[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXVI, Issue 56

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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXVI, Issue 56
Oct.13,2019

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Table of Contents

1. Geospace Dynamics Constellation (GDC) Final Report Released

2. MEETING: Announcing the SDO 2020 Science Workshop: A Decade of Discovery, Vancouver, Canada, October 12-16, 2020

3. 1st Artificial Intelligence Data Analysis (AIDA) School for Heliophysicists

4. Robert Moore Joins NSF/OPP Antarctic Sciences Section

5. JOB OPENING: Stanford University Physics — Assistant Professor in Astrophysics

6. JOB OPENING: Assistant Professor - Physics and Astronomy at University of Texas at San Antonio

7. Announcing new RHESSI Science Nuggets

8. Organ Concert by Vytenis M. Vasyliunas During AGU Fall 2019 Meeting

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Announcement Submission Website: http://goo.gl/forms/qjcm4dDr4g


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Geospace Dynamics Constellation (GDC) Final Report Released

From: Jared Leisner (jared.s.leisner at nasa.gov)

The Geospace Dynamics Constellation (GDC) Science and Technology Definition Team (STDT) delivered its Final Report to the Heliophysics Advisory Committee (HPAC) at the 1-3 October 2019 meeting. HPAC accepted the report and applauded the STDT for their exemplary work.

HPAC commended the report and its science prioritizations, and recommended that NASA expeditiously form a GDC implementation team to continue the pre-formulation work. NASA is now processing the STDT report and initiating an implementation study team.

The Final Report may be downloaded from the GDC STDT webpage: https://science.nasa.gov/heliophysics/resources/stdts/geospace-dynamics-constellation/documents-and-reports

Any questions about the STDT process, the Final Report, or the GDC mission concept may be directed to Jared Leisner, jared.s.leisner at nasa.gov. 


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MEETING: Announcing the SDO 2020 Science Workshop: A Decade of Discovery, Vancouver, Canada, October 12-16, 2020

From: Dean Pesnell (William.D.Pesnell at NASA.gov)

The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) 2020 Science Workshop: A Decade of Discovery, will be held October 12-16, 2020, at the Hyatt Regency in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

The ten years since the launch of SDO has seen many papers in wide ranges of science results from this mission. As Solar Cycle 25 begins its rise to maximum, we will get together to discuss what we learned about the Sun and anticipate what the new cycle will look like.

This workshop will include invited and contributed oral and poster presentations in 8 themed sessions spanning SDO‘s wide range of research topics and one day of parallel mini-workshops. We encourage your participation and ask that you share this announcement with colleagues.

Registration, abstract submission, and other information about SDO 2020 will be made available at http://sdo2018.lws-sdo-workshops.org/. We anticipate that a topical issue in Solar Physics will be built around this workshop.

Dean Pesnell
Chair, SDO 2020 Science Organizing Committee


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1st Artificial Intelligence Data Analysis (AIDA) School for Heliophysicists

From: Giovanni Lapenta (giovanni.lapenta at kuleuven.be)

1st Artificial Intelligence Data Analysis (AIDA) School for Heliophysicists
When: MONDAY, 20 JANUARY 2020 (ALL DAY) TO WEDNESDAY, 22 JANUARY 2020 (ALL DAY)

Where:  CINECA - BOLOGNA OFFICES

Registration: OPEN at https://eventi.cineca.it/en/node/1645/register
Deadline for registration is NOVEMBER 29TH 2019.

The number of participants for each edition is limited. Applicants will be selected according to their experience, qualifications and scientific interest BASED ON WHAT WRITTEN IN THE REGISTRATION FORM.

Attendance is free.

This course will be held in ENGLISH.

Coordinators: G.Lapenta, F. Delli Ponti, J.Amaya
Teachers: Morris Reidl (Jülich Supercomputer Center/ University of Iceland), Geert Jan Bex (Flanders Supercomputer Center), Peter Wintoft (Swedish Institute of Space Physics), AIDA consortium members.

Description:
AIDA  (http://aida-space.eu/) is an European Commission Horizon 2020 project. Its goal is to encourage the use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning for the analysis of heliophysics data. We bring together the best european space scientists working in spacecraft observations, simulations, High Performance Computing and machine learning.
The main objective of this school is to introduce the european heliophysics community to the domain of machine learning and data analysis.

Skills:
By the end of the course each student should learn:
    Basics of machine learning: supervised, unsupervised learning, neural networks
    Space data gathering, handling and processing
    What modern techniques are used in the domain of space physics
    What modern techniques are used in other applications outside physics

Target Audience:
The school is oriented towards established scientists, postdoctoral researchers, phd students and master students in space physics, with an interest in data analysis, who want to learn the basics of machine learning, and find inspiration to apply such techniques to their own research.
Pre-Requisites:
Basic knowledge of python, jupyter notebooks, and space physics.


