ASTRONOMICAL DATA ANALYSISSOFTWARE AND SYSTEMS XVII

Proceedings of a conference held inKensington Town Hall, London, United Kingdom

23-26 September 2007

Edited by

Robert W. ArgyleInstitute of Astronomy, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Peter S. BunclarkInstitute of Astronomy, Cambridge, United Kingdom

and

James R. LewisInstitute of Astronomy, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Contents

Preface xviii

Participants . . . xxi

Conference Photograph xxxix

Part 1. Data Preservation

Data Preservation and the Virtual Observatory 3

R. G. Mann (Invited speaker)

Trusted Data Repositories 14

D. Giaretta (Invited speaker)

Long-Term Preservation of Astronomical Research Results 21

R. J. Hanisch

Part 2. Footprints and Mosaics

Automated Astrometry 27D. W. Hogg (Invited speaker), M. Blanton, D. Lang, K. Mierle, and S.Roweis

Automated Image Registration for the Future 35Wv J. Hack (Invited speaker)

Part 3. HEP Computing .

Data Acquisition in High Energy Physics 47

J. Gutleber (Invited speaker), K. Moser, and L.Orsini

Data Analysis in High Energy Physics, Weird or Wonderful 57R. P. Mount (Invited speaker)

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Part 4. Web Seryices and the Virtual Observatory

The NOAO NVO Portal and the Web 2.0 69

C. J. Miller, E. Fuentes, and D. Gasson

Cloudspace: Virtual Environments in the VO 73M. J. Graham and R. D. Williams

Workflow in Astronomy: the VO France Workflow Working Group yExperience - 77A. Schaaff, F. Le Petit, P. Prugniel, E. Slezak, and C. Surace

Part 5. Image Processing and Mosaics

The Montage Image Mosaic Service: Custom Image Mosaics On-Demand 83G. B. Berriman, J. C. Good, A. C. Laity, and M. Kong

D i s t r i b u t e d P r o c e s s i n g o f F u t u r e R a d i o A s t r o n o m i c a l O b s e r v a t i o n s . . . 8 7

G. van Diepen

L O F A R S e l f - C a l i b r a t i o n U s i n g a B l a c k b o a r d S o f t w a r e A r c h i t e c t u r e . . . 9 1

G. M. Loose

Part 6. Algorithms and Image Processing I

Image Processing Application for Cognition (IPAC) - Traditional andEmerging Topics in Image Processing in Astronomy 97M. Pesenson (Invited speaker), W. Roby, G. Helou, B. McCollum, L. Ly,X. Wu, S. Laine, and B. Hartley

LSST and the Dark Sector: Image Processing Challenges 107J. A. Tyson (Invited speaker), C. Roat, J. Bosch, and D. Wittman

Organizing the LSST Database for Real-Time Astronomical Processing 114J. Becla, K.-T. Lim, S. Monkewitz, M. Nieto-Santisteban, and A. Thakar

Part 7. Algorithms and Image Processing II

Vector Gradient Intersection Transformation 121

H. Lorch

LSB Galaxies Detection Using Markovian Segmentation on AstronomicalImages . 125M. Louys, B. Perret,B. Vollmer, F. Bonnarel, S. Lefevre, and Ch. Collet

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Part 8. Data Archiving-and Preservation

Automated Data Tagging in the HLA 131

N. I. Gaffney and W. W. Miller

The JCMT Science Archive and the Virtual Observatory 135

S. Gaudet, P. Dowler, S. Goliath, and R. Redman

ELT Science Case Evaluation Using An HPC Portal 139

P. Linde and J. Lindemann

Part 9. Image Processing and Data Visualization I

3D Visualization and Detection of Outflows From Young Stars 145M. Borkin, H. Arce, A. Goodman, and M. Halle

S2PLOT: a Straightforward Library for Advanced 3-dimensional ScientificVisualization , 149

