[kdd] Astroinformatics at AAS 217?

[Kirk D Borne]

Thank you Bob.  Please keep us informed about the NRAO/Greenbank workshop.

- Kirk


----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Hanisch <hanisch at stsci.edu>
Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 12:15 pm
Subject: Re: [kdd] Astroinformatics at AAS 217?

> Also, currently in the planning stages, is a workshop that will 
> probably be
> next April or May at NRAO/Greenbank on managing large datasets in 
> astronomy.
> "The growth of scientific data is becoming an issue for 
> organizations around
> the world. Current systems are just able to deal with data sets of 
> order100TB, but our future holds instrumentation that will require 
> innovations in
> how we do computing on large data. We, the National Radio Astronomy
> Observatory site in Green Bank, West Virginia, are aiming to host 
> a workshop
> to facilitate discussions within the broader scientific computing 
> communityon this topic.  The aim of the workshop is to allow 
> community members to
> share concerns and ideas for how we will meet future demands, 
> building upon
> our knowledge and toolkits of today, and to facilitate the 
> building of
> collaborations within the community to work on these topics.
> 
> Because dealing with big datasets is a concern for all of science 
> and not
> just radio astronomy, we wish to partner with other organizations 
> to build
> an agenda for the workshop that is not radio astronomy specific 
> but truly
> reflects the challenges facing all of scientific computing. "
> 
> I am on the SOC and will try to keep you apprised of how the plans 
> for this
> meeting proceed.
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> On 9/29/10 11:08 AM, "Kirk D Borne" <kborne at gmu.edu> wrote:
> 
> > FYI, the deadline for session proposals is tomorrow for AAS 218(!),
> > which will be in Boston in May 2011.  Some of us have discussed this
> > already and talked ourselves out of doing it, due to several other
> > conflicts, including other similar things that we are attending,
> > such as the SCMA V (Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy)
> > summer school, tutorials, and conferece in June, and also this one:
> > "Statistical Methods for Very Large Datasets 2011"
> > in Baltimore on June 1-3 2011 ... (which is local for me) ...
> >>> http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=757633
> > 
> > There will be a stronger presence of Data Mining at SCMA this time,
> > including sessions and two days of tutorials on astronomical KDD.
> > I hope that some of you will attend and/or encourage your students,
> > postdocs, and other colleagues to attend the SCMA events (there 
> is a
> > week-long summer school, then 2 days of tutorials, followed
> > by a ~4-day conference).
> > 
> > - Kirk
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Raffaele D'Abrusco <dabrusco at head.cfa.harvard.edu>
> > Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 10:38 am
> > Subject: Re: [kdd] Astroinformatics at AAS 217?
> > 
> >> Yes, 
> >> I am going to submit an abstract to the AAS today or tomorrow.
> >> 
> >> Even we cannot get an official session or workshop,
> >> we could gather informally to talk about astroinformatics
> >> in parallel to the AAS official program.
> >> 
> >> Regards, 
> >> 
> >> Raffaele
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >>> Hi,
> >>> 
> >>> I was talking with Raffaele some time ago and he was also
> >> thinking to
> >>> submit an astroinfo abstract on his science project.
> >>> 
> >>> Cheers. -pepi
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> On 9/29/10, George Djorgovski <george at astro.caltech.edu> wrote:
> >>>> Too late now - one has to apply for these well in advance.  G.
> >>>> 
> >>>> On Sep 29, 2010, at 3:58 AM, Prof. Giuseppe Longo wrote:
> >>>> 
> >>>>> Why don't we try to make an exercise and see whether there is
> >> enough>>> material to put on a session? I think it could be very
> >> useful.>>> 
> >>>>> Peppe
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