[Neutron] NOBUGS 2004 Abstract Submission Deadline Looming

[Mark Koennecke]

    REMINDER: ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR NOBUGS 2004 IS

                       SEPTEMBER, 5, 2004

    THIS IS IN JUST A FEW DAYS!

    There aren't so many abstracts yet. So take heart and consider if you
    have nothing to contribute. Moreover I would like to ask you to think 
    of people in your laboratories who have done interesting new things:
    - Gathered experience using new software development methods such as
      agile methods, refactoring, web services or the like.
    - Invented new concepts
    - Started major new projects
    - Or did anything else NOBUGS worthy.
    If you find such people, please either encourage them yourself to
    provide some input to NOBUGS or inform me so that I can do it. We 
    probably have to rely on input from the community, due to budget 
    constrainst it appears to be difficult to get outsiders to talk to us. 

			   Best Regards

				Mark Koennecke

    P.S. we still have space for participants, too.

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                         NOBUGS 2004 Conference

          New Opportunities for Better User Groups Software  

                October, 18-20, 2004 at PSI, Switzerland

                 FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS 


    The fifth NOBUGS conference will be held in October, 18-20, 2004 at the 
    Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland.

    On behalf of the NOBUGS International Advisory Committe and the
    local organizing committe I would like to invite you to attend
    and contribute to this conference. 

    The aim of the NOBUGS series of conferences  is to foster
    collaboration between IT professionals working at X-ray, musr,
    and neutron sources around the world. This collaboration should yield
    better data aquisition and data analysis software for the users of
    such  facilities. 

    NOBUGS 2004 feautures oral and poster presentations  of the latest
    developments in data aquisition, data analysis, user interface design
    and general computer science as is relevant to users and programmers
    working at scientific facilities.

    The conference topics include, but are not limited to:
    - Data Aquisition             - Automatic Beamline Alignment
    - Data Management             - Data Formats
    - Data Analysis               - Data Visualization
    - Instrument Simulation       - Automatisation of Experiments
    - Biocomputing at Facilities  - Graphical User Interfaces
    - WWW Application Development - Distributed Computing
    - Programming Techniques      - User Facility Management    
    - Facility Security           - Scientific Databases
    - Collaborative Initiatives   - Remote Control of Experiments
     
    For all topics contributions are invited.

    For more information, registration and abstract submission please
    consult the NOBUGS 2004 WWW-site at:

                   http://lns00.psi.ch/nobugs2004

    Please forward this announcement to other parties who might be
    interested.
 
                        Best Regards,

		     	        Mark Koennecke
				Mark.Koennecke at psi.ch