D. G. Barnes and C. J. FlukeAccessing eSDO Solar Image Processing and Visualization Through

AstroGrid 153

E. Auden and S. Dalla

Part 10. Image Processing and Data Visualization II

VOExplorer: Visualizing Data Discovery in the Virtual Observatory . . 159J. A. Tedds, N. Winstanley, A. Lawrence, N. Waiton, E. Auden, and S.Dalla

Part 11. Data Mining I

Probabilistic Cross-Identification of Astronomical Sources 165T. Budavari, A. S. Szalay, and M. Nieto-Santisteban

A Method for Exploiting Domain Information in Astrophysical ParameterEstimation 169

C.A. L. Bailer-JonesVIM: A Tool to Explore Your Sources 173

R. D. Williams

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Part 12. Miscellaneous.

The IAU 2000/2006 Changes to Celestial Reference Systems: a Bluffer's

Guide 179

P. Wallace

RISA: Remote Interface for Science Analysis . . . . : 183C. Gabriel, A. Ibarra, I. de la Calle, J. Salgado, P. Osuna, and D. i(Tapiador • <?

Software Modelling of IFU Spectrometers 187

N. P. F. Lorente, A. C. H. Glasse, S. K. Ramsay Howat, and C. J. Evans

ECSS in the eXtreme ' ' 191

W. O'Mullane, J. Hoar, and U. Lammers

Part 13. Data Mining II

Data Mining Large Surveys: The IPHAS Early Data Release 197E. Gonzalez-Solares, N. Walton, M. Irwin, J. Lewis, G. Rixon, R.Greimel, and J. Drew

Robust Machine Learning Applied to Terascale Astronomical Datasets . 201

N. M. Ball, R. J. Brunner, and A. D. Myers

20 Spatial Queries for an Astronomer's Bench (mark) 205

M. A. Nieto-Santisteban, T. Scholl, A. Kemper, and A. S. Szalay

Part 14. Birds of a Feather Sessions

FITS Birds of a Feather Session 211

W. Pence

Transient Event Reporting and Response with VOEvent 213

it. Seaman, A. Allan, and R. Williams

Part 15. Focus Demos

New Developments for Aladin 217

T. Boch, P. Fernique, and F. Bonnarel

VirGO: A Visual Browser for the ESO Science Archive Facility 221

F. Chereau "

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Part 16. Floor Demos

ESA Science Archives, VO Tools and Remote Scientific Data Reductionin Grid Architectures 227C. Arviset, I. Barbarisi, I. de la Calle, N. Fajersztejn, M. Freschi, C.Gabriel, P. Gomez, M. Guainazzi, A. Ibarra, A. Laruelo, I. Leon, A.Micol, E. Parrilla, I. Ortiz, P. Osuna, J. Salgado, A. Stebe, and D.Tapiador

INTEGRAL Visualization Tool and Explorer (INVITE) 231P.-J. Baeck, O. R. Williams, and P. Kretschmar

The ESO Science Archive Facility 235M. Dolensky, F. Chereau, M. Delgado, N. Delmotte, C. Rite, and A.Wicenec

EZ - A VO Compliant Tool, for Automatic Spectral ParametersMeasurement . . . ' 239M. Fumana, B. Gaxilli, P. Franzetti, R. Scaramella, S. Paltani, L. Paioro,and M. Scodeggio

Space Walker - the Cognitive Visualization System 243S. Komarinskiy, V. Vitkovskiy, V. Gorohov, and D. Zakharevski

Building an Astronomical Database with Saada 247

L. Michel, C. Motch, and F. X. Pineau

The AstroGrid Virtual Observatory Service 251

N. A. Waiton, and The AstroGrid Consortium

Part 17. Grid Computing and the VO

An Archive and Tools for Cosmological Simulations Inside the VirtualObservatory 257,P. Manzato, M. Molinaro, F. Gasparo, R. Smareglia, G. Taffoni, F.Pasian, C. Gheller, U. Becciani, A. Costa, V. Costa, A. Grillo, and M.Comparato

