******************************************************************* BOLETIM ELETRÔNICO SAB N. 428 - 25/06/2008 ******************************************************************* SEÇÃO: EVENTOS - OPORTUNIDADES Responsável: Vera Ap.F. Martin (vmartin1963@gmail.com) ******************************************************************* 1. WFMOS: COSMOLOGY NEAR AND FAR 2. ESA-GAIA: ELSA PHD POSITION AVAILABLE AT UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA 3. ESA-GAIA: VACANCY NOTICE: SOFTWARE ENGINEER/SOFTWARE DEVELOPER AT HEIDELBERG (GERMANY) 4. ESA-GAIA: VACANCY NOTICE: DATA ANALYSIS AND ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT POSTDOC POSITONS (HEIDELBERG, GERMANY) 5. ESA-GAIA: VACANCY NOTICE: GAIA DPAC PROJECT MANAGEMENT 6. CURSO DE GRADUAÇÃO EM ASTRONOMIA NO IAG/USP 7. POSTDOC POSITION: JOHAN PRAGT, ASTRON, DWINGELOO, THE NETHERLAND ******************************************************************* 1. WFMOS: COSMOLOGY NEAR AND FAR (comunicado por Laerte Sodré Jr.) WFMOS: Cosmology Near and Far Foi realizado recentemente no Hawaii o workshop WFMOS: Cosmology Near and Far, com o objetivo de juntar as comunidades Gemini e Subaru para discutir a ciência que se pode e se quer fazer com o WFMOS. Para os interessados, as apresentações neste workshop estão disponíveis no link: http://www.naoj.org/Information/News/wfmos2008/program/index.html ================================================================ 2. ESA-GAIA: ELSA PHD POSITION AVAILABLE AT UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA (comunicado por Alberto Krone-Martins) The Research Training Network ELSA invites applications for a PhD (postgraduate) study fellowship at the Departament d'Astronomia i Meteorologia, University of Barcelona (Spain) to work on Refinement of the Universe model in the Gaia simulator. This is a 3-4 year, full-time position open for non-Spanish nationals. Applications should be submitted by e-mail according to instructions on the ELSA web pages (http://www.astro.lu.se/ELSA/pages/vacancies_phd3.html). Closing date for applications is 30 June 2008. ================================================================= 3. ESA-GAIA: VACANCY NOTICE: SOFTWARE ENGINEER/SOFTWARE DEVELOPER AT HEIDELBERG (GERMANY) (comunicado por Alberto Krone-Martins) The Gaia group at Astronomisches Rechen-Institut (ARI), Heidelberg, is offering a position for a software engineer/software developer. The successful applicant will participate in the development of the Gaia First Look and other Gaia core processing tasks. Basic knowledge of German is expected. The position is available from August 1, 2008. More details (in German) can be found via web (http://www.ari.uni-heidelberg.de/gaia/). Deadline for applications: 25 June 2008. ================================================================= 4. ESA-GAIA: VACANCY NOTICE: DATA ANALYSIS AND ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT POSTDOC POSITONS (HEIDELBERG, GERMANY) (comunicado por Alberto Krone-Martins) The Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) invites applications for two postdoctoral positions to work on the development of classification and parameter estimation algorithms in preparation for Gaia. 75% of the time will be spent developing and testing algorithms and implementing them into software. The remaining 25% may be spent working on related science projects. For more information see the announcement web page (http://www.mpia.de/GAIA/Positions2008.htm). Closing date for applications is 1 September 2008. =================================================================== 5. ESA-GAIA: VACANCY NOTICE: GAIA DPAC PROJECT MANAGEMENT (comunicado por Alberto Krone-Martins) The scientific chairman and the executive committee of the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC) are to be supported by the so-called Project Office, to which the day-to-day management of the overall DPAC development and operations is delegated. Four positions will presently become open to populate the Project Office at ESAC, Villafranca, Madrid, Spain: The Project Coordinator (also head of Project Office), the Project Scheduler, the Interface Engineer and the Product Assurance Engineer. All details for applicants can be found in the following document (http://www.rssd.esa.int/SA/GAIA/docs/external_docs/projectmanage =================================================================== 6. CURSO DE GRADUAÇÃO EM ASTRONOMIA NO IAG/USP (comunicado por Augusto Damineli) Uma excelente comemoração para o Ano Internacional da Astronomia. No próximo vestibular, para ingresso em 2009, a USP oferecerá 15 vagas para Bacharelado em Astronomia. Trata-se de um novo curso de graduação, aprovado pelo Conselho Universitário em reunião de 17 de junho, a ser oferecido pelo Departamento de Astronomia do IAG. Muito além do caráter comemorativo, o início deste novo curso em 