ADASS '95 Preliminary Program October 22-25, 1995 Tucson, AZ USA Dates to Remember: Jul. 12, 1995: Deadline for Travel Assistance Requests Aug. 15 1995: Deadline for Early Registration Deadline for Meeting Abstracts Deadline for Computer Demo Requests Sep. 21, 1995 Deadline for Hotel Reservations at Conference Rates Oct. 12, 1995 Deadline for Late Registration Important Addresses: For further information: E-mail: softconf@noao.edu Phone: 520-318-8381 FAX: 520-318-8360 Anonymous FTP archive: iraf.noao.edu in iraf/conf/adass-95/ World Wide Web: http://iraf.noao.edu/ADASS/adass.html Table of Contents Introduction Conference Sponsors Program Organizing Committee Local Organizing Committee Meeting Agenda Special Topics Invited Speakers BOFs Special Sessions OO Workshop IRAF Developers' Workshop Registration Hotel Information Call for Papers Computer Demos Proceedings Local Information Getting to Tucson by Air Transportation to/from Airport Weather Meals Special Events KPNO Tour Conference Reception BOFfet Conference Banquet Preliminary Conference Program INTRODUCTION The Fifth Annual Conference on Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems will be held in Tucson, Arizona, October 22-25, 1995 at the Tucson Convention Center (TCC) in downtown Tucson. The meeting is being hosted by the National Optical Astronomy Observatories. The ADASS Conferences provide a forum for scientists and programmers concerned with algorithms, software, and software systems employed in the reduction and analysis of astronomical data. The General Sessions for the Conference will be held in the Leo Rich Theatre at the TCC. Posters and demos will be on display in the Meeting Rooms area, just a few steps from the Leo Rich Theater. All breaks will be in the poster/demo area. Conference Sponsors Sponsors for the Conference include the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, the International Gemini 8-Meter Telescopes Project, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Optical Astronomy Observatories, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, the National Research Council of Canada, the National Science Foundation, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the Space Telescope Science Institute, the University of Arizona Steward Observatory, and the Vatican Observatory. Our corporate sponsors include Co Comp, Inc., Sun Microsystems, Inc., and Research Systems, Inc. Program Organizing Committee The Program Organizing Committee for ADASS V has the following members: Rudi Albrecht (ST-ECF/ESO), Roger Brissenden (SAO), Tim Cornwell (NRAO), Dennis Crabtree (DAO/CADC), Bob Hanisch---Chair (ST ScI), Rick Harnden (SAO), Gareth Hunt (NRAO), George Jacoby (NOAO), Barry Madore (IPAC), Dick Shaw (ST ScI), Karen Strom (U. Mass.), and Doug Tody (NOAO). Local Organizing Committee The Local Organizing Committee consists of Jeannette Barnes---Chair, Dave Bell, Lindsey Davis, Mike Fitzpatrick, Steve Grandi, George Jacoby, Jim Kessel, Dyer Lytle, Mike Peralta, Rob Seaman, Nigel Sharp, Doug Tody, and Frank Valdes. MEETING AGENDA Special Topics The meeting agenda will consist of invited and contributed talks and poster sessions with emphasis on the following special topics: Real Time, Near-Real Time Systems Archives of Ground-Based Data Science Software Applications Software Development Methods Electronic Information Systems and Services Invited Speakers We are very pleased to present the following list of invited speakers for ADASS V. Peter Boyce, AAS (The AAS Electronic Publishing Program) James Coggins, UNC (Object-Oriented Software Methods) Dennis Crabtree, DAO/CADC (Archives for Ground-Based Observatories) Dick Crutcher, UIUC (AIPSView) Bob Garwood, NRAO (On-the-Fly Mapping) Kim Gillies, NOAO (Gemini Control Systems) Brian Glendenning, NRAO (AIPS++ S/W Development Methodologies) George Jacoby, NOAO/KPNO (Software Demands Imposed By H_0 Studies) Mark Johnston, STScI (Automated Proposal Handling for HST) Tod Lauer, NOAO (New Approaches to Galaxy Surface Photometry) John McGraw, UNM (GUIs and Tools for Secure Remote Observing) Fabio Pasian, Trieste (Galileo Archives) Marc Postman, STScI (Automated Detection of Distant Clusters of Galaxies) BOFs Several birds-of-a-feather sessions (BOFs) are also planned. BOFs generally run 1 1/2--2 hours, often concurrently with other BOFs, and can be any format defined by the organizer. BOFs for ADASS V include: Software System Futures: It is all very well to modernize existing packages (Open IRAF), or to rewrite them with modern software technology (AIPS++). In the short term, these are sensible things to do. But is that really the future of astronomical data processing in 5--10 years? Shouldn't