Construction of Multiple-Catalog Database for JVO 261M. Tanaka, Y. Shirasaki, M. Ohishi, Y. Mizumoto, Y. Ishihara, J.Tsutsumi, Y. Machida, H. Nakamoto, Y. Kobayashi, and M. Sakamoto

IDL Grid Web Portal 265

P. Massimino and A. CostaNbody Simulations and Weak Gravitational Lensing Using New HPC-Grid

Resources: the PI2S2 Project 269U. Becciani, V. Antonuccio-Delogu, A. Costa, and M. Comparato

Using ESO Reflex with Web Services 273P. JarveJainen, V. Savolainen, T. Oittinen, S. Maisala, M. Ullgren, and R.Hook

Web Services at TERAPIX 277O. Ricou, A. Baillard, E. Bertin, F. Magnard, C.Marmo, and Y. Mellier

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Astrophysics in the EGEE Grid 281

C. Vuerli, F. Pasian, and G. Taffoni

BaSTI: the Virtual Observatory Meets the Computational Grid 285F. Pasian, G. Taffoni, C. Vuerjj, P. Manzato, F. Gasparo, S. Cassisi, A.Pietrinfermi and M. Salaris

Bridging VO and Computational Grid Applications within Euro-VO . . 289

G. Taffoni, C. Vuerli, F. Pasian and G. Rixon •:

Embedded Processing for the Virtual Observatory ". . . 293

R. Seaman, P. Warner, and R. C. Smith

PI2S2 Project: Web Services for an Archive of Cosmological Simulationsin the Theoretical Virtual Observatory , •-. 297A. Costa, U. Becciani, V. Costa, A. Grillo, M. Comparato, C. Gheller, F.Gasparo, P. Manzato, M. MoJinaro, F. Pasian, and R. Smareglia

Pocket VO - A Simple Tool for Accessing Multiwavelength Images throughtheVO 301

R. Santos, M. J. Raddick, and I. F. Fernandes

Services at VO-Paris Data Centre ' 305R. Savalle, J. Normand, J. Guibert, R. Haigron, P. Lesidaner, M.Paillous, F. Tajahmady, F. Roy, F. Le Petit, D. GuiJiaume, and A. Shih

Taverna and Workflows in the Virtual Observatory 309

N. A. Walton, D. K. Witherwick, T. Oinn, and K. M. Benson

Part 18. • Visualization

A Java Image Contour Algorithm for Herschel DP 315

S. Jtegibo, B. Vandenbussche, and W. De Meester

3D Healpix-based Skymaps Visualization Using Java 319

E. Joliet, W. OMullane, K. M. Gorski, A. J. Banday, E. Hivon, and R.Carr

A Component Based Astronomical Visualization Tool for InstrumentControl and Data Pipeline 323

F. Briegel, J. Berwein, and F. Kittmann

Customized Cosmological Visualization . 327

C. J. FJuJce and David G. Barnes

Data Visualization in the ESA Science Archives and ESA VirtualObservatory 331E. Parrilla, I. Ortiz, M. Freschi, I. Barbarisi, P.Osuna, C. Arviset, and J.Salgado

F I T S T B L V I S - A G e n e r i c B i n a r y F I T S T a b l e V i s u a l i z a t i o n T o o l ' . . . . 3 3 5

Jeroen A. de Jong

GAIA-3D: Volume Visualization of Data-Cubes . . . . • 339

P. W. Draper, D. S. Berry, T. Jenness, F. Economou, and M. J. Currie

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The Cognitive Visualization System with the Dynamic Projection ofMultidimensional Data ' . 343

V. Gorohov and V. VitJcovsJciy

The Methods of Cognitive Visualization for the Astronomical DatabasesAnalyzing Tools Development 347

V. Vitkovskiy and V. Gorohov

Visualization of Complex Observational and Theoretical Datasets in theVirtual Observatory 351

J. Chiiingarian, and I. ZoJotutnin

Part 19. Data Mining

A Novel GUI Based Interactive Work Flow Application for Exploratoryand Batch Processing of Light Curves 357

