Student Week Programme

15–19 June 2026 | North West University, Potchefstroom

Monday, 15 June

Pulsars and Timing

08:45–09:00 Introduction and plans

Introduction to Radio Telescopes Lecture

09:00–09:45

Daniel Reardon in-person

Introduction to Pulsars Lecture

09:45–10:30

Marisa Geyer in-person

10:30–11:00 Coffee / Tea break

Introduction to Pulsar Timing Lecture

11:00–11:45

Mayuresh Surnis online

Tutorial on PSRCHIVE + Bonus activity Tutorial

11:45–13:15

Debabrata Deb & Hendrik Combrinck in-person

13:15–14:30 Lunch

Tutorial on timing with PINT + Bonus activity with TEMPO2 Tutorial

14:30–16:00

Deborah Good+ in-person

16:00–16:30 Coffee / Tea break

16:30–17:30 Practice time

Tuesday, 16 June

PTA Noise Modeling

Introduction to Bayesian Inference Lecture + Tutorial

09:00–10:30

Bjorn Larsen in-person

10:30–11:00 Coffee / Tea break

Introduction to Noise Analysis in PTAs Lecture

11:00–11:45

Abhimanyu Susobhanan in-person

Introduction and tutorial on Noise Analysis with DISCOVERY + Bonus activity Lecture + Tutorial

11:45–13:15

Daniel Reardon in-person

13:15–14:30 Lunch

Tutorial on SPNA with ENTERPRISE + Bonus activity Tutorial

14:30–16:00

Valentina Di Marco in-person, Aurélien online, Nobleson online

16:00–16:30 Coffee / Tea break

16:30–17:30 Practice time

Evening Braai organised by LOC

Wednesday, 17 June

PTA & Gravitational Wave Background

Introduction to GWs and PTAs Lecture

09:00–09:45

Sarah Vigeland in-person

Introduction to GWB, HD Curve & Other PTA Sources Lecture

09:45–10:30

Alberto Sesana online

10:30–11:00 Coffee / Tea break

Tutorial on GWB Search + Bonus activity Tutorial

11:00–12:30

Aurélien+ hybrid

12:30–13:15 Practice time

13:15–14:30 Lunch

Introduction to IPTA Lecture

14:30–15:15

Joris Verbiest online

15:15–16:00 Advertising mini-projects — SWOC

16:00–16:30 Coffee / Tea break

16:30–17:30 Practice time

Thursday, 18 June

Other Gravitational Wave Sources

Astrophysical Interpretation of the GWB Lecture

09:00–09:45

Hippolyte online

Continuous Waves & Burst Signals in PTAs Lecture

09:45–10:30

Boris online

10:30–11:00 Coffee / Tea break

Tutorial on CW Search + Bonus activity Tutorial

11:00–12:30

Anjana Ashok in-person

12:30–13:15 Practice time

13:15–14:30 Lunch

New Physics in PTAs Lecture

14:30–15:15

Kai Schmitz online

15:15–16:00 Practice time

16:00–16:30 Coffee / Tea break

16:30–17:30 Practice time

Friday, 19 June

Multimessenger Astrophysics & More

Multimessenger Astrophysics Lecture

09:00–09:45

Caitlin Witt in-person

Introduction to GPTA Lecture

09:45–10:30

Serena Valtolina online

10:30–11:00 Coffee / Tea break

11:00–13:15 Career panel discussion & more — Valentina Di Marco+

13:15–14:30 Lunch

14:30–15:15 Flash presentations

15:15–16:00 Flash presentations

16:00–16:30 Coffee / Tea break

16:30–17:30 End of the workshop

Saturday, 20 June

Safari Day

All day Safari at Bona Bona — details will be shared