We are pleased to announce that pre-registration for the Solar Orbiter school at Ecole de Physique des Houches (April 6th-9th 2021) is now open at https://solarorbiter.sciencesconf.org .

While we are still facing an on-going worldwide pandemic, the conference center may open but only to a very limited amount of participants. Furthermore, different situations from different locations in the world may mean that international travels will not be possible at the time the school will be held. Therefore, we will provide a live access to the online lectures/hands-on sessions/presentations as well. We therefore request interested participants (for both on-site and remote participants) to register online, to assess the interest in the community (note that registration for remote participation will be capped to allow proper online interactions).

While we monitor the situation, the current calendar is as follows: pre-registration on the website will close on January 31st, 2021. Applicants will be notified early March, 2021 at the latest.

For more information about the program and updates, please see the website.

Contact: solarorbiter@sciencesconf.org

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First announcement of the Solar Orbiter school at Ecole de Physique des Houches (France)

We are pleased to announce that we are organising a school dedicated to Solar Orbiter, to be held at the Ecole de Physique des Houches, April 6th-9th (2021).

Overview and objectives:

The exploitation of the ESA Solar Orbiter mission will shape the activity of the international heliophysics community for the years to come. Its success will depend on our ability to combine in situ and remote sensing data. This school held in the French Alps, will provide training to young scientists in using the extremely various datasets and the tools specifically developed to analyze them. It targets an international audience primarily composed of PhD students and junior postdoctoral researchers.

It will provide short presentations of the mission instruments and first results, hands-on activities for data analyses, as well as sessions for presentation by students. The school is organised by the French community, but is open to everyone.

While we are still facing an on-going worldwide pandemic, the conference center may open but only to a very limited amount of participants. Furthermore, different situations from different locations in the world may mean that international travels will not be possible at the time the school will be held. Therefore, we will provide a live access to the online lectures/hands-on sessions/presentations as well. We will need interested participants (for both on-site and remote participants) to register online, to assess the interest in the community (note that registration for remote participation will be capped to allow proper online interactions).

While we monitor the situation, the current calendar is as follows: pre-registrations will open on December 15th, 2020 on the school website and will close on January 31st, 2021. Applicants will be notified early March, 2021 at the latest.

For more information about the program and updates see:
https://solarorbiter.sciencesconf.org

Scientific and local organising committee:

Miho Janvier (IAS)

Matthieu Kretzschmar (LPC2E)

Nicolas André (IRAP)

Frédéric Auchère (IAS)

Éric Buchlin (IAS)

Vincent Génot (IRAP)

Alexis Rouillard (IRAP)

Contact: solarorbiter@sciencesconf.org

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Registration is now open for an STFC-funded summer school on the Solar-Stellar Connection.

The summer school will run online between 14th-18th September 2020. Registration is free and the deadline to register is 31st August 2020.

More details can be found here: https://warwick.ac.uk/stellar_school

Our summer school aims to cover topics from solar and stellar interiors, through solar/stellar atmospheres, and out into interplanetary space and the interactions between stars and planets.

The schedule can be found here: https://warwick.ac.uk/stellar_school/schedule

For more information contact Anne-Marie Broomhall: a-m.broomhall@warwick.ac.uk

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https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/physics/astronomy/stfc-intro-2020/index.aspx

Registration for this year’s introductory School, which will be delivered online, is now open. To register, please visit:
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/physics/astronomy/stfc-intro-2020/registration.aspx

Registration is free for all delegates.

The School will provide young researchers with introductory lectures covering the key areas and latest results from across the discipline, with core content agreed by the UK Solar Physics (UKSP) and Magnetosphere, Ionosphere and Solar-Terrestrial (MIST) communities. Additional material and added-value content beyond the core subjects will this year focus on two areas: first, the new opportunities afforded by the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence, and advanced statistical analysis techniques; and second, a session on the “solar-stellar connection” and the importance of solar-system studies in a wider context (e.g. for the characterisation and study of exoplanets).

Details of the programme may be found at:
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/physics/astronomy/stfc-intro-2020/programme.aspx

Contact information is at:
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/physics/astronomy/stfc-intro-2020/contact.aspx

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Online Summer School for Time Domain Science

Applications are now being accepted for the online GROWTH astronomy school “The Dynamic Universe at all Wavelengths”. The school will include live webinars and interactive virtual workshops scheduled on Aug 17-21, 2020.

This school is designed for graduate and advanced undergraduate students with strong research interests in time-domain astronomy.

Selected candidates will be introduced to a wide range of observational techniques and data analysis tools for transient follow up at X-ray, UV, optical, infrared and radio wavelengths.

The 5-day program will engage students via live webinars (lectures and discussions) that introduce a topic, followed by live interactive workshops during which students will work with Python notebooks and data from observatories from around the world.

To learn more and apply, go to http://growth.caltech.edu/growth-school-2020.html

The application deadline is July 1st, 2020.

The educational resources from previous GROWTH schools are available on our website at http://growth.caltech.edu/astronomy-school.html .

GROWTH (http://growth.caltech.edu: Global Relay of Observatories Watching Transients Happen) is an international collaboration in astronomy led by Caltech that conducts frontier research in time-domain astronomy.

Questions can be sent to growth.astro.school@gmail.com

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This year’s STFC Introductory Summer School will be an online meeting.

It was due take place in Birmingham from 24 – 28 August. However, owing to COVID-19, an in-person meeting is no longer possible (University restrictions mean we can no longer run face-to-face conferences/events at that time). Having consulted with STFC, we are therefore switching to online delivery. Whilst the change is far from ideal, it will ensure this year’s cohort of new PhD students do not miss out entirely. We will do our best to maintain the interactive and mixing/networking elements that are such an important part of the School.

We will provide further details soon, including the full programme of lectures, how to register, and information on the platform for delivery.

Registration will be free for all delegates, and will open in early June.

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Date & Venue: March 23-27, 2020 at UCL – Mullard Space Science Laboratory (Dorking, UK)

The school aims towards the introducing the approaches and analysis methods needed to successfully combine space and ground-based observations of the solar atmosphere from the photosphere to the corona, to provide a complete understanding of the underlying physical processes occurring in a range of different solar phenomena.

To apply for the SOLARNET school, please send to g.valori@ucl.ac.uk no later that February 25, 2020
• a one-page CV
• a brief statement of interest (max. 1/2 page) indicating your field of research and why you want to participate in the school.
More information on programme schedule, student support, etc is available at: https://solarnet-project.eu/A-holistic-view-of-the-solar-atmosphere

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