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NVO NEWSLETTER | Issue 1: March 2008
http://www.us-vo.org/newsletter

Contributors: Andrew Connolly (U. of Washington), Sarah Emery Bunn 
(Caltech), Mike Fitzpatrick (NOAO), and Roy Williams (Caltech)
Editor: Dave De Young (NOAO)

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News & Announcements
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*NVO Book Published
"The National Virtual Observatory: Tools and Techniques for Astronomical 
Research", has been published as an ASP Conference Series (Volume No. 
382) and is available to order at the ASP website.
more: http://www.us-vo.org/newsletter/1/index.html#book

*2008 NVO Summer School
The 4th NVO Summer School will be held 3-11 September 2008 in Santa Fe, 
NM. In this nine-day, hands-on summer school, participants will work 
with experienced NVO users and software specialists to become familiar 
with how to discover, access, visualize, and analyze data with the 
Virtual Observatory.
more: http://www.us-vo.org/newsletter/1/index.html#nvoss

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NVO Inside
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*What is NVO Inside?
An emerging theme in the Virtual Observatory is NVO Inside —- the idea 
that VO protocols are more prevalent than might be apparent on the 
surface. Think of the person who says "I don't need NASA satellites to 
tell me the weather, I just tune into the Weather Channel," with no idea 
that the data driving that channel comes from those satellites!
more: http://www.us-vo.org/newsletter/1/index.html#nvoinside

*Google Sky
Astronomy has always been one of the most visual of the sciences, but 
with the growing size of astronomical surveys, how we browse and 
interact with imagery covering the full sky and at many different 
wavelengths has become a significant challenge. On August 22nd of last 
year Google introduced a new feature to Google Earth; Sky in Google 
Earth (aka Google Sky) that addresses the challenge of exploring 
Terabytes of imaging data through the use of efficient streaming 
technologies.
more: http://www.us-vo.org/newsletter/1/index.html#google

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Featured NVO Application
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*VO-CLI - Command Line Tools for the VO
VO-CLI is a package of command-line tools that provides familiar 
Unix-like access to VO services while hiding much of the complexity of 
the underlying VO framework from novice users.
more: http://www.us-vo.org/newsletter/1/index.html#vocli

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NVO Calendar
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Full calendar with descriptions at 
http://www.us-vo.org/newsletter/1/index.html#calendar

*18-21 February, 2008 | Practical Semantic Astronomy Workshop | 
Pasadena, California
more: http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/semast/

*7-11 April | Euro-VO Workshops: Theory in the VO & Grid and the VO | 
Garching, Germany
more: http://www.si.inaf.it/eurovow2008/

*19-23 May, 2008 | IVOA Interoperability | Trieste, Italy
more: http://www.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/InterOpMay2008

*3-11 September, 2008 | The 2008 NVO Summer School | Santa Fe, New Mexico
more: http://www.us-vo.org/summer-school/2008/index.cfm

*5-8 October 2008 | "Astronomical Data and the Virtual Observatory" 
session at CODATA21 | Kiev, Ukraine
more: http://www.codata08.org.ua/

*27-31 October | IVOA Interoperability | Baltimore, Maryland

*2-5 November 2008 | ADASS XVIII | Quebec City, Canada
more: http://www.adass.org/

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* 4th NVO Summer School - Sponsored by the US National Virtual 
Observatory Project
    to be held September 3-11, 2008
    The Lodge at Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico

* WEBSITE NOW OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS
    www.us-vo.org/summer-school/2008

    In this nine-day, hands-on program, participants will work with 
experienced NVO users and software specialists to become familiar with 
how to discover, access, visualize, and analyze data with the Virtual 
Observatory. Those attending will be introduced to VO tools and 
utilities by using them to accomplish a variety of research goals. Some 
of the research tasks that will be addressed include data mining, 
multiwavelength analysis, and temporal astronomy. In the latter part of 
the summer school, small teams will pursue their own VO-enabled projects.

