Periodic Reporting for period 1 - SWATNET (Space Weather Awareness Training Network)
Reporting period: 2021-03-01 to 2023-02-28
Space Weather Awareness Training Network (SWATNet) is a unique PhD network in the field of heliosphysics to train 12 Early Career Researchers (ESRs) with joint or double degrees.
Scientifically we aim at breakthroughs in our physical understanding of key agents of Space Weather at Earth. Our student projects focus on analysing and forecasting solar activity and space weather with cutting-edge and
interdisciplinary research techniques. They will achieve a set of versatile transferable skills through day-to-day research work and training with our industry partners.
The project is very important for the society as space weather affects to our every day lives and many important infrastructures in space and on ground. The scientific work in SWATNet is targeted for increased physical understanding of
the agents responsible the space weather at Earth from the Sun to the Earth and covering time scales from seconds/minutes related to solar eruptions to solar cycles time scales (several decades).
We also aim at promoting, unifying and developing doctoral research education in Europe. Our overall objectives are
- Train a group of highly qualified and enthusiastic professional researchers in state-of-the-art approaches in Space Weather research that will form the next generation in academic research,
space industry companies and also wider non-academic research careers.
- Give new insight towards more harmonized doctoral training in Europe and on exchanging practices between different countries.
- Develop and apply new methodologies that can be utilised to unveil the fundamental physical processes taking place in the solar atmosphere and contributing to Space Weather understanding and
forecasting.
- Maximise the science return of current and future research infrastructures that are led by Europe or where there is strong European involvement
Scientifically we aim at breakthroughs in our physical understanding of key agents of Space Weather at Earth. Our student projects focus on analysing and forecasting solar activity and space weather with cutting-edge and
interdisciplinary research techniques. They will achieve a set of versatile transferable skills through day-to-day research work and training with our industry partners.
The project is very important for the society as space weather affects to our every day lives and many important infrastructures in space and on ground. The scientific work in SWATNet is targeted for increased physical understanding of
the agents responsible the space weather at Earth from the Sun to the Earth and covering time scales from seconds/minutes related to solar eruptions to solar cycles time scales (several decades).
We also aim at promoting, unifying and developing doctoral research education in Europe. Our overall objectives are
- Train a group of highly qualified and enthusiastic professional researchers in state-of-the-art approaches in Space Weather research that will form the next generation in academic research,
space industry companies and also wider non-academic research careers.
- Give new insight towards more harmonized doctoral training in Europe and on exchanging practices between different countries.
- Develop and apply new methodologies that can be utilised to unveil the fundamental physical processes taking place in the solar atmosphere and contributing to Space Weather understanding and
forecasting.
- Maximise the science return of current and future research infrastructures that are led by Europe or where there is strong European involvement
The first two year of the project have passed successfully. All our students have signed their working contracts, enrolled to doctoral schools and started working on their scientific projects.
Four netowork wide meetings were organized during the reported period, including the kick-off meeting,
welcome meeting for ESRs, Annual Meeting 1 and the Project Check meeting. Several
targeted meetings were also organized, including 15 Supervisory Board meetings, four Dissemination
Committee meetings, seven Project Management meetings and two ESR committee meetings. We organised all training activities as planned (with some small adjustments in times). These included two Schools
and four Workshops. Three of the training activities were organised online and rest face-to-face.
The lectures and hands-on exercises were kept by the supervisors, our industrial or academic partners and external invited speakers. Feedback from students was collected after each training activity.
SWATNet students also perform an observatory training at the Gyula Bay Zoltán Solar
Observatory (GSO), located in Gyula in southeast Hungary. Eight ESRs have already performed their
observatory training. All students will also have 2-3 months of industrial secondments periods at our partner companies. These are now aeither agreed or in negotiation.
The outreach and dissemination activities include Twitter, ESRs outreach texts on space weather published at our webpage, image/movie gallery, two e-Newsletters, Blog, Horizon
Booster and STEM campaigns.
All ESRs have started their scientific work and many have already achieved intriguing scientific results.
They have been presented in several international and national conferences, and several
papers have been already submitted or published.
The first two year of the project have passed successfully. All our students have signed their working contracts, enrolled to doctoral schools and started working on their scientific projects.
Four netowork wide meetings were organized during the reported period, including the kick-off meeting,
welcome meeting for ESRs, Annual Meeting 1 and the Project Check meeting. Several
targeted meetings were also organized, including 15 Supervisory Board meetings, four Dissemination
Committee meetings, seven Project Management meetings and two ESR committee meetings. We organised all training activities as planned (with some small adjustments in times). These included two Schools
and four Workshops. Three of the training activities were organised online and rest face-to-face.
