Conference Grants
Conference Grants are aimed at supporting PhD students and ECI researchers from Inclusiveness Target Countries to attend international science and technology related conferences not specifically organised by the COST Action.
BigSkyEarth Workshop in Brno
BigSkyEarth COST Action organizes its first workshop, with the topic “Research Matchmaking – Building Bridges Between Disciplines”, in Brno, Czech Republic, on April 14-16, 2016. The workshop participants will have an opportunity to present their research in astroinformatics, geoinformatics, Big Data, data visualization or Big Data outreach, suggest how to expand their work into larger collaborations and seek potential research partners among the workshop participants.
read moreThe third call for Short Term Scientific Missions
This is the third call for Short Term Scientific Missions (STSM) within BigSkyEarth COST Action. Short Term Scientific Missions (STSM) are exchange visits aimed at supporting individual mobility, strengthening existing networks and fostering collaboration between researchers. A STSM should specifically contribute to the scientific objectives of the COST Action, whilst at the same time allowing those partaking in the missions to learn new techniques, gain access to specific data, instruments and/or methods not available in their own...
read moreOpen positions related to the LSST Data Management at the University of Washington
The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) project is a 10-year survey of the sky that will deliver a 200 petabyte set of images and data products. Its Data Management team has postdoc and research staff positions open at the University of Washington: * Multiple LSST DM Research Scientist Positions https://jobregister.aas.org/job_view?JobID=53043 (deadline: January 31st) * Multiple LSST DM Postdoc Positions https://jobregister.aas.org/job_view?JobID=53059 (deadline: January 15th) The University of Washington is responsible for the development...
read morePhD position: Content Merge from Crowd-Sourced Spatial Information
Content Merge from Crowd-Sourced Spatial Information Dr. Bianca Schoen-‐Phelan Application Deadline: 11 January 2016 Application Documents: Academic CV, Cover letter, any other documents that the applicant considers relevant Start Date: February 2016 Application Method: Email to [email protected] Project Description The recent decade has seen an unprecedented surge in available geo-referenced data. Social media providers, such as twitter (text) or flickr (images), have started to incorporate location into their feeds. This provides an...
read moreApply to the BIGSKYEARTH Training School
The 1st BigSkyEarth Training School will gather around 30 researchers for hands-on training on Big Data analytics in astronomy and Earth observation with six expert instructors from the EU and the USA. The School will take place in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, at the German Aerospace Center, from 4-9 April, 2016. The COST Action BigSkyEarth provides grants to 18 trainees from BigSkyEarth member countries for travel and costs of the school attendance.
read moreWG3 and WG4 meeting in Dubrovnik
Dates: October 5 & 6, 2015. If you plan to attend the meeting, please register HERE. The meeting is collocated with Astroinformatics 2015 conference. Information about the venue and hotel reservation are available HERE. Contact person: Dejan Vinkovic (dejan at ...
read moreWG1 and WG2 meeting in Lyon
Date: 19 – 20 October 2015 Working Group 1 and 2 meeting is hosted by the University of Lyon. It is collocated with the 2015 International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems (ISMIS) Venue Information here Contact: Karine.Zeitouni at uvsq.fr
read moreThe second call for Short Term Scientific Missions
This is the second call for Short Term Scientific Missions (STSM) within BigSkyEarth COST Action. Short Term Scientific Missions (STSM) are exchange visits aimed at supporting individual mobility, strengthening existing networks and fostering collaboration between researchers.
read moreWhy Should My Company Join Big-Sky-Earth?
The Big-Sky-Earth network is actively encouraging companies in the astronomy, earth observation, big data, and related industries to join the network and engage in our activities.
read moreThe first call for Short Term Scientific Missions
This is the first call for Short Term Scientific Missions (STSM) within BigSkyEarth COST Action. The deadline for applications is June 30, 2015.
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