* Important Dates
    June 15: Deadline for applications
    July 1: Applicants informed of acceptance
    August 1: Registration fee due

* Lecture Topics Include
    Using the VO to Study Clusters of Galaxies
    The Power of VOTables
    Introduction to XML
    A Universal View of Spectra
    VOEvent: Rapid Reporting for Transients
    Using IDL & IRAF with VO
    Finding Services in the VO Registry
    Google Mashups and WorldWide Telescope
    Databases and SQL
    Astronomy with Crossmatched Catalogs
    VO for Mobile Devices
    Web Services with Apache and CherryPy
    Join the VO: Publishing and Serving Data

* How to Apply
    An application form is available on the website. Anyone interested 
in learning how to use the VO for astronomical research is welcome to 
apply, and we encourage participation from astronomers at any stage of 
their career.  Some course materials assume basic knowledge of Python or 
Java programming. Applications will be reviewed and students will be 
informed of their acceptance by July 1.  Participation is limited to 40 
students.

* Fees & Financial Assistance
    A $500 registration fee will be required from all participants. 
However, a fee waiver may be requested in the event of financial 
hardship; these waivers will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Upon 
acceptance to the program, fees must be paid by August 1. Accomodations 
are provided for all participants.  In addition, a travel stipend of up 
to $400 and per-diem stipend of $225 are available for successful 
applicants from US institutions who can commit to attending the entire 
course and who do not have funds available to cover these expenses.

* Faculty and Organizing Committee
    Roy Williams, Caltech; Michael Fitzpatrick, NOAO; Dave De Young, 
NOAO; Matthew Graham, Caltech; Gretchen Greene, STScI; Robert Hanisch, 
STScI; Simon Krughoff, University of Washington; Thomas McGlynn, NASA 
GSFC; Chris Miller, NOAO; Ray Plante, NCSA/University of Illinois; Doug 
Tody, NRAO.

QUESTIONS? Email summer-school@us-vo.org

The NVO Summer School is made possible through the support of the 
National Science Foundation.


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The NVO is sponsoring its 4th Summer School this September in Santa Fe, 
New Mexico. The deadline for applications is coming up on JUNE 15.

You can look over what happened at the previous summer schools at 
http://www.us-vo.org/summer-school/

Feel free to contact us if you have questions.


> * 4th NVO Summer School - Sponsored by the US National Virtual 
> Observatory Project
>    to be held September 3-11, 2008
>    The Lodge at Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
> 
> * WEBSITE NOW OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS
>    www.us-vo.org/summer-school/2008
> 
>    In this nine-day, hands-on program, participants will work with 
> experienced NVO users and software specialists to become familiar with 
> how to discover, access, visualize, and analyze data with the Virtual 
> Observatory. Those attending will be introduced to VO tools and 
> utilities by using them to accomplish a variety of research goals. Some 
> of the research tasks that will be addressed include data mining, 
> multiwavelength analysis, and temporal astronomy. In the latter part of 
> the summer school, small teams will pursue their own VO-enabled projects.
> 
> * Important Dates
>    June 15: Deadline for applications
>    July 1: Applicants informed of acceptance
>    August 1: Registration fee due
> 
> * Lecture Topics Include
>    Using the VO to Study Clusters of Galaxies
>    The Power of VOTables
>    Introduction to XML
>    A Universal View of Spectra
>    VOEvent: Rapid Reporting for Transients
>    Using IDL & IRAF with VO
>    Finding Services in the VO Registry
>    Google Mashups and WorldWide Telescope
>    Databases and SQL
>    Astronomy with Crossmatched Catalogs
>    VO for Mobile Devices
>    Web Services with Apache and CherryPy
>    Join the VO: Publishing and Serving Data
> 
> * How to Apply
>    An application form is available on the website. Anyone interested in 
> learning how to use the VO for astronomical research is welcome to 
> apply, and we encourage participation from astronomers at any stage of 
> their career.  Some course materials assume basic knowledge of Python or 
> Java programming. Applications will be reviewed and students will be 
> informed of their acceptance by July 1.  Participation is limited to 40 
> students.
> 
> * Fees & Financial Assistance
>    A $500 registration fee will be required from all participants. 
> However, a fee waiver may be requested in the event of financial 
> hardship; these waivers will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Upon 
> acceptance to the program, fees must be paid by August 1. Accomodations 
> are provided for all participants.  In addition, a travel stipend of up 
> to $400 and per-diem stipend of $225 are available for successful 
> applicants from US institutions who can commit to attending the entire 
> course and who do not have funds available to cover these expenses.
> 
> * Faculty and Organizing Committee
>    Roy Williams, Caltech; Michael Fitzpatrick, NOAO; Dave De Young, 
> NOAO; Matthew Graham, Caltech; Gretchen Greene, STScI; Robert Hanisch, 
> STScI; Simon Krughoff, University of Washington; Thomas McGlynn, NASA 
> GSFC; Chris Miller, NOAO; Ray Plante, NCSA/University of Illinois; Doug 
> Tody, NRAO.
> 
> QUESTIONS? Email summer-school@us-vo.org
> 
> The NVO Summer School is made possible through the support of the 
> National Science Foundation.
> 
> 
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NVO NEWSLETTER | Issue 2: June 2008
http://www.us-vo.org/newsletter

