Table of Contents

Preface

• Cover
• Participant List
• Conference Photograph
• Colophon

Index

• Author Index
• Subject Index

Software Systems

• A Home-Grown But Widely-Distributed Data Analysis System (invited talk)
  H. S. Liszt
• The Design and Implementation of Synthesis Calibration and Imaging in AIPS++ (invited talk)
  T. Cornwell and M. Wieringa
• The Grid Signal Processing System
  I. J. Taylor and B. F. Schutz
• The VLT Data Flow Concept
  P. Grosbøl and M. Peron
• Experience with a Software Quality Process
  R. A. Shaw and P. Greenfield
• Overview of the Ftools Software Development Philosophy
  W. Pence
• Design and Implementation of CIA, the ISOCAM Interactive Analysis System
  S. Ott, A. Abergel, B. Altieri, J-L. Augueres, H. Aussel, J-P. Bernard, A. Biviano, J. Blommaert, O. Boulade, F. Boulanger, C. Cesarsky, D. A. Cesarsky, A. Claret, C. Delattre, M. Delaney, T. Deschamps, F-X. Desert, P. Didelon, D. Elbaz, P. Gallais, R. Gastaud, S. Guest, G. Helou, M. Kong, F. Lacombe, J. Li, D. Landriu, L. Metcalfe, K. Okumura, M. Perault, A. M. T. Pollock, D. Rouan, J. Sam-Lone, M. Sauvage, R. Siebenmorgen, J-L. Starck, D. Tran, D. Van Buren, L. Vigroux, and F. Vivares
• The OPUS Pipeline Applications
  J. F. Rose
• The OPUS Pipeline Toolkits
  C. Boyer and T. H. Choo
• Multiwave Continuum Data Reduction at RATAN-600
  O. V. Verkhodanov
• NOVIDAS and UVPROC II-Data Archive and Reduction System for Nobeyama Millimeter Array
  T. Tsutsumi, K.-I. Morita, and S. Umeyama
• The XMM Survey Science Centre
  C. G. Page
• The DRAO Export Software Package
  L. A. Higgs, A. P. Hoffmann, and A. G. Willis
• The SRON-HeaD Data Analysis System
  C. P. de Vries
• Three-dimensional Data Analysis in IRAF and ZODIAC+
  P. L. Shopbell
• Interactive Data Analysis Environments BoF Session
  J. Harrington and P. E. Barrett
• FADS II: The Future of Astronomical Data-analysis Systems BoF Session
  J. E. Noordam

Science Software Applications

• Difmap: An Interactive Program for Synthesis Imaging (invited talk)
  M. C. Shepherd
• CENTERFIT: A Centering Algorithm Library for IRAF
  L. E. Davis
• A Method for Obtaining Reliable IRAS-LRS Data via the Groningen IRAS Server
  S. J. Chan, Th. Henning, and R. Assendorp
• Near-IR Imaging of Star-forming Regions with IRAF
  S. J. Chan and A. Mampaso
• ETOOLS: Tools for Photon Event Data
  M. Abbott, T. Kilsdonk, C. Christian, E. Olson, M. Conroy, J. Herrero, and R. Brissenden
• Data Processing for the Siberian Solar Radio Telescope
  S. K. Konovalov, A. T. Altyntsev, V. V. Grechnev, E. G. Lisysian, and A. Magun
• Java: The Application and Data Distribution Vector for Astronomy
  A. Micol, R. Albrecht, and B. Pirenne
• The ISOPHOT Interactive Analysis PIA, a Calibration and Scientific Analysis Tool
  C. Gabriel, J. Acosta-Pulido, I. Heinrichsen, D. Skaley, H. Morris, and W.-M. Tai
• Calibration with the ISOPHOT Interactive Analysis (PIA)
  C. Gabriel, B. Schulz, J. Acosta-Pulido, U. Kinkel, and U. Klaas
• Mapping Using the ISOPHOT Interactive Analysis (PIA)
  C. Gabriel, I. Heinrichsen, D. Skaley, and W.-M. Tai
• IMAGER: A Parallel Interface to Spectral Line Processing
  D. Roberts and R. M. Crutcher
• Tcl- and [Incr tcl]- Based Applications for Astronomy and the Sciences
  N. M. Elias II
• POW: A Tcl/Tk Plotting and Image Display Interface Tool for GUIs
  L. E. Brown and L. Angelini
• An ExpectTk/Perl Graphical User Interface to the Revision Control System (RCS)
  R. L. Williamson II
• The Portable-CGS4DR Graphical User Interface
  P. N. Daly
• RoadRunner: An Automated Reduction System for Long Slit Spectroscopic Data
  S. P. Tokarz and J. Roll