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Robert Moore Joins NSF/OPP Antarctic Sciences Section

From: Vladimir Papitashvili (vpapita at nsf.gov)

Dr. Robert Moore will join OPP’s Antarctic Sciences Section on October 15, 2019, as the Program Director for Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences (AAGS). 
Dr. Vladimir Papitashvili, the current AAGS Program Director, will remain with the Section, focusing more on the large research facilities, such as the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and cosmic microwave background telescopes, both at NSF’s Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.

Dr. Moore, who received his doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford University, is the Preeminence University Term Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Florida, where he has served since 2007. Moore's research interests are in non-linear, energetic interactions in the ionosphere; remote-sensing applications of ELF/VLF wave propagation in the Earth-ionosphere waveguide, including global position, navigation, and timing solutions; both the direct and the indirect effects of electromagnetic radiation emanating from lightning on the lower ionosphere/upper thermosphere, with particular emphasis on measurements in the ELF/VLF frequency range; and applications of ELF/VLF propagation and material penetration.


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JOB OPENING: Stanford University Physics — Assistant Professor in Astrophysics

From: Todd Hoeksema (todd at sun.stanford.edu)

The Department of Physics at Stanford University seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in any area of astrophysics (including any area of Solar Physics). Applicants should exhibit the potential of running a world-leading independent research program, and should possess good communication skills and a commitment to teaching and mentoring. The successful candidate will be expected to teach and advise students at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Inclusiveness and diversity are integral to the university’s commitment to excellence in research, engagement, and education. Stanford encourages applications from candidates that identify with groups that are historically underrepresented in physics. The term of appointment is expected to begin 1 September 2020. Applications will be reviewed starting 18 November 2019.

For details see https://physics.stanford.edu/about/job-opportunities 


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JOB OPENING: Assistant Professor - Physics and Astronomy at University of Texas at San Antonio

From: Chris Packham (Chris.Packham at utsa.edu)

The Department of Physics & Astronomy at The University of Texas at San Antonio is seeking exceptional applicants for a full-time tenure track assistant professor position with experience in astrophysics and an academic record in multicultural education, diversity and inclusion beginning August 2020. The successful candidate must demonstrate their ability to work with and be sensitive to the educational needs of diverse urban populations and support the University’s commitment to thrive as a Hispanic Serving Institution and a model for student success.

In the case of exceptionally well qualified candidates appointment to associate or full professor is possible (tenure is contingent upon Board of Regents approval). Candidates working in the areas of exoplanets and/or ‘big data’ in astronomy will be considered.

The successful applicant will be expected to:

(1) develop an externally funded and internationally recognized research program
(2) supervise graduate students
(3) teach undergraduate and graduate classes in astrophysics and/or physics
(4) work with others across disciplinary boundaries
(5) show a commitment to inclusion and diversity; and 
(6) serve the department, College of Science, and the University.

To apply or for more details: https://jobs.utsa.edu/postings/14153

For additional information, contact Chris Packham (Chris.Packham at utsa.edu).


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Announcing new RHESSI Science Nuggets

From: Hugh Hudson (hugh.hudson at glasgow.ac.uk)

No. 358: “The Last Best Flares”, by Hugh Hudson, Ed Cliver, and Brian Dennis. Major flares tend to happen at the very ends of sunspot cycles. 

No. 359: “Submillimeter Radiation as the Thermal Component of the Neupert Effect,” by Guigue Giménez de Castro: Flare emission at the highest radio frequencies can be bremsstrahlung.

No. 360: “Searching SOLfully within the Nuggets,“ by Hugh Hudson: The IAU identifier works well for finding items about a particular event.

No. 361: “Non-radial jets on the edges of active regions,” by Peter Wyper: The very common jet structures we see can naturally combine twist and breakout.

We welcome contributions to the RHESSI Nuggets, and the topics may wander some distance away from specifically RHESSI results if they are generally interesting. See http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/~tohban/wiki/index.php/RHESSI_Science_Nuggets for these and others. Comments about specific flares can be found by searching for their "SOLyyyy-mm-dd" identifier from this home page.


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Organ Concert by Vytenis M. Vasyliunas During AGU Fall 2019 Meeting

From: Vytenis M. Vasyliunas (vasyliunas at mps.mpg.de)

During the AGU Fall 2019 meeting Vytenis M. Vasyliunas will play an organ concert, this time on Sunday AFTER the meeting, December 15, 4;00 p.m. at St. Mary's Cathedral (Geary and Gough, 2 blocks west of Van Ness).

Program (duration ca. 45 min.): Organ Sonata in C minor by Percy Whitlock (1903-1946).


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