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HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
NUMBER 87 May 2005
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E-mail: elaset@astro.auth.gr WWW: http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset
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TOPICS:
1. Abstract Submission Deadline for HelAS Kefallinia Conference
2. Job Openings
3. Access to International Research Facilities
4. Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece
5. About this newsletter
1. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR HelAS KEFALLINIA CONFERENCE
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It is reminded to our members who intend to participate in our
Society's 7th Conference, to be held in the beautiful island of
Kefallinia from the 8th to the 11th of September, 2005 that the
deadline for the electronic submission of their abstracts is
Wednesday May 25th. This on time abstract submission together
with their early electronic Registration will enable the SOC to
produce soon the scientific programm of the Conference.
The confirmed plenary speakers can be already found under the item
Scientific Agenda of the conference site.
For more information on Kefallinia, Travel, Accomodation and
Subsistence grants (for young researchers), as well as information
on the Proceedings and publications, or other questions related
to the conference pls visit :
http://comas.interzone.gr/cgi/article.cgi
2. JOB OPENINGS
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A new position of Researcher C' (Ereunitis Gamma) has openned at
the Research Center for Astronomy & Applied Mathematics of the
Academy of Athens. The deadline for applications is 8 May 2005. For
more information contact the secretariat of the Center at
+30-210-3614552.
A new tenure track position at the level of "Lecturer" in the
field of "Dynamics" has opened at the Department of Physics of the
University of Thessaloniki. The deadline for the applications is May
9, 2005. For more information contact the secretary of the
department at +30 2310 998120.
Applications are invited for 11 PhD (pre-doc) fellowships and 7
Postdoctoral Fellowships in the study of plasma jet outflows from
young stars in the Marie Curie European Research Training Network
JETSET, on Numerical simulations, experiments, observations and
analytical studies. For more information contact Kanaris Tsinganos
(tsingan@phys.uoa.gr), or visit :
http://www.jetsets.org/
3. ACCESS TO INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH FACILITIES
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Dr. D. Gouliermis (MPIA, Heidelberg) was awarded 20 orbits of the
Hubble Space Telescope using the ACS and NICMOS cameras for a
project entitled "Star Formation in the LMC - The complete IMF of a
Stellar Association".
4. UPCOMING ASTRONOMY MEETINGS IN GREECE
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The following meetings will take place in Greece. Please check the
corresponding web page or contact the organizers by e-mail for more
information.
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International Conference:
"Titan after the Huygens and First Cassini Encounters"
Heraklion, Crete, 30 May - 3 June 2005
More information can be found at:
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/titanconference/
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International Conference on
"Close Binaries in the 21st Century:
New Opportunities and Challenges"
Syros, 27-30 June 2005
More information can be found at:
http://www.phys.uoa.gr/CB_Greece05/
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3rd International Planetary Probe Workshop
Anavyssos, Attica, 27 June - 1 July 2005
More information can be found at:
http://www.ims.demokritos.gr/IPPW-3
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2nd DRAGON Symposium (ESA-China, GSRT)
Santorini, 27 June - 1 July 2005
More information can be found at:
http://earth.esa.int/dragon/
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7th Hellenic Astronomical Conference
Kefallinia, 8-11 September 2005
More information can be found at:
http://comas.interzone.gr/cgi/article.cgi
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4th Conference of Greek Amateur Astronomers
Athens, 9-11 September 2005
More information can be found at:
http://www.astronomia.org.gr/synedrio.htm
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European Low Gravity Research Association (ELGRA)
Biennial Meeting and General Assembly
Santorini, 21-23 September 2005
More information can be found at:
http://www.elgra.org/
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5. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
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This Newsletter was edited by Vassilis Charmandaris and Kanaris
Tsinganos. It was forwarded to the 239, out of the 258, members of
Hel.A.S. who have e-mail access.
The next edition of the Newsletter will be mailed around June 1st
2005. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece)
or comments before May 25, 2005. 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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