HIP NEWS April 16th 2018
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APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN FOR THE 2018 CERN SCHOOL OF COMPUTING (CSC 2018)
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The 41st CERN School of Computing (CSC 2018), organized by CERN in collaboration with Tel Aviv University (TAU), will be held in Tel Aviv, Israel on October 1-14, 2018.

There are few places available. The school is for scientists and engineers in the fields of Computing and Physics. Their goal is to create the best conditions for learning, but also to facilitate cross-national and cross-institute networking.

The two-week academic programme consists of more than 50 hours of lectures and hands-on exercises, covering three main themes: base technologies, physics computing, and data technologies.

All details, including the application form, can be found at https://indico.cern.ch/e/CSC-2018

The School is limited to 60 students. The total fee is EUR 1500 per student (limited financial support may be available for justified cases). The deadline for applications is Sunday May 13.

For all enquiries and correspondence related to the School, please email Computing.School@cern.ch

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Tuesday 17 April 2018 at 10.15 in A315
Paul Hoyer (Helsinki)
Bound states and QCD

More information on http://www.hip.fifi/seminars/

ACADEMY OF FINLAND: FUNDING FOR NSF GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWS FOR RESEARCH IN FINLAND
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The funding is applied for by the Finnish host of the Graduate Research Fellow.

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) awards Graduate Research Fellow (GRF) grants to talented US researchers working on their doctoral thesis for research spells in Finland or other countries included in the Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW) programme.

Application time: 1 March 2018 – 25 April 2018

More information http://www.aka.fi/en/funding/apply-now/academy-calls/funding-for-nsf-graduate-research-fellows-for-research-in-finland/

OPEN SCIENCE KIOSKS ON KUMPULA CAMPUS
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Come, ask questions and discuss open science themes with the experts of the library.

More information: http://libraryguides.helsinki.fi/oa/eng
Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY373669

SPRING 2018 DMPTUULI WORKSHOPS ON ALL CAMPUSES – SIGN UP NOW!
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In the workshops, we will concentrate on the best practices of research data management and hands-on training of data management planning (DMP). During the workshop, we go through the Academy of Finland’s current DMP template.

Events are open and free of charge for all UH students, researchers and staff members.

Enrollments: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/88219/lomake.html
Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/fi/HY373524

HIP NEWS April 9th 2018
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Thursday 12 April 2018 at 10.15 in A315
Alessandro Calandri (Marseille)
Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson produced in association with top quarks in the H->bb final state – b-jet idenfication and reconstruction in ATLAS

More information on http://www.hip.fifi/seminars/

COSMO-SEMINAR
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Wednesday 11 April 2018 at 14.15 in A315
Francesc Ferrer (Washington U., St. Louis)
Cosmology of axionic string-wall networks.

More information on http://research.hip.fi/hwp/cosmology/?page_id=206

PHYSICS DEPARTMENT COLLOQUIUM ON 13.04.2018 AT 14.15 IN D101
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You are warmly invited to our next departmental colloquium. Our speaker on Friday is another local professor giving an inaugural lecture to their colleagues. Ilpo Vattulainen’s talk is titled “A physicist’s random walk in the life sciences”. Ilpo is Professor of Biological Physics, and in his talk he will explain how “the toolbox of physics provides the means to reveal the principles and mechanisms that nature uses to maintain life and foster our health”.

The talk will last 30 minutes, after which there will be a cocktail reception. Welcome!

For more information please visit: http://blogs.helsinki.fi/physics-colloquium/

ACADEMY OF FINLAND: FUNDING FOR NSF GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWS FOR RESEARCH IN FINLAND
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The funding is applied for by the Finnish host of the Graduate Research Fellow.

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) awards Graduate Research Fellow (GRF) grants to talented US researchers working on their doctoral thesis for research spells in Finland or other countries included in the Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW) programme.

Application time: 1 March 2018 – 25 April 2018
More information http://www.aka.fi/en/funding/apply-now/academy-calls/funding-for-nsf-graduate-research-fellows-for-research-in-finland/

IRIS.AI -ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOL AVAILABLE FROM APRIL 1 2018 ONWARDS
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The Helsinki University Library has agreed on pilot use of artificial intelligence tool Iris.AI (https://iris.ai/ into). The agreement is valid 1 April to 31 December 2018. Iris.ai search reaches research articles covering multidisciplinary reserach areas.

