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HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
NUMBER 17 July 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. Important deadlines
3. Hel.A.S. prize for best Ph.D. in Astronomy
4. New Ph.D. degrees
5. Training Sites and Development Host Fellowships
6. Upcoming Astronomy Meetings in Greece
7. About this newsletter...
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1. SHORT NEWS
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The next issue of Hipparchos will be published by early September, in
order to be available for the Samos's meeting. Please consider submitting
any news, articles etc. you have on time. For more information
please contact the editor, Dr. Xenophon Moussas (xmoussas@cc.uoa.gr).
Recently, we were informed that the phone numbers of several faculty
members of the Department of Physics at the University of Athens have
changed. Please check your online record in the web pages of Hel.A.S. to
verify whether the information listed there is correct. If you spot any
errors please let us know.
2. IMPORTANT DEADLINES
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The deadline for Registration and Abstract submission to the 4th
Astronomical Conference of the Hel.A.S. is JUNE 30!
3. HEL.A.S. PRIZE FOR BEST PH.D. IN ASTRONOMY
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The Council of Hel.A.S. would like to congratulate Markos Georganopoulos
for becoming the recipient of the 1998 Hel.A.S. prize for the best
Ph.D. in Astronomy.
Dr. Georganopoulos completed his Ph.D. at the Department of Astronomy of
Boston University, USA, in 1998. He is currently a postdoc at Max Planck
Institut fur Kernphysik in Heidelberg, Germany. A sum of 100.000 drx.
complements the award.
4. 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 first
half of 1999.
- Konstantinos Kleidis, Ph.D. University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- Eleni Chatzichristou, Ph.D. Leiden University, The Netherlands
- Christos Efthymiopoulos, Ph.D. University of Athens, Greece
- Maria Charsoula, Ph.D. University of Athens, Greece
- Elenh Papadakh, Ph.D. University of Athens, Greece
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.
5. TRAINING SITES AND DEVELOPMENT HOST FELLOWSHIPS
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The following message may be of interest to members of Hel.A.S
associated with greek academic Instititutions.
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General Secretariat for Research and Technology
International S&T Cooperation Directorate
European Union Division
Tel. 7714240
Fax. 7714153
email:pafe@gsrt.gr
To whom it may concern
Dear Sir/Madam,
We inform you that the Call for the Marie Curie Training Sites and the
Marie Curie Development Host Fellowships (dedicated exclusively to
Less Favoured Regions) has been launched on 11/6/99 and the deadline
for receiving Proposals is 13/10/99. Favoured Regions) has been
launched on 11/6/99 and the deadline for receiving Proposals is
13/10/99. It is an action line under the Improving Human Research
Potential Programme (IHP) within the 5th EC RTD Framework Programme.
The Guide for Proposers is available on the INTERNET
(http://www.cordis.lu/fp5/src/programmes/htm, then you choose the IHP
Programme and the Marie Curie Host Fellowships). The Proposal Form for
these fellowships is the same form as that which is used for Industry
Host Fellowships.
Please find attached the Call for Proposals for the above action line.
We strongly encourage applicants to download all the information from
the Internet and, if necessary, we will provide photocopies of the
information package. We emphasize as well that the the Greek academic
community should take full advantage of the Development Host Fellowships
offered exclusively to the Less Favoured Regions of the Community of
which Greece is one in its entirety (Objective 1 region).
We will be at your disposal for any further information.
The NCP's
E. Afentaki, E. Sofouli
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6. 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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4th Hellenic Astronomical Conference
Samos, 16-18 September 1999
http://www.astro.auth.gr/~helasyn
or contact
Dr. J. Seimenis (isei@aegean.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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1st Panhellenic Conference on Amateur Astronomy
Volos, 2-3 October 1999
Contact: Dr. L. Zachilas (zachilas@civ.uth.gr)
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7. 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 August
1st 1999. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
new openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece) or
comments before July 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 sent is not your prefered one,
please let us know.
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