[HeliosphereNews] Heliosphere News - October 4, 2016

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Heliosphere News



October 4, 2016



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)

Co-Editor: Eric Zirnstein (ezirnstein at swri.edu)

Co-Editor: Merav Opher (mopher at bu.edu)

Co-Editor: Adele Corona (icnsmeetings at gmail.com)

Co-Editor: Nikolai Pogorelov (np0002 at uah.edu)



Web site editor: Ken Fairchild (Ken.Fairchild at unh.edu)



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Announcements

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1. POLONEZ Funding Program



2. MEETING: 16th Annual International Astrophysics Conference, March 6-10,
2017,

Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA – Second Announcement



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



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

Japan



5. Postdoctoral Research Assistant II Position at The University of

Alabama in Huntsville



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



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



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

April 3-6, 2017, Granada, Spain



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

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





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1.  POLONEZ  is a funding program addressed to incoming researchers who may
apply for 12- or 24-month fellowships in host institutions in Poland.

Applicant: a researcher with a PhD degree or at least four years of
full-time equivalent research experience who has not resided or carried out
their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Poland for more than 12 months
in the 3 years immediately prior to the call announcement

Fellowship duration: 12 or 24 months

Funding:

Researcher receives*:*

1.      Salary (incl. mobility allowance): € 4 350 gross/month (full time
contract),

2.      Family allowance: € 300 gross/month (for fellows whose families
stay in Poland for at least 3 months),

3.      Research grant,

4.      Opportunity to participate in research and non-research training
programmes organised by the NCN.

Host Institution receives overheads at a rate of 20%.

Proposals must be submitted in English via OSF
<https://osf.opi.org.pl/app/adm/start.do> submission system.



More information on the website https://www.ncn.gov.pl/polonez?language=en.



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



From: Gary P. Zank, garyp.zank at gmail.com



SECOND 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 entitled,* “**Turbulence, Structures, and Particle Acceleration
throughout the Heliosphere and Beyond”,* 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 at gmail.com or icnsmeetings at gmail.com.



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3. 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



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

University, Japan



From: Kazuo Shiokawa (shiokawa at nagoya-u.jp)



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.

Job details:



Employer: Nagoya University (The position is at the Institute for
Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University)

Website: http://www.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/index.html



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



Job type: Foreign Designated Professor



Salary: 750,000-1,680,000 Japanese yen per month



Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.Premiums for
mandatory health insurance and welfare pension will be deducted from the
payment.



Qualifications:

Postgraduate - Doctorate/PhD, Nagoya University has a retirement age of 65
years old.

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 inEnglish.)

1. Curriculum vitae

2. Research plan (maximum three pages)

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

4. Names and contact information for two professional references



Application Deadline:

Monday, October 31, 2016, 17:00 (Japanese Standard Time) Interviews may be
held after the closing date.



Application Submission:

Please attach your application materials to an email and send them to
machida at isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp



Inquiries:

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

E-mail: Machida at isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp



TEL: +81-52-747-6303; FAX: +81-52-747-6313



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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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.



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8. 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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9. 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.
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