BAASP 2023

SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT

Local Organizing Committee announces deadline extensions:

August 28, 2023         Abstract submission closed

September 4, 2023     Abstract acceptance

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On September 21st–22nd, at Ventspils University of Applied Sciences an 8th International Scientific Conference “Baltic Applied Astroinformatics and Space data Processing” (BAASP) will be held (ONLINE) and it will be organized by Engineering Research Institute “Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre”. There is no participation fee in this Conference.

Aim of the Conference.

The BAASP Conferences are intended as a collaboration platform for cross border partnership and knowledge transfer in Baltic region as well as all Europe for astronomers, astrophysicists, space researchers and engineers as well as experts in related research disciplines in fields such as informatics, electronics, satellite technology, geodesy, and environment sciences. While the general scope of BAASP is wide, the specific themes of the BAASP 2023 are astronomy, radio astronomy, and space technologies. We suggest keynote (30 min), oral (15 min) and e-poster contributions. E-posters will be presented (5 min) during the conference and displayed on the conference home page. We are proposing to publish peer reviewed Conference papers within the theme “Machine learning and other modern data analysis techniques in solar and heliospheric physics" in the journal “Universe” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/universe/sections/solar_system ) with no publication charge. We recommend authors submit the appropriate papers to the journal “Applied Sciences” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/about/ ).

Conference Theme:

While the general scope of BAASP is wide, the specific themes of the BAASP 2023 are Astronomy, Radio Astronomy, and Space Technologies. Conference working language – English.

The scope of the conference:

Fundamental and applied research that related to astronomy, particularly radio astronomy and astrophysics, and research of the near-Earth space, space technologies, remote sensing.

✓ Astrophysics is driven by the exploitation of astronomical observations, which includes data processing, interpretation, and putting the results in an appropriate scientific context to understand the underlying physical phenomena. The path from observations to discoveries is the focus of BAASP 2023.

✓ Research of the near-Earth space is important due to direct impact on the Earth's ecosphere, including the conditions of human existence. On a larger scale, it includes research of the central star of our planetary system, the Sun, solar-terrestrial interaction, on a narrower scale contamination of the near-Earth space by human activity.

✓ Space technologies, including communications, navigation, space operations, satellite design, testing and implementation, engineering of new generation radio telescope front-end and back- end solutions. Space is such a novel environment. Attempting to work in it requires new tools and techniques. Many common everyday services such as weather forecasting, remote sensing, satellite navigation systems, satellite television, and some long-distance communications systems critically rely on space technologies. In addition, sciences, such as astronomy and Earth science benefit from space technology. New technologies originating with or accelerated by space-related endeavors are often subsequently exploited in other economic activities.

Important Dates:

June 10, 2023                     Registration and abstract submission opened

August 8, 2023                   Abstract submission closed

August 17, 2023                 Abstract acceptance

September 19, 2023           Registration without contribution closed

September 21 – 23, 2023   Conference BAASP 2023

December 14, 2023            Paper for publication submission closed.

Scientific Organizing Committee:

  Prof. Andris Vaivads (Chairman)

 Ventspils University of Applied Sciences

    Dr. phys. Ivar Shmeld

 Ventspils University of Applied Sciences

    Prof. Leonid Gurvits

 Joint Institute for VLBI and TU Delft

    Dr. Dainis Dravins

 Lund Observatory

    Dr.phys. Ilgmārs Eglītis

 University of Latvia

    Ph.D. Juha Kallunki

 Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences

    Habil.Dr. Gražina Tautvaišienė

 Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy

    Dr. phys. Juris Kalvāns

 Ventspils University of Applied Sciences

    Dr.phys. Boris Ryabov

 Ventspils University of Applied Sciences

    Dr. phys. Juris Freimanis

 Ventspils University of Applied Sciences

    Dr.sc.ing. Janis Kaminskis

Riga Technical University

    Dr. phys. Dmitrii Kolotkov

 University of Warwick

Local Organizing Committee:

Boris Ryabov e-mail: boriss@venta.lv

Rūta Maltisova e-mail: ruta.maltisova@venta.lv