L. Scarsi

Vito Di Ges

Giosu Lo Bosco

Maria Concetta Maccarone

This proceedings volume contains results presented at the Sixth International Workshop on Data Analysis in Astronomy OCo OC Modeling and Simulation in ScienceOCO held on April 15-22, 2007, at the Ettore Majorana Foundation and Center for Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy. Recent progress and new trends in the field of simulation and modeling in three branches of science OCo astrophysics, biology, and climatology OCo are described in papers presented by outstanding scientists. The impact of new technologies on the design of novel data analysis systems and the interrelation among different fields are foremost in scientists'' minds in the modern era. This book therefore focuses primarily on data analysis methodologies and techniques. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1: Simulations for Uhe Cosmic Ray Experiments (562 KB). Contents: Astrophysics, Cosmology and Earth Physics: Simulations for UHE Cosmic Ray Experiments (J Knapp); Problems and Solutions in Climate Modeling (A Sutera); Statistical Analysis of Quasar Data and Validity of the Hubble Law (S Roy et al.); Quantum Astronomy and Information (C Barbieri); Biology, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics: From Genomes to Protein Models and Back (A Tramontano et al.); Exploring Biomolecular Recognition by Modeling and Simulation (R Wade); BioInfogrid: Bioinformatics Simulation and Modeling Based on Grid (L Milanesi); Methods and Techniques: Optimization Strategies for Modeling and Simulation (J Louchet); Biclustering Bioinformatics Data Sets: A Possibilistic Approach (F Masulli); From the Qubit to the Quantum Search Algorithms (G Cariolaro & T Occhipinti); Comparison of Stereo Vision Techniques for Cloud-Top Height Retrieval (A Anzalone et al.); and other papers. Readership: Physicists; biologists; computer scientists and data analysts."

6th International Workshop on Data Analysis in Astronomy, Erice, Italy, 15-22 April 2007

Modelling and Simulation in Science

V. di Gesù

The II international workshop on "Data Analysis in Astronomy" was intended to provide an overview on the state of the art and the trend in data analy sis and image processing in the context of their applications in Astronomy. The need for the organization of a second workshop in this subject derived from the steady. growing and development in the field and from the increasing cross-interaction between methods, technology and applications in Astronomy. The book is organized in four main sections: - Data Analysis Methodologies - Data Handling and Systems dedicated to Large Experiments - Parallel Processing - New Developments The topics which have been selected cover some of the main fields in data analysis in Astronomy. Methods that provide a major contribution to the physical interpretation of the data have been considered. Attention has been devoted to the description of the data analysis and handling organization in very large experiments. A review of the current major satellite and ground based experiments has been included. At the end of the book the following 'Panel Discussions' are included: - Data Analysis Trend in Optical and Radio Astronomy - Data Analysis Trend in X and Gamma Astronomy - Problems and Solutions in the Design of Very Large Experiments - Trend on Parallel Processing Algorithms These contributions in a sense summarize the 'live' reaction of the audience to the various topics.

Data Analysis in Astronomy II

R. Buccheri

P. Crane

M.C. Maccarone

H.U. Zimmerman

In the book are reported the main results presented at the Third International Workshop on Data Analysis in Astronomy, held at the EUore Majorana Center for Scientific Culture, Erice, Sicily, Italy, on June 20-27,1988. The Workshop was the natural evolution of the two previous ones. The main goal of the first edition (Erice 1984) was to start a scientific interaction between Astronomers and Computer Scientists. Aim of the second (Erice 1986) was to look at the progress in data analysis methods and dedicated hardware technology. Data analysis problems become harder whenever the data are poor in statistics or the signal is weak and embedded in structured background. Experiments collecting data of such a nature require new and non-standard methodologies. Possibilistic approaches could be merged with the statistical ones, in order to formalize all the knowledge used by the scientists to reach conclusions. Moreover, the last decade has been characterized by very fast developments of Intelligent Systems for data analysis (knowledge based systems, ... ) that would be useful to support astronomers in complex decision making. For these reasons, the last edition of the workshop was intended to provide an overview on the state of the art in the data analysis methodologies and tools in the new frontieres of the astrophysics (y-astronomy, neutrino astronomy, gravitational waves, background radiation and extreme cosmic ray energy spectrum). The book is organized in two sections: - Data analysis methods and tools, - New frontieres in astronomy.

Data Analysis in Astronomy III

H. Bradt

P. Giommi

F. Fiore

The conference on Active X-Ray Sky was held approximately two years after the launch of the Rossi-Xte and RXTE satellites. The objective of these proceedings was to incorporate results not only from these two missions, but to review recent developments about the Active X-ray Sky as obtained from the four currectly active X-ray missions, as well as from the Copton Gamma-ray Observatory. Some of the very dramatic findings were: the discovery of X-ray and optical afterglow in Gamma Ray Bursts; the discovery of X-ray oscillations at kilohertz frequencies from binary systems and the discovery of correlated IR flares, radio flares and X-ray dip-flare cycles in microquasars. These results have yielded dramatic new insights into our physical universe. Other important results reported or reviewed here include the detection of extreme high-energy emission in the active binary stars Algol and UX Ari, resonant absorption scattering from the Perseus Cluster, and cyclotron lines from pulsars. These and many other recent and important results are published here, resulting in a state-of-art review by experts currently active in the field.

Results from BeppoSAX and RXTE

The Active X-Ray Sky

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