The Seventh Annual Conference on Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS) will be held 14-17 September 1997 in Sonthofen, Bavaria, Germany. The ADASS Conference provides a forum for scientists and programmers concerned with algorithms, software, and software systems employed in the reduction of astronomical data. ADASS '97 is organized jointly by the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility and the European Southern Observatory. This year's key topics will include, among others, Astrostatistics, Computing Infrastructure, Computational Astrophysics, Educational and Public Information Activities, Future Trends in Astronomical Computing, and Software Systems and Applications.
Important Dates
7 July 1997: deadline for - early registration
- abstract submission
- demo requests
15 August 1997 - hotel reservations
4 September 1997 - late registration
14-17 September 1997 - ADASS `97
Location: Allgau Stern Hotel
Sonthofen, Bavaria
The ADASS '97 Program Organizing Committee is comprised of the following members: Rudi Albrecht (ST-ECF/ESO), Roger Brissenden (SAO), Tim Cornwell (NRAO), F. Rick Harnden - Chair (SAO), George Jacoby (NOAO), Jonathan McDowell (SAO), Jan Noordam (NFRA), Dick Shaw (STScI), Richard Simon (NRAO), Britt Sjöberg (ST-ECF), Doug Tody (NOAO), and Dave Van Buren (IPAC). The Local Organizing Committee is chaired by Rudi Albrecht.
The Conference program includes invited talks, contributed oral presentations, poster papers, and computer demos. Papers are invited in the areas of the special topics mentioned above and in the general area of astronomical software development. A number of Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) special interest sessions will be scheduled as well. BOFs are organized by ADASS participants and are usually about one hour in duration. (Please contact Rick Harnden (frh@cfa.harvard.edu) if you are interested in organizing a BOF.)
The Converging Computing Methodologies in Astronomy (CCMA) Conference will be held in Sonthofen 17-19 September following ADASS '97. Information on this Conference can be found at: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~kurtz/CCMAFinalConf.html.
The ADASS Conference will be held in Sonthofen, Bavaria, about 100 km southwest of Munich near the Bavarian Alps. The Conference facilities at the Allgäu Stern Hotel are first class, the setting in the alpine environment is spectacular, and the weather should be nice in mid-September.
Details pertaining to registration, hotel reservations, abstracts submissions and the meeting in general are available at the Web page address below.
Contacts: Britt Sjoberg
ST-ECF/ESO
Karl Schwarzschlid Str. 2
Garching, Germany
e-mail: adass@eso.org
Phone: +49-89-320 06 291
Fax: +49-89-320 06 480
WWW: http://ecf.hq.eso.org/
Rudi Albrecht, Chair, Local Organizing Committee