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1. 16th Annual International Astrophysics Conference, March 6-10, 2017,

2. Important Message from NASA Heliophysics R&A Lead Dr. Arik Posner.

3. Foreign Designated Professor Position at ISEE, Nagoya University,

4. Postdoctoral Research Assistant II Position at The University of

5. Postdoctoral Research in Space Physics at the University of Kansas

6. Maison de la Simulation Engineer in High Performance Computing.

7. MEETING: 7th Solar Orbiter Workshop: Exploring the Solar Environs,

8. MEETING: 8th International Workshop on Planetary, Solar and

Heliospheric Radio Emissions (PRE VIII), October 25-27, 2016, Austria

1. 16th Annual International Astrophysics Conference, March 6-10, 2017, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT: The 16th Annual International Astrophysics Conference will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico at the La Posada de Santa Fe Hotel from March 6–10, 2017. (Welcome Reception and Evening Registration begins Sunday, March 5).

The meeting will follow the same format as before with 25-minute presentations punctuated by selected 40-minute invited talks that will explore various themes in greater detail.

The website and more details will be available soon. For now, please mark your calendars and contact us with your interest in attending. E-mail inquiries about the meeting should be directed to Gary Zank at garyp.zank@gmail.com or icnsmeetings@gmail.com.

2. Important Message from NASA Heliophysics R&A Lead Dr. Arik Posner.

It has come to the attention of the Program Scientists in Heliophysics

at NASA HQ that some proposers are not following the rules with respect

to font size, line spacing, and margins. These rules are established to

provide a fair framework within which all proposers have the same amount

of space inside the page limits for writing their step-2 (full)

proposals. The rules are also intended to limit the burden on

reviewers, making it less difficult and time consuming to fulfill their

We want to remind all potential PIs that the NASA proposers’ guidebook

gives specific guidance on these formatting criteria, and that this

guidance must be followed or proposals may be declared non-compliant and

returned without review, or declined following review if violations are

detected during the evaluation process. (As a guidance, Times New Roman

font size 12, single-spaced, 1-inch margin on all sides would be a safe

It is also important to read a ROSES element before submitting a

proposal, as there can be changes from year to year and there may be

particular guidance that supersedes guidance in the NASA Guidebook for

We recommend that you become familiar with both documents before

3. JOB OPENING: Foreign Designated Professor Position at ISEE, Nagoya

The Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya

University, Japan, has a new opportunity to invite one or two Foreign

Designated Professors who will stay three months every year in ISEE to

conduct research on science topics related to space and Earth, during

the fiscal years 2017-2021. ISEE has seven research divisions: 1)

integrated studies, 2) cosmic ray research, 3) heliospheric research, 4)

ionospheric and magnetospheric research, 5) meteorological and

atmospheric research, 6) land-ocean ecosystem research, and 7)

chronological research. It has four interdisciplinary research projects:

a) solar-terrestrial climate research, b) space-Earth environmental

prediction, c) interaction of neutral and plasma atmospheres, and d)

aerosol and cloud formation. The Foreign Designated Professors are

expected to conduct research related to at least one of these seven

divisions and/or relevant to at least one of the four interdisciplinary

research projects, and to enhance international collaborative research

at ISEE. In relation to this opportunity, ISEE at Nagoya University

will hire one full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow for each Foreign

Designated Professor. The announcement of opportunity and the selection

of the Postdoctoral Research Fellow will be made by ISEE in consultation

with the responsible Foreign Designated Professor.

Employer: Nagoya University (The position is at the Institute for

Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University)

Location: Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Premiums for mandatory health insurance and welfare pension will be

Qualifications: Postgraduate - Doctorate/PhD, Nagoya University has a

Job hours: 3 months per year through cross appointment (choose any

continuous 3-month period from 1 April to 31 March in every fiscal year)

Required Application Materials: (All materials must be submitted in

3. List of publications; provide separate lists for refereed journals

4. Names and contact information for two professional references

Monday, October 31, 2016, 17:00 (Japanese Standard Time) Interviews may

Please attach your application materials to an email and send them to

For inquiries about this position, please contact Prof. Shinobu Machida

Director of the Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE),

Nagoya University Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan

4. Postdoctoral Research Assistant II Position at the University of

The University of Alabama in Huntsville is accepting applications for

the regular full-time position of Postdoctoral Research Assistant II to

work in the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research. The research

will involve modeling of the solar wind interaction with the local

interstellar medium with the focus on instabilities and magnetic

reconnection occurring locally in the turbulent plasma near the

heliopause. The research will be performed using a software suite

(Multi-Scale Fluid-Kinetic Simulation Suite, MS-FLUKSS) developed at

CSPAR. MS-FLUKSS is built on the Chombo adaptive mesh refinement

framework and allows self-consistent solution of MHD, gas dynamics

Euler, and kinetic Boltzmann equations. The code is scalable to over

150,000 computing cores and was ported to major national supercomputers.