More information and feedback: Could you benefit from Iris.ai? Explore and tell also us your opinion. All feedback: jukka.englund [@] helsinki.fi
Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY373311

OPEN SCIENCE KIOSKS ON KUMPULA CAMPUS
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Come, ask questions and discuss open science themes with the experts of the library.

Physicum lobby, Kumpula
Tuesday 17 April 2018 at 11 am – 13 pm

More information: http://libraryguides.helsinki.fi/oa/eng
Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY373669

PUBLISHING OPEN ACCESS AND MAKING DATA AVAILABLE
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The Academy of Finland requires that Academy-funded projects commit to open access publishing. It also supports projects in making their research data and methods freely available.

Help for the applicants
Open Access Guide
Research Data Management Guide
Open science
Research Materials and Data
openaccess-info@helsinki.fi
UH DataSupport-team (researchdata@helsinki.fi)
More information in flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/SuomenAkatemia-Tutkimusasiat/Publishing-open-access-and-making-data-available

CALLS BY THE ACADEMY OF FINLAND
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April call 2018
Applications for the April 2018 call can be submitted in the online services between 1 March and 25 April 2018.
Please check the calls. Inquiries via email researchfunding-services@helsinki.fi
More information in flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/SuomenAkatemia-Tutkimusasiat/HY373188

FIRI 2018 Research infrastructures call.
Deadline for submitting the preliminary proposals is Monday, April 16, 2018.
Inquiries via email hy-infraposti@helsinki.fi . More information in flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/tutkimusinfrastruktuuri-tutkimusasiat/firi-2018-research-infrastructures

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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Maj ja Tor Nessling Foundation
PoDoCo program grant application round opens 1.3.-15.4.2018.
Grants awarded by PoDoCo foundation pool are intended for academic research investigating new innovative ideas to boost the strategic renewal of Finnish industry.
More information https://www.nessling.fi/uncategorized-en/podoco-program-grant-application-round-opens-1-3-15-4-2018/?lang=en

The Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation.
Applications are submitted using the electronic application system. http://jaes.fi/en/applying-for-donation/

Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
Mathematics Fund. There are no fixed dates for applying to the Mathematics Fund. Applications should be sent to the chairman of the trustees, Olli Martio (olli.martio [@] helsinki.fi).

HIP NEWS April 3rd 2018

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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS

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Thursday 5 April 2018 at 10.15 in A315

Marco Marquard (CERN/ALICE)

Two ways to study heavy-ion collisions

More information on http://www.hip.fifi/seminars/

ACADEMY OF FINLAND: Funding for NSF Graduate Research Fellows for research in Finland

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The funding is applied for by the Finnish host of the Graduate Research Fellow.

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) awards Graduate Research Fellow (GRF) grants to talented US researchers working on their doctoral thesis for research spells in Finland or other countries included in the Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW) programme.

Application time: 1 March 2018 – 25 April 2018

More information http://www.aka.fi/en/funding/apply-now/academy-calls/funding-for-nsf-graduate-research-fellows-for-research-in-finland/

Iris.AI -artificial intelligence tool available from April 1 2018 onwards

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The Helsinki University Library has agreed on pilot use of artificial intelligence tool Iris.AI (https://iris.ai/ into). The agreement is valid 1 April to 31 December 2018. Iris.ai search reaches research articles covering multidisciplinary reserach areas.

Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY373311

Publishing open access and making data available

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The Academy of Finland requires that Academy-funded projects commit to open access publishing. It also supports projects in making their research data and methods freely available.

Help for the applicants

Open Access Guide

Research Data Management Guide

Open science

Research Materials and Data

openaccess-info@helsinki.fi

UH DataSupport-team (researchdata [@] helsinki.fi)

More information in flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/SuomenAkatemia-Tutkimusasiat/Publishing-open-access-and-making-data-available

CALLS BY THE ACADEMY OF FINLAND

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April call 2018

Applications for the April 2018 call can be submitted in the online services between 1 March and 25 April 2018.

