NOVEMBER 2018 - TOPICS

Short News IAU100 IAU Astronomy translation network Call for Letters of Intent for the new IAU Office Student and Postdoctoral Research Opportunities Abroad Upcoming Astronomy Meetings in Greece About this Newsletter

1. Short News

The Society would like to congratulate Prof. Nikos Kylafis who was recently elected Vice President at the IAU Commission J1 “The Spectral Energy Distribution of Galaxies” for the 2018-2021 period. The society extends its best wishes to Prof. Nikos Kylafis for further successes in his professional pursuits. The Society would like to congratulate George Vasilopoulos who recently completed his PhD at the MPE & Technical Univ. of Munich (Germany). His dissertation is titled "Study of highly magnetised accreting neutron stars in the Magellanic Clouds and beyond” and it was completed under the supervision of Dr. F. Haberl and Prof. J. Greiner. The Society would like to congratulate Alexandros Psychogyios who recently completed his PhD at the University of Crete. His dissertation is titled "Galaxy morphology in different environments” and was completed under the supervision of Prof. V. Charmandaris. The Society would like to congratulate Kalliopi Dasyra who was recently appointed Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The Society extends its best wishes to Prof. K. Dasyra for further successes in her professional pursuits.

2. IAU 100

In 2019, the IAU will celebrate its 100th anniversary. The council of Hel.A.S. unanimously accepted the proposal of Prof. Kanaris Tsinganos, member of our society and coordinator of the IAU100, to collaborate in the celebration of this milestone that will take place in Greece. As a first step, the IAU100 activities commonly accepted to be advertised by HelAS, will be posted on the site of our society.

3.IAU Astronomy translation network

The Astronomy Translation Network is a joint project of the Astronomical Union Office for Astronomy Outreach and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan in Tokyo. Its goal, aligned with one the IAU's many missions, is to combine the efforts of volunteer translators and astronomers to make astronomy available in as many languages as possible.Currently, the Greek Language Team is composed of three volunteers, and more volunteers (with backgrounds either in translation or astronomy) are being recruited. If you are interested in joining this effort, please contact here

4.Call for Letters of Intent for the new IAU Office

IAU intends to establish the Office of Astronomy for Education (OAE) focused on providing training and resources for using astronomy as a stimulus for teaching and education for elementary to high school level. IAU intends to establish soon the new (OAE) through an international call for proposals leading to a by-lateral agreement, similar to the ones signed for the other three IAU Offices already in operation: the Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD), the Office for Astronomy Outreach (OAO) and the Office for Young Astronomers (OYA).

5. Student and Postdoctoral Research Opportunities Abroad

The list below may be refreshed or updated with further established lists: IAU PhD prize. Once a year, each IAU Division has the opportunity to award its own prize to the candidate it feels has carried out the most remarkable work in the previous year (i.e. a PhD Thesis which has been defended between December 16 of the previous year and December 15 this year). The IAU PhD prize is open to candidates from all countries, regardless of whether the country has an IAU National Membership. The deadline for applications for the 2018 IAU PhD prize is December 15, 2018. A PhD position (deadline 15 November) and a post-doc position (deadline 30 November) are opened at the National Space Institute at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU Space) The area of research for both positions is transient astrophysics. For more details concerning the PhD position visit: here for the post-doc position visit: here AHEAD school on 'X-ray and multiwavelength surveys, 19-23 November 2018, MPE Garching. The School aims at providing young astronomers with the specific theoretical and practical skills to successfully exploit the current and future generation of large surveys. We will include in-depth discussions of both high-energy experiments and multi-wavelength surveys across the entire electromagnetic spectrum.To this end, world class experts in several fields will deliver lectures and conduct hands-on sessions, including analysis of real catalogs data. Students will have the opportunity to interact with renowned scientists in a high motivating environment. More information can be found here. Any Member of the Society who wishes to contribute another credible link with opportunities, or individual opportunities that will, however, be shown in a single-liner format as above, is encouraged to contact the Secretary of the Society.

6. Upcoming Astronomy Meetings in Greece

Exploring the Infrared Universe: The Promise of SPICA 20th-23th May 2019, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece Supernova Remnants II, and odyssey in space after stellar death 3th-8th June 2019, Chania, Crete, Greece Feedback and its role in Galaxy formation 25th-29th June 2019, AKSS, Spetses, Greece,

7. About this Newsletter

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