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HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
NUMBER 23 January 2000
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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. IAU membership
3. Job Openings
4. Postdocs/PhDs in Gravitational Astrophysics
5. JENAM 2000
6. Upcoming Astronomy Meetings in Greece
7. About this newsletter...
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1. SHORT NEWS
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- The Council of Hel.A.S. would like to wish you Merry Christmas
and a Happy and Healthy New Year.
- We would like to congratulate our colleague, Dr. Demosthenes Kazanas
of NASA/GSFC, who has recently been elected as "corresponding member" of
the Academy of Athens.
- The 18th newsletter of the European Astronomical Society is available
on line at: http://www.iap.fr/eas/newsletters.html
2. IAU MEMBERSHIP
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The Greek National Committee for Astronomy is the official representative
of Greece to the International Astronomical Union. Consequently, it is
authorised to propose, at each General Assembly, greek astronomers as
candidate members of the IAU.
According to the GNCA Newsletter, GNCA is currently considering
applications from greek astronomers who wish to join IAU. It will form
its proposal to the IAU by the end of 15 January 2000, since the next IAU
General Assembly will take place in August 2000.
For more information on how to apply, please visit:
http://www.astro.noa.gr/gnca/ca-newsiau.htm
3. JOB OPENINGS
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- A position of ``Researcher A'' has opened at the Research Center for
Astronomy and Applied Mathematics of the Academy of Athens.
For further information please contact:
Ms. A. Seira
Tel. +30-1-3614552
The deadline for applications is January 15, 2000.
- INTERSECURE Logic Ltd is seeking to employ two ADA programmers
(one junior* and one senior**) in Brussels/Belgium. The ideal
candidates would also have some experience in C++ and HP-Unix systems.
The assignment has initial contract duration of one year but it is
renewable and can become a permanent port.
*Junior is a person with 6 months ADA experience.
**Senior is a person with 2 years ADA experience + 2 years other
development experience.
For more information you may contact:
INTERSECURE LOGIC LTD e-maiL: ISLOGIC@ATTGLOBAL.NET
PO Box 197 BXL 4 phone: +32-2-6404319
1040 Brussels fax: +32-2-6441784
Belgium
4. POSTDOCS/PHDs IN GRAVITATIONAL ASTROPHYSICS
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- European Network for Research on Sources of Gravitational Waves.
As part of its current Research Training Networks (RTN) programme, it
is expected that the European Commission will provide three year
funding for a collaborative research network dedicated to the study of
sources of gravitational waves.
As part of this programme, it is planned that approximately seven
three-year postdoctoral positions and three three-year predoctoral
positions (studentships leading to a PhD degree) will be available in
the institutes participating in the network.
Further details of the project, including profiles for the posts
available at each institute, can be found at the Network home page:
http://www.aei-potsdam.mpg.de/research/astro/eu_network/
5. JENAM 2000
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The next Joint European and National Astronomy Meeting, entitled
"European Astronomy at the Turn of the Millenium", will take place
in Moscow between May 29 and June 3, 2000.
Details on the meeting can be found at:
http://www.sai.msu.ru/jenam/
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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NATO Advanced Study Institute on
"Space Storms and Space Weather Hazards"
Hersonissos, Crete, June 19-29, 2000
http://sat2.space.noa.gr/~daglis/asi2000.html
or contact
Dr. Yannis Daglis (daglis@creator.space.noa.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,
who can be reached electronically, by Harry Varvoglis and Vassilis
Charmandaris.
The next edition of this Newsletter will be circulated around February
1st 2000. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
new openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece) or
comments before January 25, 2000. 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
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