we be looking into much more modular systems, using class libraries from all over the net to solve specific problems? Shouldn't we make much more use of high quality commercial products, rather than insisting on using our own cottage industry of `scientific' software? In any case, ADASS is a suitable forum to discuss these matters. A number of carefully chosen pundits will be invited to give their views, after which there will hopefully be a spirited discussion. Contact Jan Noordam (noordam@nfra.nl) for further information. IDL User's Group: IDL (Interactive Data Language) is a commercial plotting, image processing, and programming language which is widely used in astronomy. The main speaker in this BOF session will be David Stern of Research Systems, Inc., who will describe the new features in IDL V4.0, and talk about planned developments in the IDL language. Wayne Landsman will give a brief talk describing recent changes to the IDL Astronomy Library. Users are welcome to give additional short talks describing their applications of IDL in astronomy. Please contact Wayne Landsman ( landsman@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov) for further information. IRAF User's Meeting: This session will feature presentations about the status and plans for future development for the IRAF system and all of its major layered packages: STSDAS, PROS, EUVE, ASC, etc. Users will have an opportunity to question the software development groups and discuss problems or concerns. Contributions are also welcome from users who have developed software or procedures for IRAF that they would like to share with a broader audience. Please contact Bob Hanisch ( hanisch@stsci.edu) for further information. FITS: A FITS BOF is being organized by Peter Teuben, the chair of the WGAS FITS Committee, and Don Wells, the chair of the IAU FITS Working Group. The meeting will provide an opportunity for all those with an interest in using and extending FITS to discuss current activities. A final program has not yet been set, but is likely to include the following topics: standards for world coordinate systems notation, usage conventions for binary tables, and options for supporting data compression within FITS. Please contact the organizers ( teuben@astro.umd.edu, dwells@fits.cv.nrao.edu) if you have a specific FITS-related item you would like to present or have discussed. Anyone interested in organizing a BOF may contact Bob Hanisch (hanisch@stsci.edu); if space permits we will try to accommodate your request. SPECIAL SESSIONS Two special sessions are planned along with the Conference. OO Workshop On Sunday October 22, 10am--3pm, we will host a workshop and tutorial on the use of object oriented software development methodologies at the Holiday Inn (City Center), one of the Conference hotels. The workshop will be led by Allen Farris (STScI). Allen is an experienced lecturer in OO software design and implementation and is the developer of the FITS classes in the AIPS++ project. In addition, we will have short presentations by individuals who have undertaken software development projects using OO methods in order to hear how the approach worked for them. The workshop is aimed primarily at people who are not experts in OO software development and who wish to become more familiar with the field. In order to cover the costs of the meeting room, coffee, lunch, and hand-out materials, a registration fee of $35 will be charged. Attendance will be limited and registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration for the OO workshop is via the Conference registration form. Contact Bob Hanisch (hanisch@stsci.edu) for further information. IRAF Developers' Workshop We are pleased to announce the second IRAF Developers' Workshop (IDW), which will be held at the Tucson Convention Center on Thursday, October 26 (the day following the ADASS), 9am to 5pm. This one-day workshop will feature short presentations, splinter sessions, and in-depth discussions of issues related to software development for the IRAF environment. People with a variety of backgrounds would be welcome, but the IDW is likely to be most interesting to individuals who develop applications or utilities that operate within the IRAF environment, or who make extensive use of IRAF system utilities and/or data structures through one of the programming interfaces. Space constraints and a desire to foster informal discussions force us to limit attendance, so please register early. If you are interested in attending the IDW, please register for the workshop using the Conference registration form. There will be a $25 fee to cover the cost of the IDW. For those attending the ADASS '95 conference who are not