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HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
NUMBER 40 June 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. The 2001 Conference of Hel.A.S.
3. OPTICON: an EU funded Optical Infrared Coordination Network
4. Leading European Research Organisations Join Forces in EIROFORUM
5. ADC's New Data Mining Resources for Space Science
6. Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece
7. About this newsletter...
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1. SHORT NEWS
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We were recently informed that the fax number of the members of
Hel.A.S. working in the Academy of Athens has changed. You may find
the new number in the online directory record of each member.
The pre-doctoral studentship for solar observations, announced in our
previous E-Newsletter, is still open. For further information please
visit http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/e-news/en39.txt
2. THE 2001 CONFERENCE OF HEL.A.S.
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The LOC of 5th Hel.A.S. Conference to be held at Heraklion between
20-22 September 2001, has postponed all deadlines of the Conference as
follows:
Deadline for Registration: June 30, 2001
Deadline for Hotel Reservation: June 30, 2001
Deadline for Paper Contribution: July 31, 2001
3. OPTICON: AN EU FUNDED OPTICAL INFRARED COORDINATION NETWORK
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The Optical Infrared Coordination Network (OPTICON), funded by the
European Union, aims in bringing together Europe's providers of astronomical
infrastructures together with research institutes from the larger
countries.
For more information on OPTICON and its activities visit:
http://www.astro-opticon.org/
4. LEADING EUROPEAN RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS JOIN FORCES IN EIROFORUM
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Since the early 1950s, a number of research infrastructures and
laboratories have been developed and deployed within Europe by European
Intergovernmental Research Organisations (EIRO).
Seven of these organisations have set up a co-ordination and
collaboration group (EIROFORUM) with their top executives (Directors
General or equivalent) as members. They include CERN (particle
physics), EMBL (molecular biology), ESA (space activities), ESO
(astronomy and astrophysics), ESRF (synchrotron radiation), ILL
(neutron source) and EFDA (fusion).
A primary goal of EIROFORUM is to play an active and constructive
role in promoting the quality and impact of European Research.
For more information check:
http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2001/pr-12-01.html
5. ADC'S NEW DATA MINING RESOURCES FOR SPACE SCIENCES
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Data mining is fast becoming a relevant and required activity for
the exploration of large astronomical databases. Data mining is
already a mature discipline in the commercial sector, and the
scientific community can take advantage of many years of experience
and developments already accumulated there.
To facilitate and to inform these developments within the
astronomical data centers and data user communities, The Astronomical
Data Center (ADC) has compiled a selection of data mining resources
for space science. These are available at this URL:
http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/adc/adc_datamining.html
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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5th Hellenic Astronomical Conference
Crete, 20-22 September 2001
http://astrophysics.physics.uoc.gr/conf/
or contact
Dr. J. Ventura (ventura@physics.uoc.gr)
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1st Aegean Summer School on Cosmology
Karlovassi, 21-29 September 2001
http://www.physics.ntua.gr/cosmo
or contact
Dr. S. Cotsakis (skot@aegean.gr)
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2nd Conference of Greek Amateur Astronomers
"Traditional Astronomy - Modern Astronomy"
Corfu, 27-28 October 2001
Contact persons:
Mr. A. Kotinas (kotinas@hotmail.com)
Mr. S. Chondrogiannis (astrocorfu@hotmail.com)
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International Conference on
Magnetic Coupling of the Solar Atmosphere
Santorini, 11-15 June 2002
Contact persons:
Dr. Georgia Tsiropoula (georgia@space.noa.gr)
Dr. Udo Schuehle (schuehle@linmpi.mpg.de)
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8. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
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This Newsletter was compiled and forwarded to all Hel.A.S. members
who can be reached electronically (202 out of 221), by Harry
Varvoglis and Vassilis Charmandaris.
The next edition of the Newsletter will be circulated around July
1st 2001. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece) or
comments before June 25, 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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