[HeliosphereNews] Heliosphere News - June 6, 2017

Mon Jun 5 15:41:11 EDT 2017

Heliosphere News – June 6, 2017 

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 (ejz at princeton.edu)

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

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

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Announcements 

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1. JOB OPENING: Applications are invited for two PhD positions (Early
Stage Researchers, ESR) at the Politecnico di Torino

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

3. MEETING: 2017 GEM Summer Workshop, Portsmouth, Virginia, June 18-23,

2017

4. MEETING: Space Weather of the Heliosphere: Processes and Forecasts,
IAU Symposium 335 - July 17-21, 2017 - University of Exeter, UK

5. MEETING: GOOD HOPE FOR EARTH SCIENCES: IAPSO-IAMAS-IAGA, 27 August to

1 September 2017, Cape Town, South Africa

6. Fourteenth European Space Weather Week, Nov 27 - Dec 1, 2017, Ostend,
Belgium

7. MEETING: NSF-SHINE Session #4 “Magnetic Reconnection in Turbulence
and Turbulent Magnetic Reconnection: Outstanding Challenges”

and #13: "Dissipation in the Solar Wind: Kinetic Processes",
Saint-Sauveur, Quebec, Canada, July 24-28, 2017.

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1. JOB OPENING: Applications are invited for two PhD positions (Early
Stage Researchers, ESR) at the Politecnico di Torino.

Applications are invited for two PhD positions ("Early Stage
Researchers", ESR) at the Politecnico di Torino, funded by the

Marie-Sklodowska- Curie Innovative Training Network COMPLETE -

Cloud-MicroPhysics-Turbulence-Telemetry: an inter-multidisciplinary
training network for enhancing the understanding and modeling of
atmospheric clouds within the Horizon 2020 Program of the European
Commission. The objectives are the numerical analysis of the transport
of energy, water vapor and droplets across the warm cloud/clear air
interface, the Lagrangian analysis of water droplets (1 – 100

micrometre) in suspension, the analysis of the data produced by
innovative expendable radio-probes released in warm clouds and their
comparison with numerical simulations.

Contact persons:

Prof. Daniela Tordella, Department of Applied Science and Technology |
Politecnico di Torino 10129 Torino Italy, Tel (+39) 011 090 6812|,
daniela.tordella at polito.it; complete-network at polito.it

Dr. Michele Iovieno, Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering |
Politecnico di Torino 10129 Torino Italy Tel (+39) 011 090 6853,|
michele.iovieno at polito.it; complete-network at polito.it

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2. 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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3.  MEETING: The GEM 2017 Summer Workshop will be held during June
18-23, 2017 at the Renaissance Portsmouth-Norfolk Waterfront Hotel -
Portsmouth, Virginia. 

Please see more at http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/index.html

Student support is open for application now
(http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/students.html). A high priority will be given
to the following groups: graduate students engaged in their thesis or
dissertation research, first time attendees and students from small
institutions, and students having specific GEM-related duties. We urge
those of you who qualify and are planning to attend the 2017 GEM
Workshop to act quickly and send applications to Zhonghua Xu

(zxu77 at vt.edu) by Friday, March 17, 2017. Applications or adviser
recommendations received after this date will be on the waiting list.

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4. MEETING: Space Weather of the Heliosphere: Processes and Forecast IAU
Symposium 335 - July 17-21, 2017 - University of Exeter, UK

Space weather is increasingly recognised as an international challenge
faced by several communities. The ability to understand, monitor and
forecast the space weather of the Earth and the heliosphere is of
paramount importance for our high-technology society and for the current
rapid developments in knowledge and exploration within our Solar
System. 

The symposium is planned over 5 days from Monday through Friday
(including half-day excursion on the Wednesday afternoon). Key Topics of
the scientific program are the following: Solar drivers and activity
levels; Solar wind and heliosphere; Impact of solar wind, structures and
radiation on and within terrestrial and planetary environments
(including magnetospheres, ionospheres and atmospheres); Long-term
trends and predictions for space weather; Challenges and strategy plans
for Earth and the heliosphere; Forecasting models; Space weather
monitoring, instrumentation, data and services. The Symposium aims to
further knowledge on space weather by linking various aspects of
research in solar, heliospheric and planetary physics, and by putting
great emphasis on cross-disciplinary developments, merging different
communities, learning from interplanetary comparisons and linking to
atmospheric and meteorological research for the first time at the
international level. 

http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/iaus335/

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5. MEETING: GOOD HOPE FOR EARTH SCIENCES: IAPSO-IAMAS-IAGA, 27Aug-1Sep,
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

Early Bird Deadline: 5 May 2017

Online Registration Closes: 22 August 2017

http://www.iapso-iamas-iaga2017.com/

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6. 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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7. MEETING: NSF-SHINE Session #4: “Magnetic Reconnection in Turbulence
and Turbulent Magnetic Reconnection: Outstanding Challenges.”

NSF-SHINE Session #13: “Dissipation in the Solar Wind: Kinetic
Processes.”

The annual NSF-SHINE (Solar Heliospheric & Interplanetary Environment)
Workshop  will be held July 24-28 2017 in Saint-Sauveur, Quebec, Canada.

Researchers and students interested in this topic are invited to submit
abstracts for posters to be presented at this session.  Deadline for
abstract submission is June 23, early registration deadline is May 26,
but deadline for student financial support applications is April 21.
See the Web site

(shinecon.org/CurrentMeeting.php) for further information.

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