HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
NUMBER 12 February 1999
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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. IKY scholarships for 1999
3. New Ph.D. degrees
4. 4th Hellenic Astronomical Conference
5. Upcoming Astronomy Meetings in Greece
6. About this newsletter...
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1. SHORT NEWS
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We would like to conratulate our colleague, Panos Patsis, who has been
awarded a fellowship of the G.G.E.T. program adressed to "greek-speaking
scientists living abroad". Panos will soon start working at the "KEAEM"
of the Academy of Athens.
2. I.K.Y. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 1999
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The National Scholarship Foundation (I.K.Y.) has announced the 1999
programme for graduate student scholarships and postdoc positions in
Astronomy. There are 6 scholarships for graduate students. Fields:
"Astronomy" (1), "Astrophysics" (2), "General Theory of Relativity" (1),
"Observational Astronomy" (1), Near Earth Environment (1). The postdoc
position (1) is in the general field of "Astronomy and Astrophysics".
Please note that application deadline is February 19.
The written examinations for the graduate student scholarships will take
place in Athens (Arsakeion School at Psychiko) on April 2-3. The
selection for the Post-Doc position will be undertaken by the Executive
Committee of I.K.Y. For more information please contact I.K.Y., Lyssikratous
14 (Makrygianni), GR-10558 Athens, 12:00-14:00. Tel. 01-3254385-9, Fax
01-3221863.
3. NEW Ph.D. DEGREES AWARDED
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The Hellenic Astronomical Society would like to congratulate the
following Junior members for obtaining their Ph.D. degrees in the second
half of 1998.
- Moustakas Leonidas, Ph.D. University of California - Berkeley, USA
(now a postdoc at Oxford University, U.K.)
- Siopis Christos, Ph.D. University of Florida - Gainesville, USA
- Gizani Nectaria, Victoria University of Manchester - Jodrell Bank, U.K.
According to the constitution of Hel.A.S. all Junior members obtaining
a Ph.D. degree become Ordinary Members in the next General Assembly of
the Society.
4. 4th HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL CONFERENCE
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The 4th Astronomical Conference of the Hellenic Astronomical Society
will take place in the island of Samos on Thursday-Saturday, 16-18
September this year. A web page has been setup in the Society's home
page. Please check
http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/meetings.html
The e-mail address of the Conference is
helasyn@astro.auth.gr
Invited talks and 2 parallel sessions will cover most fields of Astronomy
and Astrophysics, such as: "Dynamical Astronomy and Celestial Mechanics",
"Solar, Planetary and Space Physics", "Stellar Astrophysics", "Our Galaxy
and other galaxies", "High Energy Astrophysics", "Cosmology and
Relativity", "History and Infrastructure of Astronomy in Greece". For
further information please check the Conference's web page, which at the
moment is under construction, but as time passes it will be enriched with
useful information
5. UPCOMING ASTRONOMY MEETINGS IN GREECE
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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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NATO Advanced Study Institute on
``The Neutron Star - Black Hole Connection'',
Elounda, Crete, June 7-18, 1999
http://www.mitos.com.gr/conf/n_starASI99
or contact
Dr. J. Ventura (ventura@physics.uch.gr)
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Large scale structure in the X-ray Universe
Santorini, September 20-22, 1999
http://www.astro.noa.gr/~santor99
or contact
Dr. M. Plionis (mplionis@astro.noa.gr)
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4th Hellenic Astronomical Conference
Samos, 16-18 September 1999
http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/meetings.html
Organising Committe: helasyn@astro.auth.gr
or contact
Dr. J. Seimenis (jseimen@atlas.uoa.gr)
6. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
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This Newsletter was compiled and forwarded to all Hel...A.S. members,
that can be reached electronically, by Harry Varvoglis and Vassilis
Charmandaris.
The next edition of this Newsletter will be circulated around March
1st 1999. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures, new
openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece) or
comments before February 25, 1999. All correspondence concerning this
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 this Newsletter was addressed is not your main
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