More information in flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/SuomenAkatemia-Tutkimusasiat/HY373188

FIRI 2018 Research infrastructures call.

Deadline for submitting the preliminary proposals is Monday, April 16, 2018.

More information in flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/tutkimusinfrastruktuuri-tutkimusasiat/firi-2018-research-infrastructures

Funding opportunities

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Maj ja Tor Nessling Foundation

PoDoCo program grant application round opens 1.3.-15.4.2018.

Grants awarded by PoDoCo foundation pool are intended for academic research investigating new innovative ideas to boost the strategic renewal of Finnish industry.

More information https://www.nessling.fi/uncategorized-en/podoco-program-grant-application-round-opens-1-3-15-4-2018/?lang=en

The Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation.

Applications are submitted using the electronic application system. http://jaes.fi/en/applying-for-donation/

Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.

Mathematics Fund. There are no fixed dates for applying to the Mathematics Fund. Applications should be sent to the chairman of the trustees, Olli Martio (olli.martio [@ ] helsinki.fi).

HIP NEWS March 26th 2018

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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS

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Tuesday 27 March 2018 at 11.00 in A315

K. Kajantie (Helsinki) Note start delayed by 45 min!

Memory effect, supertranslations and symmetries at null infinity

More information on http://www.hip.fifi/seminars/

COSMO seminar

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Wednesday 28 March 2018 at 14.15 in A315

Jacopo Fumagalli (NIKHEF Amsterdam)

TBA

More information on http://research.hip.fi/hwp/cosmology/?page_id=206

Stephen Hawking Symposium

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Wednesday 28 March 2018 at 16.00-18.00

Physicum, D101, Kumpula

The Physics Department Colloquium series will hold a special event to celebrate the life, work and influence of Stephen Hawking. Coffee will be served from 16.00, the talks will start at 16.30. The talks will be accessible to a general audience.

Full program at: https://blogs.helsinki.fi/physics-colloquium/hawking/

ACADEMY OF FINLAND: Funding for NSF Graduate Research Fellows for research in Finland

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The funding is applied for by the Finnish host of the Graduate Research Fellow.

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) awards Graduate Research Fellow (GRF) grants to talented US researchers working on their doctoral thesis for research spells in Finland or other countries included in the Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW) programme.

Application time: 1 March 2018 – 25 April 2018

More information http://www.aka.fi/en/funding/apply-now/academy-calls/funding-for-nsf-graduate-research-fellows-for-research-in-finland/

Research Professional funding database tool improved

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Research Professional has recently improved the service for the University of Helsinki.

For example A new awards search for grant winners is provided.

More info about the usage can be found from the UH Flamma page https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/Muukansainvalinenrahoitus/researchprofessional

Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/fi/HY373344

HIP NEWS March 19th 2018
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Tuesday 20 March 2018 at 10.15 in A315
Markus Seidel (CERN)
Top mass and subtle QCD effects

More information on http://www.hip.fifi/seminars/

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Thursday 22 March 2018 at 10.15 in A315
Bogdan Stefanski (CU London)
The protected closed string spectrum of AdS3/CFT2 from integrability

More information on http://www.hip.fifi/seminars/

ACADEMY OF FINLAND: FUNDING FOR NSF GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWS FOR RESEARCH IN FINLAND
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The funding is applied for by the Finnish host of the Graduate Research Fellow.

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) awards Graduate Research Fellow (GRF) grants to talented US researchers working on their doctoral thesis for research spells in Finland or other countries included in the Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW) programme.

Application time: 1 March 2018 – 25 April 2018

More information http://www.aka.fi/en/funding/apply-now/academy-calls/funding-for-nsf-graduate-research-fellows-for-research-in-finland/

THE MAIKKI FRIBERG EQUALITY AWARD: SUGGEST A CANDIDATE
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The Maikki Friberg Award is granted annually for notable work towards the promotion of equality at the University of Helsinki. All members of the University community may suggest a candidate. Communities and units may also propose themselves for the award.

Submit your suggestions by Submit your suggestions by 23rd March 2018.

