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                                     First Announcement

                                          ADASS XXXI
   Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems Conference Series

                                     24 - 28 October, 2021
                     The Westin Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

                                    http://adass2021.ac.za

Mark your calendars for the 31st annual conference on Astronomical Data
Analysis
Software and Systems (http://adass.org).  The conference will be held on
24-28
October 2021, and hosted by IDIA, RATT, and SARAO.

This annual conference, held in a different location each year, is a forum
for
astronomers, computer scientists, software engineers, faculty members and
students working in areas related to algorithms, software and systems for
the
acquisition, reduction, analysis, and dissemination of astronomical data.

The ADASS XXXI program will include invited talks, contributed papers,
display
sessions, tutorials, computer demonstrations, and special interest ("Birds
of a
Feather" or BoF) meetings. These activities aim to stimulate further
development
of software and systems to meet the data science challenges of astronomy.

Registration and abstract submissions are NOT yet open but the website is
available at http://adass2021.ac.za.  More information will be added as the
planning progresses.

At this time, it seems clear that a normal, all in-person meeting will not
be possible.
We are looking into a virtual meeting similar to the one we had last year,
and into a
hybrid format that would allow local people to meet even if the rest of the
world
cannot.  We will keep you updated as the world-wide Covid-19 situation
unfolds.

We would like to thank everyone who participated in proposing and voting
for this
year's themes. The key themes for ADASS XXXI are:

- Solutions for workflow management and reproducibility
- Understanding and improving machine learning
- Modernizing and maintaining telescopes
- Building accessible and friendly user interfaces
- FAIR standards for astronomical data
- Teaching resources for astroinformatics and virtual observatories
- Image processing for the public and scientists
- Big data: How to deal with the 5 Vs (volume, velocity, variety, veracity
and value)
- Citizen science in astronomy

The list of invited speakers, and further details regarding the format will
be posted
with the next announcement.  Among other things, we will be looking at
solutions
to maximize attendance if the decision is to hold a hybrid meeting which
would
bring some new time zone challenges.

The International Virtual Observatory Alliance (IVOA) meeting normally
follows the
ADASS meeting.  This year the IVOA is planning for a fully virtual
meeting.  Please
visit ivoa.net for details regarding that meeting.

Best regards,

Kathleen Labrie on behalf of the ADASS POC,
Oleg Smirnov and Russ Taylor on behalf of the ADASS XXXI LOC.


Program Organising Committee (POC)
   Christophe Arviset (ESA-ESAC)
   Pascal Ballester (ESO)
   Sébastien Derrière (CDS)
   Kimberly DuPrie (STScI)
   Mike Fitzpatrick, POC Exec (CSDC, NSF's NOIRLab)
   Stephen Gwyn, Deputy Chair (CADC)
   Kathleen Labrie, POC Chair (Gemini, NSF's NOIRLab)
   Brian Kent (NRAO)
   Nuria Lorente (AAO-MQ)
   Jessica Mink (SAO)
   Fabio Pasian (INAF)
   Francesco Pierfederici (IRAM)
   Roberto Pizzo (ASTRON)
   Jose Enrique Ruiz (IAA-CSIC)
   Yuji Shirasaki (NAOJ)
   Keith Shortridge (K&V)
   Oleg Smirnov (Rhodes University + SARAO)
   Mark Taylor (Bristol)
   Russ Taylor (IDIA)
   Peter Teuben (UMD)
   Xiuqin Wu (IPAC)

Local Organizing Committee (LOC)
   Oleg Smirnov (Rhodes University + SARAO)
   Russ Taylor (IDIA)

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Links:

Venue:
   The Westin Cape Town,
https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/cptwi-the-westin-cape-town
Organizing institutions:
   IDIA, https://www.idia.ac.za/
   RATT, https://www.ru.ac.za/physicsandelectronics/radioastronomycentre/
   SARAO, http://sarao.ac.za
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