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Message AS Gaia - 4 février 2010
Veuillez trouver ci-dessous deux annonces :
1- ELSA conference 2010, Gaia at the frontiers of astrometry. Sèvres, 7-11 juin 2010
http://wwwhip.obspm.fr/gaia2010/
2- Ecole d’été et atelier sur les études galactiques avec LAMOST. Pékin, 5-23 juillet 2010.
http://kiaa.pku.edu.cn/Activities/sw2010/index.php
Bien amicalement,
Catherine
1- ELSA conference 2010, Gaia at the frontiers of astrometry
Dear Colleague,
Please find below the first announcement of the
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| ELSA conference 2010 |
| Gaia at the frontiers of astrometry |
| Sèvres, France, 7-11 June 2010 |
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Registration is now open and you are kindly invited to register and submit abstracts for contributed posters or talks before 16 April 2010. Early registration closes on 16 April 2010. All abstracts will be reviewed by the SOC and the selection will be announced by 30 April 2010.
Apologies if you receive this message more than once.
Complete information at http://wwwhip.obspm.fr/gaia2010/
Key dates
3 February 2010 : 1st announcement
15 March 2010 : application for grants
5 April 2010 : grant notification
16 April 2010 : early registration and abstracts submission
30 April 2010 : selection of oral contribution and posters
18 May 2010 : deadline of late registration
Objectives of the Symposium
The Symposium "Gaia : at the frontiers of astrometry" will be the closing conference of the European Marie Curie Research Training Network "ELSA" (European Leadership in Space Astrometry). It will be held in Sèvres (near Paris and Meudon) from 7 to 11 June 2010.
The network started in October 2006 for a duration of four years. It is a coordinated action between 14 European institutes involved in the preparation of the European Space Agency mission Gaia (to be launched in 2012). The objectives of this network are the development of theoretical tools and analysis methods for various aspects of the Gaia mission and the transfer of the European expertise in space astrometry acquired with Hipparcos to the new generation of scientists.
The objectives of the Symposium are to present the results obtained in the framework of the ELSA network and to review the progress of the mission, and of the preparation of the data analysis and of the scientific data exploitation. The Symposium will also be an opportunity to present other aspects of the preparatory work for the scientific exploitation of the Gaia data, not covered within the network, both in terms of theory, modelling and ground-based observations. Finally, Gaia will be put in the 2015 context, and progress on parallel or connected topics will be presented : progress on other astrometric satellites, performance of light detectors in astronomy, processing of massive data sets, real-time classification of transients, access to massive data sets, and prospects for ground-based observations in complement to astrometry.
A preliminary programme is available at http://wwwhip.obspm.fr/gaia2010/spip.php?rubrique11
Participation
The conference will take place at Centre International d’Etudes Pédagogiques (CIEP), former Royal Porcelain Works of Sèvres, just 10 minutes from Paris and Meudon. See
http://wwwhip.obspm.fr/gaia2010/spip.php?article20
The conference will be limited to, at most, 110 participants, and local accommodation is available in CIEP for about 100 participants (90 rooms). First registered, first served.
The early registration fee is 180 euros and gives free access to conference facilities, the abstract booklet, the welcome cocktail, the coffee breaks and lunches, the social dinner and conference proceedings.
Accommodation is available in the conference centre : 62 € for night + breakfast ; 22 € for the dinner. Nights and dinners have to be reserved and paid in advance, through the registration form. See http://wwwhip.obspm.fr/gaia2010/spip.php?rubrique3
Grants
There are limited funds to support participants. Priority will be given to young scientists. Applications should be sent to Catherine Turon before 15 March 2010. See http://wwwhip.obspm.fr/gaia2010/spip.php?article25
Publication
The proceedings are planned to be printed and referred to in ADS.
Scientific Organising Committee
Catherine Turon (chair)
Anthony Brown, Leiden Observatory
Ronald Drimmel, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Torino
Stefan Jordan, Astronomisches Rechen-Institut ARI/ZAH
Mary Kontizas, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Lennart Lindegren, Lund Observatory
Thibaut Prod’homme, Leiden Observatory
Paola Re Fiorentin, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Torino, and University Ljubljana
Daniel Risquez, Leiden Observatory
Michael Weiler, Observatoire de Paris
Local Organising Committee
Yves Viala (Chair)
Frédéric Arenou, Céline Delle Luche, Daniel Hestroffer, Nicolas Leclerc, Olga Martins, Frédéric Meynadier, Annick Oger, Mireille Petit, Sophie Rousset, Michael Weiler
We look forward to seeing you in Sèvres,
Catherine Turon and Yves Viala on behalf of the SOC and LOC
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2- Summer School and Workshop on Galactic Studies with the LAMOST Surveys :
"Chemistry, dynamics and structure of the Milky Way"
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"Chemistry, dynamics and structure of the Milky Way"
Summer School and Workshop on Galactic Studies with the LAMOST Surveys
KIAA-PKU, Beijing --- July 5-23, 2010
Summer School : July 5 - 16, 2010
Workshop : July 19 - 23, 2010
http://kiaa.pku.edu.cn/Activities/sw2010/index.php
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Scientific Rationale
China has recently completed the construction of an important new instrument which will revolutionise the field of large spectroscopic surveys. The Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) is an innovative quasi-meridian reflecting Schmidt Telescope capable of simultaneously securing spectra of 4,000 objects in a field of view of 5 degrees in diameter. The telescope, which is located at Xinglong Station operated by the National Astronomical Observatories (CAS), is currently undergoing commissioning with surveys due to commence in 2011.
