Solar Image Processing Workshop II

Some of the organizers of SIRW formed a collaboration to organize future workshops to follow a similar format. The organizing committee planned the next workshop for November 2004 in Annapolis, MD. The workshop name was changed to Solar Image Processing Workshop (SIPWII). SIPWII again brought together researchers from the field of solar physics, image processing and data mining. The workshop lasted for 3 days and consisted of invited talks, contributed talks and posters. This workshop focused on using current, up-to-date image processing techniques to maximize the scientific return from space- and ground-based solar observatories. SIPWII also introduced break-out sessions or working groups to discuss the topics of (1) the definition of CMEs for the purpose of detection and tracking, (2) techniques for ground-based image reconstruction, and (3) magnetic field image data. Some of the work presented in the workshop as well as related work in the field was published in a twenty-four paper Topical Issue of Solar Physics (Gallagher et al. 2005). Given the success of this workshop and the expressed interest of its participants, the organizing committee decided to continue these workshops roughly every 2 years with the location alternating between Europe and the United States.