About .Astronomy
Why we run .Astronomy
The Internet provides an incredible platform for astronomers and astrophysical research. .Astronomy (pronounced 'dot-astronomy') aims to bring together an international community of astronomy researchers, developers, educators and communicators to showcase and build upon these many web-based projects, from outreach and education to research tools and data analysis.
What to expect at .Astronomy
- Keynotes and scheduled speakers mixed with freeform unconference discussion
- A hack day where everyone is encouraged to work on something new with anyone that wants to help
- A fun conference full of enthusiastic people
- A state of the art venue in a picturesque setting
Who will be at the event?
We aim to have a mix of people at .Astronomy including professors, journalists, web developers, bloggers, postdocs and students. Everyone at .Astronomy is expected to engage and participate in an event which aims to foster an enthusiastic atmosphere, filled with highly-skilled people who are ready to work on novel and interesting projects.
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10.02.12Registration is full already! You can still sign up for our waiting list.
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10.02.12Registration Now Open!.
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02.12.11We're looking for your views on .Astronomy 4. Ideas, suggestions and expressions of interest.
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30.08.11Put the date in your diary: July 9-11 2012 for .Astronomy 4 in Heidelberg
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08.08.11.Astronomy 4 will be held in Heidelberg, Germany
Our Venues
.Astronomy 4 will take place in two venues in the beautiful German city of Heidelberg.
Internationales Wissenschaftsforum
Founded in 1986, the Internationales Wissenschaftsforum Heidelberg is an international conference centre for all areas of scientific and academic research sponsored, by the city's centuries-old Ruprecht-Karls-University. It is located in the heart of the historic centre of Heidelberg, and provides modern accommodation and meeting facilities in an inspiring setting. The Forum is just a few minutes' walk from the scenic funical railway that connects the city to the Königstuhl and the Haus der Astronomie.
Haus der Astronomie
The Haus der Astronomie is a unique astronomy education and outreach venue, which is actually shaped liked a spiral galaxy! It was founded in late 2008 by the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science - Germany's leading organisation for basic research - and the Klaus Tschira Foundation.
Speakers
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ALYSSA
GOODMAN
Professor of Astronomy
Harvard CfAAlyssa works to bring interoperable high-dimensional visualization, analysis, and search tools into widespread use in research and education.
BRUCE
BERRIMAN
Program Manager
Virtual Astronomical ObservatoryBruce blogs at Astronomy Computing today and investigates the applicability of new technology to processing massive astronomy data sets.
JULIE
STEELE
Editor
O'Reilly MediaJulie likes connecting people and ideas. She finds beauty in discovering new ways to understand complex systems, and so enjoys topics related to gathering, storing, analyzing, and visualizing data.
NOAH
ILIINKSY
Author
Designing Data VisualizationsData visualization and information design consultant, speaker, and writer.
THOMAS
KITCHING
Royal Society Research Fellow
University of EdinburghTom's research interests include dark energy, dark matter and gravitational lensing.
ALBERTO
PEPE
Information Scientist
Harvard CfAPostdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University working at both the Center for Astrophysics and the Institute for Quantitative Social Science.
MICHELLE
BORKIN
Researcher
SEAS HarvardMichelle works on creating new approaches to interdisciplinary scientific visualization and data exploration.
KEVIN
GOVENDER
Director
IAU Office of Astronomy for DevelopmentProgramme
Day 19 July 201210:00 — 11:00Welcome and scheduled talk session (TBA)
HdA11:00 — 11:30Coffee, Tea and Refreshments
HdA11:30 — 12:30Scheduled talk session (TBA)
HdA12:30 — 13:30Lunch
HdA13:30 — 15:00Unconference Sessions.
HdA15:00 — 15:30Coffee, Tea and Refreshments
HdA15:30 — 17:00Unconference Sessions.
HdA18:00 — 18:30Coffee, Tea and Refreshments
IWH18:30 — 19:00Keynote #1
IWH19:30Dinner
IWHDay 210 July 201210:00 — 11:00Keynote #2
HdA11:00 — 11:30Coffee, Tea and Refreshments
HdA11:30 — 19:30Hack Day
HdA19:30 — 20:30Dinner
IWH20:30 — ???More Hack Day
HdADay 311 July 201210:00 — 11:00Scheduled talk session (TBA)
HdA11:00 — 11:30Coffee, Tea and Refreshments
HdA11:30 — 12:30Scheduled talk session (TBA)
HdA12:30 — 13:30Lunch
HdA13:30 — 15:00Unconference Sessions.
HdA15:00 — 15:30Coffee, Tea and Refreshments
HdA15:30 — 17:00Unconference Sessions.
HdA18:00 — 18:30Coffee, Tea and Refreshments
IWH18:30 — 19:00Keynote #3
IWH19:30Conference Dinner
TBAOrganisers
.Astronomy was created by Robert Simpson. The organising committee also consists of Alasdair Allan, Sarah Kendrew, Chris Lintott, Stuart Lowe, Carolina Odman Govender and Arfon Smith. Everyone is somewhere within this .Astronomy 3 group photo taken in Oxford, UK.
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