[HeliosphereNews] Heliosphere News - August 8, 2017

Tue Aug 8 08:22:24 EDT 2017

Heliosphere News - August 8, 2017

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Announcements
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1. WORKSHOP: Space Weather: a Multi-Disciplinary Approach, Leiden, The Netherlands, September 25-29, 2017

2. MEETING: GOOD HOPE FOR EARTH SCIENCES: IAPSO-IAMAS-IAGA, 27 August to 1 September 2017, Cape Town, South Africa

3. MEETING: Fourteenth European Space Weather Week, Nov 27 - Dec 1 2017, Ostend, Belgium

4. MEETING: APS-Division of Plasma Physics Mini-Conference: Bridging the Divide Between Space and Laboratory Plasma Physics

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1. WORKSHOP: Space Weather: a Multi-Disciplinary Approach, Leiden, The Netherlands, September 25-29, 2017

From: Enrico Camporeale (e.camporeale at cwi.nl)

SCOPE and AIM: The study of space weather has traditionally been carried out using standard techniques and tools found in space physics such as time series correlational analyses. These techniques, although having the advantage of being fast and simple, are sometimes not adequate or complete because the Sun-Earth system is a complex nonlinear system. On the other hand, researchers in the fields of mathematics, information science, computer science, machine learning, data mining, have developed, over the last several decades, tools that can handle complex nonlinear systems and are eager to apply these new tools to new difficult problems. 

The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers from space weather, space physics, mathematics, computer science, information science, machine learning, data mining, etc. to foster symbiosis and cross-fertilization across the fields.  

The topics that will be discussed include:
  -- machine learning for Space Weather
  -- information theory for Sun-Earth system
  -- pattern recognition and deep learning of solar images
  -- data mining in space physics

LOCATION: Lorentz Center in Leiden, The Netherlands. REGISTRATION is available on http://lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2017/921/info.php3?wsid=921&venue=Oort

Please notice that the workshop is limited to 45 participants. Lorentz Center workshops have no registration fees. Hotel accommodation can be arranged through the Lorentz Center. Please contact the organizers for further information. Enrico Camporeale, e.camporeale at cwi.nl, Simon Wing, simon.wing at jhuapl.edu, Jay Johnson, jrj at andrews.edu 

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2. MEETING: GOOD HOPE FOR EARTH SCIENCES: IAPSO-IAMAS-IAGA, 27-Aug to 1-Sep, 2017, Cape Town, South Africa

The Local Organizing Committee is thrilled to welcome you to the 2017 Joint IAPSO-IAMAS-IAGA Assembly in Cape Town, South Africa. The Joint Assembly, endorsed by the University of Cape Town and the South African Department of Science and Technology, will take place from 27 August to 1 September 2017 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC). 

IAGA Lead Sessions

  1. SPACE WEATHER FROM SUN TO EARTH: BRINGING DATA AND MODELS TOGETHER (IAGA, IAMAS), Convenor - Sarah Gibson
  2. THE REFERENCING OF GEOPHYSICAL DATA PRODUCTS: THE ROLE OF DOIs (IAGA, IAMAS, IAPSO), Convenor - Masahito Nose
  3. FRONTIER CHALLENGES IN DATA ASSIMILATION AND ENSEMBLE FORECASTING FOR THE ATMOSPHERE, OCEAN AND SOLID EARTH. (IAGA, IAMAS, IAPSO), Convenor - Weijia Kuang, Craig Bishop 
  4. SOLAR RELATED VARIABILITY OF THE ATMOSPHERE (IAGA, IAMAS), Convenor, Christoph Jacobi

Online Registration Closes: 22 August 2017
http://www.iapso-iamas-iaga2017.com/

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3. MEETING: Fourteenth European Space Weather Week, Nov 27 - Dec 1, 2017, Ostend, Belgium

The ESWW is the main annual event in the European Space Weather calendar. It is the European forum for Space Weather as proven by the high attendance to the past editions. The agenda will be composed of plenary/parallel sessions, working meetings and dedicated events for service end-users. The ESWW will again adopt the central aim of bringing together the diverse groups in Europe working on different aspects of Space Weather. 

Following an excellent response to the call for sessions, the Program Committee is pleased to invite contributions to sessions, addressing a wide range of scientific and application related themes. 

ESWW14 will be held from November 27 - December 1 in Ostend, Belgium. The meeting website is http://www.stce.be/esww14/.  

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4. MEETING: APS-Division of Plasma Physics Mini-Conference: Bridging the Divide Between Space and Laboratory Plasma Physics

The American Physical Society Topical Group in Plasma Astrophysics invites submission of abstracts for the mini-conference "Bridging the Divide Between Space and Laboratory Plasma Physics" at the 2017 APS Division of Plasma Physics meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from October 23 to 27, 2017.
Many of the challenges facing the laboratory plasma physics and fusion confinement communities are rooted in fundamental kinetic plasma physics phenomena that are also crucial to understanding the physics of the heliosphere and astrophysical systems. This mini-conference is dedicated to fostering cross-disciplinary interaction and communication among plasma physicists, space physicists, and astrophysicists. We solicit talks and poster presentations focusing on new results from spacecraft missions that illuminates plasma phenomena, laboratory findings relevant to space physics, and theoretical and computational work that covers the fundamental physics common to studies of space and laboratory plasmas.

Invited Talk Post-Deadline: August 18, 2017

Website: https://www.aps.org/units/dpp/meetings/annual/

Jason TenBarge, Greg Howes, Kris Klein, Chris Chen, Stanislav Boldyrev

Kristopher G. Klein, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Climate and Space Science
University of Michigan

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