[HeliosphereNews] Heliosphere News - Sept 19, 2017

[Eric J. Zirnstein]

Heliosphere News - Sept 19, 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)
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1. Hurricane Harvey Causes Delay of Heliophysics Supporting Research Full-Proposal Due Date

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

3. MEETING: Cosmic Ray Anisotropy Workshop, 10-13 October, 2017, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

4. MEETING: APS-Division of Plasma Physics Mini-Conference: Bridging the Divide Between Space and Laboratory Plasma Physics, Milwaukee, Wisconsin from October 23 to 27, 2017

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

6. MEETING: 17th Annual International Astrophysics Conference, March 5-9, 2018, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

7. MEETING: ASTRONUM 2018, June 25-29, 2018, Panama Beach, Florida, USA

8. JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Associate or Assistant Professor at University of New Hampshire Department of Physics and Space Science Center

9. JOB OPENING: Heliophysics Division Director, NASA Science Mission Directorate, under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA)

10. MEETING: "Cosmic Accelerators: Understanding Nature’s High-energy Particles and Radiation", November 6-9, 2017, Annapolis, Maryland

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1. Hurricane Harvey Causes Delay of Heliophysics Supporting Research Full-Proposal Due Date

As part of ROSES-17 Amendment 26, the Heliophysics Supporting Research program due date for full proposals has been delayed by three weeks. The new due date of Sept. 28, 2017 (moved from Sept. 7, 2017) gives more time to all proposers, and is aimed in particular at those who are adversely affected by hurricane Harvey.

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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: Cosmic Ray Anisotropy Workshop, 10-13 October, 2017, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Announcement for Cosmic Ray Anisotropy Workshop, 10-13 October, 2017

from Priscilla C. Frisch: frisch at oddjob.uchicago.edu

As observed from within the heliosphere, sub-PeV galactic cosmic rays are highly anisotropic. The COSMIC RAY ANISOTROPY WORKSHOP will be held 10-13 October, 2017, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. The purpose of the workshop is to utilize current observations of cosmic ray anisotropies across a wide energy range to probe the factors that create those anisotropies. Topics of interest include cosmic ray origins and acceleration in near and distant sources, cosmic ray propagation through interstellar clouds, turbulent regions and magnetized plasma, and cosmic ray interactions with the heliosphere and astrospheres.

Meeting website:
https://events.icecube.wisc.edu/conferenceDisplay.py?ovw=True&confId=84

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4. MEETING: APS-Division of Plasma Physics Mini-Conference: Bridging the Divide Between Space and Laboratory Plasma Physics, Milwaukee, Wisconsin from October 23 to 27, 2017

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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5. 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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6. MEETING: 17th Annual International Astrophysics Conference, March 5-9, 2018, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT: The 17th Annual International Astrophysics Conference will be return to Santa Fe, New Mexico at the La Posada de Santa Fe Hotel from March 5-9, 2018. (Welcome Reception and Evening Registration begins Sunday, March 4).

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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7. MEETING: ASTRONUM 2018, June 25-29, 2018, Panama Beach, Florida, USA

Maison de la Simulation (CEA/CNRS/UPS/UVSQ), France will organize ASTRONUM-2018 – the 14th International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows in Panama Beach, Florida, USA, on 25–29 June, 2018.
 
The conference will cover the following topics:
 
(1) Advanced numerical methods for space and astrophysical flows; (2) Large-scale fluid-based, kinetic, and hybrid simulations; (3) Turbulence and cosmic ray transport; (4) Magnetohydrodynamics (5) Software packages for modeling and analyzing plasma flows / Visualisation
 
with the application to
 
(1) Physics of the Sun-Heliosphere-Magnetosphere; (2) Interstellar medium and star formation; (3) Cosmology and galaxy formation; (4) Dynamo effect; (5) Stellar Physics.
 
The purpose of the conference is to bring together leading experts in applied mathematics, space physics, astrophysics, and geophysics to discuss the application of novel numerical algorithms and petascale parallelization strategies to computationally challenging problems. The conference will be structured around invited, 40-minute keynote and 25-minute regular talks, and a limited number of contributed talks, with the attempt to have no parallel sessions. The conference web site icnsmeetings.com will soon provide the information about the conference venue, registration, and means of transportation. E-mail inquiries about the meeting should be directed to Nikolai.Pogorelov at uah.edu and Edouard.Audit at cea.fr.
 
Program Committee: Tahar Amari (CNRS Ecole Polytechnique), Edouard Audit (CEA, Maison de la Simulation, co-chair), Amitava Bhattacharjee (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), Phillip Colella (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Anthony Mezzacappa (University of Tennessee, Knoxville), Ewald Mueller (Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics, Garching), Nikolai Pogorelov (University of Alabama in Huntsville, chair), Kazunari Shibata (Kyoto University), James Stone (Princeton University), Jon Linker (Predictive Science Inc.), and Gary P. Zank (University of Alabama in Huntsville).