Contributors: August Muench (Harvard), Roy Williams (Caltech)
Editors: Dave De Young (NOAO), Sarah Emery Bunn (Caltech)

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News & Announcements
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*HTN Call for Proposals
The Heterogenous Telescope Networks (HTN) group, a consortium of robotic
telescope operators and users interested in the benefits of networked
observing, are offering a substantial amount of observing time spread
across four robotic telescopes for an outstanding observing project of
scientific merit that leverages the advantages of of automated rapid
follow-up.
more: http://www.us-vo.org/newsletter/2/index.html#HTN

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NVO Inside
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"NVO Inside" is the idea that the VO is in use by many applications and
data providers, not just by those that are branded as part of the
official VO efforts. Do you use VO protocols or services? Produce VO
content or applications? Does your research have "NVO Inside"? Please
let us know!

*The VO Inside WorldWide Telescope
Microsoft Research recently released the WorldWide Telescope (WWT)
software, which provides seamless access to astronomical data via an
advanced interactive interface.  The name "WorldWide Telescope" comes
from the description by Alex Szalay and Jim Gray in 2002 of a new genre
of astronomical research that would recognize and utilize the vast
resources that were becoming available on the World Wide Web.   As that
grid of resources becomes a unified reality with the infrastructure
provided by the VO efforts, Microsoft Research and the Space-Time
Consortium at Harvard are developing WWT to unify these distributed
resources on the astronomer's desktop.
more: http://www.us-vo.org/newsletter/2/index.html#WWT

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Featured NVO Application
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*VIM: Visual Integration & Mining
VIM is a tool for investigating multiple sources (or sky
positions) simultaneously. Each source becomes a row in a table, with
catalog, image cutouts, and spectral information drawn from
VO-accessible data collections.
more: http://www.us-vo.org/newsletter/2/index.html#VIM


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NVO Calendar
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Full calendar with descriptions at
http://www.us-vo.org/newsletter/2/index.html#calendar

* 23-27 June 2008 | Euro-VO DCA Workshop 2008 on how to publish data in
the VO | ESO Garching bei München, Germany
more: http://www.euro-vo.org/dcaworkshop2008/

*3-11 September, 2008 | The 2008 NVO Summer School | Santa Fe, New Mexico
more: http://www.us-vo.org/summer-school/2008/index.cfm

* 5-8 October 2008 | "Astronomical Data and the Virtual Observatory"
session at CODATA21 | Kiev, Ukraine
more: http://www.codata08.org.ua/

* 27-31 October | IVOA Interoperability | Baltimore, Maryland

* 2-5 November 2008 | ADASS XVIII | Quebec City, Canada
more: http://www.adass.org/

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