Astronomical Data and the Virtual Observatory
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A one-day session of the
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Ukraine, Kyiv, 5 - 8 October, 2008
(Click here for main conference website)
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SOC:
1.ˆàˆàˆà CSIRO ATNF,
2.ˆàˆàˆà Centre
3.ˆàˆàˆà Space Telescope Science Institute,
4. Main Astronomical Observatory, Ukraine
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6.ˆàˆàˆà National Optical Astronomical
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Topics will include:
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Role and operation of data centres and data services in the future
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà The Virtual Observatory and its commercial applications (Google Sky, WHT)
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Interoperability
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Managing Astronomical Data in the Petabyte era
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Development of open access, data commons, information commons and open culture
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Preserving and digitizing legacy data
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Crossing the digital divide: Accessing scientific & technical data in developing countries
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà External threats to freedom of access
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Invited Keynote Speakers (to be confirmed) will include:
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà George Djorgovski (Caltech): - òÀÜVirtual Astronomy and Computationally Enabled Science in the 21st CenturyòÀÝ
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ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Francoise Genova (CDS) - òÀÜAstronomical Data CentresòÀÝ
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ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Paulo Padovani (ESO) òÀÓ òÀÜVirtual Observatory Science CapabilitiesòÀÝ
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Contributed papers (to be confirmed) will include:
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Masatoshi Ohishi òÀÓ òÀÜThe Japanese Virtual ObservatoryòÀÝ
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Oleg Malkov & Olga Dluzknevskaya òÀÓ òÀÜThe current status and future of the Russian Virtual ObservatoryòÀÝ
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Christophe Arviset et al. òÀÓ òÀÜESA Astronomical Archives in the VO EraòÀÝ
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Ch†éreau Fabien -òÀÜStellarium/VirGO, an open source visual archive browseròÀÝ
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Oleg Verkhodanov, Sergei A. Trushkin, Heinz Andernach, & Vladimir N. Chernenkov - òÀÜThe CATS database: astrophysical research toolòÀÝ
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Ludmila Pakuliak - òÀÜMySQL-based astronomical archive as the cornerstone of the virtual observatoryòÀÝ
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Elizabeth Griffin - òÀÜPreserving and Digitizing Astronomy's Heritage ObservationsòÀÝ
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Aleksandr Sergeev & Tatyana Sergeeva òÀÓ òÀÜVision of digital Golosiiv Plate Archive creation as an element of Ukrainian Virtual ObservatoryòÀÝ
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Alexander Mazhaev & Yuri Protsyuk òÀÓ òÀÜAstronomical Databases to Virtual ObservatoryòÀÝ
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Dmitry Briukhov et al. òÀÓ òÀÜApplication driven mediation middleware of the Russian Virtual Observatory for scientific problem solving over multiple heterogeneous distributed information resourcesòÀÝ
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Igor Chilingarian et al. òÀÓ òÀÜVO Paris Data Center: VO access to complex observational and theoretical datasetsòÀÝ
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Jianjun Yu, Kai Nan, & Lei Liu. òÀÓ òÀÜFits-Serv: A SOA Infrastructure for Massive Astronomical Data Archiving and RetrievalòÀÝ
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Pierre Le Sidaner et al. òÀÓ òÀÜVO access to legacy surveys at VO Paris Data CentreòÀÝ
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà James Thieman et al. òÀÓ òÀÜInteroperability of the Heliophysics Virtual Observatory Data Location and Retrieval SystemòÀÝ
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Milcho Tsvetkov et al. òÀÓ òÀÜWide-Field Plate Database new development and analysisòÀÝ
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Areg M. Mickaelian et al. òÀÓ òÀÜThe DFBS Spectroscopic Database and the Armenian Virtual ObservatoryòÀÝ
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Poster papers (to be confirmed) will include:
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Heinz Andernach - òÀÜSafeguarding old and new journal tables for the VO: Current status of extragalactic and radio dataòÀÝ
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Nataly Bondar, Aleksey Shlyapnikov, Tatyana Sergeeva, Alex Golovin - Photometry of digital images from the Golosiiv Plate Archive
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Tatyana Sergeeva et al. - Plate catalogs of Golosiiv Plate Archive. Towards Ukrainian Virtual Observatory
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Tatyana Sergeeva et al. - New scientific applications for Golosiiv Plate Archive
ˆ§ˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆàˆà Iakov Pustilnik òÀÓ òÀÜThe development of Data Mining Tools for Virtual ObservatoryòÀÝ
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Role of the Session within the Conference
We expect this session to be attended both by astronomers and by data specialists from other fields, such as those building geophysical Virtual Observatories, as well as data specialists from space sciences, life sciences, earth sciences, etc.. Similarly, this conference gives you a chance to find out what people in other disciplines are doing to address their data and VO challenges. For example, at the last CODATA conference, plenary speakers included Jim Gray and Tony Hey (Vice President for Technical Computing, Microsoft). You can expect to find people in other disciplines facing similar challenges to those being faced by astronomy, and we expect this to be a lively forum for cross-fertilization between fields, as well as a forum for astronomers to discuss astronomy-specific issues in a broader context.
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Invitation to submit papers
If you wish to present a paper, please submit a short abstract via the main conference website (http://www.codata.org/08conf/callforpapers.html) , with a cc to Ray.Norris@csiro.au. Note that (a) the formal deadline for submission was 31 March 2008, but papers will actually continue to be accepted for a while, and (b) this session does not yet appear on the main conference website, but will hopefully do so shortly.
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