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1992 Software Conference Update (1Jun92) (from CCS, NOAO Newsletter No. 30, 1 June 1992) The Second Annual Conference on Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS) will be held in Boston on 2-4 November 1992. The Conference is sponsored by NOAO, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), and Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), and is being hosted by SAO. The ADASS Conference provides a forum for scientists and programmers concerned with algorithms, software, and software systems employed in the reduction and analysis of astronomical data. The first two days of the conference will be devoted to contributed and invited speakers, while the last day will be reserved for user-group sessions and special interest discussions. Contributed posters will be on display throughout the conference. We expect the Proceedings of ADASS '92, like those of the first conference, to be published as part of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series. Since the dates for this meeting encompass Election Day, instructions for casting absentee ballots are included with the registration materials, which were mailed in early May to all pre-registrants. Contributions to the program are invited in the areas of algorithms, software, systems, and related topics, with emphasis on practical solutions to the problems of treating real data. The special topics for this year's conference are next generation systems and languages, user interfaces and data visualization, data acquisition, and databases, catalogues, and archives. As always, papers in other areas may be accepted as well. Invited speakers for this year's program include Miguel Albrecht (ESO), Geoff Croes (NRAO), Alan Farris (STScI), Margaret Geller (Harvard-SAO), Jim Gettys (DEC), Andre Heck (Strasbourg), James Himer (Calgary), Mark Johnston (STScI), Bob Kibrick (UCO-Lick), Doug Tody (NOAO), Michael Van Steenberg (NSSDC), and Don Wells (NRAO). If you are interested in registering for this conference, please contact Tricia Buckley (Smithsonian Astrophys. Obs., MS-83, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138) or send e-mail to softconf@cfa.harvard.edu (Internet) or 6699::softconf (SPAN). Registration and abstract forms are available on-line via anonymous ftp to sao-ftp.harvard.edu; get the files pub/softconf/register and pub/softconf/abstract. Detailed information on the conference arrangements and program is available upon request. Doug Tody, George Jacoby, Jeannette Barnes
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