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- From: Stuart A Kingsley <skingsle@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
- Subject: The First International Conference On Optical SETI
- Message-ID: <CMM.0.90.4.721885766.skingsle@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- Organization: The Ohio State University
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 03:49:26 GMT
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- From the author of the January 1992 six-part EJASA (THE ELECTRONIC
- JOURNAL OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE ATLANTIC) article (Vol. 3,
- No. 6A-6F) on Optical SETI (OSETI).
-
- You are encouraged to remail this material to anyone you know with
- interests in SETI or to print it out and pin it up on your astronomical
- society, company, faculty, or school notice board. The following
- material, which has been slightly modified, was featured in the October
- 1992 issue of EJASA (Vol. 4, No. 3):
-
-
-
- OE/LASE '93
-
- THE SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE (SETI)
- IN THE OPTICAL SPECTRUM
-
- SPIE Proceedings Vol. 1867
-
- Location: Los Angeles Airport Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California,
- USA.
-
- Conference Chairman: Dr. Stuart A. Kingsley, Fiberdyne Optoelectronics.
- Co-chair: Dr. Monte Ross, Laser Data Technology, Inc.
-
-
- SESSION 1 - INTRODUCTION AND CONVENTIONAL MICROWAVE SETI
-
- Session Chairman - Dr. Stuart A. Kingsley, Fiberdyne Optoelectronics.
-
- Thursday, January 21, 1993
-
- Afternoon
- 1:30 to 6:00 pm
-
- "Let there be light"
- (Keynote Address)
- Arthur C. Clarke
- Chancellor - International Space University, Sri Lanka.
- (30 minutes)
- Recorded video address from his home in Sri Lanka, followed by a
- live question and answer period via telephone.
- (1867-01)
-
-
- "The NASA search for evidence of extraterrestrial technologies"
- (Keynote Paper)
- David Brocker
- (30 minutes)
- Project Manager, HRMS
- SETI Office
- NASA Ames Research Center
- (1867-02)
-
-
- "Strategies for SETI target selection"
- Dr. David W. Latham and Dr. David R. Soderblom
- (20 minutes)
- Dr. David W. Latham
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
-
- Dr. David R. Soderblom
- Associate Astronomer
- Space Telescope Science Institute
- (1867-03)
-
-
- "High-resolution microwave all-sky survey"
- Dr. Michael J. Klein and Dr. Samuel Gulkis
- (20 minutes)
- Dr. Michael J. Klein
- HRMS Program Manager
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
-
- Dr. Samuel Gulkis
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- (1867-04)
-
-
- "SETI - a waste of time!"
- (Invited Paper)
- Professor Frank Tipler
- (30 minutes)
- Physics Department
- Tulane University
- (1867-05)
-
-
- "Using modern analytical philosophy (MAP) to sweep the MOP clean:
- Non-optical reflections upon untapped data, bad arguments and the
- nonexistence of Von Neumann interstellar probes."
- Clive Goodall
- (30 minutes)
- Department of Philosophy
- The Ohio State University
- (1867-06)
-
-
- "The decoding problem: do we need to search for extra terrestrial
- intelligence to Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence?"
- Professor Neil W. Tennant
- (30 minutes)
- Department of Philosophy
- The Ohio State University
- (1867-07)
-
-
- Evening
-
- Reception for the authors from this conference and the Free-Space Laser
- Communications V conference.
-
-
-
- SESSION 2 - OPTICAL SETI I
-
- Session Chairman - Dr. Monte Ross, Laser Data Technology, Inc.
-
- Friday, January 22, 1993
-
- Morning
- 8:30 to 11:30 am
-
- "Fundamental factors affecting the optimum frequency range for SETI"
- (Invited Paper)
- Dr. Bernard M. Oliver
- (30 minutes)
- Deputy Chief, NASA SETI Office
- NASA Ames Research Center
- (1867-08)
-
-
- "The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) in the optical
- spectrum and professional optical SETI: a review"
- Dr. Stuart A. Kingsley
- (30 minutes)
- President
- Fiberdyne Optoelectronics
- (1867-09)
-
-
- "An economic rationale for extraterrestrials using lasers for SETI"
- Dr. Monte Ross
- (20 minutes)
- President
- Laser Data Technology, Inc.
