[Adass-announce] ADASS - Final Announcement

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                            Final Announcement

                               ADASS XXXI
    Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems Conference Series

                         24 - 28 October, 2021
               The Westin Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
                  and online, for remote participation

                         https://adass2021.ac.za


Dear Colleagues,

We would like to remind you that ADASS XXXI is approaching.  While the
in-person
registration has reached venue capacity and is now closed, it is still
possible
to register as a virtual attendee.  The deadline to register is October
15th.

If you would like to present a poster, you have until October 1st to submit
your
abstract.  The deadline to upload the digital material is October 15th.

The LOC will be in touch with the registered participants and presenters
regarding
check-in instructions and the platform used for the virtual portion of the
meeting.

To those who will travel, safe travel!  To everyone, we look forward to
meeting
with all of you next month.

Best regards,

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



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The list of invited speakers for this year's key themes.

- Rachel Street     (Solutions for workflow management and reproducibility)
- Michelle Lochner  (Understanding and improving machine learning)
- Eric Murphy       (Modernizing and maintaining telescopes)
- Kumiko Usada-Sato (Building accessible and friendly user interfaces)
- Simon O'Toole     (FAIR standards for astronomical data)
- Chenzhou Cui      (Teaching resources for astroinformatics and virtual
                     observatories)
- Urvashi Rao       (Image processing for the public and scientists)
- Emily Lakdawalla  (Image processing for the public and scientists)
- Andy Connolly     (Big data: How to deal with the 5 Vs (volume, velocity,
                     variety, veracity and value)
- Meg Schwamb       (Citizen science in astronomy)


To accommodate both the in-person attendees and as many of the virtual
attendees, the talks will be scheduled during the following time slots:

   6:00 -  8:30 UTC
   8:30 - 11:00 UTC
  18:00 - 21:00 UTC

The tutorials are scheduled on Sunday, Oct 24th, planning to use the
following time slots:

Tutorials, Sunday (Oct 24)
   13:00 - 14:30 UTC
   15:00 - 16:30 UTC
   18:00 - 19:30 UTC

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)
   Sunil Chandra (SAAO)
   Roger Deane (IDIA + UP + WU)
   Benjamin Hugo (Rhodes + SARAO)
   Carolina Odman-Govender (IDIA + UWC)
   Athanaseus Ramaila (Rhodes + SARAO)
   Mario Santos (UWC)
   Oleg Smirnov, Co-Chair (Rhodes + SARAO)
   Russ Taylor, Co-Chair (IDIA + UCT + UWC)
   Mattia Vaccari (IDIA + UWC)


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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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