SOKENDAI Asia Winter School

　The Department of Astronomical Science, SOKENDAI, invites young researchers from Asia to join the SOKENDAI Asia Winter School. The aim of the school is to offer high-level educational experience to both undergraduate and graduate students as well as to demonstrate the department’s cutting-edge research activities. The school consists of two parts; intensive lecture series and hands-on sessions. The lectures cover a wide areas of astronomy and are given by world-leading researchers. The hands-on sessions offer an opportunity for students to experience astronomy research. This year’s school is a fully online school. No registration fee is needed. Interested students are encouraged to register at the website.

【Notice】2021.01.15
We have sent an email to those who registered for the winter school on Janary 15. If you registered but did not receive the email, please contact us at daigakuin_at_nao.ac.jp

Date: February 3 to 5, 2021

Official language: English

List of Lecturers:
Hideko Nomura (Professor, SOKENDAI/NAOJ)
Masami Ouchi (Professor, SOKENDAI/NAOJ)
Yoichi Aso (Associate Professor, SOKENDAI/NAOJ)
Masahito Kubo (Assistant Professor, SOKENDAI/NAOJ)
Tetsuo Hasegawa (Project Professor, NAOJ)
SHAN Wenlei(Associate Professor, SOKENDAI/NAOJ)
Takashi Moriya(Assistant Professor, SOKENDAI/NAOJ)

Program:(Tentative)

Time(JST)	Wednesday, February 3	Thursday, February 4	Friday, February 5
10:15-10:30	Introduction
10:30-12:00	Galaxy Formation Over the Cosmic History Masami Ouchi [Syllabus]	Star Formation Tetsuo Hasegawa [Syllabus]	Stellar evolution and supernovae Takashi Moriya [Syllabus]
13:00-14:30	Solar physics Masahito Kubo [Syllabus]	Astro-Chemistry Hideko Nomura [Syllabus]	Instrumentation Shan Wenlei [Syllabus]
15:00-16:30	Break-out Session (TBA)	Gravitational Wave Astronomy Yoichi Aso [Syllabus]	Admission guidance Department of Astronomical Science, SOKEDNAI

Application Period: December 1, 2020 – December 25, 2020

Registration Form: HERE

Contact: Graduate Student Affairs Unit,
National Astronomical Observatory Japan
daigakuin_at_nao.ac.jp

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