NOBUGS 2008 Conference


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NOBUGS 2008 Conference

New Opportunities for Better User Group Software

November 3-5, 2008 at ANSTO, Australia


Call for Papers

The NOBUGS International Advisory Committee invites contributions to NOBUGS 2008 fitting into one of the following topics:

Collaborative software development, Chair, Brent Fultz, Cal Tech

  • Collaborative Initiatives
  • Programming Techniques
  • Data acquisition, Analysis, Visualization
  • Instrument Simulation and Virtual Instruments

Data management, Chair, Robert McGreevy, ISIS

  • Data Formats
  • Data Analysis
  • Distributed Computing
  • Scientific Databases
  • User Facility Management

Data acquisition, Chair, Mark Koennecke, PSI

  • Data Acquisition and Instrument Control
  • Automated Instrument Calibration
  • Automated Experiments and Data Collection
  • Remote Control of Data Acquisition and Data Analysis Tasks

Grid portals, Chair, Steve Miller, SNS

  • Graphical User Interfaces
  • WWW Application Development
  • Data Analysis
  • Remote Control of Data Acquisition and Data Analysis Tasks
  • Distributed Computing
  • Facility Security

Contributions can be made as long talks (45min), short talks (20min) or posters. Please state your preferences below your abstract. The final decision in which form you contribution will be accepted will be made by the NOBUGS International Organising Committee. You will receive a notification about the status of your contribution as soon as a program has been agreed upon.

Contributing to NOBUGS 2008

Contributing a paper to NOBUGS 2008 involves four steps:

  1. Register as a participant.
  2. Submit an abstract by going to Login on the menu. The deadline for abstracts is: Friday, 5th September 2008 Based on the abstract the NOBUGS International Advisory Committee will decide if the contribution is accepted as oral or poster presentation or not. The outcome of this decision will be sent to you by e-mail.
  3. Papers have to be submitted for each accepted contribution in pdf-format. These papers will be published on the NOBUGS 2008 WWW-server. Papers have to be submitted by noon (Sydney time) Friday 31st October, 2008.
  4. Give your presentation at NOBUGS 2008!