CEDAR email: student flights for CEDAR, space physics programmer job in NM, African Geophysical Society fellowship award, 14 Sep deadline for 3 European Space Weather award nominations

Thu May 1 13:46:19 MDT 2014

This is a generic mailing to the CEDAR community sent 01 May 2014.
Meetings and jobs are listed at http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu under
'Community' as 'Calendar of Meetings' and 'CEDAR related opportunities'.
CEDAR email messages are under 'Community' as 'CEDAR email Newsletters'.
All are in 'Quick Links' on the main page.
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(1) Students encouraged to get flights soon for CEDAR in Seattle June 22-26.
 From Barbara Emery, Kendra Greb, and Carrie Appel (emery,kgreb,cappel 
at ucar.edu).
See also http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/2014_Workshop:Main

(2) Space Physics Programmer position in NM for BC - applications due 31 
May.
 From Patricia.Doherty at bc.edu.

(3) African Geophysical Society (AGS) Award of Fellowship to Prof. 
Ousseini Fambitakoye.
 From Christine.Amory at lpp.polytechnique.fr.

(4) Nominations due 14 Sep for 3 European Space Weather Awards.
 From Jean.Lilensten at obs.ujf-grenoble.fr.

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(1) Students encouraged to get flights soon for CEDAR in Seattle June 22-26.
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 From Barbara Emery, Kendra Greb, and Carrie Appel (emery,kgreb,cappel 
at ucar.edu).

Register now for the 2014 CEDAR Workshop to be held at the University of 
Washington
in Seattle, WA from June 22 - 26, 2014. Register at 
http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/2014_Workshop:Main

STUDENTS - We encourage students to purchase their airline 
tickets now as prices
are starting to rise. If you submit your airline receipt to Carrie 
Appel by Monday,
May 19 we will have your reimbursement check at check-in. For those 
that wait, it can
take up to two months from the end of the CEDAR Workshop to receive your 
reimbursement check.

Important deadlines to be aware of:

* Fri 16 May for students to register on-line for the workshop 
and student lodging. A late fee
of $75 is imposed on student registrations on Monday, 19 May. VISA, 
Mastercard or Diners credit
cards can be used in the registration process on-line. Cancellations 
after May 19 incur a $15
charge. Students registering after May 16 will be assigned housing 
on a space available basis only.

* Fri 16 May for on-line submission of abstracts for posters. 
Abstracts are required for all
submitted posters. The poster sessions will be held on Tuesday (IT) and 
Wednesday (MLT), June 24-25, 2014.

* Mon 19 May all CEDAR students should try to purchase their 
airline tickets and have the
airline receipt submitted to Carrie Appel by Monday, 19 May. All 
airline receipts received
by Monday, 19 May will be reimbursed at check-in for the 
workshop. Any airline receipts
received after Monday, 19 May will not be processed until the 
CEDAR Workshop has concluded.
For details on student travel go to 
http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/2014_Workshop:Student_Information
and 
http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/Transportation_%28Airfare%29_and_Travel_Reimbursement_Information

* Sun 25 May for hotel reservations of reserved CEDAR block at 
the Hotel Deca or Silver Cloud
Inn - University District. For details on lodging and reservations go to 
http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/2014_Workshop:Accommodations

* Fri 30 May for non-students to register on-line. A late fee of 
$75 is imposed on non-student
registrations on Monday, 2 June (student late fee starts Monday May 19). 
VISA, Mastercard or
Diners credit cards can be used in the registration process on-line. 
Cancellations incur a $15 charge.

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(2) Space Physics Programmer position in NM for BC - applications due 31 
May.
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 From Patricia.Doherty at bc.edu.

Applications are invited for a scientific programmer position in the 
field of space
and terrestrial physics.  The successful candidate is expected to 
support a Boston
College contract with the Department of Defense. The initial appointment 
is for 1 year
initially but additional years may be awarded contingent on performance 
and funding.

The successful candidate will have demonstrated proficiency in 
programming in high
level computer languages such as C and FORTRAN; capabilities to work in 
both LINUX
and Windows environments; and  experience working with graphical 
computer languages
such as IDL and MatLab. A scientific background and familiarity working 
with ground-based
and space based imaging data is a plus.

The qualified candidate should have an MS or higher degree in 
engineering, computer
science, mathematics or a physical science and at least 5 years 
experience working
as a scientific programmer.

This position will be located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. U.S. 
citizenship is required.
Please send a CV together with three references to Patricia Doherty at 
Boston College
(Patricia.Doherty at bc.edu) by May 31, 2014.

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(3) African Geophysical Society (AGS) Award of Fellowship to Prof. 
Ousseini Fambitakoye.
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 From Christine.Amory at lpp.polytechnique.fr.

