CIAO Workshops
The Chandra X-ray Center (CXC) offers a series of workshops aimed at helping users to work with the Chandra Interactive Analysis of Observations (CIAO) software.
Members of the CXC will be onsite at the Sixth Advanced Arab Astrophysics School, Kottamia Observatory, Egypt, 23-29 October 2026. They will be presenting several talk on Chandra and CIAO data analysis topics and supporting users during hands-on sessions in the afternoon.
Additional information and prepatory material is linked on the workshop page.
Supplementary Material
Students and new CIAO users may find the following material useful:
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The CIAO Exercise Workbook is a collection of exercises designed to acquaint users with CIAO syntax and concepts.
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Users looking to hone their CIAO skills could attempt some of the projects from one of the recent X-ray schools during the hands-on sessions.
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Users can also search through the Quick Start Guide to get started on their specific analysis path as quickly as possible.
Information on other past CIAO workshops—which includes electronic copies of all the handouts and presentations—may be found in the Previous Workshops webpages. Material from previous Cal workshops can be found on the Chandra Calibration Review. Lecture materials from prior X-ray astronomy schools emphasize the fundamentals of the discipline rather than any particular mission or software tools.
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If you are planning your own CIAO workshop and would like to request support from the CXC, please submit the relevant details to the CXC Helpdesk. Proposals will be considered on a case-by-case basis.