Algorithms

• Variable-Pixel Linear Combination
  R. N. Hook and A. S. Fruchter
• Heuristic Estimates of Weighted Binomial Statistics for Use in Detecting Rare Point Source Transients
  J. Theiler and J. Bloch
• A Computer-Based Technique for Automatic Description and Classification of Newly-Observed Data
  S. Vasilyev
• Unified Survey of Fourier Synthesis Methodologies
  P. Maréchal, E. Anterrieu, and A. Lannes
• Determination of Variable Time Delay in Uneven Data Sets
  V. L. Oknyanskij
• Time Series Analysis of Unequally Spaced Data: Intercomparison Between Estimators of the Power Spectrum
  V. V. Vityazev
• The Time Interferometer: Synthesis of the Correlation Function
  V. V. Vityazev
• A New Stable Method for Long-Time Integration in an N-Body Problem
  T. Taidakova
• Imaging by an Optimizing Method
  Y. Chen, T. P. Li, and M. Wu
• Non-parametric Algorithms in Data Reduction at RATAN-600
  V. S. Shergin, O. V. Verkhodanov, V. N. Chernenkov, B. L. Erukhimov, and V. L. Gorokhov
• Mapping the Jagiellonian Field of Galaxies
  I. B. Vavilova and P. Flin
• Asteroseismology-Observing for a SONG
  R. Seaman, C. Pilachowski, and S. Barden
• Titan Image Processing
  N. Wu and J. Caldwell
• Generalized Spherical Harmonics for All-Sky Polarization Studies
  P. B. Keegstra, C. L. Bennett, G. F. Smoot, K. M. Gorski, G. Hinshaw, and L. Tenorio
• Image Reconstruction with Few Strip-Integrated Projections: Enhancements by Application of Versions of the CLEAN Algorithm
  M. I. Agafonov
• Refined Simplex Method for Data Fitting
  Y.-S. Kim

Modeling

• Numerical Simulations of Plasmas and Their Spectra (invited talk)
  G. J. Ferland, K. T. Korista, and D. A. Verner
• On Fractal Modeling in Astrophysics: The Effect of Lacunarity on the Convergence of Algorithms for Scaling Exponents.
  I. Stern
• Using Massively Parallel Processing of a NLTE Spectrum Synthetic Code and an Automated Comparison with Observations to Determine the Properties of Type Ia Supernovae from their Late Time Spectra.
  R. Smareglia and P. A. Mazzali
• Synthetic Images of the Solar Corona from Octree Representation of 3-D Electron Distributions
  D. Vibert, A. Llebaria, T. Netter, L. Balard, and P. Lamy
• Error and Bias in the STSDAS fitting Package
  I. C. Busko

