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Byurakan International Summer School for Young Astronomers (7BISS)

Summer School
Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO) Armenia · Online 2026

Information

The Byurakan International Summer School for Young Astronomers (BISS) is a cohort-based educational school offering lectures and practical tutorial sessions on astronomical surveys, digitization of astronomical data, astronomical catalogues, databases and archives, astrostatistics, astroinformatics, big data in astronomy and Virtual Observatory tools. The 7th edition (7BISS) focused on Astronomy and Data Science and ran alongside the ASBD-2 symposium. Active students proposing talks for ASBD-2 could be invited to participate in the symposium and stay an additional week.

Benefits

Lectures and practical tutorials on astronomy and data science topics; potential invitation to participate in the ASBD-2 symposium and remain for a second week; access to BAO resources and Virtual Observatory tools.

Eligibility

MSc and PhD students in astronomy and young astronomers are eligible; some late-stage BSc students may apply. Excellent knowledge of English is required.

Application

Registration via the organiser's registration link (follow the provided link to register).

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