The EC publishing platform Open Research Europe enables researchers to publish any research they wish to share, supporting reproducibility, transparency and impact. It uses an open research publishing model: publication within days of submission, followed by open invited peer review and includes citations to all supporting data and materials, enabling reanalyses, replication and reuse. More here and here. [...]
On December 1, 2020, the Council adopted a set of conclusions on a major overhaul of the European Research Area (ERA) in the years to come. These conclusions, together with the Commission communication entitled "A new ERA for research and innovation", are two key milestones in efforts to build a common research area that is more [...]
The 2021 SMA interferometry school is open for registration. Applications will close on January 16th, 2021. The application form for the 2021 Submillimeter Array can be found here. There is no registration fee for the school, although students will be expected to have access to a computer with the Common Astronomy Software Applications (CASA) software package installed. Further [...]
NRAO is holding two virtual community days focusing specifically on proposal preparation for the VLA and VLBA. One on Dec 15: The registration deadline is December 4, 2020. There is no registration fee to participate in this event, but registration is required to obtain access to the live lectures and discussions. The event will be limited to 50 [...]
At their last meeting on November 27, 2020 under the German Presidency of the Council of the EU, European research ministers set the course for research and innovation to support Europe’s economic recovery. There is a commitment to reach a political agreement with the European Parliament on the EU’s spending programmes, including Horizon Europe, before the end of [...]
Today, November 26, the last RadioNet Board meeting is held. After a closed formal session, in the afternoon there is an open session with an interesting program & talks, friends of RadioNet and a look into the past and towards the future or Radio Astronomy and RadioNet.
The IAUS 367: Education and Heritage in the Era of Big Data in Astronomy will be held 8-12 December 2020. It will be accessible online for free. The primary goal of this Symposium is to give a global vision of Education and Heritage in the frame of the goals of the IAU, taking into account the [...]
The European VLBI Network (EVN) is pleased to announce a new seminar from the series of online seminars “The sharpest view of the radio Universe: VLBI – Connecting Astronomers Worldwide”. Mareki Honma will talk on Wednesday 9 December at 10:00 CET about Galactic Maser Astrometry with Very Long Baseline Interferometry: Current Status and Beyond. The talk will be [...]
Great news for the radio and optical community! Under H2020-INFRAIA-2018-2020, the European Commission approved the new project OPTICON RadioNet Pilot (ORP), which mobilizes the two flagship communities of advanced radio and optical/infrared astronomy. Jean-Gabriel Cuby (CNRS) will be the coordinator of this prestigious project. Gerry Gilmore (University of Cambridge) will be scientific coordinator of the OPTICON [...]
From November 8 to 12, 2020, the Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS) conference, which was originally planned to be organized in Granada, Spain, was held online due to the restrictions imposed by the corona pandemic. RadioNet has contributed financial support to make this new format a success for the 580 registered participants. The [...]