AstroRob2019 (Sep 30-Oct 4, 2019) First Announcement
Dear colleagues,
Following the success of the previous five workshops in 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2019, it is a pleasure to announce the 6th Workshop on Robotic Autonomous Observatories (AstroRob 2019), to be held in
Torremolinos (Málaga), Spain on Sep 30- Oct 4, 2019.
Ten years after the celebration of the First Workshop on robotic autonomous observatories in Málaga, the number of automatic astronomical facilities worldwide has significantly grown, as well as the level of robotisation, autonomy, and networking, with many recent developments motivated by the search of new electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational waves in the next months. This has a strong impact in many other astrophysical fields, like fireballs detection, minor planet studies, the search for extra-solar planets, the monitoring of variable stars in our Galaxy, the study of active galactic nuclei, the detection and monitoring of supernovae, and the immediate follow-up of high-energy transients such as cosmic gamma-ray bursts, besides the search of neutrino and gravitational waves electromagnetic counterparts. Last, but not least, space debris surveillance and tracking is another field of increasing interest. Educational aspects will be also covered.
The Scientific Organizing Committee will try to work on a very dynamic program, dealing not only with scientific and technical issues but also with educational and open science aspects. The workshop will be host in Hotel Smy Costa del Sol (same hotel as in the 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015, a hotel which has just been refurbished) in Torremolinos, Málaga (Spain) just at the beach forefront and 10 min from the Malaga International Airport. Your family is most welcome if they also want to relax while you are attending the Workshop (check special discounts). Temperatures are still very pleasant at that time of the year (early Autumn) and swimming in the Mediterranean see is feasible. For the second time, the Workshop time will take place around the famous Torremolinos’s San Miguel Fair so we will also plan some activity around this celebration (Sep 29-Oct 2).
This Sixth Workshop will be hosted by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC) and the Department of Systems Engineering and Automatics (ISA-UMA) under the auspices of the Spanish Research Council
(CSIC) and the Universidad de Málaga.
The Scientific and Local Organizing Committees are listed below:
Scientific Organizing Committee
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Amelia Bayo (Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile)
M. D. Caballero-García (ASU-CAS, Prague, CZ)
Alberto J. Castro-Tirado (IAA-CSIC Granada, Spain; chair)
Alex R. Gibbs (University of Arizona, USA)
Sergey Guziy (Nikolaev National University, Ukraine)
Lorraine Hanlon (UCD, Ireland)
David Hiriart (UNAM, Mexico)
Nobuyuki Kawai (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Vladimir Lipunov (MSU Moscow, Russia)
David Martínez-Delgado (CFST Warszawa, Poland)
Shashi B. Pandey (ARIES Nainital, India)
Carlos Pérez del Pulgar (UMA, Spain)
Ferhat Fikri Özeren (TÜBİTAK TUG and ERCİYES University,Turkey)
Binbin Zhang (University of Nanjing, China)
Local Organizing Committee
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María Eva Alcoholado-Feltström (LOC secretary)
Antonio Reina (UMA, Spain; chair)
Irene Carrasco, Emilio Fernández-García, Youdong Hu (IAA-CSIC)
Alberto Castellón, Sebastián Castillo (UMA)
The main dates to remember are:
25 Feb 2019: First announcement
12 May 2019: Second announcement
15 July 2019: Deadline for early registration
06 Aug 2019: Deadline for hotel reservation
14 Sep 2019: Deadline for oral talks contributions
19 Sep 2019: Preliminary Scientific Program
01 Sep 2019: Deadline for posters request
15 Sep 2019: Last Announcement
30 Sep-4 Oct 2019: Workshop
As usual, additional information and details on Registration can be found at the Workshop web page:
astrorob.iaa.es
Finally please do not hesitate to forward this to whoever you think may be interested.
Looking forward to seeing you in Málaga !
Alberto J. Castro-Tirado
on behalf of the organizers
