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HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
NUMBER 43 September 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. Members in new positions
3. New Ph.D. positions in Astronomy
4. 5th Hellenic Astronomical Conference
5. Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece
6. About this newsletter...
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1. SHORT NEWS
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A new Greek National Committee for Astronomy was appointed, on August
1, 2001, by the Minister of Development. Chairman of the Committee is
the President of Hel.A.S. Professor J.H. Seiradakis (University of
Thessaloniki), Vice-Chairman Professor J. Ventura (University of Crete
and Members Dr. E. Harlaftis (National Observatory of Athens),
Professor S. Katsanevas (University of Lyon, France) and Dr. E. Kontizas
(National Observatory of Athens). Professor K. Tsinganos (University of
Athens) and Dr. Em. Plionis (National Observatory of Athens) were
appointed as substitute members.
2. MEMBERS IN NEW POSITIONS
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We would like to congratulate Dr. Manolis Xilouris (currently at
the University of Crete) who was recently awarded a postdoctoral
fellowship from the "Service d' Astrophysique of the Commissariat a
l' Energie Atomique (CEA)" at Saclay outside Paris, France.
Dr. Xilouris, who was also the recipient of the 1999 best Ph.D. prize
of Hel.A.S, will be moving to his new position at the beginning of
October.
Professor Kanaris Tsinganos moved from the University of Crete
to the Department of Physics of the University of Athens.
Dr. Eleni Chatzichristou moved from NASA Goddard Space Flight
Center to a new postdoc position at the Space Telescope Science
Institute, in Baltimore MD, USA.
3. NEW PH.D. POSITIONS IN ASTRONOMY
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The Solar Physics Department at the Royal Observatory of Belgium
proposes to hire, in collaboration with a Belgian university, a
university graduate to develop mathematical techniques for the
analysis of satellite images of the solar corona. The candidate is
expected to conduct this project in the framework of a Ph.D.
The job description and contact details can be found on the
website job announcement:
http://sol.oma.be/Jobvacancy/jobvacancy.html
A PhD studentship on the building, testing and science use of a
new wide-field astronomy camera in Queen's University, Belfast, is
available for 3 years from October 1st, 2001. The PhD studentship
will pay full tuition fees and a maintenance grant of the order of
7,500 pounds to a citizen of any European Union state.
Applications, which should include a detailed curriculum vitae,
should be e-mailed to F.Keenan@qub.ac.uk by 5pm on Friday, 31 August
2001 (please note that the deadline for application ends in 4 days).
In addition, all applicants must complete a University Admissions
Form, available at:
http://www.qub.ac.uk/ado/postgrad/download.html
4. 5TH HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL CONFERENCE
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This is the last Newsletter before the conference in Crete. We hope
that we will be seing you in Fodele and we wish everybody a pleasant trip
and a fruitful participation.
5. 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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6. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
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This Newsletter was edited by Harry Varvoglis and Vassilis
Charmandaris. It was forwarded to the 202 out of the 221 members of
Hel.A.S. members who have e-mail access.
The next edition of the Newsletter will be mailed around October 1st
2001. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece)
or comments before September 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
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