The LAMOST Experiment for Galactic Understanding and Evolution (LEGUE) will secure optical spectra of millions of Galactic stars and measure their radial velocities and basic parameters (effective temperatures, surface gravities and metallicities). In excellent synergy with the forthcoming GAIA mission, LEGUE will generate a unique data set to 1) study the composition, kinematics and structure of the thin/thick disks and halo ; 2) identify tidal streams/debris of disrupted dwarfs and clusters ; 3) probe the gravitational potential and dark matter distribution ; 4) map interstellar dust extinction in three dimensions ; 5) search for rare objects (e.g. extremely-low-metallicity/hyper-velocity stars and brown dwarfs) ; and 6) ultimately advance our understanding of the assembly of the Milky Way and the formation and evolution of stars and galaxies in general.
As a consequence of this important development, KIAA-PKU will be hosting a Summer School and Workshop on the chemistry, dynamics and structure of the Milky Way. The School will consist of a two-week long series of lectures, given by some of the most distinguished academics in the field. Following the School we will hold a one-week Workshop, where many of the leading researchers will come together to present their latest results. We will allow a significant amount of time for discussions, in order to encourage interaction between the Workshop participants and also the younger researcher who are attending the School. This Summer School and Workshop will train young scientists in this diverse field and promote collaboration for future partnerships.
Participation
The summer school will be limited 60 students. The following workshop will be limited to, at most, 120 participants. Among them, 60 are expected to be PhD students who have attended the Summer School.
There is no registration fee for the summer school. For the followup workshop, the registration fee will be 120 USD if registering before the 15th of March and 180 USD otherwise. The fee includes the opening reception, morning and afternoon refreshments, and daily lunch. Limited financial support may be available for students attending the summer school. In order to be considered for support, the students will have to register before the Early Registration Deadline (15th March).
For maximum flexibility, accommodation is the responsibility of the participants, but we will provide a list of good hotels conveniently located adjacent to the conference venue.
To register for the Workshop or School, please fill in the online registration form here :
http://kiaa.pku.edu.cn/Activities/sw2010/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=registers
Note that students attending the school are required to arrange for a brief letter of recommendation to be sent to Ms. Ning Zhang by email
Location
The conference will take place at Peking University. The campus, known as "Yan Yuan" (the garden of Yan), is situated at Haidian District in the northwestern suburb of Beijing, with a total area of 274 hectares. It stands near to the Yuanmingyuan Garden and the Summer Palace.
Key dates
15 December 2009 : 1st announcement
31 January 2010 : 2nd announcement
15 March 2010 : Early registration and abstracts submission
31 May 2010 : Deadline of registration
30 June 2010 : Third announcement
5 July 2010 : School begins
19 July 2010 : Workshop begins
Publication
We do not plan to produce hard-copy proceedings. Instead we will post the electronic presentations on the website soon after the conference.
Summer School lecturers
Timothy Beers (MSU)
James Binney (University of Oxford)
Kenneth Freeman (RSAA)
Steven Majewski (University of Virginia)
Simon White (MPA)
Invited Workshop Speakers
G Battaglia, V Belokurov, E Wylie de Boer, A Brooks, D Carollo, L Chen, A Cooper, XQ Cui, V Debattista, LC Deng, L Eyer, R Guhathakurta, A Helmi, JL Hou, R Ibata, M Juric, D Kawata, S Keller, S Koposov, C Liu, XW Liu, YS Lee, A Maccio, D Mackey, N Martin, L Mayer (TBC), J Penarrubia, C Rockosi, R Roskar, R Schoenrich, A Siebert, K Venn, M Walker, HC Wang, YH Zhao, X Zhou, D Zucker
Scientific Organizing Committee
Timothy Beers (MSU)
Yaoquan Chu (USTC)
Licai Deng (NAOC ; co-chair)
Zhanwen Han (YAO)
Jinliang Hou (ShAO)
Biwei Jiang (BNU)
Xiaowei Liu (KIAA-PKU ; co-chair)
Heidi Newberg (RPI)
Eric Peng (KIAA-PKU)
Martin Smith (KIAA-PKU)
Nic Walton (IoA)
Ji Yang (PMO)
Gang Zhao (NAOC)
Yongheng Zhao (NAOC)
Local Organizing Committee
Ruben Garcia-Benito
Zhiying Huo
Chengze Liu
Huawei Zhang
Ning Zhang (Chair)
Jie Yao
Haibo Yuan
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Ning ZHANG (Ms.)
Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics
Peking University
Yi He Yuan Lu 5, Hai Dian Qu
Beijing 100871, P. R. China
Tel : +86 (10) 6275-6692
Fax : +86 (10) 6276-7900
http://kiaa.pku.edu.cn/
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