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1992 Software Conference Update (1Sep92) (from CCS, NOAO Newsletter No. 31, 1 September 1992) The Second Annual Conference on Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS) will be held in Boston on 2-4 November 1992 (some additional meetings not part of the main conference are planned for 5-6 November). The Conference is sponsored by NOAO, SAO, and 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 and one half days of the conference will be devoted to contributed and invited papers given in general session, with some users group sessions and special interest group meetings being held during the evenings and on the afternoon of the third day. Some additional "tag-along" workshops are planned for the days following the main conference. Contributed posters and demos 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. The abstract deadline for contributed papers was 3 August. Contributions to the program were 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. 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). Three "tag-along" workshops are currently planned for 5-6 November, following ADASS II: ROSAT Science Workshop (chaired by Rob Petre, GSFC), Astrophysics Data System Workshop (chaired by Stephen Murray, SAO), and Graphical User Interface Workshop (chaired by Eric Mandel, SAO). If you would like to sponsor a special interest group meeting or tag-along workshop, it may still be possible to do so. Please contact the Local Organizing Committee at SAO or one of the Program Organizing Committee members as soon as possible if you are interested in sponsoring such a meeting. The early registration deadline for the Conference was 15 July; registrations are still being accepted but at a higher registration fee. Participants interested in displaying exhibits or computer software during the Conference should contact the address below. If you are interested in registering for this conference, please contact Tricia Buckley at SAO (MS-83, 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138) or send e-mail to softconf@cfa.harvard.edu (Internet) or 6699::softconf (SPAN). Registration forms are available on-line via anonymous ftp to sao-ftp.harvard.edu; get the file pub/softconf/register. Detailed information on the conference arrangements and program is available upon request. Jeannette Barnes, George Jacoby, Doug Tody
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