FITS-Flexible Image Transport System

• Practical Applications of a Relational Database of FITS Keywords
  D. Clarke and S. L. Allen
• Multiple World Coordinate Systems for DEIMOS Mosaic Images
  S. L. Allen and D. Clarke
• WCSTools: Image World Coordinate System Utilities
  D. J. Mink
• The SAOtng Programming Interface
  E. Mandel
• Speculations on the Future of FITS
  D. C. Wells
• FV: A New FITS File Visualization Tool
  W. Pence, J. Xu, and L. Brown
• FITS++: An Object-Oriented Set of C++ Classes to Support FITS
  A. Farris
• The FITS List Calculator and Bulk Data Processor
  E. B. Stobie and D. M. Lytle
• FITS BoF Session
  P. Teuben and D. C. Wells

Data Archives

• The XTE Data Finder (XDF)
  A. H. Rots and K. C. Hilldrup
• Remote Access to the Tycho Catalogue and the Tycho Photometric Annex
  A. J. Wicenec
• The LASCO Data Archive
  D. Wang, R. A. Howard, S. E. Paswaters, A. E. Esfandiari, and N. Rich
• The Evolution of the HST Archive
  J. J. Travisano and J. G. Richon
• Implementing a New Data Archive Paradigm to Face HST Increased Data Flow
  B. Pirenne, P. Benvenuti, and R. Albrecht
• HARP-The Hubble Archive Re-Engineering Project
  R. J. Hanisch, F. Abney, M. Donahue, L. Gardner, E. Hopkins, H. Kennedy, M. Kyprianou, J. Pollizzi, M. Postman, J. Richon, D. Swade, J. Travisano, and R. White
• Integrating the HST Guide Star Catalog into the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database: Initial Results
  O. Yu. Malkov and O. M. Smirnov
• An Archival System for the Observational Data Obtained at the Okayama and Kiso Observatories. II.
  M. Yoshida
• WIYN Data Distribution and Archiving
  R. Seaman and T. von Hippel
• Automatic Mirroring of the IRAF FTP and WWW Archives
  M. Fitzpatrick, D. Tody, and D. L. Terrett
• The ROSAT RESULTS ARCHIVE: Tools and Methods
  M. F. Corcoran, D. E. Harris, H. E. Brunner, J. K. Englhauser, W. H. Voges, T. H. Boller, M. G. Watson, and J. P. Pye
• A Database-driven Cache Model for the DADS Optical Disk Archive
  T. Comeau and V. Park
• The CATS Database to Operate with Astrophysical Catalogs
  O. V. Verkhodanov, S. A.Trushkin, H. Andernach, and V. N. Chernenkov

Database Applications

• Dynamic Dynamic Queries (DDQ)
  P. Teuben
• Access to Data Sources and the ESO SkyCat Tool
  M. A. Albrecht, A. Brighton, T. Herlin, P. Biereichel, and D. Durand
• A Java Interface For SkyView
  T. A. McGlynn, K. A. Scollick, and N. E. White
• Java, Image Browsing, and the NCSA Astronomy Digital Image Library
  R. L. Plante, D. Goscha, R. M. Crutcher, J. Plutchak, R. E. M. McGrath, X. Lu, and M. Folk
• A Configuration Control and Software Management System for Distributed Multiplatform Software Development
  E. Huygen, B. Vandenbussche, G. Bex, P. R. Roelfsema, D. R. Boxhoorn, and N. J. M. Sym
• Case Study of RDBMS Use on The EUVE Mission
  E. C. Olson
• QDB: An IDL-Based Interface to LASCO Databases
  A. E. Esfandiari, S. E. Paswaters, D. Wang, and R. A. Howard
• Astronomical Information Discovery and Access: Design and Implementation of the ADS Bibliographic Services
  A. Accomazzi, G. Eichhorn, M. J. Kurtz, C. S. Grant, and S. S. Murray
• The Sociology of Astronomical Publication Using ADS and ADAMS
  E. Schulman, J. C. French, A. L. Powell, S. S. Murray, G. Eichhorn, and M. J. Kurtz

