Software Events at the 229th AAS Meeting

The Astrophysics Source Code Library compiled the following list of astro-focused software events being held at next month’s AAS meeting; rich offerings for the computational astronomer! A few of these, particularly workshops, require prior registration; the rest are open to all.

TUESDAY, 3 JANUARY 2017

• Introduction to Software Carpentry, 8:00 am – 5:30 pm, Appaloosa 1
• Using Python for Astronomical Data Analysis, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm, Texas C

WEDNESDAY, 4 JANUARY 2017

• Flexible Multi‐dimensional Modeling of Complex Data in Astronomy, 9:30 am – 11:30 am, Grapevine 4

• 146.04 Gemini Planet Imager Calibrations, Pipeline Updates, and Campaign Data Process
• 146.07 Reprocessing of Archival Direct Imaging Data of Herbig Ae/Be Stars
• 146.13 Finding Planets in K2: A New Method of Cleaning the Data
• 146.17 Searching for Wide, Planetary-Mass Companions in Archival Spitzer/IRAC Data
• 154.25 Automated Detection of Dwarf Galaxies and Star Clusters in SMASH through the NOAO Data Lab
• 154.27 On the Quantification of Incertitude in Astrophysical Simulation Codes
• 155.13 Spectro-spatial reconstruction of Wide Field Imaging Interferometry Testbed (WIIT) data

• Testing SMBH scaling relations using cosmological simulations and optical/near-IR imaging data, 10:00 am – 10:20 am, Grapevine C
• An Empirical Examination of the NEOWISE Results and Data analysis, 10:50 am – 11:00 am, Texas 4
• Data Simulation for 21 cm Cosmology Experiments, 2:40 pm – 2:50 pm, Grapevine C

THURSDAY, 5 JANUARY 2017

• Session 236: Computation, Data Handling, Image Analysis & Light Pollution (21 posters)
• 239.03 The era of synoptic galactic archeology: using HST and Chandra observations to constrain the evolution of elliptical galaxies through the spatial distribution of globular clusters and X-ray binaries
• 244.05 Three-Dimensional Simulations of the Convective Urca Process in Pre-Supernova White Dwarfs

• Mind the Gap when Data Mining the Ritter-Kolb Cataclysmic Variable Catalogue, 10:00 am – 10:10 am, Fort Worth 6
• What drives the kinematic evolution of star-forming galaxies? 10:20 am – 10:30 am, Grapevine 2
• Simulating Galactic Winds on Supercomputers, 2:50 pm – 3:10 pm, Grapevine A
• Photometric Redshifts for High Resolution Radio Galaxies in the SuperCLASS Field, 3:10 pm – 3:20 PM, Grapevine A

FRIDAY, 6 JANUARY 2017

• Perspectives in Research Software: Education, Funding, Reproducibility, Citation, and Impact, 10:00 am – 11:30 am, Grapevine 2

• 335.05 When Will It Be …?: US Naval Observatory Religious Calendar Computers Expanded
• 336.09 Variable Stars as an Introduction to Computational Research
• 345.03 An ALMA Survey of Planet Forming Disks in Rho Ophiuchus
• 345.19 Chemistry of protostellar envelopes and disks: computational testing of 2D abundances
• 348.06 Computing Architecture for the ngVLA

• K2 Red Giant Asteroseismology Using Bayesian Asteroseismology Data Modeling (BAM), 10:24 am – 10:36 am, Grapevine B
• Upgrades to MINERVA control software, 2:00 pm – 2:10 pm, Texas D

SATURDAY, 7 JANUARY 2017

• Statistical, Mathematical, and Computational Methods for Astronomy (ASTRO): SAMSI 2016-17, 10:00 am – 11:30 am, Grapevine 2

• Hack Together Day, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm, Grapevine 4 (Info and registration)

Also of likely interest is the Special Session on The Value of Astronomical Data and Long Term Preservation that will take place on Thursday, 4 January, from 10:00 am – 11:30 am in Texas 3.