It's not too late to attend the world's premier meeting for astronomical software: ADASS '96! ADASS is an international conference which provides a forum for scientists and programmers concerned with algorithms, software, and software systems employed in the reduction and analysis of astronomical data. The previous ADASS meetings (1991--Tucson; 1992--Boston; 1993--Victoria, BC; 1994--Baltimore; and 1995--Tucson) have established ADASS as the leading world forum for scientists and software developers to discuss issues regarding algorithms and software systems for the acquisition, reduction, analysis, and archiving of astronomical data.
The Sixth Annual Conference on Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS) will be held 22-25 September in Charlottesville, Virginia, at the Omni Charlottesville Hotel. The conference is hosted this year by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. Additional sponsors include:
Associated Universities, Inc.
Infrared Processing and Analysis
Center European Southern Observatory
Gemini 8-Meter Telescopes Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
National Optical Astronomy Observatories
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
National Research Council of Canada
National Science Foundation
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Space Telescope Science Institute
University of Virginia
ADASS '96 is also fortunate to have received significant corporate sponsorship from Sun Microsystems, GE Fanuc, Inc., and US Sprint.
The Program Organizing Committee for ADASS '96 has the following members: Rudi Albrecht (ST- ECF/ESO), Roger Brissenden (SAO), Tim Cornwell (NRAO), Dennis Crabtree (DAO/CADC), Bob Hanisch - Chair (STScI), Gareth Hunt (NRAO), George Jacoby (NOAO), Barry Madore (IPAC), Jonathan McDowell (SAO), Jan Noordam (NFRA), Dick Shaw (STScI), Karen Strom (Massachusetts), and Doug Tody (NOAO). The Local Organizing Committee is chaired by Richard Simon (NRAO), and has participants from NRAO, the University of Virginia Department of Astronomy, and the University of Virginia Computer Science Department.
The invited speakers for ADASS '96 currently include:
Paul Butler (San Francisco State) Tim Cornwell (NRAO), "Design and Implementation of Radio-Astronomical Calibration and Imaging in AIPS++" Gary Ferland (Kentucky), "Cloudy: Modeling the Emission from Astrophysical Nebulae" Keith Horne (St. Andrews), "Astrotomography" Harvey Liszt (NRAO), "A Home-Grown but Widely Distributed Data Analysis System" Michael Rosa (ST-ECF), "Physical Modeling of Scientific Instruments"
The key topics for ADASS '96 are:
Over 110 abstracts have been submitted to this year's ADASS meeting, and a number of Birds-of-a- Feather (BoF) special interest sessions have been scheduled as well. The final program for both submitted papers and BoF sessions will be available in early September via the conference homepage on the World Wide Web, (http://www.cv.nrao.edu/adass/). Late posters may still be considered; please contact the conference immediately at adass96@nrao.edu if you are interested.
We have also scheduled a half-day tutorial about JAVA, the programming language for network-based applications that has become so popular on the World Wide Web. There will be a nominal charge for this tutorial which is in addition to the regular registration fee. And again, this year, there will be an IRAF Developer's Workshop following the Conference.
The preliminary program for the Conference is available on-line from the Conference home page (http://www.cv.nrao.edu/adass/). The Program includes specifics about hotel reservations, registration, abstract submissions, demo requests, and travel assistance. Important dates include:
21 Aug. 1996: Deadline for hotel reservations 12 Sept. 1996: Deadline for late registration 22-25 Sept. 1996: ADASS '96, Charlottesville, Virginia
For further information and to be placed on the mailing list for the conference, please send a request to either:
adass96@nrao.edu or to:
ADASS '96
C. White
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
520 Edgemont Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA
Mark your calendar now and plan to attend ADASS '96!
Richard Simon LOC Chair, NRAO