E. MoriJcawa, R. Dave, and P. Protopapas

A User Interface for Semantically Oriented Data Mining of AstronomyRepositories 361

B. Thomas and E. Shaya

A User Interface to the Chandra Source Catalog 365

P. Zografou, D. Van Stone, P. Harbo, and M. Tibbetts

A VO Based Tool Computing Cross-Identification Probabilities for the

2XMM Catalogue " 369

F.-X. Pineau, S. Derriere, L. Michel, and C. Motch

A G e n e r i c I n f o r m a t i o n S y s t e m F r a m e w o r k f o r E x o - p l a n e t s D a t a . . . . 3 7 3

C . Surace, J.-C. Meunier, Y. Granet, M. Deleuil, and C. Moutou

Automatic Recognition of Object Names in Literature 377

G Bonnin, S. Lesteven, S. Derriere, and A. Oberto

Data Mining in Astronomy: Classification of Eclipsing Binaries 381

0. Malfcov, L. Kaiinichenio, M. D. Kazanov, and E. Oblak

Data Mining the MMT All-Sky Camera 385

E. Stobie and T. E. Pickering

Improved Search in Spectrum Databases 389

L. Dobos, T. Budavari, I. Csabai, A. S. Szalay, and G. Herczegh

M i d d l e w a r e f o r D a t a V i s u a l i z a t i o n i n V O - e n a b l e d D a t a A r c h i v e s . . . . 3 9 31. Z o i o t u J c h i n a n d I . C h i l i n g a r i a n

D A R T , a N e w S o l u t i o n t o D e p l o y a n d A c c e s s A s t r o n o m i c a l D a t a . . . . 3 9 7L. Paioro, L. Chiappetti, B. Garilli, P. Franzetti, M. Fumana, and M.Scodeggio

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Part 20. Archives, Catalogues and Data Preservation

A Pseudo-Parallel Python Environment for Database Curation 403

E. Sutorius, J. Bryant, R. Collins, N. Cross, N. Hambly, and M. Read

Catalog Descriptions Using VOTable Files 407R. Thompson, K. Levay, T. Kimball, and R. White ,

Chandra Data Processing Relational Database Applications: Metrfcs toOn-the-Fly Data Restoration 410D. L. Morgan, C. S. Anderson, J. S. Nichols, A. W. Mitschang, and P. J.Mendygral

Chandra Source Catalog Quality Assurance '414I. N. Evans, J. D. Evans, K. J. Glotfelty, D. M. Hall, D. Plummer, and P.Zografou '

Collection and Use of Metrics at MAST 418K. Levay, R. White, R. Thompson, and T. Kimball

Column-Oriented Table Access Using STIL: Fast Analysis of Very LargeTables 422

M. B. Taylor, and C. G. Page

Common Archive Observation Model 426

P. Dowler, S. Gaudet, D. Durand, R. Redman, N. Hill, and S. Goliath

Embedding the Form Generator in a Content Management System . . . 430A. Delgado, A. Wicenec, N. Delmotte, and A. Tejero

Making the 2XMM X-ray Catalog : 434C. G. Page, A. C. Schroder, M. G. Watson, G. Denkinson, D. J. Fyfe, S.Mateos, J. P. Osborne, J. P. Pye, S. R. Rosen, M. Sakano, I. M. Stewart,A.-M. Stobbart, J. A. Tedds, and members of the international SSCConsortium

Report on the Usage and Evolution of the ESO Archive 438N. Delmotte, C. Rite, P. Rosati, and R. Slijkhuis

The Distributed Archive for the LBC/LBT Science Demonstration Time 442R. Smareglia, F. Gasparo, P. Manzato, A. Fontana, D. Thompson, and R.Gredel

The Ground-based O/IR Data Preservation Challenge at NOAO: Scalingup from Terabytes to Petabytes 446

