Kazakhstan-Japan astronomy mini workshop has been held in Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute today, March 29, 2017. It included a wide range of topics — observational techniques, computational astrophysics, gravitational waves, cataclysmic variables, and more.
Workshop program:
Session 1
11.10-11.30 | OISTER: Observations of Gravitational Wave Sources | Prof. Kazuhiro Sekiguchi, Optical and Infrared Astronomy Division, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan |
11.30-11.40 | Presentation of Nazarbayev University Research and Innovation System | Baurzhan Alzhanov, Engineer, Nazarbayev University Research and Innovation System, Kazakhstan |
11.40-12.00 | Simulating the Universe | Prof. Eiichiro Kokubo, Center for Computational Astrophysics / Division of Theoretical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan |
12.00-12.20 | APHI Server Facilities And Their Applications | Dr. Denis Yurin, Lead Researcher, APHI |
12.20-12.40 | Observation network for planets of the solar system with ground-based telescopes and spacecrafts | Prof. Yukihiro Takahashi, Department of Cosmosciences, Hokkaido University, Japan |
12.40-13.00 | Optical Observations of Cataclysmic Variables | Dr. Ryoko Ishioka, Research scientist Academia Sinica, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Taiwan |
13.00-13.15 | Assy-Turgen observatory, Astroclimate research 2017 | Stepan Serebryakov, Engineer, Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute, Kazakhstan |
Session 2
14.40-15.00 | NEO search using small telescopes -Discovery of two NEOs, 2017 BK and 2017 BN92 | Dr. Toshifumi Yanagisawa, Asociate Senior Researcher, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan |
15.00-15.20 | Fundamental parameters and spectral variations of HD 85567 | Khokhlov Serik, Research scientist, Al Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan |
15.20-16.40 | Space debris cloud evolution modeling with respect to mutual collisions | Chingiz Akniyazov, Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute, Kazakhstan |
16.40-16.50 | Possible Collaborations with Kazakhstan colleagues- Asteroid observations –Young asteroid families, Phaethon, and- YETI (Taiwan) | Dr. Fumi Yoshida, research scientist Office of International Relations, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan |