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CEWQO 2014

By Bénédicte Huchet. Published on 26 March 2014 in:
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The 21st Central European Workshop on Quantum Optics [CEWQO 2014] will be held from 23-27 June 2014 in Brussels, Belgium.
The CEWQO 2014 is part of a series of workshops started in the 1990s to encourage collaboration with Central-European countries. It has become a central annual meeting for European researchers working in quantum optics, its applications to quantum information, and foundations of quantum mechanics.
Some student grants, mainly for students and postdocs from economically disfavoured regions…

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SigmaPhi2014

By Bénédicte Huchet. Published on 26 March 2014 in:
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The International conference on Statistical Physics [SigmaPhi2014] will be held from 7-11 July 2014 in Rhodes, Greece.
The conference will cover all the topics of statistical physics: foundations and theoretical aspects of classical, quantum and relativistic statistical physics and thermodynamics; applications to physical systems; applications to non-physical systems. The SigmaPhi2014 conference is organised in symposia dealing with general aspects and applications. Some workshops will cluster talks dedicated to special topics and poster sessions will be also part of the programme.
The Annual Meeting of the European Physical Society – Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Division will be held…

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EAS’s recommendations on Open Access

By Bénédicte Huchet. Published on 26 March 2014 in:
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The European Astronomical Society [EAS] published a report entitled “Exploring the road to Open Access Publishing”. The report examines many aspects of open access with regard to publishing in the domain of astronomy, and provides 6 recommendations.
The EAS report explores the benefits and limitations of open access publication. The recurrent and main concern is the financial uncertainty arising from the transition from the traditional system and open access publication.
The conclusions of the report underline the importance of informing the members of the scientific community…

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EPS-PED and GIREP to cooperate

By David Lee. Published on 26 March 2014 in:
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The Physics Education Division of the European Physical Society [EPS-PED] and the International Research Group on Physics Teaching [GIREP] have signed a cooperation agreement. The letter includes in particular the exchange of information on activities and conferences.
The EPS-PED and GIREP have a long history of collaborating with one another. The EPS-PED and GIREP have common members on their respective boards. The European Physics Education Conference [EPEC] is often co-located with the GIREP. The EPS-EPEC brings together physicists working in physics educational research and…

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EPS-SIF International School on Energy

By Bénédicte Huchet. Published on 27 February 2014 in:
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The EPS together with the Italian Physical Society [SIF] will organise the 2nd Course of the Joint EPS-SIF International School on Energy in Varenna, Italy, on the Lake Como from 17-23 July 2014. The title of this Course is: “Energy: Basic concepts and forefront ideas”.
The primary goal of the School will be to present all physics fields with relevance for the technologies of energy production, conversion, transmission and savings. Their potential will be presented but also the need for more research and development to fully unfold it will be indicated. For this purpose, basic lectures and topical seminars will be…

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ECOSS-30

By Jorge Rivero González. Published on 27 February 2014 in:
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The 30th European Conference on Surface Science [ECOSS-30] will take place from 31 August to 5 September 2014 in Antalya, Turkey.
ECOSS-30 is jointly organised by the Surface Science Division of the International Union of Vacuum Science [IUVSTA] and the Surface and Interface Section of the of the Condensed Matter Division of the European Physical Society [SIS-CMD-EPS].
The conference provides a comprehensive overview of the recent advances and current challenges in…

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EPS Council 2014

By David Lee. Published on 20 December 2013 in:
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The Executive Committee will present modifications to the Constitution to make it easier to read and updated taking into account communications methods and revised structure. A list of all the modifications can be found on the EPS website.

Changes in Membership Fees for Individual Members only will also be presented to Council, modifying section 6 of Annexe 1 to the Constitution and By-laws…

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6th EUROPHOTON

By Jorge Rivero González. Published on 26 November 2013 in:
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The 6th EUROPHOTON conference “Solid State, Fibre, and Waveguide Coherent Light Sources” will take place at Neuchatel, Switzerland from 24 to 29 August 2014.

The biannual conference from the European Physical Society’s Quantum Electronics and Optics Division [EPS-QEOD] is aimed to bring together world-renowned researchers to discuss the latest advances in the field of solid-state lasers and fibre and waveguide devices…

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