Ενημερωτικό Δελτίο 46 - Δεκέμβριος 2001

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                       HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
                           ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
             NUMBER 46                               December 2001

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  E-mail: elaset@astro.auth.gr      WWW: http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset
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  TOPICS:

  1. Short News
  2. Greek astronomers and E.S.A.
  3. Members in new positions
  4. Changes in the phone numbers in Greece
  5. Hel.A.S. prize for best Ph.D. in 2001
  6. Job opening
  7. International Max-Planck Research School on Astrophysics
  8. Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece
  9. About this newsletter...

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  1. SHORT NEWS
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    On December 4, 2001 Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell will deliver, in
  Thessaloniki, a public lecture entitled "In pursuit of neutron stars".
  The same lecture will also be presented in Athens on December 6. Details
  on the locations and exact times can be found at:

            http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/events/bell.html

    Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell is currently Dean of Science at the
  University of Bath (U.K.) and she is known internationally for her
  seminal work on the discovery of pulsars in 1968.

    The web server of the Hellenic Astronomical Society has completed
  its five years of virtual life. The curators of the server hope that
  the compiled information continues to be proven useful to all members
  of Hel.A.S. If you have any comments or suggestions on improving the
  contents of the server, please send your input to the web-managers.


  2. GREEK ASTRONOMERS AND E.S.A.
  -------------------------------

    In view of the pending formal agreement between Greece and ESA,

     http://www.gsrt.gr/html/press/dt161101Edinburg/press_gr.html

  the Greek National Committee for Astronomy (GNCA), in order to promote the
  interests of greek astronomers, is preparing a memo to be handed to the
  General Secretariat of Research and Technology (GSRT).

    Hel.A.S. members are kindly requested to check the ESA projects to which
  Greece could potentially participate (e.g. ARTE, GSTP, ERS, EOPP, GSP,
  PRODEX, etc) and send a very brief note (preferably not exceeding 150 words)
  to GNCA (at gnca@astro.noa.gr) on any project that they believe may be
  interested to apply for. Special attention should be given to project
  PRODEX, which involves research in astronomy.

    GNCA will use the replies in order to form a strong argument for Greece
  to join ESA projects which are of interest to greek astronomers.


  3. MEMBERS IN NEW POSITIONS
  ---------------------------

    Dr. Antonis Polatidis recently left the Onsala Space Observatory
  (Sweden), for a new postdoc position at the Max Planck Institut fur
  Radioastronomie in Bonn (Germany).


  4. CHANGES IN THE TELEPHONE NUMBERS IN GREECE
  ---------------------------------------------

    As most of the Hel.A.S. members in Greece may already know, the
  phone numbers throughout Greece will be changing on January 20th
  2002. Under the new system all fixed-line phone numbers will become
  10 digits, from the current seven digit system. This is accomplished
  by adding a zero ("0") between the area code and the current phone
  number.

    Note that the above calling system has been in effect in parallel
  with the old one since July 2001, but it will become the only way of
  reaching someone in Greece after January 20, 2002. For more
  information you may check:

		http://www.ote-shop.gr/newnumbers.htm

    The records of all members of Hel.A.S. in Greece have already been
  updated in the online directory to reflect this change. Please do
  inspect your web entry to double check that your phone number is
  correct. If you find a mistake please inform the Secretary.


  5. HEL.A.S. PRIZE FOR THE BEST PH.D. IN 2001
  --------------------------------------------

    All members of Hel.A.S. and Ph.D. supervisors in particular,
  are encouraged to bring to the attention of the Council potential
  candidates for the "Best Ph.D. in Astronomy" prize.

    The prize is accompanied by the monetary sum of 350 Euro (120,000
  GDR) and it will be awarded to an active junior member of the
  Society who has successfully defended his/her Ph.D. thesis during
  the 2001 calendar year. The recipient will be selected by the
  Council of Hel.A.S. Please note that this is an award, not a
  scholarship, and therefore no formal application procedure is
  involved.

    Past recipients of the award are:

    1998 - Dr. Markos Georganopoulos (Ph.D. from Boston University, USA)
    1999 - Dr. Manolis Xilouris (Ph.D. from Univ. of Athens, Greece)
    2000 - Dr. Spyros Basilakos (Ph.D. from Univ. of Athens, Greece)

    For more information please contact the Secretary of Hel.A.S.,
  Dr. Harry Varvoglis (varvogli@astro.auth.gr).


  6. JOB OPENING
  --------------

    The Department of Physics (Section of High Energy and Elementary
  Particles) of the University of Crete invites applications for a
  position at the Associate Professor level in the field of "High Energy
  Theoretical Physics and Cosmology". For more information please check:

               http://hep.physics.uoc.gr/Positions.html#Fac
                                   or
    The Secretary of the Department, Tel. +30-810-394004 and -394308.

  The deadline for applications is December 15, 2001.


  7. THE INTERNATIONAL MAX-PLANK RESEARCH SCHOOL ON ASTROPHYSICS
  --------------------------------------------------------------

    For the second time, the International Max-Planck Research School
  on Astrophysics (IMPRS) is accepting applications for its PhD program.
  Located in the beautiful Munich-Garching area in southern Bavaria
  (Germany), the school offers a unique environment for graduate students
  due to the presence of four internationally renowned institutes which
  form the school:

   * The Max-Planck Institute for extraterrestrial Physics (MPE)
   * The Observatory of the University of Munich (LMU/USM)
   * The Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA)
   * The European Southern Observatory (ESO)

    In addition, Astro-particle physics groups at the Technical
  University of Munich and the Werner-Heisenberg Institute for Physics
  are participating as associated partners.

    The closing date for applications for the program starting in
  September 2002 is January 15, 2002. All successful applicants will be
  supported by a PhD fellowship if required. More details on the IMPRS
  program, admission requirements, as well as application forms can be
  found at the IMPRS website:

		      http://www.imprs-astro.mpg.de


  8. UPCOMING ASTRONOMY MEETINGS IN GREECE
  ----------------------------------------

    The following meetings will take place in Greece in the coming
  months. Please check the corresponding web pages or contact the
  organizers by e-mail for more information.


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                   Euroconference/IAU Colloquium 188 on
                 Magnetic Coupling of the Solar Atmosphere
                        Santorini, 11-15 June 2002

                      http://www.space.noa.gr/solmag
                               or contact:
                Dr. Georgia Tsiropoula (georgia@space.noa.gr)
                  Dr. Udo Schuehle (schuehle@linmpi.mpg.de)

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  9. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
  ------------------------

    This Newsletter was edited by Harry Varvoglis and Vassilis
  Charmandaris. It was forwarded to the 220, out of the 239 members of
  Hel.A.S., who have e-mail access.

    The next edition of the Newsletter will be mailed around January 1st
  2002. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
  job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece)
  or comments before December 24, 2001. All correspondence concerning
  the Newsletter should be addressed to:

                         elaset@astro.auth.gr

    If you do not wish to receive future issues of this Newsletter or the
  e-mail address to which it was sent is not your preferred one, please
  let us know.

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