2011 Course on:
Frontiers of Space Science: from Solar Activity to NEOs

April 17-22, 2011
L’Aquila, Italy
The school aims to bring together PhD students, young post-doctoral researchers and experienced scientists and engineers to provide an integrated overview of computational and experimental techniques applied in observation and forecast of Solar Activity and Near Earth Objects (NEO) dynamics. Solar Activity and NEOs have the potential to wipe out the technologically driven lives we've become so used to and are basic subjects of Space Situational Awareness regarding potential hazards to infrastructure in orbit, particularly related to the Human Spaceflight, and on the ground. The school will offer a hands-on approach to computational and experimental techniques applied in space observation of Solar Activity and NEO's dynamics, with an introductory tutorial in designing and building space instruments and mathematical tools. This course will be the first ISSS school after the massive 6 April, 2009 earthquake that devasted the city of L’Aquila and represents a first step to develop a cutting-edge scientific and industrial collaborative project for L'Aquila.