[Adass-announce] ADASS 2007

[Jim Lewis]

May 4th, 2007

We are pleased to announce the opening of registration for the 17th
annual conference on Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems
(ADASS). The conference will be held at Kensington Town Hall, London,
UK during 23-26 September 2007.

The ADASS Conference Series provides a forum for scientists and
computer specialists concerned with algorithms, software, and
operational systems that focus on the acquisition, reduction,
analysis, storage and dissemination of astronomical data. The program
includes invited talks, contributed papers, display sessions,
tutorials, and computer demonstrations, as well as special interest
("Birds of a Feather" or BOF) meetings. These activities aim to
encourage communication between software specialists, scientists, and
users, and also to stimulate further development of astronomical
software and systems. This year developers will again have the
opportunity to present Focus Demonstrations: a place in the conference
schedule and a dedicated meeting room for demonstrating their
applications to a small, focused audience.

The featured themes for this year's program are:

    * Image Processing and Data Visualization
    * Mosaics and Footprints
    * Algorithms and image processing
    * Data Preservation
    * HEP Computing
    * Data mining

We invite you to attend and participate in this exciting conference.

At this time we solicit proposals for Birds of a Feather sessions. If
you are interested in proposing a BoF, please read the full
solicitation.

The ADASS 2007 web site (http://adass.org/adass2007/) will be updated
regularly during the next few weeks to include information about the
conference program, the current list of attendees, and the submitted
abstracts. Please review the calendar of important events and
deadlines.

The ADASS will be followed by a two day International Virtual
Observatory Alliance (IVOA) meeting at the IoA, Cambridge (27 and 28
September, 2007).

We look forward to seeing you in London!
Jim Lewis
Chair, Local Organizing Committee

Arnold Rots
Chair, Program Organizing Committee