00 PM)

Monday, October 8, 2018
Tuesday, October 9, 2018

8:30 AM Start of day 1 (Meridian Room opens)
Start of day 1 (Meridian Room opens)
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: Meridian Room

9:00 AM

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Room: Meridian Room
9:45 AM
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Meridian Room
Contributions

9:45 AM Welcome - Ronald Van der Linden (Royal Observatory of Belgium)

9:55 AM Belgo-Indian Network for Astronomy & Astrophysics (BINA) - Santosh Joshi (ARIES, Nainital)

10:05 AM The Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO) - Margarida Freire (Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO))

10:15 AM Advanced Mechanical & Optical Systems (AMOS) - Xavier Verians (Advanced Mechanical & Optical Systems (AMOS))
10:30 AM 1. Instrumentation of the Indo-Belgian Telescopes
1. Instrumentation of the Indo-Belgian Telescopes
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM
Room: Meridian Room
Contributions

10:30 AM Astrophysics and exoplanets with a 4-m class telescope - Ignasi Ribas (Institut de Ciencies de l'Espai (CSIC) & IEEC)
11:10 AM Coffee/Tea break
Coffee/Tea break
11:10 AM - 11:40 AM
Room: Meridian Room
11:40 AM
11:40 AM - 1:00 PM
Room: Meridian Room
Contributions

11:40 AM The far-reaching impact of surveys carried out with 4m-class telescopes - Anna Pasquali (Astronomisches Rechen-Institut)

12:20 PM Performance of the instruments on 3.6-m Devasthal Optical Telescope - Amitesh Omar (ARIES)
1:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Dining room
2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 4:10 PM
Room: Meridian Room
Contributions

2:30 PM Current and future science instruments for the 3.6-m Devasthal Optical Telescope - Anamparambu Ramaprakash (IUCAA)

3:10 PM 10 years of HERMES at the 1.2-m Mercator telescope - Hans Van Winckel (KU Leuven)

3:50 PM Upgrading HERMES: an improved fiber link and a new wavelength calibrator - Gert Raskin (KU Leuven)
4:10 PM Coffee/Tea break
Coffee/Tea break
4:10 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Meridian Room
4:30 PM Round-table discussion
Round-table discussion
4:30 PM - 6:10 PM
Room: Meridian Room
Contributions

4:30 PM The High Resolution Spectrograph of the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences - Jeewan Pandey (Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences)

5:10 PM Round table discussion
6:10 PM End of day 1 (Meridian Room closes)
End of day 1 (Meridian Room closes)
6:10 PM - 6:40 PM
Room: Meridian Room
Wednesday, October 10, 2018

9:00 AM Start of day 2 (Meridian Room opens)
Start of day 2 (Meridian Room opens)
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Meridian Room
9:30 AM 1. Instrumentation of the Indo-Belgian Telescopes
1. Instrumentation of the Indo-Belgian Telescopes
9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
Room: Meridian Room
Contributions

9:30 AM A sharp future for the 3.6-m Devasthal Optical Telescope? The power of adaptive optics for medium size telescopes - Gilles Orban de Xivry (University of Liège)
9:50 AM 1. Solar system and exoplanet studies with the Indo-Belgian telescopes
1. Solar system and exoplanet studies with the Indo-Belgian telescopes
9:50 AM - 10:50 AM
Room: Meridian Room
Contributions

9:50 AM Solar system studies with the Indo-Belgian Telescopes - Shashikiran Ganesh (Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India)

10:30 AM Size estimation of orbital debris using a zenith-pointing telescope - Bikram Pradhan (University of Liège)
10:50 AM 2. Data & Science with the Indo-Belgian telescopes
2. Data & Science with the Indo-Belgian telescopes
10:50 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Meridian Room
Contributions

10:50 AM Scientific potential of Indo-Belgian 3.6 m DOT and ILMT in the field of Galactic Astronomy - Ram Sagar (Indian Institute of Astrophysics)
11:30 AM Coffee/Tea break
Coffee/Tea break
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Room: Meridian Room
11:50 AM 2. Galactic astronomy with the Indo-Belgian telescopes
2. Galactic astronomy with the Indo-Belgian telescopes
11:50 AM - 1:10 PM
Room: Meridian Room
Contributions

