Converging Computing Methodologies

in Astronomy

A European Science Foundation (ESF) Scientific Network, 1995-1997

New Information and Links

• Breaking News: New COST Action 283 approved June 2001. Start-up meeting November 2001. Information on iAstro.
• Astro-Grid, approved in outline by the GSC (Grid Steering Committee), PPARC, early June 2001. This GBP 5 million project involves lead investigators at Edinburgh, Cambridge, Leicester, Rutherford Appleton, Mullard Space Science Lab, Jodrell Bank, and Computer Science QUB. Further information.
• "From Information to Knowledge Using Astronomical Databases", Workshop, Strasbourg Observatory, Wednesday 23 June - Friday 25 June 1999.
• "The Virtual Observatory", ESF Exploratory Workshop, European Science Foundation, Monday 20 September - Tuesday 21 September 1999.

• ESF Homepage. Contact Marie Clifford, mclifford@esf.org.
• Scientific Background.
• The Need for a Network.
• Network Activities.
• Coordination Committee.
• Other Interested Individuals, Institutes.
• Technical Committee 13, IAPR.
• Information about this Network has appeared in....
• Lund Observatory image processing homepage.

• Workshop on Information Retrieval and Resource Discovery, Magee College, University of Ulster, 12-13 December 1997.
• CCMA Conference, Sonthofen, in the Allgäu moutain area, Bavaria, 17-18 September 1997. Our conference will follow ADASS'97 - Astronomical Data Analysis and Software Systems, 14-17 September 1997.
  Proceedings of CCMA Conference, Sonthofen.
• Third Workshop, 'Data and Information Fusion, Integration and Classification', Granada, 18-19 April, '97. Information: Rafael Molina rms@decsai.ugr.es
  Programme and other information.
• Strategies and Techniques of Information for Astronomy Workshop, Strasbourg, 21-22 June, '96. (Link to Table of Contents.)
  Published proceedings: Vistas in Astronomy, Vol. 40, Part 3, 1996.
• Vision Modeling & Information Coding, Workshop, Nice, 4-6 Oct. '95.
  Includes link to proceedings.
  Published proceedings: Vistas in Astronomy, Vol. 40, Part 4, 1996.
• Information on funding - submission and selection procedures.
• Test and model images - links to various sites.

• LISA-III Library and Information Services in Astronomy, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC), Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. The conference will be held 21-23 April 1998, with a visit to Teide Observatory and IAC HQ on April 24th. An optional post-conference visit to Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma Island will be organised on April 25th.
• StatCodes, statistical software for astronomy, Penn State University.
• Image processing Web sites around the world.
• Working Group on Information Handling, Commission 5, International Astronomical Union.
• IAU Commission 5 -- Documentation and Astronomical Data
• "Astronomical Data and Documentation", Report by the Representative of the IAU to the 20th CODATA General Assembly (1996), E. Raimond, July 1997.
• Erice'96 - Data Analysis in Astronomy, October 27 - November 3, 1996.

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