The lectures and hands-on exercises were kept by the supervisors, our industrial or academic partners and external invited speakers. Feedback from students was collected after each training activity.
SWATNet students also perform an observatory training at the Gyula Bay Zoltán Solar
Observatory (GSO), located in Gyula in southeast Hungary. Eight ESRs have already performed their
observatory training. All students will also have 2-3 months of industrial secondments periods at our partner companies. These are now aeither agreed or in negotiation.
The outreach and dissemination activities include Twitter, ESRs outreach texts on space weather published at our webpage, image/movie gallery, two e-Newsletters, Blog, Horizon
Booster and STEM campaigns.
All ESRs have started their scientific work and many have already achieved intriguing scientific results.
They have been presented in several international and national conferences, and several
papers have been already submitted or published.
Four netowork wide meetings were organized during the reported period, including the kick-off meeting,
welcome meeting for ESRs, Annual Meeting 1 and the Project Check meeting. Several
targeted meetings were also organized, including 15 Supervisory Board meetings, four Dissemination
Committee meetings, seven Project Management meetings and two ESR committee meetings. We organised all training activities as planned (with some small adjustments in times). These included two Schools
and four Workshops. Three of the training activities were organised online and rest face-to-face.
The lectures and hands-on exercises were kept by the supervisors, our industrial or academic partners and external invited speakers. Feedback from students was collected after each training activity.
SWATNet students also perform an observatory training at the Gyula Bay Zoltán Solar
Observatory (GSO), located in Gyula in southeast Hungary. Eight ESRs have already performed their
observatory training. All students will also have 2-3 months of industrial secondments periods at our partner companies. These are now aeither agreed or in negotiation.
The outreach and dissemination activities include Twitter, ESRs outreach texts on space weather published at our webpage, image/movie gallery, two e-Newsletters, Blog, Horizon
Booster and STEM campaigns.
All ESRs have started their scientific work and many have already achieved intriguing scientific results.
They have been presented in several international and national conferences, and several
papers have been already submitted or published.
The first two year of the project have passed successfully. All our students have signed their working contracts, enrolled to doctoral schools and started working on their scientific projects.
Four netowork wide meetings were organized during the reported period, including the kick-off meeting,
welcome meeting for ESRs, Annual Meeting 1 and the Project Check meeting. Several
targeted meetings were also organized, including 15 Supervisory Board meetings, four Dissemination
Committee meetings, seven Project Management meetings and two ESR committee meetings. We organised all training activities as planned (with some small adjustments in times). These included two Schools
and four Workshops. Three of the training activities were organised online and rest face-to-face.
The lectures and hands-on exercises were kept by the supervisors, our industrial or academic partners and external invited speakers. Feedback from students was collected after each training activity.
SWATNet students also perform an observatory training at the Gyula Bay Zoltán Solar
Observatory (GSO), located in Gyula in southeast Hungary. Eight ESRs have already performed their
observatory training. All students will also have 2-3 months of industrial secondments periods at our partner companies. These are now aeither agreed or in negotiation.
The outreach and dissemination activities include Twitter, ESRs outreach texts on space weather published at our webpage, image/movie gallery, two e-Newsletters, Blog, Horizon
Booster and STEM campaigns.
All ESRs have started their scientific work and many have already achieved intriguing scientific results.
They have been presented in several international and national conferences, and several
papers have been already submitted or published.
SWATNet has created a unique PhD training program that integrates targeted training for both research and transferrable skills and the exposure to industry through the 2-3 months training at our partner companies.
Scientifically, key progresses beyond state-of-the-art have been
- identifying optimal predictors for solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that are two most powerful forms of solar eruptions
- development and applications of new models for studying the coronal heating, and particle acceleration and transport in interplanetary medium
- development of new automated algorithms for finding flux ropes in the coronal simulation data
- new information on particle acceleration in the corona and CME propagation in interplanetary space
- new machine learning algorithms for investigating both small and large features at the Sun, and predicting CME arrival from Sun to Earth
All these scientific achievements aim towards improved understanding and forecasting of space weather
Scientifically, key progresses beyond state-of-the-art have been
- identifying optimal predictors for solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that are two most powerful forms of solar eruptions
- development and applications of new models for studying the coronal heating, and particle acceleration and transport in interplanetary medium
- development of new automated algorithms for finding flux ropes in the coronal simulation data
- new information on particle acceleration in the corona and CME propagation in interplanetary space
- new machine learning algorithms for investigating both small and large features at the Sun, and predicting CME arrival from Sun to Earth
All these scientific achievements aim towards improved understanding and forecasting of space weather