ADASS '96 Conference Program and Abstracts

Most Recently Updated on $Date: 1996/09/19 00:54:42 $ (UT)

The Program Organizing Committee has reviewed the abstracts submitted for the Conference. Although this is not necessarily the final program, any changes to the Oral program and the BOF schedule should be minor.

In the following tables, where there is more than one author, only the first author is listed. Invited speakers are indicated with (I).

Oral Program

BOF Schedule

Posters

Computer Demonstrations

Sunday, 22 September 1996

0800 - 1100 Registration (Ballroom Prefunction Area)
0900 - 1800 Green Bank Tour (Buses depart from Water Street)
1000 - 1500 JAVA Tutorial
1500 - 1900 Poster/Demo Setup (Ballroom - Salon A)
1500 - 2000 Registration (Ballroom Prefunction Area)
1900 - 2100 Reception (Atrium)

Monday, 23 September 1996

0730 - 1700 Registration (Ballroom Prefunction Area)
0730 - 0830 Poster/Demo Setup (Ballroom - Salon A)
0830 - 0845 Opening Remarks (Jefferson Ballroom)
Session I - Applications and Modelling
Session Chair - Bob Hanisch

ID Time Author Title
T1.01 0845 - 0915 K. Horne (I) Astrotomography
T1.02 0915 - 0930 V. Oknyanskij Determination of Variable Time Delay in Uneven Data Sets
T1.03 0930 - 0945 V. Vityazev Time Series Analysis of Unequally Spaced Data: Intercomparison Between the Schuster Periodgram and the LS-Spectra
T1.04 0945 - 1000 Y. Chen Imaging by an Optimizing Method
Break and Poster/Demo Session
Session II - Software Systems
Session Chair - Doug Tody

ID Time Author Title
T2.01 1100 - 1130 T. Cornwell (I) Design and Implementation of Radio-Astronomical Calibration and Imaging in AIPS++
T2.02 1130 - 1145 L. Rottler Extended Python as a Viable Alternative to IDL for Astronomical Data Analysis
T2.03 1145 - 1200 I. Taylor The Grid Signal Processing System
T2.04 1200 - 1215 S. Ott Design and Implementation of CIA, the ISOCAM Interactive Analysis System
T2.05 1215 - 1230 C. Gabriel The ISOPHOT-Interactive Analysis (PIA) - A Calibration and Scientific Analysis Tool
Conference Photograph and Lunch
Session III - FITS
Session Chair - Gareth Hunt

ID Time Author Title
T3.01 1400 - 1415 D. Clarke Practical Applications of a Relational FITS Keyword Database
T3.02 1415 - 1430 S. Allen Multiple World Coordinate Systems for DEIMOS Mosaic Images
T3.03 1430 - 1445 D. Mink LIBWCS: Putting Image World Coordinate Systems to USe
T3.04 1445 - 1500 E. Mandel The SAOtng Programming Interface
T3.05 1500 - 1515 D. Wells Speculations on the Future of FITS
Break and Poster/Demo Session
Session IV - BOF Sessions
ID Time Contact Title
B4.01 1600 - 1730 D. Wells FITS
B4.02 1600 - 1730 N. Elias TCL/TK
B4.03 1600 - 1730 B. Hanisch and G. Eichhorn ADS (combined with AstroBrowse)
Dinner
Session V - BOF Sessions
ID Time Author Title
B5.01 1930 - 2100 G. van Moorsel AIPS
B5.02 1930 - 2100 W. Landsman IDL
B5.03 1930 - 2100 D. Tody IRAF
B5.04 1930 - 2100 V. Vityazev Irregular Time Series

Tuesday, 24 September 1996

0800 - 1700 Registration (Ballroom Prefunction Area)
Session VI - Applications and Modelling
Session Chair - Karen Strom

