Hel.A.S. Newsletter 82 - December 2004


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                       HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
                           ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
            NUMBER 82                                December 2004

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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. Job opening
  3. Member in new position
  4. New Book on Space Weather
  5. Postdoc positions under the "MAGPOP" EU network
  6. The IMPRS for Astronomy and Cosmic Physics at Heidelberg
  7. "Cosmic Pathways": the online journal of IAA
  8. ESO/ESA/IAU Conference on Communicating Astronomy to Public 
  9. Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece
  10. The Vatican Observatory summer school
  11. About this newsletter


  1. SHORT NEWS
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    The online forum of the English Greek dictionary web page which 
  was announced in the electronic newsletter 80, has been frozen as 
  malicious commercial exploitation of the chat room by third parties 
  made its use impractical. We are exploring new and more secure avenues 
  before re-activating such a forum. A summary of the greek version of 
  most common / challenging words provided by J. Seiradakis and other 
  HelAS members is included in PDF format at [Greek2English/English2Greek] 
  of http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/greekdict/.


  2. JOB OPENING
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    The procedure for opening a new tenure track position at the level
  of "Lecturer" in the field of "Dynamics" has been initiated at the
  Department of Physics of the University of Thessaloniki. The
  deadline for the applications has not been determined yet. More
  information will be provided in the web page of Hel.A.S. as well as
  in a future newsletter when it becomes available.


  3. MEMBER IN NEW POSITION
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    We would like to congratulate Dr. MariLiza Koukouli who completed
  a Marie Curie Fellowship in the Institute of Astrophysics of
  Andalusia, Granada, (Spain) and will be moving as of January 2005 to
  a 15-month post-doctoral position at the Laboratory of Atmospheric
  Physics of the Univ. of Thessaloniki.


  4. NEW BOOK ON SPACE WEATHER
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    The book "Effects of Space Weather on Technology Infrastructure",
  edited by Ioannis A. Daglis, National Observatory of Athens, has been  
  recently published by Springer/Kluwer Academic Publishers. It contains 
  the key lectures of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "Effects of 
  Space Weather on Technology Infrastructure", which was held in Rhodes, 
  Greece, in March 2003. For a brief description of the book and a table  
  of contents you may use the link

  http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,5-102-22-33856242-0,00.html


  5. POSTDOC POSITIONS UNDER THE "MAGPOP" EU NETWORK
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    As part of its current Research Training Network (RTN) program,
  the European Commission has provided four year funding for a new
  Research Network whose main objective is to use a wide range of 
  multi-wavelength survey data to quantify empirically how the stars
  in galaxies were formed, how the heavy elements in galaxies were
  produced and how black holes were assembled over the history of the
  Universe. The network links the following eight astronomical
  institutions with expertise in the construction and analysis of
  galaxy surveys at different wavelengths, in stellar population
  synthesis and modeling of galactic SEDs, and in the modeling of
  galaxy formation in its full cosmological context.

   --Max-Planck Institut fuer Astrophysik, Garching, Germany
   --Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, France
   --Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, France
   --University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
   --Universidad Computense de Madrid,  Spain
   --Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Italy
   --Eotvos Lorand University of Budapest, Hungary
   --Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

    As part of this program, four postdoctoral positions will be
  available from the Summer 2005. The application deadline is December 
  30, 2004. For more information visit
	  http://skyserver.elte.hu/magpop/postdoc.htm

  
  6. THE IMPRS FOR ASTRONOMY AND COSMIC PHYSICS AT HEIDELBERG
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    The International Max-Planck Research School for Astronomy and
  Cosmic Physics (IMPRS) at the University of Heidelberg, invites
  applications for its Ph.D. program.

    The school is located in Heidelberg (Germany), one of the
  reknown old university towns in Europe and offers outstanding
  research and training opportunities with excellent instrumental,
  observational, and theoretical research facilities at five
  first-rate institutes, namely

  - the Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA)
  - the Max-Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (MPIK)
  - the Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (ITA)
  - the Astronomisches Recheninstitut (I.f. Astronomical Computing, ARI)
  - the Landessternwarte (State Observatory) Heidelberg (LSW).

    The main research topics at these five institutions are: Planet
  and star formation - extrasolar planets and substellar objects -
  astrometry - formation, evolution and dynamics of galaxies - active
  galactic nuclei and massive black holes - gravitational lensing -
  cosmology and structure formation - high energy astrophysics, cosmic
  rays and the search for non-baryonic dark matter - state-of-the-art
  instrumentation for astronomy and astroparticle physics.

    IMPRS Heidelberg is open for students from all countries and
  offers several 3-year Ph.D. fellowships for both international and
  national students.  Interested students are invited to apply by 15
  January 2005 for the academic year starting in September 2005.  In
  general, applicants should have a Masters or Diploma in Physics or
  Astronomy (or equivalent) including a corresponding thesis. Successful 
  applicants will receive financial support through a PhD fellowship.
  For further details visit the web-site at:
	     http://www.mpia-hd.mpg.de/imprs-hd/
 

  7. "COSMIC PATHWAYS": THE ONLINE JOURNAL OF IAA
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    "Cosmic Pathways", in Greek "KOSMIKES DIADROMES", is a journal
  published online by the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics at
  the National Observatory of Athens. Its main goal is to present
  astronomy and astrophysics news and articles in Greek, in a non
  technical level, which will be accessible by the general public with
  interest in the area. To obtain more information on the journal, or
  read news and past contributed articles visit the web site:
	      http://www.astro.noa.gr/journal/

  You may also contact its editor, Dr. Manolis Plionis (IAA/NOA), using
  the e-mail address of the journal (journal@astro.noa.gr) for more
  information.


  8.  ESO/ESA/IAU CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATING ASTRONOMY TO THE PUBLIC
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    The ESO/ESA/IAU Conference on Communicating Astronomy to the Public 
  (2005) is going to be held from Tuesday - Friday 14-17 June 2005 at the 
  European Southern Observatory Headquarters, Garching, Munich, Germany.
  This conference aims to bring together the producers of astronomical
  information (research scientists), public information officers (conne-
  cted with large observatories and space missions), and mediators 
  (science reporters and writers, staff members from museums, planetariums).
  Maximum attendance is 80-100 people, registration opens Tuesday Nov 16th
  2004, and closes when the 50 available slots for non-invited speakers 
  have been taken. Final deadline for registration is 1st March 2005. Visit: 
            http://www.communicatingastronomy.org/cap2005/


  9. 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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                        International Conference on 
                    "Close Binaries in the 21st Century:
                     New Opportunities and Challenges"
                      Syros, Greece, 27-30 June, 2005

                            More information at:
                    http://www.phys.uoa.gr/CB_Greece05/
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  10. THE VATICAN OBSERVATORY SUMMER SCHOOL
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    The Vatican Observatory has announced its 2005 Summer School in 
  Observational Astronomy and Astrophysics, on Astrobiology: The  
  search for our origins and life elsewhere. For more info visit: 
      
    http://www.peletier.co.uk/VATICAN/R1024/Alumni/VOSS05.html


  11. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER 
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   This Newsletter was edited by Vassilis Charmandaris and Kanaris
  Tsinganos. It was forwarded to the 240, out of the 259, members of
  Hel.A.S. who have e-mail access.

   The next edition of the Newsletter will be mailed around January 1st
  2005. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
  job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece)
  or comments before December 25, 2004. 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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