2009 visa ampliar a formação de pesquisadores, numa época de ouro para a Astronomia. Alem das oportunidades sem precedentes, de acesso a telescópios e a meios computacionais, a demanda por cursos a nivel de graduação em Astronomia tem sido apreciável. A exemplo das reformulações implementadas no curso de Astronomia da UFRJ, o novo curso é caracterizado por uma grande flexibilidade na escolha de disciplinas que complementam o núcleo mínimo obrigatório. Além de disciplinas fundamentais e específicas de Física, Matemática, Astronomia e Computação, o curso oferece um leque abrangente de opções que abordam física avançada, aplicações em engenharia, divulgação e ensino, práticas instrumentais e observacionais. =================================================================== 7. POSTDOC POSITION: JOHAN PRAGT, ASTRON, DWINGELOO, THE NETHERLANDS (comunicado por Marcelo Borges) Johan Pragt, ASTRON, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands is seeking to fill a postdoc position. The position is available starting from September 1, 2008 as a full-time temporary appointment for two years, with the possible extension of a third year. Postdoctoral Researcher in the Research Group at ASTRON (Dwingeloo) The Research and Development Group at ASTRON (Dwingeloo) has a post-doctoral research position available in the area of instrument development for direct detection of extra-solar planets. The second generation VLT instrument SPHERE is an extreme AO camera with several science arms, aimed at the direct detection of extra-solar planets. The instrument is developed by an international consortium, lead by LAOG (Grenoble). The Netherlands (ASTRON, Universities of Amsterdam and Utrecht, and NOVA) and Switzerland (ETH Zurich) lead the development and construction of the SPHERE-ZIMPOL subsystem, a high-precision imaging polarimeter. ZIMPOL is optimized to study the formation, evolution and structure of extra-solar planetary systems by detecting the polarization of starlight scattered by circumstellar material and the reflected, polarized light of extra-solar planets. The available position will primarily be in the areas of the integration, testing and calibration of the instrument. The researcher will also have the opportunity to contribute to the data analysis, interpretation and modelling including first light observations and commissioning. Fifty percent of the time is free for research. The position is available starting from September 1, 2008 as a full-time temporary appointment for two years, with the possible extension of a third year. Gross salary starts with 2804 euro per month and increases to 3010 euro in the third year of employment. The salary is supplemented with a holiday bonus of 8% and a year-end bonus of 6,1% per year. In addition we offer: a pension scheme, partially paid parental leave. Conditions are based on the Collective Employment Agreement of the Dutch Universities. ASTRON has an international reputation in the design and operation of radio telescopes (Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope and LOFAR, the Low Frequency Array) as well as in the design of groundbased and space instrumentation at optical and infrared wavelengths. ASTRON's R&D division has made major contributions to the VLT mid-IR imaging spectrograph VISIR and to MIDI, the mid-IR camera for the VLT Interferometer. Apart from SPHERE-ZIMPOL, ASTRON is currently involved in X-SHOOTER, VLT's second generation optical/near-IR spectrograph, and in MIRI, the imaging spectrograph for the James Webb Space Telescope. The successful candidate will have access to excellent computational, research and instrument facilities and travel support. Collaboration with the university groups in Amsterdam and Utrecht is strongly encouraged. For more information see http://www.astron.nl. Letters of application (including a CV), plus 3 letters of reference should be sent to personnel@astron.nl (or by mail to: HR Department ASTRON, P.O. Box 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, The Netherlands) before the deadline - 31 July 2008. E-mail submission of all material is encouraged. The successful candidate will be the formal employ of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), at a salary scale commensurate with age and experience. Relocation expenses and assistance with finding accommodation will be provided. For further information contact: Prof. Rens Waters, who leads the NL involvement in SPHERE (rensw@science.uva.nl) or Ir. Johan Pragt, project manager of the ZIMPOL sub-system (pragt@astron.nl). The post-doctoral research position is financed by UvA and NOVA and is hosted by ASTRON. The Dutch contribution to SPHERE is financial supported by NWO, University of Amsterdam and NOVA, in close collaboration with the University of Utrecht. ********************************************************************