ID Time Author Title
T6.01 0830 - 0900 P. Butler (I) Photon Limited Doppler Precision in a High S/N Domain: Software Development for the Lick Observatory Planet Search Project
T6.02 0900 - 0930 G. Ferland (I) Cloudy: Modeling the Emission From Astrophysical Nebulae
T6.03 0930 - 0945 S. Tokarz RoadRunner: An Automated Data Reduction System for Long Slit Spectroscopic Data
T6.04 0945 - 1000 J. Theiler Point Source Detection With Low Count Rates and Nonuniform Background
Break and Poster/Demo Session
Session VII - Network-Based Applications Development
Session Chair - Dick Shaw

ID Time Author Title
T7.01 1100 - 1130 H. Foxwell (I) JAVA Features and Implications
T7.02 1130 - 1145 R. Plante JAVA - Image Data Browsing, and the NCSA Astronomy Digital Image Library
T7.03 1145 - 1200 D. Armoza Visualizing Data on the Web Using VRML and JAVA
T7.04 1200 - 1215 M. Albrecht Access to Data Sources and the ESO SkyCat Tool
T7.05 1215 - 1230 A. Rots The XTE Data Finder: How to Get Your Own Virtual Copy of a Large Database
Lunch
Session VIII - Software Design and Management
Session Chair - Jonathan McDowell

ID Time Author Title
T8.01 1400 - 1415 R. Shaw Experience with Quality Management Process
T8.02 1415 - 1430 W. Pence Overview of the FTOOLS Software Development and Management Philosophy
T8.03 1430 - 1445 F. Valdes IRAF CCD Reduction Software for the NOAO Mosaic
T8.04 1445 - 1500 A. Accomazzi Astronomical Information Discovery and Access: Design and Implementation of the ADS Bibliographic Services
T8.05 1500 - 1515 A. Chavan A Distributed System for "Phase II" Proposal Preparation
Break and Poster/Demo Session
Session IX - BOF Session
ID Time Contact Title
B9.01 1545 - 1715 J. Noordam FADS II
Ash Lawn-Highland Outdoor Banquet
1745 Buses Leave From Omni Hotel to Ash Lawn-Highland for Banquet
1800 - 2200 Banquet at Ash Lawn-Highland
2130 - 2200 Buses Leave Ash Lawn-Highland to Return to Hotels

Wednesday, 25 September 1996

0800 - 1200 Registration (Ballroom Prefunction Area)
Session X - Instrumentation and Control Systems
Session Chair - Rudi Albrecht

ID Time Author Title
T10.01 0830 - 0900 M. Rosa (I) Physical Modeling of Scientific Instruments
T10.02 0900 - 0915 P. Grosbøl The VLT Data Flow Concept
T10.03 0915 - 0930 P. Ballester Calibration and Performance Control for the VLT Instrumentation
T10.04 0930 - 0945 A. Longinotti The ESO VL/T CCD Database
T10.05 0945 - 1000 A. Conrad A Graphical Field Extension for sky
T10.06 1000 - 1015 D. Tody The Data Handling System for the NOAO Mosaic
T10.07 1015 - 1030 R. Tilanus The JCMT Telescope Management System
Break and Poster/Demo Session
Session XI - Applications in Radio Astronomy
Session Chair - Tim Cornwell

ID Time Author Title
T11.01 1100 - 1130 H. Liszt (I) A Homegrown But Widely-Distributed Data Analysis System
T11.02 1130 - 1200 M. Shepherd (I) Difmap: An Interactive Program for Synthesis Imaging
T11.03 1200 - 1215 D. Roberts IMAGER: A Parallel Interface to Spectral Line Processing
T11.04 1215 - 1230 P. Marèchal Unified Survey of Fourier Synthesis Methodologies
Lunch
Session XII - BOF Sessions
ID Time Contact Title
B12.01 1400 - 1530 Joe Harrington Interactive Data Analysis Environments
B12.02 1400 - 1530 Dave Mills and Pat Murphy Linux
B12.03 1400 - 1530 S. Allen Mosaics
B12.04 1400 - 1530 Unknown Radio Survey Databases (CANCELLED)
1630 - 1730 Poster/Demo Take Down

Thursday, 26 September 1996

0900 - 1700 IRAF Developers' Workshop
Original Markup by Carolyn White / cwhite@nrao.edu
Tables by Pat Murphy / pmurphy@nrao.edu