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8. JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Associate or Assistant Professor in solar, space or planetary science, University of New Hampshire Department of Physics and Space Science Center

The Department of Physics and the Space Science Center at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) invite applications for a tenure-track position in Physics with joint appointment in the Space Science Center at the rank of Associate or Assistant Professor beginning August, 2018, in the areas of solar, space, or planetary science. The successful applicant can expect to interact with highly active research groups in solar and space science, lunar science and astrophysics. Applicants are sought in the leadership and development of strong experimental research programs in solar, heliospheric, magnetospheric, geospace, ionospheric, and upper atmospheric research and/or experimental programs in planetary science. UNH is a research university on the beautiful New Hampshire seacoast, roughly an hour north of Boston, with significant resources in engineering, world-class laboratories, and a ~60 year history of leadership in space science missions. UNH has been involved with and committed to instrument design and fabrication, science operations, data analysis, sophisticated numerical modeling and theory. UNH involvement and leadership extends over an enormous array of missions including MMS, Solar Orbiter, Solar Probe Plus, GOES, IBEX, RBSP, Firebird, BalloonWinds, Equator-S, ACE, Cluster, STEREO, Wind, Polar, FAST, SMM, Compton GRO, OSO-7. In addition, UNH has excellent computational resources including a CRAY XE6m-200 supercomputer, and houses leading theory and modeling groups in space science. The successful candidate will have a strong track record of research accomplishments, and a demonstrated track record in securing external grant funding. The candidate should be enthusiastic about teaching physics and space science classes at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Physics, Astronomy, or a related field. Review of applications will begin on Oct. 16, 2017. The application package should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, brief summaries of teaching interests and future research 
plans and the names of three references. Please apply directly online at: https://jobs.usnh.edu/. Inquiries about the position should be directed to Prof. Nathan Schwadron at nschwadron at unh.edu. The Southwest Research Institute's Department of Earth, Oceans, and Space (SwRI-EOS) is co-located and shares facilities with the UNH Space Science Center. UNH and SwRI staff collaborate heavily on joint research efforts. UNH is an AA/EEO Employer. UNH is committed to excellence through diversity of its faculty and staff and encourages women and minorities to apply. For a more comprehensive job description, visit http://physics.unh.edu/jobs.

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9. JOB OPENING:  Heliophysics Division Director, NASA Science Mission Directorate, under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA)

From: Leopoldo Gomez (leopoldo.gomez at nasa.gov)

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) has an immediate need for an experienced science leader to serve as Heliophysics Division Director under an Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) appointment.

The incumbent will lead the NASA HQ Heliophysics team in running Research and Analysis programs of national and international scope, developing and operating a fleet of 23 missions in various stages of implementation and flight, and setting a strategic agenda for the future informed by the decadal survey, including both fundamental research and space weather related applied research, a crucial inter-agency activity. The incumbent will also advocate and speak for all of NASA heliophysics to various stakeholders, manage and oversee budget planning for NASA Heliophysics, and directly engage in providing overall strategy, guidance, and advocacy for all of NASA’s science programs in SMD. The Heliophysics Division Director reports directly to the SMD Associate Administrator (AA), and supports the AA in determining and presenting the Heliophysics Program to NASA senior management, the Office of Management and Budget, Congress, and the scientific community.

The full job opportunity posting can be found at: 
https://science.nasa.gov/about-us/job-opportunities

Applicants should forward their resume or Curriculum Vitae to Mr. Leo Gomez at leopoldo.gomez at nasa.gov on or before October 13, 2017; any questions can be directed to Mr. Gomez at 202.358.1130.

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10. MEETING: "Cosmic Accelerators: Understanding Nature’s High-energy Particles and Radiation", November 6-9, 2017, Annapolis, Maryland

The Joint Space Science Institute at the University of Maryland and the Goddard Space Flight Center is sponsoring a meeting on “Cosmic Accelerators: Understanding Nature’s High-energy Particles and Radiation”. The meeting will take place over 3.5 days on November 6-9, 2017, in the historic city of Annapolis, Maryland (see link below). The goal of this meeting is to bring together scientists working on the detection of high-energy particles and radiation signatures and theorists and modelers to engage in a discussion of the dynamics of astrophysical systems and the mechanisms for particle acceleration. We are soliciting scientific contributions to this meeting that can take the form of oral presentations (15 minute presentation + 5 minute for discussion) or posters. The deadline for the submissions for oral presentations is October 9 with a final deadline for posters of October 27.

The conference will cover a broad range of topics, including the latest observations from new observatories and insights into the mechanisms for particle acceleration coming from theoretical developments and large-scale simulations. The goal of the meeting is to assess where we stand in our effort to understand the sources of energetic particles throughout the universe and the implications for understanding the dynamics of those systems. A list of the topical sessions is below. In addition to overview and invited talks, we are soliciting contributed talks and poster presentations. Thus, we are encouraging a broad range of participation, including early career scientists and students. Students qualify for a reduced registration fee.

SOC members:Gianfranco Brunetti, Steven Christe, James Drake, Jordan Goodman, Alice Harding, Maxim Markevitch, Angela Olinto, Jeremy Perkins, Eun-Suk Seo, Anatoly Spitkovsky, Toni Venters

https://jsi.astro.umd.edu/conferences/2017-jsi-workshop

Meeting Sessions:

· Setting the Stage: overviews of observations and acceleration mechanisms
· Cosmic Rays
· Supernova Remnants
· Pulsars, Pulsar Winds, Pulsar Wind Nebulae
· Black Holes, AGN, Jets and GRBs
· The Heliosphere: a local laboratory
· Galaxy Clusters
· Fast Radio Bursts