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== Workshop - Relativistic Positioning Systems and their Scientific Applications ==
=== Brdo near Kranj, Slovenia, 19-21 September 2012 ===
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=== Workshop: ''' Relativistic Positioning System and its Scientific Applications''' === We are pleased to announce that a three-days workshop on relativistic positioning systems and their scientific applications will be held at Brdo near Kranj, Slovenia, on 19-21 September 2012. The workshop is organized by the [[http://www.fmf.uni-lj.si/en/ |Faculty of Mathematics and Physics]] of the University of Ljubljana (UL), [[http://www.esa.int/esaCP/index.html|ESA]] ([[http://www.esa.int/gsp/ACT/index.htm |Advanced Concepts Team]]) and [[http://www.space.si/en/|Centre of Excellence Space-si]]. The goal of the workshop is to bring together those interested in the development of Relativistic Positioning Systems (RPS) and, in particular, to share ideas and establish future lines of research and collaborations.
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[[attachment:PosterRPS_Slovenia.pdf|Workshop poster]] for download.
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We are pleased to announce that a three-days workshop on Relativistic Positioning Systems and their scientific applications will be held at University of Ljubljana on 19-21 September 2012. === Topics of the workshop include: ===
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The workshop is organized by the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the University of Ljubljana and ESA (Advanced Concepts Team) and it is aimed to the creation/strenghtening of a research community around the development of Relativistic Positioning Systems (RPS) and, in particular, share ideas and establish future lines of research and collaborations.  * Formulation of relativistic positioning systems and properties of emission coordinates
 * Application to GNSS, relativistic reference frames, pulsar-based navigation and localization
 * Inter-satellite links and autonomous GNSS
 * Relativistic celestial mechanics (coordinate systems, Hamiltonian techniques...)
 * Application to Earth sciences, astronomy and metrology
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Topics of the workshop will include: Also other contributions in line with the aims of the workshop will be considered.
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- coordinate system in relativity and their application to celestial mechanics
- Hamiltonian techniques in relativistic celestial mechanics
- formulation of fully relativistic positioning systems
- application of RPS to research in gravitation geodesy and other research fields
=== Confirmed invited speakers: ===
 * Bartolomé Coll (Universitat de València)
 * Angelo Tartaglia (Politecnico di Torino)
 * Francisco Amarillo Fernandez (ESA)
 * Carlo Rovelli (CPT Luminy)
 * Andrej Čadež (Univ. of Ljubljana)
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but any additional contribution in line with the aims of the workshop will be considered. === Important information ===
 * There is no registration fee.
 * The proceedings of the workshop will be published in [[http://www.esa.int/gsp/ACT/publications/ActaFutura/index.htm | Acta Futura ]]
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The Scientific Committee (NAMES...) '''Proceedings Submission Guidelines''':
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The contribution files need to be written in latex and the use of !BibTex is required. If possible, the packages tikz, subfigure, subfig, pstricks, psfrag should be avoided. For substitutive codes related to the above packages please write to rps-workshop@fmf.uni-lj.si. The images have to be either pdf, eps or png. The format template is in attachment. On submission please send the folder in attachment substituting the wording "myname" with your surname.
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 * Duration: 3 days
 * Term:
 * Main topics:
   1. technical methods for RPS,
   2. formulation of relative positioning system
   3. science using relative positioning system
 * Invited speakers:
 * Program:
Submission deadline: '''Dec 1st, 2012'''

###'''Please [[http://rgnss.fmf.uni-lj.si/workshop/registration_form |register]] before 15th July 2012 (registration deadline has been extended)'''

Workshop - Relativistic Positioning Systems and their Scientific Applications

Brdo near Kranj, Slovenia, 19-21 September 2012

Einstein on GNSS

We are pleased to announce that a three-days workshop on relativistic positioning systems and their scientific applications will be held at Brdo near Kranj, Slovenia, on 19-21 September 2012. The workshop is organized by the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the University of Ljubljana (UL), ESA (Advanced Concepts Team) and Centre of Excellence Space-si. The goal of the workshop is to bring together those interested in the development of Relativistic Positioning Systems (RPS) and, in particular, to share ideas and establish future lines of research and collaborations.

Workshop poster for download.

Topics of the workshop include:

  • Formulation of relativistic positioning systems and properties of emission coordinates
  • Application to GNSS, relativistic reference frames, pulsar-based navigation and localization
  • Inter-satellite links and autonomous GNSS
  • Relativistic celestial mechanics (coordinate systems, Hamiltonian techniques...)
  • Application to Earth sciences, astronomy and metrology

Also other contributions in line with the aims of the workshop will be considered.

Confirmed invited speakers:

  • Bartolomé Coll (Universitat de València)
  • Angelo Tartaglia (Politecnico di Torino)
  • Francisco Amarillo Fernandez (ESA)
  • Carlo Rovelli (CPT Luminy)
  • Andrej Čadež (Univ. of Ljubljana)

Important information

  • There is no registration fee.
  • The proceedings of the workshop will be published in Acta Futura

Proceedings Submission Guidelines:

The contribution files need to be written in latex and the use of BibTex is required. If possible, the packages tikz, subfigure, subfig, pstricks, psfrag should be avoided. For substitutive codes related to the above packages please write to rps-workshop@fmf.uni-lj.si. The images have to be either pdf, eps or png. The format template is in attachment. On submission please send the folder in attachment substituting the wording "myname" with your surname.

Submission deadline: Dec 1st, 2012