CASPER2016 Collaboration for Astronomy Signal Processing and
Electronics Research held in Cape Town 25 - 29 January 2016
Call for papers/participation
The 2016 Collaboration for Astronomy Signal Processing and Electronics Research (CASPER)
workshop will be held in Cape Town from 25 - 29 January 2016. The details for the workshop are
available at https://casper.berkeley.edu/wiki/Workshop_2016. The workshop follows largely the
same structure as in the past: keynote presentations, research paper presentations, tool
presentations, working group meetings, tutorials and poster presentations.
Options to present: If you would like to give a short 15 minute research paper presentation or
facilitate a roundtable discussion (e.g. discussion of a specific technology need or problem) please
provide a proposed title and short abstract so that we can add that to the programme, there is
space for the abstract in the online registration form.
Due date for abstracts: 30 November
Book of proceedings: Authors of a select number of the abstracts will be invited to write a full
paper on their topic for publication in an edited book of proceedings that will be prepared after
the conference. Authors will be given a month after the conference to complete these papers.
These papers will be peer reviewed and only those papers considered by the reviewers to be of
suitable quality will be published in the edited book.
Topics: While astronomy processing is the main emphasis, an added theme for this year is the use
of radio astronomy installations for applications other than astronomy; such as uses for
atmospheric analysis and tracking objects in orbit. The CASPER workshop is co-located with the
High Performance Signal Processing South Africa (HPSPSA) workshop that has presentations and
tutorial opportunities relevant to digital back-end development, many of these topics will have
some relevance and problems in common to those related to astronomy data processing.
Conference website: Details about the programme, the keynote speakers, how to register, and the
tutorials offered are available on the web at http://www.hpspsa.com/.
Hope to see you at CASPER2016 in Cape Town next year!
Sincerely,
CASPER2016 workshop organizing team
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