[HeliosphereNews] Heliosphere News - August 16, 2016

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Heliosphere News

August 16, 2016

Good Morning!

http://heliospherenews.unh.edu/

A newsletter devoted to Heliospheric Science.

Editor: Nathan Schwadron (nschwadron at unh.edu)
Co-Editor: Mihir Desai (mdesai at swri.edu)
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Co-Editor: Nikolai Pogorelov (np0002 at uah.edu)

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

2. Postdoctoral Research Assistant II Position at The University of
Alabama in Huntsville

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

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

5. MEETING: 7th Solar Orbiter Workshop: Exploring the Solar Environs,
April 3-6, 2017, Granada, Spain  

6.  MEETING: 8th International Workshop on Planetary, Solar and
Heliospheric Radio Emissions (PRE VIII), October 25-27, 2016, Austria

7. The First Paper on IMAP

8. Two Papers on the Heliotail Properties

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

Formatting Compliance

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
reviewer assignments.

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
option to choose.)

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
Proposers.

We recommend that you become familiar with both documents before
submitting a proposal.

Arik Posner

Heliophysics R&A Lead

NASA/SMD Heliophysics Division

2. Postdoctoral Research Assistant II Position at the University of
Alabama in Huntsville

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
turbulent flows is desired.

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
on-line at

http://uah.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=71283. 

The University of Alabama in Huntsville is 

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER OF
MINORITIES/FEMALES/VETERANS/DISABLED.

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3. 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
continued grant funding. 

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

https://employment.ku.edu/ staff/6725BR. 

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 at ku.edu with a copy to tizby at ku.edu.

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4. 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
applications;

- Knowledge of computer architectures

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

- Knowledge of computer architecture

- Teaching experience

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 at maisondelasimulation.fr. Applications will be examined starting
from September 30, 2016 and until the position is filled.

5. MEETING: 7th Solar Orbiter Workshop: Exploring the Solar Environs,
April 3-6, 2017, Granada, Spain

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.

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6. 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 Graz near the
town of Leibnitz in Austria.

For more information please visit our website at
http://pre8.oeaw.ac.at/. 

Registration and abstract submission are already open. 

The abstract deadline is on Monday, 5 September 2016.

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7. The first published paper on IMAP, the mission has now been
accepted. 

A preprint may be downloaded from the following link

http://tinyurl.com/juywthj

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8. Two new papers of the physics of the heliotail:
http://aip-info.org/1XPS-4DHIM-ADG1C0EFB8/cr.aspx and
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/719/1/012013/pdf

Nikolai V Pogorelov

Professor

Department of Space Science

University of Alabama in Huntsville

320 Sparkman Dr.

Huntsville, AL 35805

Tel. 256-961-7617