Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 15:19:48 -0700
From: Dave De Young <deyoung@noao.edu>
Subject: Aspen Workshop


Dear Colleague;

We wish to draw your attention to a forthcoming workshop at the
Aspen Center for Physics this summer.  Entitled "New Astrophysics
and Cosmology with a Virtual Observatory", this workshop will focus
on the new astrophysical problems that can be addressed through the
unique facilities offered by a Virtual Observatory.  The three areas
of emphasis will be on new "observing" campaigns enabled by the VO,
new integrations of large scale theoretical computations with 
observations using the capabilities of a Virtual Observatory, and
the design of new surveys and amalgamations of databases that can
be incorporated into the Virtual Observatory.  The emphasis in this
workshop will be on the scientific applications of the VO, with less
emphasis on technical and implementation issues.

Because of your interest in these topics, we urge to you consider
attending this workshop, which will be held from May 27 to June 10
at the Aspen Center for Physics.  Concurrent with this workshop will
be a related workshop entitled "Science with Wide-Field Survey
Telescopes".  Time is of the essence because applications to the
Aspen Center for Physics are due 1 FEBRUARY 2001.  Even if you are
not certain that you will be able to attend, we urge you to submit
your application at this time.  Applications can be submitted 
electronically to the ACP website, which is http://www.aspenphys.org.
More information about the Physics Center can be found at this site.
Please relay this message to others you feel may be interested. 
If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to 
contact any us.  We hope to see you in Aspen.

Dave De Young
George Djorgovski
Josh Frieman
Alex Szalay