The successful candidate is expected to have a recent Ph.D. in Physics

or Space Sciences, must have extensive experience in object-oriented

programming in C++, parallel programming using MPI and OpenMP, and the

ability to work with big codes, must have experience in modeling plasma

flows on supercomputers. Experience in data analysis and modeling

The approximate annual salary range for this position is $43,209 -

$50,315. Applicants should submit a letter describing their research

interests, a curriculum vitae, and reference letters. The appointment

will be initially for one year, with the possibility of renewal for

another year. Questions should be addressed to Professor Nikolai

Pogorelov at np0002 at uah.edu. Qualified applicants should apply

The University of Alabama in Huntsville is AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL

OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER OF MINORITIES/FEMALES/VETERANS/DISABLED.

5. Postdoctoral Research in Space Physics at the University of Kansas

Applications are invited for a post-doctoral position in space physics

at the University of Kansas Dept. of Physics & Astronomy beginning as

early as Oct. 1, 2016. Ph.D. in physics, astronomy, or a related field

associated with space physics by date of appointment and demonstrated

experience in space physics or astrophysics or related field as

evidenced by application materials. The initial appointment is for one

year with possibility of renewal for another year subject to review and

For complete position announcement and to apply on-line go to

Review of applications will begin Aug. 15, 2016, and continue as needed

to ensure a large, high quality, and diverse applicant pool.

Inquiries: email to cravens@ku.edu with a copy to tizby@ku.edu.

6. Maison de la Simulation Engineer in High Performance Computing

In order to reinforce its « Software engineering, parallelism and

application development » team, la Maison de la Simulation is seeking

for an engineer in High Performance Computing. The successful candidate

will coordinate and contribute to application software development in

the fields of research of the laboratory. This work will be carried out

within multidisciplinary teams on mid- and long-term projects. The goal

is to produce and use high-end simulation tools designed for the largest

supercomputers for various scientific communities. He/she will be

involved in the EoCoE project (www.eocoe.eu. He/she will be part of

teams of HPC experts from Maison de la Simulation and will work in

collaboration with an international scientific community. He/she will

have the opportunity to work on several production level HPC codes

running on the most powerful supercomputers. Required skills:

- PhD or master's degree in a scientific domain strongly connected to

HPC; - Operational knowledge of techniques and programming language

(Fortran90, C or C++) for application development; - Strong experience in application parallelization (MPI, OpenMP) and

scientific codes optimization on various architectures (SMP, MPP)

running in Unix environment; - Skills to work in a team.

In addition, knowledge or experience in one of the following domain

will be appreciated: - Usage of performance analysis and debugging tools on parallel

- Knowledge of scripting languages (Python, bash, …)

Location: La Maison de la Simulation is situated on the Saclay research

campus in the Paris area in the Digitéo building of the CEA/Saclay.

Please send your application (CV, motivation letter et references) as

well as your potential requests for additional information to

info@maisondelasimulation.fr. Applications will be examined starting

from September 30, 2016 and until the position is filled.

7. MEETING: 7th Solar Orbiter Workshop: Exploring the Solar Environs,

7th Solar Orbiter Workshop to be held from 3rd to 6th of April 2017 at

the Granada Convention Center (Granada, Spain). This event will be

hosted by the Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia - CSIC.

8. MEETING: 8th International Workshop on Planetary, Solar and

Heliospheric Radio Emissions (PRE VIII), October 25-27, 2016, Austria

The 8th International Workshop on Planetary, Solar and Heliospheric

Radio Emissions (PRE 8) deals with the most recent developments in the

study of non-thermal radio emissions from the Sun, the radio planets,

the heliosphere, and from extrasolar sources like exoplanets or brown

dwarfs. Special emphasis is put on current spacecraft missions (Juno,

Cassini, Van Allen Probes etc.), but also new developments in

ground-based radio telescopes will be matters of discussion, which

should lead to a better coordination of ground- and space-based radio

observations. PRE 8 will take place October 25-27, 2016, in the

conference hotel “Schloss Seggau”, which is located about 30 km south of

Registration and abstract submission are already open.

The abstract deadline is on Monday, 5 September 2016.

Nathan Schwadron

n.schwadron@unh.edu

University of New Hampshire

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