11:50 AM Optical characterization and radial velocity monitoring of exoplanet and eclipsing binary candidates - Yogesh Joshi (Scientist ARIES)

12:10 PM Eclipse mapping of Algol-type systems with oscillating $\delta$ Scuti type components - Patricia Lampens (Koninklijke Sterrenwacht van België)

12:30 PM Light curve parameters of Cepheid and RR Lyrae variables at multiple wavelengths: theory vs. observations - Harinder P. Singh (University of Delhi)

12:50 PM Rotation rates of pre-main sequence stars - Soumen Mondal (S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences)
1:10 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
1:10 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Dining room
2:30 PM 2. Galactic astronomy with the Indo-Belgian telescopes
2. Galactic astronomy with the Indo-Belgian telescopes
2:30 PM - 3:10 PM
Room: Meridian Room
Contributions

2:30 PM Instabilities and mass-loss in massive stars - Abhay Pratap Yadav (University of Goettingen, Germany)

2:50 PM Accurate estimation of effective temperature and metallicity of asteroseismic targets with BINA telescopes - Anwesh Mazumdar (Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education)
3:10 PM 3. Extragalactic astronomy with the Indo-Belgian telescopes
3. Extragalactic astronomy with the Indo-Belgian telescopes
3:10 PM - 4:20 PM
Room: Meridian Room
Contributions

3:10 PM The diversity of Active Galactic Nuclei variability: Some highlights and challenges - GOPAL KRISHNA (ARIES, Nainital)

3:40 PM Complex X-ray/ultraviolet/optical variabilities of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4593 - SACHINDRA NAIK (PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY, AHMEDABAD, INDIA)

4:00 PM Multi-wavelength studies of Zwicky's Nonet - BIJU KG (WMO Arts \& Science college, Muttil, Kerala, India-673122)
4:20 PM Coffee/Tea break
Coffee/Tea break
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM
Room: Meridian Room
4:40 PM 3. Extragalactic astronomy with the Indo-Belgian telescopes
3. Extragalactic astronomy with the Indo-Belgian telescopes
4:40 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: Meridian Room
Contributions

4:40 PM Multi-wavelength studies of giant radio galaxies - Pratik Dabhade (IUCAA)

5:00 PM Strong lensing studies with the 3.6-m Devasthal Optical Telescope: opportunities and challenges - Dominique Sluse (STAR Institute (U. Liège))

5:20 PM REMAP: REverberation Mapping of AGN Program at the 2m Himalayan Chandra Telescope - Amit Kumar Mandal (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, CHRIST(Deemed to be University), Bangalore)

5:40 PM Observations of galaxy collisions and prediction of parameters of resulting galaxies - Rajesh Kumar Dubey (Researcher and Principal)
6:00 PM End of day 2 (Meridian room closes)
End of day 2 (Meridian room closes)
6:00 PM - 6:20 PM
Room: Meridian Room
Thursday, October 11, 2018

9:00 AM Start of day 3 (Meridian room opens)
Start of day 3 (Meridian room opens)
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Meridian Room
9:30 AM 1. Solar system and exoplanet studies with other telescopes of interest
1. Solar system and exoplanet studies with other telescopes of interest
9:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Room: Meridian Room
Contributions

9:30 AM Study of small bodies of the Solar System with small and large telescopes - Emmanuel Jehin (STAR Institute - University of Liège)
10:10 AM 3. Data & Science with other telescopes of interest
3. Data & Science with other telescopes of interest
10:10 AM - 11:10 AM
Room: Meridian Room
Contributions

10:10 AM Galactic sources at low radio frequency - Anandmayee Tej (Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India)

10:50 AM Application of Convolutional Neural Networks for Stellar Spectral Classification - Kaushal Sharma (Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics)
11:10 AM Coffee/Tea break
Coffee/Tea break
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Meridian Room
11:30 AM 2. Galactic astronomy with other telescopes of interest
2. Galactic astronomy with other telescopes of interest
11:30 AM - 12:50 PM
Room: Meridian Room
Contributions