Instructions can be found in flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY360853

HIP NEWS March 12th 2018
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Tuesday 13 March 2018 at 10.15 in A315
Joosep Pata (ETH Zürich)
Searching for the direct top-Higgs coupling at CMS using the matrix element method

More information on http://www.hip.fifi/seminars/

PHYSICS DEPARTMENT COLLOQUIUM ON 16.03.2018 AT 14.15 IN D101
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You are warmly invited to our next departmental colloquium. Our speaker on Friday is our own Minna Palmroth, who will give an inaugural lecture to her colleagues here at the department, titled “Space is the new black!”. Minna is both Professor of Computational Space Physics and Director of the new Finnish Centre of Excellence in Research of Sustainable Space, and in her talk she will discuss the the commercialisation of space, the growth of startups focussing on satellites and the implications these and other factors have for our use of space as a shared resource.

The talk will last 30 minutes, after which there will be a cocktail reception. Welcome!

For more information please visit: http://blogs.helsinki.fi/physics-colloquium/

PHYSICS DAYS 2018 – SEEING THE INVISIBLE
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Physics Days 2018 – Fysiikan päivät 2018, the 52nd annual meeting of the Finnish Physical Society, will be held at LOGOMO in Turku, March 21-23, 2018. The event is jointly organized by the Finnish Physical Society and University of Turku.
Registration is open and it is done via Aboa Congress and Event Services.  The early registration period is 15.11.2018 – 15.02.2018 and the late registration period is 16.02.2018 – 05.03.2018.
http://fp2018.utu.fi/

THE MAIKKI FRIBERG EQUALITY AWARD: SUGGEST A CANDIDATE
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The Maikki Friberg Award is granted annually for notable work towards the promotion of equality at the University of Helsinki. All members of the University community may suggest a candidate. Communities and units may also propose themselves for the award.

Submit your suggestions by Submit your suggestions by 23rd March 2018.

Instructions can be found in flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY360853

ACADEMY OF FINLAND: FUNDING FOR NSF GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWS FOR RESEARCH IN FINLAND
—————————————————————————————————————
The funding is applied for by the Finnish host of the Graduate Research Fellow.

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) awards Graduate Research Fellow (GRF) grants to talented US researchers working on their doctoral thesis for research spells in Finland or other countries included in the Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW) programme.

Application time: 1 March 2018 – 25 April 2018
Inquiries via email: researchfunding-services [@] helsinki.fi

More information http://www.aka.fi/en/funding/apply-now/academy-calls/funding-for-nsf-graduate-research-fellows-for-research-in-finland/

RESEARCH FUNDING: (KUMPULA) ERC GENERAL INFO IN KUMPULA
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Wednesday 18 April 2018 at 14h15-16h00
More information: ulrika.backman [@] helsinki.fi
Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/researchfunding/fundingtraining

HIP NEWS March 5th 2018
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS / HIP JOINT COLLOQUIA / SEMINARS
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Tuesday 6 March 2018 at 10.15 in A315
Kenneth Österberg (Helsinki)
Recent TOTEM results – probing the existence of a colourless 3-gluon bound state

More information on http://www.hip.fifi/seminars/

CERN ACCELERATOR SCHOOL ON BEAM INSTRUMENTATION, TUUSULA JUNE 2018
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The CERN accelerator school on beam instrumentation is held 2-15 June 2018
in hotel Gustavelund, Tuusula, Finland. The course is split into morning lectures and
“hands-on” courses. The focus is on typical instruments used in high and low energy
linear and circular particle accelerators. The course is open for registration on:

http://cas.web.cern.ch/schools/tuusula-2018

where also more information can be found. Registration deadline April 1st 2018.

APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN: THEMATIC CERN SCHOOL OF COMPUTING 2018
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Applications are open for the 2018 Thematic CERN School of Computing (tCSC 2018), which takes place on 3-9 June 2018 in Split, Croatia.

This School is focused on High Throughput Distributed Processing of Future HEP Data, and covers the following topics:
• Technologies and platforms
• Parallel and optimised scientific software development
• Effective I/O for scientific applications

All details, including the application form, can be found at https://indico.cern.ch/e/tCSC-2018

Anyone can apply for the Thematic School. Application deadline is 11 March. Please note that the School will be limited to 24 participants. The total fee of the School is EUR 550 per participant.