R. C. Smith and the Data Products Team

The JCMT Legacy Survey: The Challenges of the JCMT Science Archive 450F. Economou, T. Jenness, A. Chrysostomou, B. Cavanagh, R. Redman,and D. S. Berry

The New Face of the ESO Science Archive Facility 454A. Wicenec, F. Chereau, A. Delgado, N. Delmotte, M. Dolensky, F.Julbe, J-C. Malapert, P. Padovani, J. Retzlaff, B. Rino, C. Rite, P.Rosati, M. Sierra, R. Slijkhuis, and A. Tejero

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The ST-ECF, NICMOS Hubble Legacy Archive Project 458M. Kiimmel, W. Freudling,H. Kuntschner, J. R. Walsh,F. Stoehr, J.Haase, M. Lombardi, A. Micol, R. Fosbury, and R.N. Hook

The VO-compatible Spectra Archives for Small Observatories 462

P. SkodaCharacterising the Infrared Space Observatory Science Data Products . 466

A. Micol, A. Stebe, I. Ortiz, P. Osuna, J. Salgado, and C. Arviset

Optimal Merging of Point Sources Extracted from Spitzer Space TelescopeData in Multiple Infrared Passbands Versus Simple General SourceAssociation 470

R. R. Laher and J. W. FowlerRecalibration of Data in the VDFS Science Archives , 474

JV. Cross, N. Hambly, R'. Collins, M. Read and E. Sutorius

Enhancing Science with a Hubble Legacy Archive 478

W. Miller III, B. Whitmore, and H. Jenkner

Source Lists for the Hubble Legacy Archive (HLA) 481B. Whitmore, K. Lindsay, and M. Stankiewicz

SOA Testing the Hubble Legacy Archive 485

L. Quick

Indexing Astronomical Database Tables using HTM and HEALPix . . . 487L. Nicastro, and G. Calderone

Part 21. Image Processing and Algorithms

Image Stacking Tools for Modern Surveys 493E. H. Neilsen, Jr.

An Automatic Method to Determine the Degree of Flocculence ofa Galaxy 497J. Dumoncel, M. Campedel, H. Maitre, A. Baillard, E. Bertin, V. deLapparent, Y. Mellier, P. Fouque, J.-F. Le Borgne, R. Pello, D. Makarov,L. Makarova, P. Prugniel, and S. Arnouts

Automatic Analysis of Swift-XRT Data 501P. A. Evans, L. G. Tyler, A. P. Beardmore, and J. P. Osborne

DER_SNR: A Simple & General Spectroscopic Signal-to-NoiseMeasurement Algorithm • . 505F. Stoehr, R. White, M. Smith, I. Kamp, R. Thompson, D. Durand, W.Freudling, D. Fraquelli, J. Haase, R. Hook, T. Kimball, M. Kiimmel, K.Levay, M. Lombardi, A. Micol, and A. Rogers

Estimating Photometric Redshifts of Quasars Using Support VectorMachines . 509D. Wang, Y. Zhang and Y. Zhao

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VOSpec Spectral Analysis Tools . 513A. Laruelo, I. Barbarisi, J. Salgado, and P. Osuna

OverPlotter: A Utility for Herschel Data Processing 517L. Zhang, Y. Mei, and B. Schulz

Photometric Redshift Estimation on SDSS Data Using Random Forests 521

S. Carliles, T. Budavari, S. Heinis, C. Priebe, and A. Szalay

The Application of kd-tree in Astronomy . . U • • 5 2 5

D. Gao, Y. Znang, and Y. Zhao

Part 22. Object Detection and Characterization

Astrophysical Parameter Estimation for Gaia Using Machine LearningAlgorithms 531

C. Tiede, K. Smith, and C. A. L. Bailer-Jones

Detection of Transient Phenomena with Fish Eye Cameras 535

A. Lopez Garcia

Automated Classification of Gaia Sources 539

K. Smith, C. Tiede, C. Elting, and C. A. L. Bailer-Jones

Discrimination of Point Sources Using Radial Basis Function Network and.Random Forest 543y. Znang, Y. Zhao, and D. Gao

