Recent News

Presentations Now Available (16-Nov-2006)

Many presentations from the meeting are available for download. The file names refer to the presenting author's last name+first initial (followed by some extra characters if the presentation refers to a BoF or demo). All presentations are in PDF format.

Daily Program Announcements (14-Oct-2006)

The latest updates to the conference program, as well as announcements during the meeting, may be found at ADASS_XVI_Today.

Tour of MMT/Fred Whipple Observatory (15-Sept-2006)

The tour of Fred Whipple Observatory (featuring the MMT Observatory) once again has available seats, due to some cancellations. The tour of KPNO still has available seats. Please note that these tours run in parallel, so it is not possible to attend both at once.

Oral Program Available (15-Sept-2006)

The final oral program is available (read more...). Also available are descriptions of the BoF Sessions.

Conference Hotel Room Block (14-Sept-2006)

The room block at the conference hotel expired at 5pm Mountain Standard Time on 14 Sept. Alternative lodging is available (read more...).

Conference Hotel Room Availability (25-Aug-2006)

The conference hotel is reaching capacity for the night of 18-19 Oct., although there is still high availability on prior nights. Read more....

Tour of MMT at Capacity (23-Aug-2006)

The tour of Fred Whipple Observatory (featuring the MMT Observatory) has reached capacity. If you sign up for this tour through the registration web site you will be placed on a wait list. The tour of KPNO still has available seats.

Poster (4-Aug-2006)

The conference poster is available for download.

Financial Aid (31-Jul-2006)

The deadline has passed for applying for financial aid to attend ADASS XVI. All awardees have been notified and should contact the LOC (if they have not already done so) to accept the award.

Conference Announcement (5-June-2006)

We are pleased to announce the opening of registration for the 16th annual conference on Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS). The conference will be held at the Westin La Paloma Resort and Spa in Tucson, Arizona, USA during 15-18 October 2006. The conference is hosted locally by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, the University of Arizona, the Large Binocular Telescope Observatory, and LSST Corporation.

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:

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 2006 web site (http://adass.org/adass2006/) 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.

We look forward to seeing you in Tucson!

Dick Shaw
Chair, Local Organizing Committee

Arnold Rots
Chair, Program Organizing Committee

Preliminary Announcement (21-Apr-2006)

We are pleased to announce the 16th annual conference on Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS), to be held at the Westin La Paloma Resort and Spa in Tucson, Arizona, USA during 15-18 October 2006. The conference is hosted by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, the University of Arizona, the Large Binocular Telescope Observatory, and LSST Corporation.

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.

We invite you to attend and participate in this exciting conference. The featured themes for this year's program are:

At this time we solicit proposals for a tutorial on Sunday afternoon, 15 October. If you are interested in proposing a Tutorial, please read the full solicitation.

The ADASS 2006 web site (http://adass.org/adass2006) will be updated regularly during the next few weeks and will include information about the conference program, registration, financial assistance, and accommodations. It will be possible to register for the conference through the web site starting 5 June. Please have a look at other important events and deadlines.

We look forward to seeing you in Tucson!

Dick Shaw
Chair, Local Organizing Committee

Arnold Rots
Chair, Program Organizing Committee