IANCU New Students' Camp (新生營) 2024 is 2+1-day activity for graduate students who have joined the Institute of Astronomy, National Central University in February 2024 and will join in September 2024. The first part of the camp is 2-day activity scheduled on 29 and 30 July 2024, and the second part of the camp is 1-day activity scheduled on 05 September 2024. All the new graduate students of this year are highly encouraged to join the camp. The main scope of the camp includes, but not limited to, (1) knowing about our institute, (2) knowing members of our institute, and (3) having hands-on sessions for English, mathematics, physics, astronomy, and computer programming.
Here is the schedule of IANCU New Students' Camp 2024.
| Time | Activity | Speaker | File | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00--10:10 | Opening remarks | Chou, Yi | --- | --- |
| 10:10--10:30 | About our institute | Chou, Yi | --- | --- |
| 10:30--11:15 | Downloading e-books from the Library | Kinoshita, Daisuke | The PDF file will be available at 10:25 on 29/Jul/2024. | |
| 11:15--12:00 | English reading exercise 1 | Kinoshita, Daisuke | The PDF file will be available at 11:10 on 29/Jul/2024. | |
| 12:00--13:30 | Lunch break | --- | --- | --- |
| 13:30--14:15 | Introductory mathematics exercise | Aryan, Amar | PDF, Solution | The PDF file will be available at 13:25 on 29/Jul/2024. The solution will be available at 14:15 on 29/Jul/2024. |
| 14:15--15:00 | English listening exercise 1 | Kinoshita, Daisuke | The PDF file will be available at 14:10 on 29/Jul/2024. | |
| 15:00--15:15 | My first year as a graduate student 1 | Tanvi Sharma | 10-min talk + 5-min questions by a graduate student, PDF file will be available at 14:55 on 29/Jul/2024. | |
| 15:15--15:30 | My first year as a graduate student 2 | Ray, Mahitosh | 10-min talk + 5-min questions by a graduate student | |
| 15:30--16:00 | Tea break | --- | --- | --- |
| 16:00--16:45 | Introductory physics exercise | Aryan, Amar | PDF, Solution | The PDF file will be available at 15:55 on 29/Jul/2024. The solution will be available at 16:45 on 29/Jul/2024. |
| 16:45--17:45 | Introductory Python programming 1 | Rao, Khushboo Kunwar | The PDF file will be available at 16:40 on 29/Jul/2024. The PDF file has been updated on 30/Jul/2024. | |
| 17:45--18:30 | Beer time | --- | --- | --- |
For downloading files, please connect to the Wi-Fi access point "IANCU". Presentation files can be downloaded only from computers / mobile phones connected to the computer network of our institute.
| Time | Activity | Speaker | File | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30--10:00 | Recommended usage of a mobile phone for your study | Miao, Hao-Yu | The PDF file will be available at 09:25 on 30/Jul/2024. | |
| 10:00--10:45 | Searching and downloading journal papers using ADS | Kinoshita, Daisuke | The PDF file will be available at 09:55 on 30/Jul/2024. | |
| 10:45--11:30 | English reading exercise 2 | Kinoshita, Daisuke | The PDF file will be available at 10:40 on 30/Jul/2024. | |
| 11:30--12:15 | Introductory astronomy exercise 1 | Aryan, Amar | PDF, Solution | The PDF file will be available at 11:25 on 30/Jul/2024. The solution will be available at 12:15 on 30/Jul/2024. |
| 12:15--13:45 | Lunch break | --- | --- | --- |
| 13:45--14:30 | English listening exercise 2 | Kinoshita, Daisuke | The PDF file will be available at 13:40 on 30/Jul/2024. | |
| 14:30--15:15 | Introductory astronomy exercise 2 | Rao, Khushboo Kunwar | The PDF file will be available at 14:25 on 30/Jul/2024. | |
| 15:15--15:45 | Tea break | --- | --- | --- |
| 15:45--16:00 | My first year as a graduate student 3 | Chen, Hsiang-Yu | 10-min talk + 5-min questions by a graduate student, PDF file will be available at 15:40 on 30/Jul/2024. | |
| 16:00--16:15 | My first year as a graduate student 4 | Cheng, Chia-Yu | 10-min talk + 5-min questions by a graduate student, PDF file will be available at 15:55 on 30/Jul/2024. | |
| 16:15--17:15 | Introductory Python programming 2 | Miao, Hao-Yu | The PDF file will be available at 16:10 on 30/Jul/2024. | |
| 17:15--17:45 | How do you use upcoming one month of time before the start of new semester? | Kinoshita, Daisuke | --- | --- |
| 17:45--18:30 | Beer time | --- | --- | --- |
For downloading files, please connect to the Wi-Fi access point "IANCU". Presentation files can be downloaded only from computers / mobile phones connected to the computer network of our institute.
| Time | Activity | Speaker | File | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:20--10:00 | Star formation and star clusters | Chen, Wen-Ping | --- | 30-min talk and 10-min questions |
| 10:00--10:40 | Supernovae and cosmology | Pan, Yen-Chen | --- | 30-min talk and 10-min questions |
| 10:40--11:20 | Variable stars and wide-field surveys | Ngeow, Chow-Choong | --- | 30-min talk and 10-min questions |
| 11:20--12:00 | Clocks in X-ray binaries | Chou, Yi | --- | 30-min talk and 10-min questions |
| 12:00--13:30 | Lunch break | --- | --- | 30-min talk and 10-min questions |
| 13:30--14:10 | Searching for Life in Ocean Worlds and Other Places | Ip, Wing-Huen | --- | 30-min talk and 10-min questions |
| 14:10--14:30 | Making PDF documents using LaTeX | Kinoshita, Daisuke | PDF, PDF2, PDF3 | A short hands-on session, available for your download at 14:10 on 05/Sep/2024 |
| 14:30--14:50 | Simple Python programming practice | Kinoshita, Daisuke | A short hands-on session, available for your download at 14:30 on 05/Sep/2024 | |
| 14:50--15:20 | Tea break | --- | --- | --- |
| 15:20--16:00 | Dark matter | Ko, Chung-Ming | --- | 30-min talk and 10-min questions |
| 16:00--16:40 | Something exploded but thermonuclear SNe | Chen, Ting-Wan | --- | 30-min talk and 10-min questions |
| 16:40--17:20 | Finding celestial objects of your interest from data | Kinoshita, Daisuke | --- | 30-min talk and 10-min questions |
| 17:20--18:00 | Beer time | --- | --- | --- |
For downloading files, please connect to the Wi-Fi access point "IANCU". Presentation files can be downloaded only from computers / mobile phones connected to the computer network of our institute.
To participate the camp, please use following form on Google Forms to submit your responses by 07 July 2024.
If you need an arrangement of accommodation during the camp, please contact to Ms. Amber Jian. She will help you to book a dormitory room for you. Please pass check-in and check-out dates to her.