For all enquiries and correspondence related to the school, please email: Computing.School@cern.ch

BILATERAL FUNDING PROGRAM FOR SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION BETWEEN FRANCE AND FINLAND
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For the second year the Institut Français in Helsinki, the Embassy of France in Finland and the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation have partnered with the Finnish Society for Sciences and Letters and the Finnish Academy for Science and Letters in Finland to open the call for proposals of the seed funding program to initiate and strengthen bilateral cooperation in science, innovation and higher education in fields of excellence.
There are three programs availailable:
1-French Renowned Scientist Conference Series (FRSCS)
2-Researchers Short Mobility program (RSM)
3- “Higher Education, Research and Innovation” Workshop (ERI-W)

Deadline for the applications: 8 March 2018.

For more information: http://www.france.fi/uncategorized/science-and-universities/bilateral-funding-program-for-scientific-cooperation-between-france-and-finland/?lang=en

PHYSICS DAYS 2018 – SEEING THE INVISIBLE
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Physics Days 2018 – Fysiikan päivät 2018, the 52nd annual meeting of the Finnish Physical Society, will be held at LOGOMO in Turku, March 21-23, 2018. The event is jointly organized by the Finnish Physical Society and University of Turku.
Registration is open and it is done via Aboa Congress and Event Services. (Follow this link.) The early registration period is 15.11.2018 – 15.02.2018 and the late registration period is 16.02.2018 – 05.03.2018.
http://fp2018.utu.fi/

UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI INFO SESSION: MARIE SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIPS 2018
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Thursday 8 March 2018 at 9:30-11:30, Metsätalo (Unioninkatu 40, Sali 7)
Do you wish to invite a potential researcher from abroad to your research team? Are you looking for funding in order to host a foreign researcher ?
NB! Registration is free, but required. Last day to register is 6 March 2018.
Further information: researchfunding-services@helsinki.fi
https://hy.etapahtuma.fi/Default.aspx?tabid=419&id=50576

JUFO – PARTICIPATE IN THE EVALUATION OF THE ACADEMIC PUBLICATION CHANNELS
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Publication Forum (JUFO) is inviting members of the scientific community to participate in a re-evaluation of the publication channels, which will be carried out during this year. Publication Forum is a publication channel classification system implemented by the Finnish scientific community that supports the quality assessment of research output.
Suggestions made before the end of March 2018 will be included in the first stage of the re-evaluation.
More information on http://julkaisufoorumi.fi/fi/arkisto/tiedotteet/participate-evaluation-academic-publication-channels

THE MAIKKI FRIBERG EQUALITY AWARD: SUGGEST A CANDIDATE
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The Maikki Friberg Award is granted annually for notable work towards the promotion of equality at the University of Helsinki. All members of the University community may suggest a candidate. Communities and units may also propose themselves for the award.

Submit your suggestions by Submit your suggestions by 23rd March 2018.

Instructions can be found in flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY360853

REGISTRATION OPEN FOR THE EXPERIENCING FINLAND EVENT, MARCH 13, 2018
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Newly arrived international staff and their family members are welcome to the next Experiencing Finland Event, taking place on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, 5pm-8pm at Think Corner, entrance Yliopistonkatu 4.
Registration is now open until March 8, 2018, please use the link below: https://www.lyyti.fi/reg/Experiencing_Finland_Event_9488
Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/fi/HY372317

HIP NEWS February 26th 2018
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CERN ACCELERATOR SCHOOL ON BEAM INSTRUMENTATION, TUUSULA JUNE 2018
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The CERN accelerator school on beam instrumentation is held 2-15 June 2018
in hotel Gustavelund, Tuusula, Finland. The course is split into morning lectures and
“hands-on” courses. The focus is on typical instruments used in high and low energy
linear and circular particle accelerators. The course is open for registration on:

http://cas.web.cern.ch/schools/tuusula-2018

where also more information can be found. Registration deadline April 1st 2018.

APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN: THEMATIC CERN SCHOOL OF COMPUTING 2018
——————————————————————-
Applications are open for the 2018 Thematic CERN School of Computing (tCSC 2018), which takes place on 3-9 June 2018 in Split, Croatia.

