[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXX, Issue 8

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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXX, Issue 8
Feb.05,2023

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Table of Contents

1. MEETING: PRESTO Workshop and School (Abstract Deadline: Feb.28, 2023) 

2. MEETING: Abstract Deadline Extended to 12 February for Machine Learning and Computer Vision in Heliophysics

3. MEETING: 2023 Space Weather Workshop Registration Open

4. Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series

5. GeoDAWG Seminar Series

6. SOLARNET Summer School ‘Solar Atmospheric Dynamics – From Waves to Instabilities and Jets’ at GSO (Gyula), Hungary

7. JOB OPENING: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Position University of Alabama in Huntsville

8. JOB OPENING: Research Astrophysicist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

9. Two PhD Positions in Space Physics at Umeå University, Sweden

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


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MEETING: PRESTO Workshop and School (Abstract Deadline: Feb.28, 2023) 

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

The PRESTO Workshop and School will be held as below. 
Please submit your abstract by February 28, 2023.  

Date: May 29 - June 2, 2023 (1-day school and 4-day workshop)
Place: International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy
Online application deadline (abstract, registration, travel support): February 28 (Tue), 2023 
Website: https://indico.ictp.it/event/10176/


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MEETING: Abstract Deadline Extended to 12 February for Machine Learning and Computer Vision in Heliophysics

From: Kamen Kozarev (kkozarev at astro.bas.bg)

The deadline for abstracts has been extended for the International Workshop on Machine Learning and Computer Vision in Heliophysics – April 19-21, 2023 in Sofia, Bulgaria and online.

Potential participants may submit their abstract by February 12, 2023 at https://mch23.astro.bas.bg.

The conference will focus on applications of Computer Vision and Machine / Deep Learning techniques to heliophysics research and forecasting frameworks, as well on the integration of these techniques into modeling efforts of solar and heliospheric phenomena.

Topics to be covered:

- Computer Vision and Machine Learning applications in heliophysics, including: 
     Solar magnetism 
     Solar activity (flares, CMEs, particles) 
     Solar wind 
     Space weather and space climate
- Heliospheric radio emissions 
- Computer Vision and Machine Learning techniques 
- Explainable Machine Learning 
- Physics-informed networks
- Open source tools for CV and ML

Scientific Organising Committee:
Kamen Kozarev (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)
Manolis Georgoulis (Academy of Athens)
Astrid Veronig (Graz University)
Shane Maloney (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies)
Long Xu (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Pietro Zucca (ASTRON, The Netherlands Institute of Radio Astronomy)

For more information, visit the conference website: https://mch23.astro.bas.bg


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MEETING: 2023 Space Weather Workshop Registration Open

From: Jessica Martinez (jessicam at ucar.edu)

The 2023 Space Weather Workshop will be held in person along with a virtual component, April 17-21, 2023 in Boulder, CO at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Boulder (https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/denboes-embassy-suites-boulder/?SEO_id=GMB-AMER-ES-DENBOES&y_source=1_ODUzNzEzNi03MTUtbG9jYXRpb24ud2Vic2l0ZQ%3D%3D). This meeting will bring together Federal agencies, the academic community, the private sector, and international partners to focus on the diverse impacts of space weather, on forecasting techniques, and on recent scientific advances in understanding and predicting conditions in the space environment. 

The workshop addresses the remarkably diverse impacts of space weather on today’s. The program highlights space weather impacts in several areas including communications, navigation, spacecraft operations, human space exploration, aviation, space traffic coordination, and electric power. The workshop will also focus on the highest priority needs for operational services that can guide future research and new high-value capabilities that can be transitioned into operations. The conference fosters communication among researchers, space weather service providers, commercial services and users of space weather services.

The Space Weather Workshop is coordinated by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and co-sponsored by the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, the NSF Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences, and the NASA Heliophysics Division.

For workshop information and to register, please visit: 2023 Space Weather Workshop (https://cvent.me/DrlKQq).


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Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series

From: Kyle Murphy (magnetosphere.seminars at gmail.com)

We invite you to join us Mondays at 12 pm (EST, 5 UT) for the weekly Magnetosphere Online Seminar Series.

Slava Merkin will give our next seminar “Center for Geospace Storms” on Monday February 6. A link to join the seminar via Zoom or YouTube can be found on our home page (https://msolss.github.io/MagSeminars/). The password to join the Zoom seminar is Mag at 1. 