local to Tucson, please note that you may extend your stay at one of the conference hotels at the same low rate that applies for the ADASS, provided that you reserve your room by the reservation deadline. A detailed agenda is being worked out, and will be available via the Web in the summer. For further information please contact Dick Shaw ( shaw@stsci.edu). REGISTRATION Anyone wishing to attend the Conference must complete and return the accompanying Registration Form in the center of this booklet or retrieve and return the electronic copy of the Registration Form (found on iraf.noao.edu in the file iraf/conf/adass-95/adassvreg.txt). The early registration fee is $125, and the late registration fee is $175. The early registration deadline is August 15, 1995. The late registration deadline is October 12, 1995. Walk-up registration will be accepted (on a space-available basis) but it is discouraged (fee for walk-up registration is $225). The Conference registration is being handled by REGISTRATION, University of Arizona Extended University, 1955 E. Sixth Street, Tucson, AZ 85721. The Registration Form may be filled in and returned to them at this address or sent to them by FAX at 520-621-3269. The electronic version of the completed Registration Form may be returned to extuniv@ccit.arizona.edu. All fees must accompany the Registration Form. Once you have sent in your registration form all questions regarding your registration should be directed to the University of Arizona Extended University (phone: 520-621-8632, FAX: 520-621-3269, e-mail: Jim Laukes at jlaukes@ccit.arizona.edu). Reference ``Registration ADASS V'' in all communications, please. Cancellations received in writing before October 12, 1995 will be entitled to a full refund less a $25 cancellation fee. Conference registrants may pick up their registration packets on Sunday, October 22, 5pm--9pm, before and during the Conference Reception in the Starlight Ballroom at the Holiday Inn. The registration table will also be open in the TCC meeting rooms (near the poster and demo area) Monday (7:30am--5pm), Tuesday (8am--5pm), and Wednesday, (8am--noon). HOTEL INFORMATION Please make all room reservations directly with the hotels. We have rooms blocked at two hotels: the Holiday Inn (City Center) and the Santa Rita Park Inn. The deadline for hotel reservations is September 21, 1995. After that date the hotels will no longer guarantee the Conference rates or hold our room block. It is advised that all reservations be secured with the 1st night's deposit, either by check or by credit card (contact the hotels directly for their reservation policies). Both Conference hotels are within 2 blocks of the Tucson Convention Center, an easy walk to the TCC meeting rooms. Both hotels offer free parking to guests. When making reservations be sure to mention ``NOAO'' to get the Conference rates. There is a room tax of 9.5% plus a $1.00 city surcharge per room per night to be assessed to the rates quoted below. Non-smoking rooms are available upon request. Holiday Inn (City Center), FAX: 1-520-623-8121, Phone (direct lines to Hotel): 1-800-448-8276, 1-520-624-8711 $65 per night (single), $69 per night (double, twins) $79 per night (triples), $89 per night (quads) Santa Rita Park Inn, FAX: 1-520-620-0376, Phone: 1-800-622-1120 $52 per night (singles, doubles)--- includes a complimentary Continental breakfast and complimentary beverages during cocktail hour. CALL FOR PAPERS Both oral and poster papers are being accepted for presentation at the meeting. We especially encourage papers that fall into the categories listed under Special Topics, although papers on all topics relevant to the meeting will be considered. Abstracts must be received no later than August 15, 1995. Papers whose abstracts are received after this date will be considered but may not be accommodated. Contributors may submit no more than one oral paper (as first author). In addition, one or more poster papers may be submitted but the Program Organizing Committee may not accept all papers. In all cases, the presenting author must be the first author on the abstract. Electronic submission of abstracts is encouraged. The abstract materials are available by anonymous FTP to the host iraf.noao.edu in the directory iraf/conf/adass-95/abstracts or by sending e-mail to adassvab-request@noao.edu. There will be a $40 fee that must accompany each abstract. If you cannot retrieve or submit abstract materials electronically please request further instructions by writing Jeannette Barnes, NOAO, P.O. Box 26732, Tucson, AZ 85726 (FAX: 520-318-8360). The cancellation and refund of abstract fees are subject to the same conditions as registration