[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXIX, Issue 46

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SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXIX, Issue 46
Aug.04,2022

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Table of Contents

1. Decadal Survey Update and (short) Deadline Extension for White Papers

2. MEETING: SmallSats for Space Weather Research and Forecasting (SSWRF II) Workshop — October 3–7, 2022 in Laurel, MD + Online -- Registration & Abstracts Open

3. MEETING: Second STEVE Community Workshop - October 6-8, 2022 -- Save the Date

4. SESSION: AMS Session "Open Env. Datasets for AI Applications: Benchmarking Needs, Frameworks, Lessons Learned"

5. SHIELD DRIVE Center Webinar The Voyager Mission: 45 Years of Discovery

6. Call for Participation in the Article Collection “Vertical Coupling in the Atmosphere-Ionosphere-Magnetosphere System”

7. International Space Science School - ISSS  (COLAGE Associated Event)

8. JOB OPENING: Postdoc - Boston University - Radio Occultations of Plasma Environments in the Jupiter System

9. SCOSTEP/PRESTO Newsletter Vol.32 (JUL 2022)

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


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Decadal Survey Update and (short) Deadline Extension for White Papers

From: Robyn Millan, Stephen Fuselier, Abigail Sheffer, and Art Charo (Robyn.Millan at dartmouth.edu)

The National Academies are pleased to announce the members of the steering committee of the Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024-2033.

In addition, recognizing that some community members will be participating in the Triennial Earth-Sun Summit, the white paper due date has been extended to midnight, Pacific Time, on Wednesday, August 24, 2022. Hundreds of white papers are expected, and given the need for them to all be submitted and organized before the first meetings of the panels, this is the latest possible date. 

Names and bios of steering committee members and white paper details are available at https://nas.edu/ssphdecadal

For questions that are not addressed on the survey website, please send emails to the survey email address at SSPHDecadal at nas.edu 


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MEETING: SmallSats for Space Weather Research and Forecasting (SSWRF II) Workshop — October 3–7, 2022 in Laurel, MD + Online -- Registration & Abstracts Open

From: Amir Caspi (amir at boulder.swri.edu)

Dear Colleagues,

Registration and abstract submission are now open for the second SmallSats for Space Weather Research and Forecasting (SSWRF II) workshop, to be held 3–7 October 2022! SSWRF II brings together academia, government, and industry partners to discuss recent and upcoming advances in space weather-related research from small satellites, including CubeSats. The workshop is sponsored by NSF grant 1712718.

The workshop will be a hybrid format, with an in-person component at the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University in Laurel, MD, and online access provided via Zoom.

There is no registration fee, but registration is required. Please note that submission of an abstract still requires separate registration.

Abstracts due: 29 Aug 2022
Registration due: 25 Sep 2022 (no on-site registration)
Hotel booking due: 11 Sep 2022

We have also reserved funds to provide financial support for dependent care or other needs, to help participants more fully engage with the workshop. Awards will generally be in the form of a flat fee. Applications are welcome from all in need, whether for in-person or online attendance.

Support application due: 29 Aug 2022 (award decisions sent Sep 2)

Additional details and links to the forms can be found on the workshop website, https://sswrf.boulder.swri.edu, along with session topic descriptions, travel information, and other information. The website will continue to be updated over the coming weeks.

We look forward to seeing you at SSWRF II, October 3–7, 2022 in Laurel, MD and online!

On behalf of the SSWRF II lead organizers:
Amir Caspi (chair)
James P. Mason (LOC chair)
Ian Cohen
Therese Moretto Jørgensen
Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla
Linda Neergaard Parker
Bob Robinson
Vadim Uritsky

Sponsored by NSF grant 1712718


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MEETING: Second STEVE Community Workshop - October 6-8, 2022 -- Save the Date

From: Phil Erickson, Bea Gallardo-Lacourt, Gareth Perry, Bharat Kunduri, Carlos Martinis (bea.gallardolacourt at nasa.gov)

 On behalf of the organizing committee, I would like to invite you to participate in the Second STEVE Community Workshop: Advancing Understanding of A New Atmospheric Phenomenon.  The workshop will be hosted at MIT Haystack Observatory on Thursday October 6 to Saturday October 8, 2022, and is sponsored by a National Science Foundation grant.

The Second STEVE workshop will be hybrid. The in-person component will be held at MIT Haystack Observatory in Westford, Massachusetts, USA (https://www.haystack.mit.edu).  The virtual component will be open to the whole community via Zoom and will be simulcast on YouTube.  Note that capacity is limited for in person attendance at the MIT Haystack facilities.

