Khagol No.133

| 17 | KHAG L | No. 133 - JULY 2024 Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre Astronomy Centre for Educators Advances in Astronomy: Integrating Technology in Astronomy Research A short-term online workshop titled Advances in Astronomy: Integrating Technology in Astronomy Research was held from April 01 - 05, 2024, in collaboration with the Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology, Pune. The objectives were to explore the f undamen t a l s o f as t r onomy and applications of engineering/ technology in a s t r o n omy r e s e a r c h ; i n t r o d u c e participants to astronomical data acquisition, processing, and analysis techniques; provide hands-on sessions in Instrumentation, signal and image p r ocess i ng me t hods r e l evan t t o as t r onomi ca l da t a ; exami ne t he integration of cutting-edge technologies such as instrumentation, data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence in astronomy research; enable participants to develop innovative approaches for utilising astronomy data in multi- disciplinary research projects; foster collaboration and knowledge exchange among faculty members from diverse disciplines; and empower facultymembers to incorporate astronomy concepts and techniques into their teaching curriculum, promoting interdisciplinary education and research. Faculty members, scientific staff, post- doctoral fellows and research scholars from IUCAA, the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics and the Pune Knowledge Cluster took part in delivering lectures and conducting hands-on sessions. About eighty participants attended regularly and performed satisfactorily in the evaluation. The workshop was coordinated by Tushar R. Jadhav, Milind S. Patil, Mandar S. Karyakarte, Gajanan H. Chavhan from Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology and TeamAstronomy Centre of Educators (ACE), IUCAA.