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                      HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
                          ELECTRONIC  NEWSLETTER
             NUMBER 31                               September 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. News from the IAU General Assembly
  3. Members in new positions
  4. Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece
  5. About this newsletter...
  
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  1. SHORT NEWS
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   Professor Chronis Polymilis (University of Athens), a founding member 
  of our Society, passed away on August 13. The governing council of
  Hel.A.S. sent a wreath to his funeral and would like to extend the
  sympathy of the Society towards his family and loved ones.


  2. NEWS FROM THE IAU GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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  -  The XXIVth IAU General Assembly took place in Manchester, UK
   between August 7 and 18, 2000.  During the meeting professor John
   Hadjidemetriou (Univ. of Thessaloniki), who is a member of Hel.A.S. 
   and has also served as Vice-President of our Council for 4 years, 
   was elected President of the IAU Commission 7 (Celestial Mechanics 
   and Dynamical Astronomy).
   On behalf of all members we wish to send him our congratulations.


  3. MEMBERS IN NEW POSITIONS
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   Dr. Nektarios Vlahakis has recently moved as postdoctoral fellow
  to the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of
  Chicago (USA).


  4. 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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      "Similarities and Universality in Relativistic Flows", SURF 2000
                        Mykonos, October 1-5, 2000
                    
                   http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/theory/surf
                                or contact
            Dr. Markos Georganopoulos (markos@levi.mpi-hd.mpg.de)
 
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  5. 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 the Newsletter will be circulated around October
  1st 2000. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,  
  new openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece) or 
  comments before September 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
  e-mail address to which it was sent is not your preferred one, please 
  let us know.
 
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                     HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
                         ELECTRONIC  NEWSLETTER

			   September 8th, 2000


Dear colleague,

We issue this extra Newsletter, because it has just been brought to our
attention that three positions related to Astronomy/Space Physics have
been announced in Crete and Athens:


CRETE (1 position):
 A new position of "Researcher D" in
                      "Observational Astrophysics"
 has been opened at the Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser of the
 Foundation for Research and Technology in Crete.

 Deadline: 22 September 2000

 Profile: The successful candidate should have experience in using
          optical telescopes as well as acquiring and analyzing 
          optical observations.

 Requirements: Submit an application, detailed CV and publication list 
               in five copies to:
                 Secretary
                 Foundation for Research and Technology - IESL
                 University of Crete
                 P.O. Box 1527
                 GR-71110 Heraklion
                 Greece

 For further information one may contact Mrs. Eleftheria Karali at
 +30 81 391300 or +30 81 391302

 Online annoucement: http://www.ethnos.gr/ergasia/p080300.htm

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ATHENS (two positions):
 A new position of "Researcher D" concerning
        "Satellite imaging data of the surface of the Earth and
                corresponding analysis techniques"
 has been opened at the Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing of
 the National Observatory of Athens.
                
 Deadline: 30 September 2000
                
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 A 3-year position of "Researcher D" concerning
                  "Satellite mobile communications"
 has been opened at the Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing of
 the National Observatory in Athens.

 Deadline: 15 September 2000

 For further details on both jobs contact Ms. Kolliakou at +30 1 3490142 

 Online annoucement for both jobs:
               http://www.ethnos.gr/ergasia/p010300.htm

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