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1994 Software Conference Update (1Jun94) (from CCS, NOAO Newsletter No. 38, 1 June 1994) The Fourth Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS) Conference will be held this year in Baltimore, Maryland, at the Omni Inner Harbor Hotel, on 25-28 September. The Space Telescope Science Institute is the host organization. Sponsors for the conference include the Space Telescope Science Institute, the National Optical Astronomy Observatories, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Science Foundation. 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 members of the Program Organizing Committee for this year's Conference are Rudi Albrecht (ST-ECF), Roger Brissenden (SAO), Carol Christian (CEA/UCB), Tim Cornwell (NRAO), Dennis Crabtree (CADC/DAO), Daniel Durand (CADC/DAO), Bob Hanisch (STScI), Rick Harnden (SAO), George Jacoby (NOAO), Barry Madore (IPAC), Dick Shaw (STScI), Karen Strom (U. of Massachusetts), and Doug Tody (NOAO). The meeting agenda will consist of invited and contributed talks and poster sessions with an emphasis on the following special topics: Astronomical Data Modeling and Analysis, Design and Development of Graphical User Interfaces, Network Information Systems, and Parallel and Distributed Processing. Contributed papers and posters are not limited to these topics, and we encourage participation from anyone with an interest in astronomical software. Special interest "Birds of a Feather" sessions will also be held. The invited speakers for this year's Conference include Bob Brown (STScI), Joan Centrella (Drexel), Christine Falsetti (NASA Science Internet), Andrea Ghez (UCLA), Graham Hill (Dominion Astrophysical Obs.), Juri Toomre (Colorado, tentative), Don Schneider (Inst. for Advanced Study/Penn State, tentative), Jean-Luc Starck (Obs. of Nice), and David van Buren (Infrared Processing and Analysis Center). The schedule for Birds of a Feather sessions is still under development, and anyone interested in organizing a BOF should contact the Local Organizing Committee as soon as possible. The abstract and early registration deadlines are 15 July. Registrations will be accepted after that date at a higher fee. For further information please send mail to softconf@stsci.edu or look at the information on the World-Wide Web with the home page address http://ra.stsci.edu/ADASS.html. Betty Stobie, the Chair of the Local Organizing Committee, can be reached by phone at (410) 516-8671 or by FAX at (410) 516-6864. Doug Tody, George Jacoby, Jeannette Barnes
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