Solar Image Processing Workshop III: Challenges of New Instrumentation Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. 6-8 September 2006.

Presentations

• Talks given at SIPWorkIII can now be downloaded from here. A group photo is also now online.

ISG/Microsoft Ireland Seminar

• Prof. Andrew Blake of Microsoft Research Cambridge will present a seminar entitled "Computer Science and Illusion: A Computational View of the Interpretation and Manipulation of Images" at 7:30 pm on Sep 6 in the Ernst Walton Theatre in the Arts Building. Please register here if you would like to attend.

Welcome Reception and Conference Dinner

• A cheese and wine welcome reception will be held in the Physics Building at 7-9 pm on Tuesday evening.
• The workshop dinner will be on Thursday at 7 pm in Jaipur on South Great George's Street. The restaurant specialises in Indian cuisine, but also offers traditional western dishes and vegetarian options. The restaurant is within walking distance of the conference location.

Abstract Booklet and Workshop Schedule

• Please download a PDF of the Workshop Schedule and Abstract Booklet before the meeting.

Announcement

The workshop will be hosted by the School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin on 6-8 September, 2006. The meeting will be a 3 day workshop of 50-100 participants, featuring talks, posters and breakout/open-ended discussion sessions. In keeping with previous workshops, we emphasize that we are looking for topics that will be of interest to both the image processing and solar physics communities. Given the success of the working (WG) group format in previous Solar Image Processing Workshops, we encourage presentations in the following areas:

• WG1: 3D tomography and visualisation of the corona and heliosphere (Group leader: TBD).
• WG2: Real-time data analysis and assimilation (Group leader: TBD).
• WG3: Fundamental image processing and statistics (Group leader: Alex Young).

Invited Speakers

• Christopher Balch, Space Environment Center, NOAA, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
  
• Farzad Kamalabadi, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
  
• Fionn Murtagh, Department of Computer Science, Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom.
  
• Karel Schrijver, Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center, USA.
  
• Rebecca Willett, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University, USA.
  

Accommodation

• On-campus Accomodation: Please book via Acccommodation & Catering Services. NOTE: Select Solar Image Processing for the Conference Name and enter 06SOLAR for the conference code. We have block-booked 40 Single ensuite rooms (EUR 66.30 per person per night) and 10 Twin ensuite rooms (EUR 59.30 per person per night). Rooms can also be booked by calling +353 1 608 1177.
• Off-campus Accomodation: There are many hotels within walking distance - Trinity Lodge Guesthouse (from EUR 95), Trinity Capital Hotel (from EUR 123), Jury's Inn Custom House (from EUR 95), Jury's Inn Christshurch (from EUR 95) or check out Dublin Hotels Finder.

Transportation

• Trinity College is located in Dublin city centre. Directions to the College can be found here.
• Dublin Bus' Airlink operates an express service from the airport to the city centre.
• Aircoach operates a 24-hour bus service between the airport and Grafton Street/Trinity College. Cost is EUR12 return. Travel time is approximately 30-mins. Buses run every 15-mins from 05:00-24:00 and every hour thereafter.
• A taxi from the airport to the city centre/TCD cost EUR20-30, depending on Dublin traffic.

Conference Location

• Talks will be in the Schrödinger Lecture Theatre, FitzGerald Physics Building. A map of the College can be downloaded from here.
• Downlaod a map of Dublin City Center or Great Dublin.
• A map of the College can be downloaded from here.

Registration

• Registration is now closed.
• The registration fee (EUR 150) can be paid by credit card using PayPay:
  
  
  
• Click here to see a list of registered participants. This list is not updated automatically.

Workshop Schedule

• An online version of the schedule gan be found here.

Visas

• Citizens of certain countries do not require an entry visa for Ireland. Please visit the Department of Foreign Affairs for further information.

Internet Access

• Wireless internet access and a limited number of terminals will be available at the meeting.

Proceedings

• Conference presentations will be posted online immediately after the workshop.
• Many of the papers presented at SIPWorkII appeared in a Topical Issue of Solar Physics entitled Frontiers in Solar Image Processing.

Organisers

• SOC: Jack Ireland (NASA; Chair), Peter Gallagher (TCD), Alex Young (NASA), David Berghmans (ROB), James McAteer (NASA), Bob Bentley (UCL).
• LOC: Peter Gallagher (TCD; Chair).

Contact

• Jack Ireland (NASA; SOC Chair).
• Peter Gallagher (TCD; LOC Chair).

Sponsors

• We wish to thank the following for their contribution to the success of this conference: European Office of Aerospace Research and Development, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, United States Air Force Research Laboratory (www.london.af.mil).
  
  
• SIPWorkIII has been kindly supported by the TCD School of Physics and NASA's Living With a Star Programme and the European Office of Aerospace Research & Development.