Prof. Alexander Szalay Profile

Prof. Alexander Szalay

at Johns Hopkins Univ

SPIE Involvement:

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Proceedings Article | 25 September 2012 Paper

The organization and management of the Virtual Astronomical Observatory

G. Bruce Berriman, Robert Hanisch, T. Joseph Lazio, Alexander Szalay, Giuseppina Fabbiano

Proceedings Volume 8449, 84490H (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926605

KEYWORDS: Astronomy, Observatories, Standards development, Data modeling, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Radio astronomy, Lead, Software development, Astronomical telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 5 May 2012 Paper

Analysis of web-related threats in ten years of logs from a scientific portal

Rafael Santos, André R. Grégio, Jordan Raddick, Vamsi Vattki, Alex Szalay

Proceedings Volume 8408, 84080H (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.919545

KEYWORDS: Databases, Astronomy, Galactic astronomy, Data archive systems, Information security, Web services, Computer security, Neodymium, Internet, Human-machine interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 29 June 2006 Paper

Designing a multi-petabyte database for LSST

Jacek Becla, Andrew Hanushevsky, Sergei Nikolaev, Ghaleb Abdulla, Alex Szalay, Maria Nieto-Santisteban, Ani Thakar, Jim Gray

Proceedings Volume 6270, 62700R (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671721

KEYWORDS: Databases, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Data centers, Data archive systems, Image processing, Data storage, Prototyping, Observatories, Data modeling, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2004 Paper

The GALEX mission and detectors

Oswald Siegmund, Barry Welsh, Christopher Martin, Thomas Barlow, Luciana Bianchi, Yong-Ik Byun, Karl Forster, Peter Friedman, Patrick Jelinsky, Barry Madore, Roger Malina, Bruno Milliard, Patrick Morrissey, Susan Neff, Michael Rich, David Schiminovich, Todd Small, Alexander Szalay, Ted Wyder

Proceedings Volume 5488, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.561488

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Ultraviolet radiation, Stars, Galactic astronomy, Microchannel plates, Imaging spectroscopy, Quantum efficiency, Electronics, Spectroscopy, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 5 March 2003 Paper

PRIME: probing the very early universe

Wei Zheng, Holland Ford, Jeffrey Kruk, Zlatan Tsvetanov, Alexander Szalay, George Hartig, Hervey Stockman, Marc Postman, G. Voit, Peter Shu, Matthew Greenhouse, Hans-Walter Rix, Rainer Lenzen, Steven Kent, Christopher Stoughton, Alain Omont, Yannick Mellier

Proceedings Volume 4850, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461927

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Space telescopes, Imaging spectroscopy, Astronomy, Spectroscopy, Telescopes, Databases, Infrared radiation, Planets, Galaxy groups and clusters

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Proceedings Article | 24 February 2003 Paper

The Galaxy Evolution Explorer

Christopher Martin, Thomas Barlow, William Barnhart, Luciana Bianchi, Brian Blakkolb, Dominique Bruno, Joseph Bushman, Yong-Ik Byun, Michael Chiville, Timothy Conrow, Brian Cooke, Jose Donas, James Fanson, Karl Forster, Peter Friedman, Robert Grange, David Griffiths, Timothy Heckman, James Lee, Patrick Jelinsky, Sug-Whan Kim, Siu-Chun Lee, Young-Wook Lee, Dankai Liu, Barry Madore, Roger Malina, Alan Mazer, Ryan McLean, Bruno Milliard, William Mitchell, Marco Morais, Patrick Morrissey, Susan Neff, Frederic Raison, David Randall, Michael Rich, David Schiminovich, Wes Schmitigal, Amit Sen, Oswald Siegmund, Todd Small, Joseph Stock, Frank Surber, Alexander Szalay, Arthur Vaughan, Timothy Weigand, Barry Welsh, Patrick Wu, Ted Wyder, C. Kevin Xu, Jennifer Zsoldas

Proceedings Volume 4854, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460034

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Galactic astronomy, Space operations, Ultraviolet radiation, Imaging spectroscopy, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Spectroscopy, Satellites, Electronics

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Proceedings Article | 24 December 2002 Paper

Petabyte-scale data mining: dream or reality?

Alexander Szalay, Jim Gray, Jan VandenBerg

Proceedings Volume 4836, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461427

KEYWORDS: Databases, Data mining, Image processing, Data archive systems, Information operations, Astronomy, Galactic astronomy, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Correlation function

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Proceedings Article | 24 December 2002 Paper

Pan-STARRS: a large synoptic survey telescope array

Nicholas Kaiser, Herve Aussel, Barry Burke, Hans Boesgaard, Ken Chambers, Mark Chun, James Heasley, Klaus-Werner Hodapp, Bobby Hunt, Robert Jedicke, D. Jewitt, Rolf Kudritzki, Gerard Luppino, Michael Maberry, Eugene Magnier, David Monet, Peter Onaka, Andrew Pickles, Pui Hin Rhoads, Theodore Simon, Alexander Szalay, Istvan Szapudi, David Tholen, John Tonry, Mark Waterson, John Wick

Proceedings Volume 4836, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.457365

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Sensors, Optical instrument design, Point spread functions, Asteroids, Electronics, Stars, Adaptive optics, Charge-coupled devices

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Proceedings Article | 19 December 2002 Paper

Spatial clustering of galaxies in large datasets

Alexander Szalay, Tamas Budavari, Andrew Connolly, Jim Gray, Takahiko Matsubara, Adrian Pope, Istvan Szapudi

Proceedings Volume 4847, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.476761

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Databases, Statistical analysis, Error analysis, Correlation function, Astronomy, Modulation, Cameras, Distortion, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 16 December 2002 Paper

Online scientific data curation, publication, and archiving

Jim Gray, Alexander Szalay, Ani Thakar, Christopher Stoughton, Jan vandenBerg

Proceedings Volume 4846, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461524

KEYWORDS: Data archive systems, Databases, Data storage, Observatories, Astronomy, Data processing, Internet, Explosives, Human-machine interfaces, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 16 December 2002 Paper

Web services for the Virtual Observatory

Alexander Szalay, Tamas Budavari, Tanu Malik, Jim Gray, Ani Thakar

Proceedings Volume 4846, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.463947

KEYWORDS: Web services, Databases, Observatories, Data archive systems, Astronomy, Standards development, Data modeling, Data processing, Internet, Sensors

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SPIE Conference Volume | 16 December 2002

Virtual Observatories

Conference Committee Involvement (2)

Optimizing Scientific Return for Astronomy through Information Technologies

24 June 2004 | Glasgow, United Kingdom

Virtual Observatories

25 August 2002 | Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

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