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The 35th annual conference on Astronomical Data Analysis Software & Systems 2025 in Görlitz, Germany

9–13 Nov 2025
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Birds of a feather

10 Nov 2025, 17:30
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Görlitz

Conveners

Birds of a feather

  • Fenja Schweder (University of Bremen; HITS gGmbH)
  • Kai Polsterer (HITS gGmbH)

Birds of a feather

  • Keith Shortridge (K&V)

Birds of a feather

  • James Tocknell (AAO, Macquarie University)

Birds of a feather

  • Xiuqin Wu (Caltech/IPAC)

Birds of a feather

  • Kai Polsterer (HITS gGmbH)
  • Fenja Schweder (University of Bremen; HITS gGmbH)
  • Felix Stoehr

Birds of a feather

  • Hermann Heßling (German Center for Astrophysics (DZA))

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  1. 57. Can we still write programs able to handle the widening range of astronomical data formats? (BoF2)
    Keith Shortridge (K&V)
    10/11/2025, 17:30
    other
    Birds of a Feather

    ADASS used to hold a regular FITS BoF. Over time, this morphed into a ‘data formats’ BoF. The early days of the FITS BoFs were a Golden Age when most data was written as FITS files that could be read and displayed by programs like SAOImage/DS9 with standardised WCS coordinates. This is reflected in the shiny ADASS Software prizes awarded to SAOImageDS9 and the CFITSIO and WCSLIB libraries. But...

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  2. 113. Just for Fun? How Techniques from Entertainment Computing Can Help with Astronomical Data Analysis (BOF1)
    Fenja Schweder (University of Bremen; HITS gGmbH), Kai Polsterer (HITS)
    10/11/2025, 17:30
    Collaborating with other software ecosystems and disciplines
    Birds of a Feather

    In computer science, the field of entertainment computing covers aspects such as game design, computer graphics, human-computer-interaction, and artificial intelligence. On the first glance, the application area seems far away from astronomical research. On second thoughts, we discover many challenges that both areas encounter.

    Dealing with large and complex data is a common challenge...

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  3. 85. The state of clustered database solutions for astronomical data (BoF3)
    James Tocknell (AAO, Macquarie University)
    10/11/2025, 17:30
    Science platforms in the big data era
    Birds of a Feather

    The largest astronomical catalogues now exceed the capacity of a single machine, hence multiple groups have been experimenting with clustered database solutions to be able to scale past a single machine. This BoF will provide a forum for sharing what solutions work and do not work, issues around licensing and possible solutions, and how to take existing astronomical database extensions and use...

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  4. 155. Multi-messaging: How can uniform access to astronomical archives be achieved? (BOF5)
    Hermann Heßling (German Center for Astrophysics (DZA))
    12/11/2025, 17:00
    Birds of a Feather

    By combining data from different messengers (electromagnetic radiation, gravitational waves, neutrinos, cosmic rays, ...), one can gain a better understanding of the physics in the universe. A milestone was the merger of a binary neutron star (2017) seen in gravitational waves by LIGO/Virgo, followed by gamma-ray burst, optical/infrared kilonova, X-ray, and radio counterparts.

    There are...

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  5. 158. The future of ADASS (BOF6)
    Xiuqin Wu (Caltech/IPAC)
    12/11/2025, 17:00
    Birds of a Feather

    ADASS POC conducted a community survey. We would like to use that to start the conversation on the future of ADASS.

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  6. 162. U(A)I: user-interfaces and user-experience in a world moving towards AI agents - and even AI astronomers (BOF4)
    Felix Stoehr
    12/11/2025, 17:00
    Birds of a Feather

    The advances of generative AI are staggering and progress is expected to continue at high speed. In the near future astronomers will likely be able to use AI agents to accompany them in the entire process from proposal preparation to archival search, data analysis and publication. How to leverage the advantages for astronomy? How to mitigate the risks?

    In this BoF we try to look into the...

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