Faint Compact Object Detection in Wide Field Interferometric RadioImages Using a Hybrid Method Based on Local Thresholding andWavelet Decomposition 547M. Peracaula, J. Freixenet, J. Marti, J. Marti, and J. M. Paredes

Galaxy Structural Parameters in Source Extractor - . 551

B. W. HolwerdaThe Chandra Level 3 Master Source Pipeline: Automated Source

Correlation from Heterogeneous Observations 555R, Hain, I. Evans, J. Evans, and Kenny Glotfelty

The Development and Use of a Background Map for the Chandra SourceCatalog 559M. L. McCollough and A. Rots

Part 23. Data Reduction and Pipelines

JCMT Science Archive: Advanced Heterodyne Data Products Pipeline . 565T. Jenness, B. Cavanagh, F. Economou, and D. S. Berry

Spitzer IRS Pipelines for General Users 569

R. Narron, S. Fajardo-Acosta, D. Ardila, and R. R. Laher

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ALMA Pipeline Heuristics_ 573J. Lightfoot, G. Kosugi, F. Wyrowski, L. Zapata, D. Muders, F. Boone,T. Tsutsumi, L. Davis, C. Wilson, and D. Shepherd

CLIP: Bridging Pipelines to Instrument Control Software 577P. Ballester, P. Biereichel, A. Kaufer, M. Kiekebusch, and H. Lorch

Data Reduction and Handling for SPHERE 581A. Pavlov, M. Feldt, Th. Henning and the SPHERE team

EURECA Software 585R.Rohlfs, J. Bussons, F. J. Carrera, M. Ceballos, J. W. den Herder, P.de Korte, J. van der Kuur, S. Paltani, J: R. Rodon, and J. Schuurmans

Photometry in Near and Far UV from GALEX Deep Surveys Using OpticalPriors: Limits and Performances 589A. Llebaria, B. Magnelli, A. Polio, B. Milliard, M. Guillaume, and S.Arnouts.

The Ground Segment Data Processing System of the SuperAGILEinstrument 593F. Lazzarotto, E. Costa, E. Del Monte, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangehsta,M. Feroci, I. Lapshov, L. Pacciani, and P. SoiStta

P e r f o r m a n c e o n G r o u n d D a t a P r o c e s s i n g S y s t e m s o n M A X I / I S S . . . . 5 9 7

H. JVegoro, H. Saito, N. Ogasawara, T. Takahashi, H. Kohama, S. Ueno,H. Tomida, M. Suzuki, M. Ishikawa, M. Matsuoka, and M. Morii

PLANCK LFI Level 1 Processing During Operations 601N. Morisset, R. Rohlfs, M. Tiirler, M. Meharga, P. Binko, M. Beck, M.Frailis, A. Zacchei, and S. Galeotta

Production of Previews and Advanced Data Products for the ESO ScienceArchive 605G. Rite, R. Slijkhuis, P. Rosati, N. Delmotte, B. Rino, F. Chereau, andJ.-C. Malapert

Real-time Transient Classification and Broadcast Pipeline 609

D. L. Starr, J. S. Bloom, and N. R. Butler

The SPIRE Data Reduction Pipeline 613D. Rizzo, and T. Lim

Part 24. General Software and Tools

MissFITS and Weight Watcher: Two Optimized Tools for Managing FITSData 619C. Marmo, and E. Bertin

The Common Astronomy Software Application (CASA) 623S. Jaeger.

