@InProceedings{CarvalhoCapeCamp:2006:DaDe,
               author = "Carvalho, Reinaldo Ramos de and Capelato, Hugo Vicente and Campos 
                         Velho, Haroldo Fraga de",
          affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto 
                         Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de 
                         Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)}",
                title = "BRAVO (BRazilian Astrophysical Virtual Observatory) - datamining 
                         development",
            booktitle = "Proceedings...",
                 year = "2006",
         organization = "IAU General Assembly, 26. : The Virtual Observatory in action: new 
                         science, new technology, and next generation facilities",
             abstract = "The primary goal of the BRAVO project is to generate investment in 
                         information technology, with particular emphasis on datamining and 
                         statistical analysis. From a scientific standpoint, the 
                         participants assembled to date are engaged in several scientific 
                         projects in various fields of cosmology, astrophysics, and data 
                         analysis, with significant contributions from international 
                         partners. These scientists conduct research on clusters of 
                         galaxies, small groups of galaxies, elliptical galaxies, 
                         population synthesis, N-body simulations, and a variety of studies 
                         in stellar astrophysics. One of the main aspects of this project 
                         is the incorporation of these disparate areas of astrophysical 
                         research within the context of the coherent development of 
                         database technology. Observational cosmology is one of the 
                         branches of science experiencing the largest growth in the past 
                         few decades. Large photometric and spectroscopic surveys have been 
                         carried out in both hemispheres. As a result, an extraordinary 
                         amount of data in all portions of the electromagnetic spectrum 
                         exists, but without standard techniques for storage and 
                         distribution. This project will utilize several specific 
                         astronomical databases, created to store data generated by several 
                         instruments (including SOAR, Gemini, BDA, etc), uniting them 
                         within a common framework and with standard interfaces. We are 
                         inviting members of the entire Brazilian astronomical community 
                         (detailed in the list of participants) to partake in this effort 
                         that aims to standardize analytical techniques, which will enable 
                         data access and analysis with common tools. This will certainly 
                         impact both education and outreach efforts, as well as the future 
                         development of astrophysical research. Finally, this project will 
                         provide a constant investment in human resources. First, it will 
                         do so by stimulating ongoing short technical visits to Johns 
                         Hopkins University and Caltech. These will allow us to bring 
                         software technology and expertise in datamining back to Brazil. 
                         Second, we will organize the Summer School on Software Technology 
                         in Astrophysics, which will be designed to ensure that the 
                         Brazilian scientific community can take full advantage of the 
                         benefits offered by the VO project.",
  conference-location = "Prague",
      conference-year = "17-18 Aug.",
                label = "self-archiving-INPE-MCTIC-GOV-BR",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "carvalho_bravo2.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "08 maio 2024"
}