[News] 1st Workshop announcement "ASTRONOMICAL IMAGE PROCESSING"

[Emmanuel Bertin]

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            ASTRONOMICAL IMAGE PROCESSING WORKSHOP

              Sep 4-9, 2006, Dubrovnik, Croatia
            http://www.astro.washington.edu/aipw

           Registration deadline: March 30, 2006.
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THE WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES

The workshop will provide participants with the skills needed to
understand the outputs of current and next-generation surveys,
and to be in a position to contribute to the algorithm development
needed to make new data-intensive projects, such as LSST and
Pan-STARRS, a reality. The workshop will include lectures by
leaders in the field and presentations by participants, if
requested.


THE WORKSHOP TOPICS

Detector Physics, and its Impact on Data
Instrumental and Atmospheric Signature Removal
Point Spread Function Estimation and Difference Imaging
Object Detection as a Statistical Science
Photometry of Isolated Stars and Galaxies
Deblending/Crowded Field Photometry
Photometric and Astrometric Calibration
Analysis of Repeated Observations and Mosaicing


SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

James Gunn, chair, Princeton University, USA
Ralf Bender, Universitaets-Sternwarte der
           Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet, Germany
Emmanuel Bertin, Institut D'Astrophysique de Paris, France
Zeljko Ivezic, University of Washington, USA
Robert Lupton, Princeton University, USA
Eugene Magnier, University of Hawaii, USA
Peter Stetson, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Canada


ACCOMMODATION and VENUE

The workshop will be held at the Inter University Centre in
Dubrovnik, Croatia (IUC, http://www.iuc.hr). To learn more
about Dubrovnik, see http://www.dubrovnik-online.com

We have reserved a block of rooms at hotel Park, please see
http://www.grandhotel-park.hr
1/2 half board 75 EUR, 1/1 half board 114 EUR per day
Links to other hotels are available at the workshop homepage


VISA REQUIREMENTS

For most countries the visa is not required. But please do check
http://www.mfa.hr/MVP.asp?pcpid=1615


PARTICIPATION

For organisational reasons the number of participants will not
exceed 60. To register please visit http://www.astro.washington.edu/aipw
There may be financial support for qualified participants.
The registration fee will be 120 EUR (to be paid upon the arrival).
For further details send mail to aipw at astro.washington.edu


SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT

Travel information, lecture and talk schedule, and other details
will be circulated to registered participants by April 30, 2006.

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