MARCH 2014 - TOPICS

Short News The first HEL.A.S. Summer School Call for Proposals for the 2.3m Aristarchos Telescope EWASS 2014 - first announcement Post doc positions in Dublin Summer School Alpbach 2014 Upcoming Astronomy Meetings in Greece About this Newsletter

1. SHORT NEWS

We would like to congratulate our member Prof Alexandros Nindos who was recently promoted to Associate Professor at the University of Ioannina.

2. THE FIRST HEL.A.S. SUMMER SCHOOL

The Governing Council of HEL.A.S. is pleased to announce that the first "HEL.A.S. Summer School" will take place in the "Kostis Palamas" building of the University of Athens, from 1st to 5th of September, 2014. The intention to organise such a school, in order to support the work of the PhD members of the Society, was first discussed in our General Assembly last September. The formal decision was taken in the previous meeting of the Governing Council which took place last December. The title of the School is: "Physical Processes and Data Analysis in Heliophysics". More information, and a dedicated web page, will appear in our web page soon.

3. CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE 2.3 m ARISTARCHOS TELESCOPE

The Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications, and Remote Sensing of the National Observatory of Athens is pleased to announce the 2014 Call for Proposals for the 2.3m Aristarchos telescope. The observing period is between August 1st 2014 and October 31st 2014. Up to 25% of the time will be available to researchers affiliated with a Greek academic institution. The available instrumentation for this period includes a 4.8x4.8 arcmin optical camera, a wide field fast imager for exoplanet transit timing camera (RISE2), and a low/medium dispersion fiber-fed spectrometer (ATS). The proposal deadline in March 31, 2014. For more information on the application process visit the web page: http://http://helmos.astro.noa.gr/applying.html

4. EWASS 2014 - FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

The European Astronomical Society (EAS) announced that EWASS 2014 will be held in Geneva from 30 June to 4 July 2014. As usual, the program of EWASS 2014 will be very rich with symposia, special sessions, special meetings and numerous plenary talks, prize awards, exhibitions, etc. For more information you can visit: https://events.kuoni-dmc.com/ei3/cm.esp?id=100120&pageid=_4030LF2I3

5. POST-DOC POSITIONS IN DUBLIN

Four postdoctoral fellowships are available to work in the application of interferometry to star formation at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. Two fellows will collaborate with the Max Planck Institute of Astronomy in Heidelberg to assist with the development and commissioning of the next generation interferometer GRAVITY on the VLT. The other two fellows will work closely with Tautenburg Observatory, near Jena, in the use of LOFAR long baseline data to help understand the generation of outflows from young stars. Further information on the posts can be obtained at: http://dias.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4043&Itemid=61&lang=en/

6. SUMMER SCHOOL ALPBACH 2014

The Summer School Alpbach is organised by the Aeronautics and Space Agency of the Austrian Research Promotion Agency. The Summer School 2014 will focus on "Space Missions for Geophysics of the Terrestrial Planets". The School is open to 60 selected young science and/or engineering students and graduates from among the member and cooperating states of ESA. The deadline for applications is March 31, 2013. For more information, you can contact Dr. Eleni Chatzichristou (at elthchatz@gmail.com), and visit the School's website: http://www.summerschoolalpbach.at/

7. UPCOMING ASTRONOMY MEETINGS IN GREECE

OSSF14: The Olympian Symposium on Star Formation Paralia Katerini's, Mount Olympus, 26-30 May 2014 Extreme Astrophysics in an Ever-Changing Universe - Time Domain Astronomy in the 21st Century/Celebrating John Seiradakis' 40-year career Ierapetra, Crete, Greece, 16-20 June, 2014 Geospace revisited: a Cluster/MAARBLE/VAP conference Rhodes, 15-20 September 2014 NEB 16 - Recent Developments in Gravity Mykonos, Greece, 17-20 September, 2014

8. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER

This Newsletter was sent to all members of Hel.A.S. who have e-mail access. The next edition of the Newsletter will be mailed around April 1st, 2014. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures, job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece) or comments before March 28, 2014. 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 inform the Secretary of Hel.A.S.