Funding possibilities are available upon request and availability. We plan to prioritize funding for students, citizen scientists, and early career attendees. 

To help us plan the next workshop, we have created a quick survey (https://forms.gle/o5EmN8LJQapU5Dud6).  This allows us to determine if you plan to attend the workshop, in which format, and whether you may need funding to attend in-person. Please respond to the survey not later than Monday, August 8th 2022.

** Workshop goals:

As you are well aware, STEVE has passed beyond an initial discovery period and is now recognized as a bona fide geophysical phenomenon with numerous observational sightings and recent enlightening studies. The purpose of this workshop is to maintain community momentum on STEVE research.  Observational and theoretical geospace scientists and stakeholders will gather to disseminate STEVE research findings, identify outstanding questions about the phenomenon, and to continue formulation of future research plans and collaborative studies on the topic.

** Workshop structure:

The 3 day workshop will have two general foci: (1) serve as a venue for developing observation strategies, experimental campaigns and associated observation modes to fill in both synoptic and event-based data gaps; (2) organize modeling efforts, guided by known phenomenological characteristics to date, to answer key and evolving community questions about the physical morphology and dynamics of STEVE.  

** Questions?

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me or any member of the organizing committee.

Organizing Committee:
Phil Erickson, MIT Haystack Observatory
Gareth Perry, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Carlos Martinis, Boston University
Bharat Kunduri, Virginia Tech
Bea Gallardo-Lacourt, NASA/CUA


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SESSION: AMS Session "Open Env. Datasets for AI Applications: Benchmarking Needs, Frameworks, Lessons Learned"

From: Rob Redmon, Douglas Rao, Eric Kihn (Rob.Redmon at noaa.gov)

We’d like to encourage you to submit an abstract to the next AMS annual meeting (January 8-12, 2023) sharing your experiences and inspiring critical conversations on community needs, frameworks and standards development, and lessons learned for developing benchmark datasets. Abstracts are due via the submission portal by August 24th. We look forward to discussing this important topic with you online or in person in beautiful Colorado!

Session Topic Title: Open Environmental Datasets for AI Applications: Benchmarking Needs, Frameworks, Lessons Learned 
Session Topic ID: 61571 
Conference: 22nd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science  

AMS abstract portal:
https://annual.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/2023/program-events/conferences-and-symposia/22nd-conference-on-artificial-intelligence-for-environmental-science/

Session Description:
Benchmark datasets, such as ImageNet, are instrumental for innovation in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). The infusion of AI, and ML, and other advanced data science (DS) techniques is expanding exponentially to contribute to solving Earth system and space science problems. Thus, developing benchmark datasets, standards, and frameworks for evaluation, use and publishing, and sharing lessons learned in a coordinated manner is needed to ensure AI/ML/DS applications continually increase our ability to predict complex physical processes with high levels of trust and explainability. Benchmark datasets that are highly AI/ML/DS-ready will empower research in Earth and space science and the transition of research to decision making services by lowering the cost of curiosity to getting started with baseline models and interactive notebooks. Use cases and community driven benchmarking frameworks using open science principles will also foster collaborative development by providing common evaluation metrics, ontologies for labeling features, and mechanisms for capturing user feedback for trustworthy AI applications. Benchmarking will ensure efficient research and development on topics of societal importance including tackling climate change, improving weather forecasts, protecting satellite observing systems and other technologies, safeguarding ecosystems, and improving social inequities. This session invites presentations sharing experiences and inspiring critical conversations on community needs, frameworks and standards development, and lessons learned for developing benchmark datasets. We invite experiences exploring domain agnostic benchmark standards and framework development, as well as domain specific topics, such as climate and weather science, environmental justice, fire weather, ocean conservation, hydrology, space weather, and any other relevant topics. 


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SHIELD DRIVE Center Webinar The Voyager Mission: 45 Years of Discovery

From: Nicholas Gross (gross at bu.edu)

Aug. 19th at 2pm ET
Webinar Registration: https://bostonu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8sYLwV14R4OOY3NFrzJoLg 

Join us for this panel discussion to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the launch of Voyager as well as 20 years of exploration outside of the Heliopause. This panel will reflect on how the past discoveries of Voyager have shaped humanity’s understandings of the outer regions of the Solar System as well as the current and future observations in the Interstellar Medium influenced by the Heliosphere. Panelists will also highlight connections with current missions, such as IBEX and New Horizons, and future missions such as IMAP.  The panelists will reflect on the outstanding scientific puzzles that scientists are looking to solve through the future of exploration, and then conclude with a Q and A session.

