Título:  Navegación automática de imágenes planetarias [Europlanet 2024]

Centro:  Grupo de Ciencias Planetarias - Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU

Tipo:  Otros/Others

descripción: 

El Grupo de Ciencias Planetarias de la UPV/EHU en Bilbao, España, ofrece un breve puesto de trabajo de 10 meses (prorrogables) para trabajar con imágenes planetarias de los planetas del Sistema Solar en la base de datos PVOL en http://pvol.ehu.eus. El contrato está financiado por Europlanet 2024 RI como parte de sus actividades VESPA y no requiere doctorado, siendo un trabajo de carácter técnico  e iniciación a la investigación. El objetivo del proyecto es trabajar en un sistema de navegación automática de imágenes de planetas obtenidas por astrónomos amateur para producir masivamente mapas de planetas como Júpiter a partir de imágenes seleccionadas por su calidad. Estos mapas se cargarán en la base de datos PVOL y se utilizarán para investigar los cambios en las atmósferas de los planetas. Una parte del trabajo consistirá en realizar animaciones de los cambios atmosféricos en Júpiter a partir de las mejores observaciones obtenidas cercanas a la oposición del planeta y disponibles en PVOL pudiendo desarrollar una parte de outreach.

La navegación de imágenes se realizará utilizando el sistema ElKano diseñado en Python y utilizando el sistema SPICE. Se formará a la persona contratada en los dos ámbitos (ElKano y SPICE). Se busca una candidata o candidato con buenas capacidades de programación en Python y se valorarán en la selección conocimientos de astronomía y ciencias del espacio.

Los interesados ​​deberán escribir a Ricardo Hueso (e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

El procedimiento formal de solicitud desarrollado en la UPV/EHU se abrirá y cerrará en marzo y las fechas oficiales serán comunicadas por Ricardo Hueso a los candidatos interesados una vez la UPV/EHU fije dichas fechas.

País:  Spain

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a China-ESA Mars School, to be run in May 2023 in Huairou, Beijing, China. It is jointly organised by the International Space Science Institute - Beijing (ISSI-BJ) and the European Space Agency (ESA), co-sponsored by National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences(NSSC, CAS).

Inspired by the scientific investigations conducted by an ever-growing fleet of missions, the Mars School aims to provide a broad overview of Martian planetary science, from its interior and surface to its atmosphere and interactions with space. Lectures will cover theoretical background & modelling to observation techniques & datasets, as well as the search for past or present life. The week will also include breakout discussions, social excursions, a poster session and potentially also a hands-on session with Mars mission data.  

The workshop will cover topics including: 

• Interior structure & evolution, Volcanism & tectonism, Mineralogy and climate evolution, Aqueous surface processes, Geomorphology,
• landscape evolution, Atmospheric dynamics, Atmospheric chemistry, Upper atmosphere,
• thermosphere, Aeronomy (airglows, aurorae etc), Space weather & radiation environment, Ionosphere,
• solar wind interaction & escape, Habitability and the search for life on Mars,
• Chinese & European Mars missions.

Lecturers and participants will be drawn both from Chinese and European Mars science communities.

Organization of the conference had been on hold due to coronavirus pandemic, but the recent changes of travel policy in China means that we now feel confident in being able to proceed with the conference. Accordingly, we will be opening application within the next week, with a foreseen application deadline of 24^th Feb 2023. This short deadline is in place to leave sufficient margin for selection of financial aid (see below) and subsequent visa support & travel booking.

ESA will provide full travel funding to enable participation by a small number (~12, tbc) of European early career scientists. Priority will be given to those who are no more than three years post-PhD. Applicants will be selected to achieve a balance of representation of ESA member states, of topical areas, and of gender – so we invite a broad range of applications.

All details about the programme, application, and financial support for European participants, will be announced via the conference website at http://marsschool2023.casconf.cn.

Colin Wilson (ESA) & Yang Liu (NSSC), co-chairs of the science committee.

The Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço en la  Universidade de Coimbra has a possibility of a PhD position in planetary science , it has to go through the selection process of “La Caixa” doctoral INPhNIT process. It is associated with the SUPERIOR: SUrface PropERtIes Of tRans-neptunian objects using Webb project. It is lead by Dr. Nuno Peixinho (IA, Univ Coimbra, Portugal),and the graduate student would work with him, with  Pedro Lacerda (IA, Univ Coimbra & IPN, Portugal), and with me, Noemi Pinilla-Alonso (UCF, USA) lead of DiSCo, a large program to study trans-Neptunian objects with the Webb.

Deadline, January 25th.

SUPERIOR
https://finder-fellowships.lacaixafoundation.org/finder?position=6037

http://iastro.pt/ia/jobDetails.html?ID=206

There are other 9 opportunities for those not into planetary science.