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HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
NUMBER 97 March 2006
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E-mail: elaset@astro.auth.gr WWW: http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset
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TOPICS:
1. Forthcoming Elections of Hel.A.S.
2. Members in new positions
3. IKY Scholarships
4. AAS International Members
5. Research Grants in France
6. Spain is joining ESO
7. Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece
8. About this Newsletter
1. FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS OF Hel.A.S.- G.C. NOMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES
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The deadline for nominations of candidates for the new Governing
Council (G.C.)of Hel.A.S. was February 28th. The following members
of Hel.A.S. were nominated and have accepted to be candidates for
the corresponding positions in the upcoming elections:
- Candidate for President:
o Tsinganos Kanaris
Position: Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Athens
- Candidates for the Governing Council (6 elected):
o Anagnostopoulos, Georgios
Position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, Demokritos Univ. of Thrace
o Charmandaris, Vassilis
Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Crete
o Daglis Ioannis
Position: Director, Institute of Space Applications & Remote
Sensing, National Observatory of Athens
o Efthymiopoulos, Christos
Position: Research Assistant, Research Center for Astronomy and
Applied Mathematics, Academy of Athens
o Kokkotas, Kostas
Position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of
Thessaloniki
o Mastichiadis, Apostolos
Position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Athens
o Papadakis, Iossif
Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Crete
o Plionis, Manolis
Position: Senior Researcher, Institute of Astronomy &
Astrophysics,
National Observatory of Athens
- Candidates for Auditors Auditor of the G.C. (3 elected):
o Nindos, Alexandros
Position: Assistant Professor, University of Ioannina
o Vlahakis, Nektarios
Position: Lecturer, Univ. of Athens
o Xilouris, Manolis
Position: Assistant Researcher, National Observatory of Athens
Ballots with the candidates will be sent to all members within a
month but one can always vote by attending the general assembly
which will take place during the elections in June 2006. Please
ensure that your postal address listed in the online directory of
Hel.A.S. is correct. If you spot a mistake please contact the
Secretary of the Society. Note that you must have paid your
membership fee in order to be eligible to vote.
2. MEMBERS IN NEW POSITIONS
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Dr. Charalampos Skokos recently moved from the Academy of Athens
to the Institut de Mecanique Celeste et de Calcul des Ephemerides of
Paris Observatory on a Marie-Curie fellowship.
3. IKY SCHOLARSHIPS
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The Greek National Institute of Fellowships (IKY) has announced
its graduate and post graduate fellowship program for 2006-2007.
The application deadline is March 10th, 2006. There are 3 positions
for graduate studies abroad (1 in Astronomy, 1 in Cosmology & Theory
of General Relativity, 1 in Space Physics) and two positions for
graduate studies in Greece (1 in Astrophysics & 1 Space Physics).
These are good news for Astrophysics/Astronomy because this year we
got an extra position for graduate studies abroad (Space Physics)
compared to last year, taking into account that IKY reduced this
year the total number of its fellowships. For more information
visit:
http://www.iky.gr/scholarships/ellines/
4. AAS INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATE MEMBERS
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The American Astronomical Society (AAS) introduced this year a new
membership class. It is the "International Affiliate Member" which
is to astronomers or scientists in closely related fields who do not
reside in the United States. Applicants require either nomination by
an active Full Member of the AAS or must be members of an affiliated
society that requires nomination for membership. For more
information and application forms visit:
http://www.aas.org/membership/classes.html
and
http://www.aas.org/membership/benefits.html
5. RESEARCH GRANTS IN FRANCE
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CNES ( National Centre for Spaces Studies) awards research grants
once a year to grantees working in engineering sciences (orbital and
space transport systems) and sciences using space assets (Universe,
Earth and microgravity sciences). Grants are awarded for:
* Doctoral theses at a research laboratory in France
* Post-doctoral research at a laboratory in France
For more informations about eligibility conditions, see :
http://www.cnes.fr/html/_455_462_1531_.php*
5. SPAIN IS JOINING ESO
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During a ceremony in Madrid on Monday 13 February 2006, an
agreement was signed by the Spanish Minister of Education and
Science, Mrs. Maria Jesus San Segundo, and the European Southern
Following approval by the Spanish Council of Ministers and the
ratification by the Spanish Parliament of the ESO Convention and the
associated protocols, Spain intends to become ESO's 12th member
state on 1 July 2006.
We should remind our readers that in 1997 the Greek National
Committee for Astronomy (GNCA) appointed an External Committee,
chaired by Prof. Y. Terzian (Cornell Univ.), to investigate and
report on the possible directions of the Astronomical Sciences in
the 21st century in Greece. This report, available in the GNCA site:
http://www.astro.noa.gr/gnca/NEWS/ca-report2000.htm
was presented in meeting at the national Observatory of Athens in
October 1998 and had as the first priority of its primary
recommendations that Greece joins ESO. Unfortunately eight years
later no progress has been made on this issue. In the meantime, the
UK, in 2000, and Finland, in 2004, already joined ESO.
6. UPCOMING ASTRONOMY MEETINGS IN GREECE
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The following meetings will take place in Greece. Please check the
corresponding web page or contact the organizers by e-mail for more
information.
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International Conference on Archaeoastronomy
Rhodes, 6-10 April 2006
More information can be found at:
http://www.rhodes.aegean.gr/tms/SEAC2006.htm
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"Galaxy Evolution with Spitzer and Herschel"
Agios Nikolaos, Crete, 28 May-2 June 2006
More information can be found at:
http://galev06.physics.uoc.gr
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7. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
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This Newsletter was edited by Vassilis Charmandaris and Kanaris
Tsinganos. It was forwarded to the 251, out of the 271, members of
Hel.A.S. who have e-mail access.
The next edition of the Newsletter will be mailed around April 1st
2006. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in
Greece) or comments before March 25, 2006. All correspondence
concerning the Newsletter should be addressed to:
tsingan@phys.uoa.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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