Conference Topics and Invited Speakers


The following speakers have accepted invitations for talks on specific topics.

 

Topics and Speakers
Enabling Technologies for Astronomical Research
Jerry Fishman (MSFC) Gamma-ray Bursts
Jean-Pierre Veran (HIA/DAO) Adaptive Optics
William Lupton (Keck) Keck Telescope Control System
Don Wells (NRAO) The Green Bank Telescope (GBT) Active Optics
Eric Smith IR Astronomy from NGST
Adair Lane (CfA) Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope and Remote Observatory (AST/RO)
Scripting Languages
Michael McLennan (CDS,Inc.) Tk/Tcl
Darrell Schiebel (NRAO) Glish
Sky Surveys
Alex Szalay (JHU) Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Luiz da Costa (ESO) ESO Imaging Survey
Harry Ferguson (STScI) Hubble Deep Field
Software Developmental Methodologies
Jeff Lubelczyk (GSFC) Managing the Software Development Process
Queue Scheduling
Dave Silva (ESO) ESO/VLT
Distributed Data Systems and Services
Bob Hanisch (STScI) Distributed Data Systems and Services
General Analysis
Rick White (STScI) Object Classification as a Data Analysis Tool
Andrew Fruchter (STScI) Straight Talk on Dithering, Sampling and Image Reconstruction