Panelists include:
- Dr. Nicola Fox - Director, Heliophysics Division, NASA Science Mission Directorate
- Dr. Linda Spilker - Senior Research Scientist and Fellow at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory  and  Voyager Deputy Project Scientist
- Prof. Merav Opher - Professor of Astronomy, Boston University. Radcliffe Fellow 2021-2022, Harvard Radcliffe Institute. Director of the NASA SHIELD DRIVE Science Centers. 
For more information and to register, go to https://sites.bu.edu/shield-drive/outreach-2/webinars/ 

Find us on the web at:
- Email: shieldoutreach at bu.edu 
- Website: https://sites.bu.edu/shield-drive/ 
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SHIELDDriveScienceCenter 
- Twitter: @SHIELD_drive 
- Join the SHIELD Outreach list serve by emailing subscribe 
(or unsubscribe) to shieldoutreach at bu.edu 


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Call for Participation in the Article Collection “Vertical Coupling in the Atmosphere-Ionosphere-Magnetosphere System”

From: Jaroslav Chum, Petra Koucka Knizova, Veronika Barta, Christina Arras, Erich Becker, Dimitry Pokhotelov, Christoph Jacobi, Han-Li Liu, Huixin Liu, Gunter Stober (jachu at ufa.cas.cz)

On behalf of the editorial team, we would like to consider including a paper from you in this collection. The article collection is in collaboration with Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences (4.055 IF | 4.1 CiteScore). All research will be published Open Access. Additionally, we aim to put together a free eBook of all published manuscripts to provide an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the latest research developments in the field.

You can learn more about the collection here: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/43500/


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International Space Science School - ISSS  (COLAGE Associated Event)

From: Alisson Dal Lago, Marlos Rockenbach da Silva, Livia Ribeiro Alves, Sony Su Chen (INPE) (isss.colage2022 at gmail.com)

INTERNATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE SCHOOL - ISSS (COLAGE Associated Event)
24 - 26 November 2022 – INPE
São José dos Campos – SP – Brazil
Topics of the ISSS School: The Sun and the Solar Activity; the Interplanetary Medium and the Solar Wind, the Magnetosphere, the Ionosphere, the Upper Atmosphere, planetary Sciences and Space Weather.

More information at https://www.gov.br/inpe/en/events/colage/2022/isss
Applications should be sent to isss.colage2022 at gmail.com (with copy to isss at inpe.br).
Application deadline: August 12th, 2022. 

Local Organizing Committee:
Alisson Dal Lago -  INPE
Marlos Rockenbach da Silva - INPE
Livia Ribeiro Alves - INPE
Sony Su Chen - INPE


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JOB OPENING: Postdoc - Boston University - Radio Occultations of Plasma Environments in the Jupiter System

From: Paul Withers (withers at bu.edu)

Postdoc - Boston University - Radio occultations of plasma environments in the Jupiter system

The Center for Space Physics at Boston University invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher position supervised by Professor Paul Withers. The research will involve (A) analysis and interpretation of radio occultation observations of Jupiter's ionosphere by the Juno spacecraft and (B) planning for future radio occultations of Europa's ionosphere by the Europa Clipper spacecraft. Depending on the candidate's interests, analysis of existing observations of the various plasma environments in the Jupiter system may also be possible. Candidates should possess a PhD degree in a relevant field. Experience conducting research on planetary ionospheres or other plasma environments is desirable. The salary offered will be competitive and commensurate with experience. Funding is available for two years with the possibility of extension. The appointment is expected to begin as soon as possible after 1 January 2023. Please contact Paul Withers (withers at bu.edu) for further information.

Applications should be sent by email to Paul Withers (withers at bu.edu). The application should be submitted in PDF format and contain a curriculum vitae, statement of research interests, and contact information for three referees. Review of applications will begin on 1 October 2022. Women and underrepresented minorities are particularly encouraged to apply. Boston University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.


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SCOSTEP/PRESTO Newsletter Vol.32 (JUL 2022)

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

SCOSTEP/PRESTO Newsletter volume 32 (JUL 2022) has now been published.  The PDF file is available at 
https://scostep.org/newsletter-archive/
Below are the contents of this volume.  

<Articles>
         1.The SafeSpace Project
<Highlight on Young Scientists>
         1. Camilla Scolini, USA
         2. Mizuki Fukizawa, Japan
<Meeting Report>
         1. 2nd Iberian Space Science Summer School (i4s)
         2. Workshop on Extreme Solar Events
         3. The 2nd Summer School on Space Research, Technology & Applications for young scientists and PhD students
<Announcements>
         1. In Memoriam (Patricia Doherty)
<Upcoming Meetings>


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