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&quot;slow&quot; (ie timescales of seconds upwards) radio transients.
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<h1>VOEvent</h1>
<p>
Rapidly disseminating notification of, and coordinating response to,
transients across a variety of heterogeneous telescopes is
challenging, but is essential to optimize scientific returns. The <a
href="http://www.ivoa.net/">International Virtual Observatory
Alliance</a> <a href="http://www.voevent.org/">VOEvent Working
Group</a>, of which I am vice chair, takes the leading role in
defining interoperable event representations and transport
mechanisms to make the best science possible.
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I am the author of <a
href="http://comet.transientskp.org/">Comet</a>, an implementation
of publisher, broker and subscriber functionality defined in the <a
href="http://www.ivoa.net/Documents/Notes/VOEventTransport/">VOEvent
Transport Protocol</a>.
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<h1>Global Jet Watch</h1>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_433">SS433</a>, an
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