Issue 15-41, September 28, 2015
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- UPCOMING DEADLINES FOR THE 47th DPS MEETING IN NATIONAL HARBOR, MD
- DPS WOMEN IN PLANETARY SCIENCE DISCUSSION HOUR
- THE FIRST DPS OPEN MIC NIGHT
- NEW VATICAN OBSERVATORY DIRECTOR
- JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES
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UPCOMING DEADLINES FOR THE 47th DPS MEETING IN NATIONAL HARBOR, MD
National Harbor, MD, 8-13 November 2015 at the Gaylord National Harbor
DPS members you are invited to attend the 47th Annual DPS meeting!
* Important dates
8 October 2015 DPS 47 Regular Registration Deadline
http://aas.org/meetings/dps47/registration
And also:
– 8 October 2015: 47th DPS Hotel Reservations Deadline
The DPS is grateful to our Meeting Sponsors:
Lockheed Martin
Universities Space Research Association (USRA)
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Orbital ATK
Elsevier
University of Arizona Press
Southwest Research Institute
Space Telescope Science Institute
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
Space Science Institute
AURA
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DPS WOMEN IN PLANETARY SCIENCE DISCUSSION HOUR
Join us on Tuesday, Nov. 10th from 12:00-1:30 pm for the annual DPS Women in Planetary
Science event. Amy Simon will give a keynote address titled “Navigating Hurdles Throughout
Your Career” and discussion will be formulated around the various topics that arise.
Please feel free to bring any information/announcements related to women in astronomy and
planetary science to share. Due to the generosity of the DPS committee and a donation from
the Space Science Institute, we will be able to provide boxed lunches this year. All are welcome!
Pre-registration at http://bit.ly/DPS_WIPS_2015 is required due to space limitations.
Lunch orders must be placed by Oct. 1st. The event will take place in the “Baltimore 3”
room. Contact [email protected] with questions.
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THE FIRST DPS OPEN MIC NIGHT
The DPS Open Mic Night allows our members to share their musical and other talents with their
friends and colleagues. Premiering Wednesday, 11 November from 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm, we invite
all musicians, singers, story tellers, comedians, poets, spoken word enthusiasts or other performers
(e.g. jugglers) to participate. Come have some fun and strut your stuff!
Sign up at http://aas.org/meetings/dps47/openmic to ensure a spot and let us know what kind of
equipment you need to perform. You can decide to participate on-site as well, but signing up early
helps us ensure the proper equipment is available. Performance slots will be assigned on a first-come,
first-served basis.
Deadline for submissions: 21 October 2015
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NEW VATICAN OBSERVATORY DIRECTOR
Past DPS Chair and winner of the 2014 Carl Sagan Medal Brother Guy Consolmagno, SJ has
been named Director of the Vatican Observatory. The announcement of his appointment can
be found here:
http://www.vaticanobservatory.va/content/specolavaticana/en.html
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JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES
A) REMOTE SENSING COMPARATIVE PLANETOLOGY POSITION AT
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
The University of Arizona announces coordinated hiring of five tenure-track or tenured faculty
positions in Earth system remote sensing to establish the Earth Dynamics Observatory (EDO) to
respond to global challenges in Earth and environmental science, planetary science, and hazards
and resource assessment. EDO faculty will contribute to interdisciplinary research and educational
programs oriented around remote sensing and Earth and planetary change, with the goal of developing
instruments, deploying missions, and leading new research in applications of remote sensing. One
position is in remote sensing of planetary surfaces, atmospheres, and/or interiors with relevance to
multiple planets (including exoplanets) or solar system objects and to astrobiology, to provide context
for understanding the Earth. Experience in field and lab work and theory are also desirable. The
scientist will have expertise in planetary science and observing techniques to a) develop
instrumentation and techniques and lead experiments for planetary science (including Earth), and
b) provide perspective on the implications for Earth of knowledge about other planets and vice versa.
Inquiries should be directed to Tim Swindle ([email protected]), Director, Lunar and
Planetary Laboratory. More information is at http://www.geo.arizona.edu/edo/. Candidates should
apply at https://uacareers.com/, position F20164.
B) MOVING OBJECT DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION AT
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
The University of Arizona (UA) invites applications for a faculty position in moving object
detection and characterization. Candidates should have a focus on moving objects and an interest
in applying their expertise to problems related to the detection and characterization of both manmade
and natural objects. Desired areas of expertise would include but not be limited to signal and image
processing, feature extraction, spectral analysis, sparse representation, pattern recognition, scene
analysis, and computer vision. The successful candidate’s research program will be enabled by
data from UA asteroid survey programs, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, and other assets
available to UA astronomers. The successful candidate will be part of a dedicated, multi-disciplinary
team tackling the problem of Space Situational Awareness (SSA). The challenge of SSA is to provide
commercial, civil and military space operators with a comprehensive knowledge of what is currently
happening in space and to predict what may happen in the future. Inquiries should be directed to Brian
Ten Eyck, [email protected]. Full details are available at http://uacareers.com/postings/5254
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Anne J. Verbiscer
Research Associate Professor
Department of Astronomy
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4325