Proposal Processing

• A Distributed System for ``Phase II'' Proposal Preparation
  A. M. Chavan and M. A. Albrecht
• Filtering KPNO LaTeX Observing Proposals with Perl
  David J. Bell
• A User Friendly Planning and Scheduling Tool for SOHO/LASCO-EIT
  S. E. Paswaters, D. Wang, and R. A. Howard
• Planning and Scheduling Software for the Hobby·Eberly Telescope
  N. I. Gaffney and M. E. Cornell

Real-Time Systems

• CICADA, CCD and Instrument Control Software
  P. J. Young, M. Brooks, S. J. Meatheringham, and W. H. Roberts
• Real Time Science Displays for the Proportional Counter Array Experiment on the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer
  A. B. Giles
• A Graphical Field Extension for sky
  A. Conrad
• The JCMT Telescope Management System
  R. P. J. Tilanus, T. Jenness, F. Economou, and S. Cockayne
• Remote Eavesdropping at the JCMT via the World Wide Web
  T. Jenness, F. Economou, and R. P. J. Tilanus
• WinTICS-24 Version 2.0 and PFITS-An Integrated Telescope/CCD Control Interface
  R. L. Hawkins, D. Berger, and I. Hoffman

Instrument-Specific Software

• Physical Modeling of Scientific Instruments (invited talk)
  M. R. Rosa
• Calibration and Performance Control for the VLT Instrumentation
  P. Ballester, K. Banse, and P. Grosbøl
• The ESO VLT CCD Detectors Software
  A. Longinotti
• The Observatory Monitoring System: Analysis of Spacecraft Jitter
  P. Hyde, R. Perrine, and K. Steuerman
• Refining the Guide Star Catalog: Plate Evaluations
  O. M. Smirnov and O. Yu. Malkov
• ZGSC (Compressed GSC) and XSKYMAP
  O. M. Smirnov and O. Yu. Malkov
• Towards Optimal Analysis of HST Crowded Stellar Fields
  P. Linde and R. Snel
• In-Orbit Calibration of the Distortion of the SOHO/LASCO-C2 Coronagraph
  A. Llebaria, S. Aubert, P. Lamy, and S. Plunkett
• NICMOS Calibration Pipeline: Processing Associations of Exposures
  H. Bushouse, J. MacKenty, C. Skinner, and E. Stobie
• NICMOS Related Software Development at the ST-ECF
  R. Albrecht, W. Freudling, A. Caulet, R. A. E. Fosbury, R. N. Hook, H.-M. Adorf, A. Micol, and R. Thomas
• IDL Library Developed in the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics (Irkutsk, Russia)
  S. K. Konovalov, A. T. Altyntsev, V. V. Grechnev, E. G. Lisysian, G. V. Rudenko, and A. Magun
• The Data Handling System for the NOAO Mosaic
  D. Tody
• IRAF Data Reduction Software for the NOAO Mosaic
  F. Valdes
• Data Format for the NOAO Mosaic
  F. Valdes

AXAF

• ASC Data Analysis Architecture
  M. Conroy, W. Joye, J. Herrero, S. Doe, and A. Mistry
• Implementation Design of the ASC Data Model
  J. Herrero, O. Oberdorf, M. Conroy, and J. McDowell
• ASC Coordinate Transformation-The Pixlib Library
  H. He, J. McDowell, and M. Conroy
• Simulated AXAF Observations with MARX
  M. W. Wise, D. P. Huenemoerder, and J. E. Davis
• The AXAF Science Center Performance Prediction and Calibration Simulator
  R. A. Zacher, A. H. MacKay, B. R. McNamara, and L. P. David
• Modeling AXAF Obstructions with the Generalized Aperture Program.
  D. Nguyen, T. Gaetz, D. Jerius, and I. Stern
• The AXAF Ground Aspect Determination System Pipeline
  M. Karovska, T. Aldcroft, R. A. Cameron, J. DePonte, and M. Birkinshaw
• Fitting and Modeling in the ASC Data Analysis Environment
  S. Doe, A. Siemiginowska, W. Joye, and J. McDowell

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