- (1867-10)
-
-
- "Infrared SETI"
- Professor Charles H. Townes
- (30 minutes)
- Department of Physics
- Space Sciences Laboratory
- University of California, Berkeley
- (1867-11)
-
-
- "Use of lasers for interstellar beacons, communications and travel"
- Dr. John Rather
- (20 minutes)
- NASA Headquarters
- (1867-12)
-
-
- "Optical SETI from the southern hemisphere"
- Dr. Guillermo A. Lemarchand, Dr. Gregory M. Beskin,
- Dr. Fernando R. Colomb, and Dr. Mariano Mendez
- (20 minutes)
- Dr. Guillermo A. Lemarchand
- Visiting Fellow
- Center for Radiophysics and
- Space Research
- Cornell University
-
- Dr. Gregory M. Beskin
- Special Astrophysical Observatory
- Soviet Academy of Science
-
- Dr. Fernando Raul Colomb
- Director
- Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomia
-
- Dr. Mariano Mendez
- Researcher
- Observatorio Astronomico de La Plata
- (1867-13)
-
-
-
- SESSION 3 - OPTICAL SETI II
-
- Session Chairman - Dr. James R. Lesh, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
-
- Friday, January 22, 1993
-
- Afternoon
- 1:00 to 2:00 pm
-
- "Application of one measure of search merit to optical SETI"
- Dr. D. Kent Cullers
- (20 minutes)
- Signal Detection Sub-System Manager
- SETI Project
- NASA Ames Research Center
- (1867-14)
-
-
- "Large M-ary pulse position modulation and photon buckets for
- effective interstellar communications"
- Dr. Monte Ross
- (20 minutes)
- President
- Laser Data Technology, Inc.
- (1867-15)
-
-
- "Amateur optical SETI"*
- Dr. Stuart A. Kingsley
- (20 minutes)
- President
- Fiberdyne Optoelectronics
- (1867-16)
-
-
- Workshop/Panel Discussion
- 4.00 - 6.00 pm
-
- Moderator - Professor Charles H. Townes, University of California,
- Berkeley.
-
- General Discussion Roundtable
-
-
- * The last conference paper will give preliminary details of the design of
- the world's first Amateur Optical SETI Observatory, presently under
- construction in the author's back-yard.
-
- ---------------
-
- To receive a copy of the Advance Technical Program from SPIE which
- also provides information about registration, accommodation and costs to
- attend this conference (see details below), contact Rosa Cays
- (rosa@mom.spie.org) or Terry Montonye (terry@mom.spie.org) at:
-
- SPIE
- P.O. Box 10
- Bellingham
- WA 98227-0010
- Tel: (206) 676-3290
- Fax: (206) 647-1445
-
-
- The manuscript due date is December 21. It will be possible to
- accept a couple of late papers on Microwave and Optical SETI. For
- more information, the conference organizer Stuart Kingsley can be
- contacted at:
-
- Fiberdyne Optoelectronics
- 545 Northview Drive
- Columbus
- Ohio 43209
- Tel: (614) 258-7402
- Fax: (614) 258-7459
- OSETI Bulletin Board System (BBS): (614) 258-1710
- Internet: skingsle@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
- CompuServe: 72376,3545
-
-
- OE/LASE '93 includes symposia over the period 16-23 January 1993 on the
- following subjects:
-
- Free-Space Laser Communications V (January 20-21, 1993).
- The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) in the Optical
- Spectrum (January 21-22, 1993).
- Laser Engineering (January 17-22, 1993).
- Optoelectronic Processing and Interconnects (January 17-23, 1993).
- Biomedical Optics '93 (January 16-22, 1993).
-
- There are also educational short courses (January 17-22, 1993) and
- two technical exhibitions, the Medical Exhibition (January 16-17, 1993),
- and the Laser and Sensor Exhibition (January 19-21, 1993).
-
-
- Registration
- Member Working Non-
- Group Member
- Full Conference* $355 $380 $415
- Author (full conf.) $290 $310 $340
- One day $165 $175 $190
- Author (one day) $140 $150 $165
- Students (no lunch) $ 60 $N/A $ 70
-
- *Rate for a three-day conference.
-
- **There is no separate registration rate for the SETI conference.
-
- Attendees for the SETI conference will have to pay for two days. If
- you can spare the time, attendees are recommended to take in the
- Wednesday morning and afternoon, and Thursday morning sessions of the
- Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies V conference, as this
- technology is very relevant to Optical SETI. The cost for the full
- conference period (three days) is little more than for the two day OSETI
- conference alone.
-
-
- SPIE Proceedings Volume 1867 $ 35
-
- These proceedings will also include a copy of Dr. Lesh's large
- review paper on NASA's optical communications activities, which is to be
- presented at the Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies V
- conference.
-
-
- Accommodation
-
- Los Angeles Airport Hilton Hotel (OE/LASE '93 Conference Center)
- 5711 West Century Boulevard
- Los Angeles, California 90045, USA
- Tel: (310) 410-4000
- Fax: (310) 410-6250
-
- Rates:
- Single or double (government) $81
- Single or double $89 - $109
-
-
- Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotel
- 5855 West Century Boulevard
- Los Angeles, California 90045, USA
- Tel: (310) 641-5700
- Fax: (310) 337-5358
-
- Rates:
- Single or double (government) $80
- Single or double $85 - $105
-
-