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HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
NUMBER 61 March 2003
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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. The 6th Hellenic Astronomical Conference
3. Members in new positions
4. International Sun-Earth day
5. Job openings
6. Visiting fellowships under the program EARASTARGAL
7. Obituary
8. Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece
9. About this newsletter...
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1. SHORT NEWS
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We would like to remind all members that in a dedicated web page of
our server we maintain a number of links to all academic departments
and research institutes in Greece that employ members of the Society.
For more details see:
http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/astrosite-gr.html
If your institute is not listed there please let us know. Also the
"Astronomy in Greece" web page contains several links with upcoming
activities/events and interesting astronomy web servers in Greece.
Its URL is:
http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/events.html
Feel free to let us know if you would like us to include any of the
events you are involved.
2. THE 6th HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL CONFERENCE
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A preliminary web page of the 6th Hellenic Astronomical Conference
has become available at:
http://www.astro.noa.gr/Hel.A.S.2003
More information on the various events that will take place during
the meeting will be announced there regularly.
3. INTERNATIONAL SUN-EARTH DAY
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The 18th of March 2003 has been set as the international Sun-Earth
day, a celebration of our sun and its connection to our lives. See:
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/sunearth2003/
A number of activities are planned in the Academy and the University
of Athens. For more information check the "Astronomy in Greece" web
page of our server where some relevant links are posted or contact
Drs H. Dara (KEAEM/Academy) and P. Preka (Un. of Athens).
4. MEMBERS IN NEW POSITIONS
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We would like to congratulate Dr. Efthymia Meletlidou who was
recently elected as an assistant professor at the Department of
Physics of the University of Thessaloniki.
We would like to congratulate Dr. Dimitris Psaltis who recently
moved from the Institute of Advanced Studies in Princeton, to an
assistant professor position at the Department of Physics of the
University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ (USA).
5. JOB OPENINGS
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A new tenure-track position at the level of "Assistant Professor"
in the field of "Observational Astrophysics" will soon open in the
Department of Physics of the University of Crete. Once the deadline
is known, it will be posted in the web page of Hel.A.S. For more
information you may contact Nikos Kylafis (kylafis@physics.uoc.gr).
The Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser of the Foundation
for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) has announced the opening
of a tenure-track position of "Researcher C level" in "Observational
Astrophysics with emphasis on Optical Photometry and Spectroscopy".
The deadline for applications is 28 March 2003. Interested people may
contact Mrs. Lia Papadopoulou at +30 2810-391300, or 391303.
6. VISITING FELLOWSHIPS UNDER THE PROGRAM EARASTARGAL
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The European Association for Research in Astronomy (EARA) has been
designated by the EU as a joint Marie Curie Training Site, offering
fellowships for doctoral students working on several theoretical
and observational areas in astronomy. The institutes involved are the
Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge (United Kingdom), Leiden
Observatory (The Netherlands), the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
(France), the Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astrophysik in Garching
(Germany), and the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (Spain).
A call for applications of PhD candidates who will spend 3 to 12
months at one of the above EARA institutes during which they will
continue their Ph.D research work under the supervision of local
staff members has been announced. For more information visit:
http://www2.iap.fr/eara/mcurie.html
The deadline for applications is April 15, 2003.
7. OBITUARY
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Few weeks ago, Alekos Tsioumis one of the pioneers who helped
establishing the Stephanion Observatory passed away. Alekos published
several astronomy papers before turning his interest in Geodetic
Astronomy and becoming a Topographer. He was greatly appreciated among
the olde generation of greek astronomers. Our thoughts are with his
family and loved ones.
8. 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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NATO Advanced Research Workshop on
Effects of Space Weather on Technology Infrastructure
Rhodes, 25-29 March 2003
http://www.space.noa.gr/esprit2003/
or contact:
Dr. I. Daglis (daglis@space.noa.gr)
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International Conference on
Multi-Wavelength Cosmology
Myconos Island, 16-20 June 2003
http://www.astro.noa.gr/~my03/
or contact:
Dr. M. Plionis (my03@astro.noa.gr)
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International Topical Conference on Plasma Physics
``Complex Plasmas in the New Millennium''
Santorini Island, 8-12 September 2003
Pre-registration at http://itcpp.conferences.gr
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6th Hellenic Astronomical Conference
Athens, 15-17 September 2003
Details are available in the 1st announcement
located in the web server of Hel.A.S.
http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/meetings.html
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3rd Conference of Greek Amateur Astronomers
"Astronomy from ancient times to the future"
Paliouri, Chalkidiki 17-19 October 2003
More information at:
http://www.astronomos.gr/trito.html
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9. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
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This Newsletter was edited by Vassilis Charmandaris and Kanaris
Tsinganos. It was forwarded to the 219, out of the 237, members of
Hel.A.S. who have e-mail access.
The next edition of the Newsletter will be mailed around April 1st
2003. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece)
or comments before March 25, 2003. 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
let us know.
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