This School is focused on High Throughput Distributed Processing of Future HEP Data, and covers the following topics:
• Technologies and platforms
• Parallel and optimised scientific software development
• Effective I/O for scientific applications

All details, including the application form, can be found at https://indico.cern.ch/e/tCSC-2018

Anyone can apply for the Thematic School. Application deadline is 11 March. Please note that the School will be limited to 24 participants. The total fee of the School is EUR 550 per participant.

For all enquiries and correspondence related to the school, please email: Computing.School [@] cern.ch

BILATERAL FUNDING PROGRAM FOR SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION BETWEEN FRANCE AND FINLAND
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For the second year the Institut Français in Helsinki, the Embassy of France in Finland and the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation have partnered with the Finnish Society for Sciences and Letters and the Finnish Academy for Science and Letters in Finland to open the call for proposals of the seed funding program to initiate and strengthen bilateral cooperation in science, innovation and higher education in fields of excellence.
There are three programs availailable:
1-French Renowned Scientist Conference Series (FRSCS)
2-Researchers Short Mobility program (RSM)
3- “Higher Education, Research and Innovation” Workshop (ERI-W)

Deadline for the applications: 8 March 2018.

For more information: http://www.france.fi/uncategorized/science-and-universities/bilateral-funding-program-for-scientific-cooperation-between-france-and-finland/?lang=en

PHYSICS DAYS 2018 – SEEING THE INVISIBLE
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Physics Days 2018 – Fysiikan päivät 2018, the 52nd annual meeting of the Finnish Physical Society, will be held at LOGOMO in Turku, March 21-23, 2018. The event is jointly organized by the Finnish Physical Society and University of Turku.
Registration is open and it is done via Aboa Congress and Event Services. (Follow this link.) The early registration period is 15.11.2018 – 15.02.2018 and the late registration period is 16.02.2018 – 05.03.2018.
http://fp2018.utu.fi/

JUFO – PARTICIPATE IN THE EVALUATION OF THE ACADEMIC PUBLICATION CHANNELS
——————————————————————————–
Publication Forum (JUFO) is inviting members of the scientific community to participate in a re-evaluation of the publication channels, which will be carried out during this year. Publication Forum is a publication channel classification system implemented by the Finnish scientific community that supports the quality assessment of research output.
Suggestions made before the end of March 2018 will be included in the first stage of the re-evaluation.
More information on http://julkaisufoorumi.fi/fi/arkisto/tiedotteet/participate-evaluation-academic-publication-channels

HIP NEWS February 19th 2018
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CERN ACCELERATOR SCHOOL ON BEAM INSTRUMENTATION, TUUSULA JUNE 2018
————————————————————————————————–
The CERN accelerator school on beam instrumentation is held 2-15 June 2018
in hotel Gustavelund, Tuusula, Finland. The course is split into morning lectures and
“hands-on” courses. The focus is on typical instruments used in high and low energy
linear and circular particle accelerators. The course is open for registration on:

http://cas.web.cern.ch/schools/tuusula-2018

where also more information can be found. Registration deadline April 1st 2018.

APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN: THEMATIC CERN SCHOOL OF COMPUTING 2018
———————————————————————————————-
Applications are open for the 2018 Thematic CERN School of Computing (tCSC 2018), which takes place on 3-9 June 2018 in Split, Croatia.

This School is focused on High Throughput Distributed Processing of Future HEP Data, and covers the following topics:
• Technologies and platforms
• Parallel and optimised scientific software development
• Effective I/O for scientific applications

All details, including the application form, can be found at https://indico.cern.ch/e/tCSC-2018

Anyone can apply for the Thematic School. Application deadline is 11 March. Please note that the School will be limited to 24 participants. The total fee of the School is EUR 550 per participant.

For all enquiries and correspondence related to the school, please email: Computing.School [@] cern.ch

BILATERAL FUNDING PROGRAM FOR SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION BETWEEN FRANCE AND FINLAND
————————————————————————————–
For the second year the Institut Français in Helsinki, the Embassy of France in Finland and the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation have partnered with the Finnish Society for Sciences and Letters and the Finnish Academy for Science and Letters in Finland to open the call for proposals of the seed funding program to initiate and strengthen bilateral cooperation in science, innovation and higher education in fields of excellence.
There are three programs availailable:
1-French Renowned Scientist Conference Series (FRSCS)
2-Researchers Short Mobility program (RSM)
3- “Higher Education, Research and Innovation” Workshop (ERI-W)

Deadline for the applications: 8 March 2018.