11:30 AM Evolution of magnetic activities on active solar-type stars: starspot modulation, surface differential rotation, and flares - Subhajeet Karmakar (Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES))

11:50 AM Three years of AstroSat: India's first mission dedicated to astronomy - Girish V (ISRO)

12:10 PM The ultraviolet imaging telescope on-board AstroSat: recent results - Stalin Chelliah Subramonian (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore)

12:30 PM Spectroscopic view on the pulsating A-type stars HD 73045 and HD 118660 - Eugene Semenko (Special Astrophysical Observatory, Nizhnii Arkhyz, Russia)
12:50 PM Workshop picture
Workshop picture
12:50 PM - 1:10 PM
Room: Meridian Room

1:10 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
1:10 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Dining room

2:30 PM Social events
Social events
2:30 PM - 7:30 PM

7:30 PM Workshop dinner
Workshop dinner
7:30 PM - 10:30 PM

10:30 PM End of day 3
End of day 3
10:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Friday, October 12, 2018

9:00 AM Start of day 4 (Meridian room opens)
Start of day 4 (Meridian room opens)
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Meridian Room
9:30 AM 2. Galactic astronomy with other telescopes of interest
2. Galactic astronomy with other telescopes of interest
9:30 AM - 11:10 AM
Room: Meridian Room
Contributions

9:30 AM Stellar and galactic studies with the 2-m Himalayan Chandra Telescope - Aruna Goswami (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore)

9:50 AM Spectroscopic studies of carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars - Aruna Goswami (Associate professor)

10:10 AM Probing the Galactic s-process nucleosynthesis using metal-deficient Barium stars - Shejeelammal J (Student)

10:30 AM Probing high-mass star-formation in the outflow source G12.42+0.50 - Anandmayee Tej (Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India)

10:50 AM High-mass star formation toward the southern infrared bubble S10 - Anandmayee Tej (Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India)
11:10 AM Coffee/Tea break
Coffee/Tea break
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Meridian Room
11:30 AM 3. Extragalactic astronomy with other telescopes of interest
3. Extragalactic astronomy with other telescopes of interest
11:30 AM - 1:10 PM
Room: Meridian Room
Contributions

11:30 AM Optical and X-ray observations of three candidate polars: RX J0859.1+0537, RX J0749.1-0549, and RX J0649.8-0737 - ARTI JOSHI (Aryabhatta Research Institute of observational sciencES (ARIES))

11:50 AM Ground-based photometric survey to search for the pulsational variability in Ap and Am Stars - Santosh Joshi (ARIES, Nainital)

12:10 PM The spectroscopic survey of southern oEA stars - David Mkrtichian (NARIT)

12:30 PM Prospects for radio observations of Particle-Accelerating Colliding-Wind Binaries with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope - Michaël De Becker (STAR, Liège University)

12:50 PM Understanding physical properties of M-dwarfs: near-infrared (HK band) spectroscopic studies - Soumen Mondal (S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences)
1:10 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
1:10 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Dining room
2:30 PM 3. Extragalactic astronomy with other telescopes of interest
3. Extragalactic astronomy with other telescopes of interest
2:30 PM - 3:50 PM
Room: Meridian Room
Contributions

2:30 PM Multi-wavelength extragalactic astronomy - Maarten Baes (Universiteit Gent)

3:10 PM DustKING - the story continues: dust attenuation in NGC628 - Marjorie Decleir (Universiteit Gent)

3:30 PM Multi-wavelength variability and quasi-periodic oscillations in blazars - Alok Chandra Gupta (ARIES, Nainital, India)
3:50 PM Coffee/Tea break
Coffee/Tea break
3:50 PM - 4:10 PM
Room: Meridian Room

4:10 PM

4:10 PM - 4:50 PM
Room: Meridian Room

4:50 PM

4:50 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Meridian Room

5:00 PM End of day 4 (Meridian room closes)
End of day 4 (Meridian room closes)
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: Meridian Room