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                          NOBUGS 2004 Conference

           New Opportunities for Better User Groups Software

                 October, 18-20, 2004 at PSI, Switzerland

                  FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS


     The fifth NOBUGS conference will be held in October, 18-20, 2004 at 
the
     Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland.

     On behalf of the NOBUGS International Advisory Committe and the
     local organizing committe I would like to invite you to attend
     and contribute to this conference.

     The aim of the NOBUGS series of conferences  is to foster
     collaboration between IT professionals working at X-ray, musr,
     and neutron sources around the world. This collaboration should 
yield
     better data aquisition and data analysis software for the users of
     such  facilities.

     NOBUGS 2004 feautures oral and poster presentations  of the latest
     developments in data aquisition, data analysis, user interface 
design
     and general computer science as is relevant to users and programmers
     working at scientific facilities.

     The conference topics include, but are not limited to:
     - Data Aquisition             - Automatic Beamline Alignment
     - Data Management             - Data Formats
     - Data Analysis               - Data Visualization
     - Instrument Simulation       - Automatisation of Experiments
     - Biocomputing at Facilities  - Graphical User Interfaces
     - WWW Application Development - Distributed Computing
     - Programming Techniques      - User Facility Management
     - Facility Security           - Scientific Databases
     - Collaborative Initiatives   - Remote Control of Experiments

     For all topics contributions are invited.

     For more information, registration and abstract submission please
     consult the NOBUGS 2004 WWW-site at:

                    http://lns00.psi.ch/nobugs2004

     Please forward this announcement to other parties who might be
     interested.

                         Best Regards,

		     	        Mark Koennecke
				Mark.Koennecke at psi.ch