fees. Authors may presume that their papers have been accepted unless they hear otherwise from the Program Organizing Committee within a month after the abstract deadline. Contributed oral papers will be limited to 12 minutes followed by a 3 minute discussion period, and invited oral papers will be allocated 25 minutes followed by a 5 minute discussion period. Visual aids available for oral presentations will include an overhead projector for transparencies and a 2 x 2 projector for 35mm slides. Poster papers must fit on a 1 meter square area and will be displayed throughout the meeting. If special equipment is needed for a presentation, oral or poster, this must be indicated on the abstract form and an additional charge of $250 will be assessed. Please send e-mail to softconf@noao.edu before requesting special equipment to be certain we can accommodate your needs. It may be necessary for the POC to change a requested oral paper to a poster paper, or to filter the papers in general, if the meeting time is over subscribed. The abstracts will be made available on the World Wide Web once the POC has decided on the program. COMPUTER DEMOS If you plan to present a computer demo at the Conference then you must retrieve the abstract materials by anonymous FTP to the host iraf.noao.edu in the iraf/conf/adass-95/abstracts directory or by sending e-mail to adassvab-request@noao.edu, since these materials are also used to request computer demos. There will be a fee of $400 for each computer demo. Current plans are to install an Internet connection in the poster and demo area. We have no plans to install a network connection in the General Sessions area. We will have NCD X-terminals, Sun workstations (running SunOS4.1.4), and PCs (running DOS and Windows) available along with an Exabyte and a DAT drive. Please indicate on the abstract/demo form what your specific needs are. We will get back to you if we have any questions. We MUST have this information along with full payment no later than August 15, 1995. For questions please contact softconf@noao.edu. PROCEEDINGS The proceedings of the Conference will be published as part of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series. Information on the format and the due date for the published papers will be sent to authors after the abstract deadline in a later e-mailing. It may be necessary for the editors to screen the papers for the published proceedings if the number of papers is too large for a reasonably sized and reasonably priced volume. Invited papers will be limited to 10 pages; poster papers and contributed oral talks will be limited to 4 pages. Each registered participant will receive a copy of the published proceedings as part of the registration fee. We also plan to make the Proceedings available over the World Wide Web, as in past years, if we are granted permission to do so by the ASP. LOCAL INFORMATION Getting to Tucson by Air Several major airlines fly into the Tucson area. Delta Air Lines is offering special discounted ADASS Conference fares. U.S. and Canadian participants may call 1-800-241-6760 and refer to File Number A5120 for fare information. Transportation to/from Airport The Holiday Inn (City Center) provides a courtesy shuttle for its guests to/from the airport. A courtesy phone is available in the baggage claim area (lower level) of the airport. You will need to call the hotel upon your arrival for this courtesy service. An airport shuttle, called the Arizona Stagecoach, is available to transport you from the Tucson International Airport to the meeting hotels at a discounted rate of $8.50 one way. The service counter for the Stagecoach is located at the lower level (baggage claim area) of the airport terminal near the main exit (look for the stagecoach horses on the wall). Mention ``NOAO'' to get the discounted rate. This shuttle is also available for return trips to the airport: call 889-1000 to make reservations 24-hours in advance for return trips only. Several taxi cab companies provide services to the downtown area. These cabs will be queued outside the baggage claim area (lower level) of the airport. The rates are $13--15 per cab (not person)---the cabs are metered. For those wishing rental cars, Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Hertz, National, and Value have service counters in the baggage claim area (lower level) at the airport. Enterprise, Rent-a-Ride, and Thrifty provide pickup services and are located a short distance from the airport: courtesy phones are available in the baggage claim area. Weather October is generally a very pleasant month in Tucson with a touch of fall in the air. However, October can also bring some surprises in