SOKENDAI Asian Winter School 2022

　The Department of Astronomical Science, SOKENDAI, invites young researchers from Asia to join the SOKENDAI Asian 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 intensive lecture series, admission guidance of SOKENDAI, and breakout session. The lectures cover a wide area of astronomy and are given by world-leading researchers. This year’s school is a fully online school. No registration fee is needed. Interested students are encouraged to register at the website.

【Notice】2022.02.01
We have sent an email to those who registered for the winter school on Janary 31. If you registered but did not receive the email, please contact us at daigakuin_at_nao.ac.jp

Date: February 2 to 4, 2022

Official language: English

List of Lecturers:
Hideko Nomura (Professor, SOKENDAI/NAOJ)
Seiji Kameno (Professor, SOKENDAI/NAOJ)
Yoichi Aso (Associate Professor, SOKENDAI/NAOJ)
SHAN Wenlei(Associate Professor, SOKENDAI/NAOJ)
Sakurako Okamoto(Assistant Professor, SOKENDAI/NAOJ)
Joten Okamoto(Assistant Professor, NAOJ)
Akimasa Kataoka(Assistant Professor, SOKENDAI/NAOJ)
Yusei Koyama(Assistant Professor, SOKENDAI/NAOJ)

Program:(Tentative)

Time(JST)	Wednesday, February 2	Thursday, February 3	Friday, February 4
10:15-10:30	Introduction
10:30-12:00	Galaxy Evolution and Galaxy Clusters Yusei Koyama [Syllabus]	Galactic Archaeology Sakurako Okamoto [Syllabus]	Black Holes and Active Galactic Nuclei Seiji Kameno [Syllabus]
13:00-14:30	Planet Formation Akimasa Kataoka [Syllabus]	Astro-Chemistry Hideko Nomura [Syllabus]	Instrumentation Shan Wenlei [Syllabus]
15:00-16:30	The Sun Joten Okamoto [Syllabus]	Gravitational Wave Astronomy Yoichi Aso [Syllabus]	Admission guidance Department of Astronomical Science, and Breakout session SOKENDAI

Application Period: December 20, 2021 – January 20, 2022 (JST)

Registration Form: HERE

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

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