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The intermediate Palomar Transient Factory announces the 2015 iPTF Summer School, to be held at California Institute of Technology from August 24th - 28th, 2015. The purpose of this Summer School is three-fold: (i) Introduce time domain science to students by teaching them basic concepts and techniques using iPTF case studies; (ii) Acquaint new users on how to effectively use the iPTF public data release; (iii) Help the community prepare for time domain science in the LSST era by sharing our experience with iPTF. This Summer School is open to the entire astronomical community. The details for the Summer School can be found at http://www.ptf.caltech.edu/page/meetings.

The 2015 iPTF Summer School at Caltech

News Release • February 3, 2015

The intermediate Palomar Transient Factory announces the 2015 iPTF Summer School, to be held at California Institute of Technology from August 24th - 28th, 2015.  The purpose of this Summer School is three-fold: (i) Introduce time domain science to students by teaching them basic concepts and techniques using iPTF case studies; (ii) Acquaint new users on how to effectively use the iPTF public data release; (iii) Help the community prepare for time domain science in the LSST era by sharing our experience with iPTF. This Summer School is open to the entire astronomical community. The details for the Summer School can be found at http://www.ptf.caltech.edu/page/meetings.