CIAO 4 Infrastructure - Moving in a Modular Direction 627J. DePonte Evans, M. Cresitello-Dittmar, S. Doe, I. N. Evans, G.Germain, K. Glotfelty, and James Overly

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CPLMM: C + + wrappers for the Common Pipeline Library 631

S. PascuaiDevelopments in the AST Library 635

David Berry

ESO Reflex: A Graphical Workflow Engine for Data Reduction 638R. Hook, M. RomanieUo, M. Peron, P. Ballester, A. Gabasch, C. Izzo, M.Ullgren, S. Maisala, T. Oittinen, O. Solin, V. Savoiainen, P. Jarvelaihen,and J. Tyynela '"

GOSSIP, a New VO Compliant Tool for SED Fitting 642

P. Franzetti, M. Scodeggio, B. Garilli, M. Fumana, and L. Paioro

Slicing Image and Cube Products in Herschel DP i\646

W. De Meester, and B. Vandenbussche

Starlink Software Developments 650M. J. Currie, P. W. Draper, D. S. Berry, T. Jenness, B. Cavanagh, and F.Economou

The Photo Dissociation Region Toolbox 654M. W. Pound, and M. G. WolBre

The Transform Library — A High-Level Interface to Coordinate Systems 658J. Lyn, D. Burke, M. Cresitello-Dittmar, S. Doe, I. Evans, J. DePonteEvans, G. Germain, J. McDowell, and J. Miller

Towards a GUI for the SPIRE Spectrometer Pipeline 662

C. Ordenovic, C. Surace J-P. Baluteau, P. Davis, and T. Fulton

Porting the IRAF to x86_64 OS 666

C. Yamauchi

Part 25. Instrumentation

Algorithms to Model the Multi-Object Spectrograph JWST/NIRSpecInstrument 673X. Gnata, and P. Ferruit

The NOAO NEWFIRM Data Handling System : . . 677N. Zarate and M. Fitzpatrick

A Simulator for the Long Wavelength Array 681M. Kuniyoshi, S. Bhatnagar, G. Taylor, E. Polisensky, and N. Paravastu

A Template Based SOA Developer Framework 685J. Berwein, F. Briegel, W. Gaessler, and F. Kittmann

CONRAD Software Architecture 689J. C. Guzman and T. Bennett

JWST Project - Instrument Performance Simulator of the NIRSpecSpectrograph 693L. Piqueras, P-J. Legay, E. Legros, X Gnata, A. Jamo, P. Ferruit, A.Pecontal, E. Quemener, and P. Mosner

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Modular Mission Planning and Scheduling Systems in the WSO-UVObservatory . 697J. C. Vallejo, R. Vazquez, and A. I. Gomez de Castro

Numerical Simulation of the VLT/MUSE Instrument 701A. Jarno, R. Bacon, P. Ferruit, and A. Pecontal-Rousset

Additional Software Required for Robotic Telescopes 705P. Kubaneic, S. VTteic, A. Castro-Tirado, M. Jelinek, J. French, and M.Nekola

GUAIX: The UCM Group of Extragalactic Astrophysics and AstronomicalInstrumentation 709N. Cardiel, J. Gallego, S. Pascual, M. C. Eliche-Moral,A. Castillo-Morales, R. Guzman, A. Gil de Paz, P. G. Perez-Gonzalez,J. Gorgas, J. Zamorano and the GUAIX Team

W e b - b a s e d I n t e r f a c e s t o T e l e s c o p e C o n t r o l S y s t e m s a t t h e M M T . . . . 7 1 3

T. E. Pickering, J. D. Gibson, D. Porter, and S. Schaller

Observing the Future: SKA Simulations with MeqTrees 717A. G. Willis

Part 26. Miscellaneous

A Rule-Based Data Quality Startup Using PyCLIPS 723R. F. DuPlain, N. M. Radziwill, and A. L. Shelton

Astronomy, Data and the Problem of Large File Transfers . 727J. Bryant, E. Sutorius, and P. S. BuncJaric

Getting More From Your Multicore: Exploiting OpenMP for Astronomy 730M. S. Noble

Collinear Lagrange Point Solutions in the Circular Restricted Three-BodyProblem with Radiation Pressure using Fortran 734T. N. Stenborg

System Administration Best Practices: An Astronomical Perspective . . 738"P. L. Shopbell

The Fact and Future of Semantic Astronomy 742N, Gray

Author Index 747

Subject Index 753