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1993 Software Conference Update (1Sep93)
(from CCS, NOAO Newsletter No. 35, 1 September 1993)

The Third Annual Conference on Astronomical Data Analysis Software and
Systems (ADASS) will be held in Victoria, British Columbia (Canada),
13-15 October 1993. The Conference is being hosted by the Dominion
Astrophysical Observatory and the University of Victoria. Additional
sponsors include the National Optical Astronomy Observatories, the
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and the Space Telescope Science
Institute. 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.

This year's Conference will highlight the following special topics:
Surveys and Catalogs, Multiwavelength Analysis, Networking and
Distributed Computing, and Image and Spectral Analysis.

The Conference program will include invited and contributed talks.
Contributed posters and demos will be on display throughout the
Conference. One evening and the afternoon of the last day are reserved
for special interest discussions called BOFs (Birds of a Feather
sessions). Currently scheduled BOFs include IRAF and IDL user's group
meetings and an Electronic Publishing workshop organized by Chris
Biemesderfer. Anyone wishing to sponsor a BOF should contact the
conference organizers at the address below.

The invited speakers for the Conference include Robert Becker (U. of
California, Davis), James Condon (NRAO, Charlottesville), John Dreher
(NASA/Ames), George Djorgovski (CalTech), Jim Fullton (Clearinghouse
for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval), Joseph Hardin (Nat.
Center for Supercomputing Applications), Stephen Kent (Fermi National
Accelerator Lab), Gerard Kriss (The Johns Hopkins U.), Rick Perley
(NRAO, Socorro), and Belinda Wilkes (SAO).

Retrieval information was e-mailed to the Conference mailing list in
June with instructions for acquiring the registration and abstract
materials by FTP. The abstract and early registration deadlines were
August 6. Registrations will continue to be accepted at a higher
registration fee until the Conference. Please see the README file in
the pub/adass/register directory on ftp.dao.nrc.ca for further
details.

For further information about ADASS '93, or to have your name added to
the Conference mailing list, please send mail to softconf@dao.nrc.ca or
send a FAX to the attention of Dennis Crabtree at 604-363-0045.

Jeannette Barnes, Doug Rabin, Doug Tody

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