The African Geophysical Society (AGS, http://www.afpgs.org) Award of 
Fellowship
was awarded to Prof. Ousseini Fambitakoye at the Laboratoire de 
Géophysique in France
for his "great contribution to Earth and Space science research in Africa".

The award will be presented at the opening session of the 2014 AGS 
conference on
3rd June 2014.  The conference will be at Abuja, Nigeria from June 2-6
(http://afgps.org/conference/).

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(4) Nominations due 14 Sep for 3 European Space Weather Awards.
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 From Jean.Lilensten at obs.ujf-grenoble.fr.

Dear colleagues,

In 2013, a set of three medals in Space Weather have been created at the 
occasion
of the 10th anniversary of the European Space Weather Week. These medals 
are now
becoming an annual event, with a medal ceremony during the European 
Space Weather
Week (November 17-21, 2014, Liège, Belgium, http://www.stce.be/esww11/).

* The International Kristian Birkeland medal for Space Weather and Space 
Climate
relates to outstanding scientific or technological results.
* The International Marcel Nicolet medal for Space Weather and Space 
Climate rewards
efforts to structure the space weather community at an international level.
* The International Alexander Chizhevsky medal for Space Weather and 
Space Climate
rewards a young researcher (PhD or having defended his thesis within the 
last 8 years
prior to the ESWW 11, i.e. after October 30th, 2005) for major 
contributions to space
weather research and/or services.

In order to propose a candidate, please send a pdf document including:
* Your name, first name, professional address.
* The name, first name, professional address of the person that you 
suggest for a prize.
* Which of the three prizes is concerned for your nomination.
* Reasons for the nomination (two pages). Please, make sure that these 
reasons relate to
space weather and fulfill the criteria below.
* As far as possible, join a CV of the suggested person. If you do not 
want to ask
her/him a CV and if you do not find any on a web personal page for 
example, send at
least a CV that emphasizes the points for which the application is made 
(publications, achievements).
* If possible, please include letters of support from two other 
colleagues, possibly from
other countries than yours. You may also include those two colleagues as 
co-signatories on the proposal.
* Up to five references (journal articles, prizes, patents…).

It is not allowed to apply for one-self. The Medal Committee may not 
attribute a medal
if it considers that the applications do not have the necessary level of 
international excellence.

Composition of the Medal Committee:
The Medal committee is composed of Claude Tomberg of the Royal Academy 
of Belgium,
Øyvind Sørensen of the Norwegian academy of science and Dr. Galina 
Kotova, of the
Russian academy of science. To complement this panel, space 
weather-related scientists
of each of these three countries will work with the academies, namely
Prof. Jøran Moen, Prof. Alv Egeland, Dr. Pål Brekke, Norway
Prof. Véronique Dehant, Belgium
Prof. Anatoli Petrukovich, Russia
Finally, there will be a representative of the Local Organizing 
Committee of the European
Space Weather Week (R. Van der Linden), the head of the Space Weather 
Working Team (S. Poedts)
and of the Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate (A. Belehaki). 
The program committee is
chaired by J. Lilensten.
None of the Medal Committee members are eligible for a medal.

Send your documents by email only to SWmedals at oma.be. The deadline for 
the applications is
September, 14th 2014.

<b>CRITERIA</b>

All three prizes are prestigious recognitions in Space Weather. They 
only recognize
excellence. This is difficult to measure, but some criteria are common 
to the three of
them. The work must have been documented (in peer review journals or 
book chapters), or
must be a technological contribution that has proved to work (not a 
project or a concept).
It must be relevant to space weather and/or space climate. It must also 
be internationally
recognized: International character of the scientific or technology 
contribution even if
this criterion will not be as drastically used for the Chizhevsky medal 
than for the two others.

On top of those common criteria are some specific to each prize.
*Criteria for attributing the Marcel Nicolet medal:
The candidate of the Baron Marcel Nicolet Medal must have demonstrated a 
unique ability to
bind the space weather community in a spirit of peace and friendship, to 
educate in and
outside of the space weather community, to go beyond the space weather 
research community
and address a larger audience, and/or to serve the space weather 
community in conveying a
roadmap going beyond the science involved.
*Criteria for attributing the Alexander Chizhevsky medal:
The candidate of the Alexander Chizhevsky Medal must have taken 
unexplored ways, potentially at
risk, to reach a successful achievement. Practically, it would be useful 
to obtain a recommendation
letter from the PhD advisor in case (s)he is not the person sending the 
application. In case of
pregnancies, the 8 years period is augmented by 1.5 year per child
*Criteria for attributing the Kristian Birkeland medal:
The candidate of the Kristian Birkeland Medal must have demonstrated a 
unique ability to combine
basic and applied research to obtain useful products, preferentially 
being used outside the research
community, or across disciplines in research. The work must have led to 
a better physical
comprehension of the solar or terrestrial phenomena related to space 
weather, to a drastic
improvement of the modeling, or to a new generation of instruments for 
space weather observations.

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