Kathmandu Astrophysics School 2018 Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/kathmandu-astrophysics-school-2018/ Astronomy for a better world! Mon, 11 Feb 2019 14:35:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://astro4dev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-03_OAD_symbol_colour_2-32x32.jpg Kathmandu Astrophysics School 2018 Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/kathmandu-astrophysics-school-2018/ 32 32 Final report https://astro4dev.org/final-report-34/ Mon, 11 Feb 2019 14:35:24 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=18271 Project report (PDF) The overall aim of KAS18 was to mentor and upskill advanced undergraduate and early graduate Nepali students in both professional and academic areas through engagement with 4 a highly-qualified international faculty. KAS18 saw the participation of 25 undergraduate and graduate Nepali (19) and international (6) students, with maximal gender diversity (12 females [...]

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]]> update: Highlights from workshop https://astro4dev.org/update-highlights-from-workshop/ Thu, 19 Jul 2018 05:21:00 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=17484 The second edition of the Kathmandu Astrophysics School has seen the participation of 25 undergraduate and graduate Nepali (19) and international (6) students, with maximal gender diversity (12 females and 13 males).  Students and faculty stayed in the Lakeside area of town, and classes were kindly hosted on the Prithvi Narayan Campus. The program was intensive but [...]

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]]> update: Kathmandu Astrophysics School announcement https://astro4dev.org/17327/ Tue, 01 May 2018 16:18:12 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=17327 Kathmandu Astrophysics School (KAS2018) Date: June 10-17, 2018 Prithvi Narayan Campus, Pokhara, Nepal Participants will be introduced to basic concepts and computational techniques in astrophysics and cosmology. Lectures will be combined with hands-on projects, professional development and networking, with the goal of mentoring advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students to improve their research and presentation [...]

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]]> Overview of project https://astro4dev.org/overview-of-project-6/ Sun, 17 Dec 2017 12:48:31 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=16988 KAS2018 is a 9-day astrophysics school on ‘Computational Methods in Astrophysics’ targeting 25 advanced University students from Nepal (~80%) and abroad (~20%). Academic lectures are complemented by supervised hands-on group projects for optimal active learning, and by science education/professional skill development seminars. KAS2018 builds upon a successful pilot held in October 2016 at Tribhuvan University [...]

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