September 9-13, 2019: Workshop: A Synoptic View of the Magellanic Clouds – VMC, Gaia and Beyond, Garching, Germany, Talk: “Evolved massive stars in the Magellanic Clouds” – Ming Yang
July 17-19, 2019: Computational Intelligence in Remote Sensing and Astrophysics workshop, FORTH, Crete, Greece, Talk: “Automated classification of massive stars in nearby galaxies” – Grigoris Maravelias
July 8-11, 2019: 14th Hellenic Astronomical Conference, Volos, Greece Talk: “Automated classification of massive stars in nearby galaxies” – Grigoris Maravelias
June 24-28, 2019: EWASS 2019, SS17, Lyon, France Talk: “The key ingredients: mass, binarity and mass loss” – Alceste Bonanos
June 3-8, 2019: Supernova Remnants II, Crete, Greece Poster: “Identifying massive stars in nearby galaxies, in a smart way” – Grigoris Maravelias Poster: “Evolved Massive Stars at Low-metallicity: A Source Catalog for the Small Magellanic Cloud” – Ming Yang
Observing Runs:
2020 ✔ 39 hours at 8m VLT-ESO (Period 105) ✔ 42 hours at 10.4m GTC (Semester 2020A)
Workshop Organization:
December 13, 2019: Machine-learning workshop at NOA, Penteli, Greece
A kick-off meeting to enhance synergies between the National Observatory of Athens and the ATHENA research center, specialists in information technology, big data, and AI.
Dissemination activities:
November 1-3, 2019: 11th Panhellenic Conference on Amateur Astronomy, Volos, Greece Talk: “rho Cas and its 2013 outburst – comparing visual to digital observations” – Grigoris Maravelias