On February 13 Anthony Sciola and Dong Lin will continue the discussion of the Center for Geospace Storms with two early career talks the “Build-up of the Storm-Time Ring Current via Mesoscale Plasma Sheet Flows” and "Characterizing Auroral Precipitation and Ionospheric Conductance with the Multiscale Atmosphere-Geospace Environment Model".

You can view the current 2022 schedule here - https://msolss.github.io/MagSeminars/schedule.html

Add your name to the mailing list here - https://msolss.github.io/MagSeminars/mail-list.html

And see previous talks here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNlOK9mCmI3V111EHQRCuEQ


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GeoDAWG Seminar Series

From: Tomoko Matsuo, Anthony Sciola, Adam Michael  (adam.michael at jhuapl.edu)

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to attend the monthly seminar series of the IAGA “Geospace Data Assimilation Working Group” (GeoDAWG). GeoDAWG’s purpose is to provide a forum to aid in the discussion of data assimilative modeling methods across the geospace sciences. More information can be found on our website: https://sites.google.com/view/geodawg/home

Seminars are held virtually at 11 am Eastern Time on the first Tuesday of every month. 

The next seminar will be held on February 7th by Chih-Ting Hsu titled “Impact of Thermospheric Data Assimilation with ICON MIGHTI wind data on Thermospheric and Equatorial Ionospheric Weather Monitoring.”

A link to join the seminar via Zoom can be found on the GeoDAWG website: https://sites.google.com/view/geodawg/seminars, along with the current GeoDAWG seminar schedule.

You can request to join our mailing list, https://sites.google.com/view/geodawg/mailing-list, if you would like to receive our regular newsletter where we share research highlights and information relevant to the community.

Speaker suggestions or questions can be also submitted online: https://sites.google.com/view/geodawg/contact-us, or you can email us directly at iaga.geodawg at gmail.com


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SOLARNET Summer School ‘Solar Atmospheric Dynamics – From Waves to Instabilities and Jets’ at GSO (Gyula), Hungary

From: Robertus Erdelyi (robertus at sheffield.ac.uk)

The registration is now open until March 17, 2023 for the SOLARNET Summer School ‘Solar atmospheric dynamics – From waves to instabilities and jets’ to be held between June 25 –30, 2023 at GSO (Gyula Bay Zoltan Solar Observatory) Gyula, Hungary.

Web: https://solarnet-project.eu/solar-waves-jets-instabilities

The aim of this School is to update early-stage researchers (e.g. PhD students and PDRAs) on the latest advances made in observations, theory and numerical modeling of solar atmospheric  dynamics. With the availability yielded by new instrument suits both in space and on the ground, solar theory is now more challenging to explore solar magnetism from the photosphere to the low corona at yet unforeseen small spatial, temporal and spectral scales.

During the School, on-site practice of taking daily solar synoptic  data and their analysis will also be carried out at the Gyula Bay Zoltan Solar Observatory (GSO, http://hspf.eu/building.html) with their Solar Activity Magnetic Monitor (SAMM) magneto-optical filter (MOF, http://hspf.eu/telescope.html) facility in order to offer the students a direct and real experience of working with solar data.

Accommodation for selected participants will be fully covered by the School. Information on the registration process, travel, venue and accommodation is available at: https://solarnet-project.eu/solar-waves-jets-instabilities

SOLARNET, including the current School, has received funding from European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 824135.

Contact: Robertus Erdelyi (U of Sheffield), email: robertus at sheffield.ac.uk


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JOB OPENING: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Position University of Alabama in Huntsville

From: Gary P Zank (garyp.zank at gmail.com)

The Department of Space Science of the University of Alabama in Huntsville is seeking an outstanding scientist and teacher to fill a tenure-track assistant professor position in the field of heliophysics. This position will complement a National Science Foundation Established Program in Support of Competitive Research (EPSCoR) grant that was previously awarded to UAH. Within the general field of low temperature plasma physics, areas of particular interest to the Department include solar and interplanetary physics, especially research that supports the new Parker Solar Probe, Solar Orbiter, IMAP, and HelioSwarm missions in which the Department is engaged, particularly in the areas of coronal and solar wind physics including heating processes, turbulence, particle transport and energization (including pickup ion physics), and related space weather research. The ideal candidate will complement existing strengths within the Department while expanding significantly research capabilities and competencies. We are seeking someone who uses theory, and/or modeling, and observations to address these areas of interest. The successful candidate will teach in accordance with a typical teaching load in the Department, will develop at least two new advanced graduate level courses reflecting their research expertise, and will support and mentor graduate students pursuing MSc and PhD degrees and undergraduate students in summer programs. It is expected that the successful candidate will have a PhD or equivalent degree in a field appropriate to the job description above and will have and pursue independent research funding. 

Applicants must submit a complete CV, a list of publications, a list of awarded research grants, a research statement, a teaching statement, and arrange to have three letters of reference sent to the SPA Space Physics Faculty Search Committee 2023, Department of Space Science, Cramer Research Hall, 320 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL 35899 or by email to pittsa at uah.edu with the header Faculty Space Physics Search Committee 2023. Applications will remain open until position is filled. Information can be found at the UAH website:  https://www.uah.edu/hr/careers/faculty-careers#COS

Inquiries regarding the position or the procedure for application can be directed to Prof. Gary Zank and Ms Antonia Pitts, respectively.  

The University of Alabama in Huntsville is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer of minorities/females/veterans/disabled.

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JOB OPENING: Research Astrophysicist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

From: Eftyhia Zesta, Menelaos Sarantos (eftyhia.zesta at nasa.gov)

The Science and Exploration Directorate, Heliophysics Division, Geospace Physics Laboratory (Code 673) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is seeking a Research Astrophysicist with a focus on flight mission management.  The successful candidate would join NASA as a civil servant scientist to perform research investigations in magnetospheric physics, to support mission operations and management, and to define science and mission requirements for future missions. The Geospace Physics Laboratory manages the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission, and its members are currently developing instruments for the Lunar Gateway, the International Space Station, the Geospace Dynamics Constellation mission, cubesats, sounding rockets, balloons, and payloads and services for the Moon to Mars program. The position ID is GSFC-23-DE-11790668-DT, and applicants must describe experience that demonstrates competencies in leadership, research, and space science mission operations. On expression of interest, qualified candidates will be considered for mission science roles such as that of Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Project Scientist or Deputy Project Scientist.
  
The full vacancy announcement will be posted on or about January 30
to  https://www.usajobs.gov/ and will close on February 10 at 11:59pm EST. Interested applicants should create a profile at usajobs.gov and begin preparing their CV, to be ready when the application period opens. This is a GS-14 or GS-15 level position (US citizens only) with annual salary in the range $132,368 -$183,500 depending on experience and qualifications. The work location is NASA-Goddard in Greenbelt, Maryland near Washington, DC. The successful candidate will work as part of a diverse and agile team whose core values include excellence, integrity, transparency, teamwork, and a growth mindset toward stewarding the nation’s Heliophysics program.

For additional information contact: Dr. Eftyhia Zesta (eftyhia.zesta at nasa.gov) and Dr. Menelaos Sarantos (menelaos.sarantos at nasa.gov)


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Two PhD Positions in Space Physics at Umeå University, Sweden

From: Shahab Fatemi (shahab.fatemi at umu.se)

The Department of Physics at Umeå University in Sweden offers two PhD positions in space physics:

- The first position is on studying terrestrial magnetosheath jets (Principal Investigator is Associate Prof. Maria Hamrin, email: maria.hamirn at space.umu.se). For more information about the position and how to apply please visit: 
https://www.umu.se/en/work-with-us/open-positions/phd-position-in-experimental-physics-with-focus-on-space-physics_592918/

- The second position is on modeling magnetosphere-interior coupling at Mercury (Principal Investigator is Dr. Shahab Fatemi, email: shahab.fatemi at umu.se). For more information about the position and how to apply please visit: 
https://www.umu.se/en/work-with-us/open-positions/phd-position-in-experimental-physics-with-focus-on-space-physics_593054/

The employment for both positions is limited to four years at full time or up to five years if teaching and other departmental work is performed. Applications should be submitted to our e-recruitment system Varbi via the links above at latest by 15 April 2023. The employment starts in 1 September 2023 or according to agreement. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the principal investigators of each position.


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