the way of short but chilly winter storms! Expect temperatures in the low 40's (F.) in the evening and around 75 during the day (but remember those possible winter storms that could bring some rain and cooler temperatures!) Meals There are many restaurants in the meeting area within walking distance of the TCC. Each of the hotels also has restaurants. The downtown area is particularly noted for good Mexican food dining. A local guide to dining in Tucson will be included in your registration packet when you arrive for the Conference. SPECIAL EVENTS Several special events have been planned during the conference. A tour to Kitt Peak National Observatory is planned for Sunday, October 22. A bus will leave the Holiday Inn (City Center) at 11:30am and return at 5:30pm. This tour includes a visit to the new WIYN telescope, the 4-meter telescope, the McMath solar telescope, the observing room of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's 12-meter telescope, and the VLBA antennas. Kitt Peak is at an elevation of 6800 feet so bring warm clothing and walking shoes! People with respiratory or cardiac disorders should take proper precautions! Reservations will be limited to one bus and may be made along with your Conference registration. The tour will cost $20 and includes transportation as well as lunch and snacks. A Conference Reception is planned for Sunday evening, October 22, from 7pm to 9pm in the Starlight Ballroom at the Holiday Inn. There will be light refreshments along with a cash bar. A BOFfet (BOF buffet) is offered on Monday evening, October 23, at the TCC, as part of the poster/demo sessions and BOFs. BOFfet tickets will be $9 and must be purchased in advance as part of your Conference registration. Few, if any, tickets will be available after the October 12 late registration deadline. The BOFfet will consist of three types of Lasagna (one vegetarian) along with a green garden salad, garlic bread, dessert, coffee and tea. A cash bar will also be available. A Conference Banquet is planned Tuesday evening, October 24, at the Savoy Opera House in Trail Dust Town, a little bit of the old West on the city's busy eastside. Buses will leave the Holiday Inn (City Center) at 6pm and dinner will be served at 7:30pm. This will give attendees some time to enjoy a cocktail, visit the specialty shops along the board sidewalk looking for that perfect gift from the Southwest, or to have a quiet chat with a colleague on a park bench in the town square. Buses will depart back to the hotel around 9:30pm. The $35 banquet ticket will include transportation to/from the hotel, your choice of one of three dinner entrees (mesquite grilled Filet Mignon w/green peppercorn sauce, mesquite grilled Salmon w/lemon buerre blanc sauce, or vegetarian Pasta Primavera), dessert, coffee or tea, and some light southwestern entertainment. Banquet tickets must be purchased in advance along with the Conference registration, but no later than October 12. PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE PROGRAM The General Sessions will be held in the Leo Rich Theatre at the TCC. The poster/demo area along with the breaks will be in the Meeting Rooms. Sunday, October 22, 1995 10:00am-- 3:00pm OO Workshop (Empire West--Holiday Inn) 3:00pm-- 7:00pm Poster/Demo Setup (Meeting Rooms) 5:00pm-- 9:00pm Registration (Starlight Ballroom--Holiday Inn) 7:00pm-- 9:00pm Reception (Starlight Ballroom--Holiday Inn) Monday, October 23, 1995 7:30am-- 8:30am Poster/Demo Setup (Meeting Rooms 7:30am-- 5:00pm Registration (Meeting Rooms) 8:30am-- 8:45am Opening Remarks (Leo Rich Theatre) 8:45am--10:00am General Session 10:00am--11:00am Poster/Demo Session and Break 11:00am--12:30pm General Session 12:30pm-- 2:00pm Lunch Break 2:00pm-- 3:30pm General Session 3:30pm-- 4:30pm Poster/Demo Session and Break 4:30pm-- 6:00pm BOFs 6:00pm-- 7:30pm Cash Bar, BOFfet, Poster/Demo Session 7:30pm-- 9:00pm BOFs Tuesday, October 24, 1995 8:00am-- 5:00pm Registration (Meeting Rooms) 8:30am--10:00am General Session 10:00am--11:00am Poster/Demo Session and Break 11:00am--12:30pm General Session 12:30pm-- 2:00pm Lunch Break 2:00pm-- 3:30pm General Session 3:30pm-- 4:30pm Poster/Demo Session and Break 4:30pm-- 5:30pm General Session 6:00pm--10:00pm Banquet Wednesday, October 25, 1995 8:00am--12:00pm Registration (Meeting Rooms) 8:30am--10:00am General Session 10:00am--11:00am Poster/Demo Session and Break 11:00am--12:30pm General Session 12:30pm-- 2:00pm Lunch Break 2:00pm-- 3:30pm General Session 3:30pm-- 4:30pm Poster/Demo Session and Break 4:30pm-- 5:30pm General Session 4:30pm-- 5:00pm Poster/Demo Tear-Down Thursday, October 26, 1995 9:00am-- 5:00pm IRAF Developers' Workshop (Meeting Rooms)