For more information: http://www.france.fi/uncategorized/science-and-universities/bilateral-funding-program-for-scientific-cooperation-between-france-and-finland/?lang=en

PHYSICS DAYS 2018 – SEEING THE INVISIBLE
——————————————————-
Physics Days 2018 – Fysiikan päivät 2018, the 52nd annual meeting of the Finnish Physical Society, will be held at LOGOMO in Turku, March 21-23, 2018. The event is jointly organized by the Finnish Physical Society and University of Turku.
Registration is open and it is done via Aboa Congress and Event Services.

The early registration period is 15.11.2018 – 15.02.2018 and the late registration period is 16.02.2018 – 05.03.2018.
http://fp2018.utu.fi/

HIP NEWS February 12th 2018
==============================

CERN ACCELERATOR SCHOOL ON BEAM INSTRUMENTATION, TUUSULA JUNE 2018
————————————————————————————————–
The CERN accelerator school on beam instrumentation is held 2-15 June 2018
in hotel Gustavelund, Tuusula, Finland. The course is split into morning lectures and
“hands-on” courses. The focus is on typical instruments used in high and low energy
linear and circular particle accelerators. The course is open for registration on:

http://cas.web.cern.ch/schools/tuusula-2018

where also more information can be found. Registration deadline April 1st 2018.”

APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN: THEMATIC CERN SCHOOL OF COMPUTING 2018
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Applications are open for the 2018 Thematic CERN School of Computing (tCSC 2018), which takes place on 3-9 June 2018 in Split, Croatia.

This School is focused on High Throughput Distributed Processing of Future HEP Data, and covers the following topics:
• Technologies and platforms
• Parallel and optimised scientific software development
• Effective I/O for scientific applications

All details, including the application form, can be found at https://indico.cern.ch/e/tCSC-2018

Anyone can apply for the Thematic School. Application deadline is 11 March. Please note that the School will be limited to 24 participants. The total fee of the School is EUR 550 per participant.

For all enquiries and correspondence related to the school, please email: Computing.School [@] cern.ch

GRANTS FOR THREE-YEAR RESEARCH PROJECTS FOR FUNDING PERIOD 2019–2021
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The grants for three-year research projects are intended for promising researchers of the University of Helsinki. The funding is aimed to support future research leaders who are starting to conduct independent research and establishing a research group at the University of Helsinki.

The application period begins on Thursday, 25 January 2018, and the deadline for letters of intent is Thursday, 15 February 2018 at 3:00 pm.

Letters of intent are submitted online at www.helsinki.fi/aava.

Please read carefully the application instructions before filling in the application form!
More information in flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY371408

BILATERAL FUNDING PROGRAM FOR SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION BETWEEN FRANCE AND FINLAND
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For the second year the Institut Français in Helsinki, the Embassy of France in Finland and the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation have partnered with the Finnish Society for Sciences and Letters and the Finnish Academy for Science and Letters in Finland to open the call for proposals of the seed funding program to initiate and strengthen bilateral cooperation in science, innovation and higher education in fields of excellence.
There are three programs availailable:
1-French Renowned Scientist Conference Series (FRSCS)
2-Researchers Short Mobility program (RSM)
3- “Higher Education, Research and Innovation” Workshop (ERI-W)

Deadline for the applications: 8 March 2018.

For more information: http://www.france.fi/uncategorized/science-and-universities/bilateral-funding-program-for-scientific-cooperation-between-france-and-finland/?lang=en

J.V. SNELLMAN AWARD: NOMINATE YOUR CANDIDATE BY 13TH FEBRUARY 2018
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Suggestions for the recipient of the J.V. Snellman Public Information Award for outstanding efforts to disseminate scholarly knowledge are invited from the University community. More information in Flamma https://flamma.helsinki.fi/en/HY372251