Programme


Invited Talk [IT]: 45 mins including questions
Contributed Talk [CT]: 20 mins including questions


All times are in Armenia Standard Time (UTC+4)



September 15, Sunday
Arrival Day, Dinner at 19:00-20:00


September 16, Monday
09:00-10:00 Breakfast
10:00-10:30 Registration
10:30-10:45 Official opening of 4RAW: Welcome Addresses
SESSION 1: IAU SWCA ROAD. Chair: Areg MICKAELIAN
10:45-11:30 Areg Mickaelian (Armenia) [Introductory Talk]: IAU South-West and Central Asian Regional Office of Astronomy for Development (SWCA ROAD)
11:30-12:00    Coffee/tea break
12:00-12:45 Bidzina CHARGEISHVILI (Georgia) [IT]: Astronomy in Georgia
12:45-13:30 Moein MOSLEH (Iran) [IT]: Astronomy in Iran
13:30-14:30 Lunch break
14:30-15:15 Denis YURIN (Kazakhstan) [IT, online]: Astronomy in Kazakhstan
15:15-16:00 Gulchehra KOHIROVA / Firuza RAHMATOVA (Tajikistan) [IT, online]: Astronomy in Tajikistan
16:00-16:30    Coffee/tea break
16:30-17:15 Sinan ALIŞ / Süleyman FİŞEK (Turkey) [IT, online]: Astronomy in Turkey
17:15-18:00 Areg MICKAELIAN (Armenia) [IT]: Astronomy in Armenia
18:15-18:45 Excursion: Viktor Ambartsumian’s House-Museum
19:00-20:00 Welcome Dinner


September 17, Tuesday
09:00-10:00 Breakfast
SESSION 2a: STARS and NEBULAE. Chair: Oleg MALKOV
10:00-10:45 Elena NIKOGHOSYAN (Armenia) [IT]: Is GRS 1915+10 X-ray binary a trigger for star formation?
10:45-11:30 Valeri HAMBARYAN (Germany/Armenia) [IT]: Identification of ejected stellar candidates from the Corona Australis star formation complex
11:30-12:00    Coffee/tea break
12:00-12:20 Naira AZATYAN (Armenia) [CT]: OB runaway stars originating from the Vel OB1 association
12:20-12:40 Areg GRIGORIAN (Armenia) [CT]: Velocity distributions of triple stellar systems components: The origin of high-velocity stars
12:40-13:00 Samaneh AGHELPASAND (Iran) [CT]: VLBA Observations of Proper Motions of Water Masers in the Cepheus A HW2 Star-Forming Region
13:00-13:20 Mahdi ABDOLLAHI (Iran) [CT]: The Complex Star Formation History of the Halo of NGC5128 (Cen A)
13:30-14:30 Lunch break
SESSION 2b: STARS and NEBULAE. Chair: Tigran MAGAKIAN
14:30-15:15 Oleg MALKOV (Russia) [IT]: Objects with extreme UV emission in modern sky surveys
15:15-15:35 Ekaterina POSTNIKOVA (Russia) [CT]: Search for rotation in open cluster by new catalogs using Gaia DR3 data
15:35-15:55 Anahit SAMSONYAN (Armenia) [CT]: Exploring the young stellar objects within the "Arclike" molecular cloud in the Vel OB1 association
16:00-16:30    Coffee/tea break
16:30-16:50 Maria RAH (Iran, Armenia) [CT]: Recent Progress and Outstanding Questions in Millisecond Pulsar
16:50-17:10 Hadiseh NABAVINEJAD (Iran) [CT]: Exploring moderate-mass planet migration at the inner edge of protoplanetary disks
17:10-18:45 Excursion: BAO 1m Schmidt and 2.6m telescopes
19:00-20:00 Dinner


September 18, Wednesday (Excursion day)
09:00-10:00 Breakfast
10:00-13:30 Excursion: Armenian Alphabet Park, Saghmosavank and Ohanavank Monasteries
13:30-14:30 Lunch break
19:00-20:00 Dinner


September 19, Thursday
09:00-10:00 Breakfast
SESSION 3a: GALAXIES. Chair: Ararat YEGHIKYAN
10:00-10:45 Ruben ANDREASYAN (Armenia) [IT]: Active galaxies in Galaxy groups and in the field
10:45-11:30 Areg MICKAELIAN (Armenia) [IT]: BAO Research Department “Astronomical Surveys”: recent activities
11:30-12:00    Coffee/tea break
12:00-12:20 Maryam KHADEMI (Iran) [CT]: Dynamical Effect of Galactic Magnetic Fields on the HI Gas Rotation Curve
12:20-12:40 Sepideh GHAZIASGAR (Iran) [CT]: Machine Learning Approach for the Spectral Classification of Dusty Stellar Sources in the Magellanic Clouds
12:40-13:00 Hedieh ABDOLLAHI (Iran) [CT]: The Isaac Newton Telescope Monitoring Survey of Local Group Dwarf Galaxies VIII, Detection of the Long Period Variable Star of Andromeda Dwarf Satellites
13:00-13:30 Group Photo (in front of the main building)
13:30-14:30 Lunch break
SESSION 3b: GALAXIES. Chair: Ruben ANDREASYAN
14:30-14:50 Mina ALIZADEH (Iran) [CT]: Comprehensive Compilation of Stellar Data in M33’s Central Region: Unveiling the Final-Stage Evolution Through Near-Infrared Survey
14:50-15:10 Fatemeh KHATAMSAZ (Iran) [CT, online]: Investigating the Star Formation History of the Local Group Dwarf Irregular Galaxy, NGC 6822, Through Evolved Stellar Population
15:10-15:30 Sahar SARMADIAN (Iran) [CT]: Exploring Self-Interacting Dark Matter: Candidates and Detection Strategies
15:30-15:50 Danial ALMASIAN (Iran) [CT]: Investigating the exoplanet HD88986b by using TESS and CHEOPS space telescope data
16:00-16:30    Coffee/tea break
19:00-22:00 Farewell Dinner (Byurakan Ojakh restaurant)


September 20, Friday
09:00-10:00 Breakfast
SESSION 4: ASTRONOMY and RADIOPHYSICS. Chair: Areg MICKAELIAN
10:00-10:50 Rainer SPURZEM (China) [IT, online]: Using supercomputers to search for relativistic black hole binary mergers in star clusters
10:50-11:10 Sergei MAKAROV (Russia) [CT]: Improving the efficiency of the AIS system using algorithms for dealing signal collisions
11:10-11:30 Eduard SIVOLENKO (Russia) [CT]: Combining Bispectral Analysis with the Levenberg–Marquardt Algorithm for Enhanced Non-linear Signal Processing in Astronomy
11:30-12:00    Coffee/tea break
12:00-12:20 Mikayel SAHAKYAN (Armenia) [CT]: Techniques for Locating GPS Jammers using GNU Radio
SESSION 5: ASTRONOMY and INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES. Chair: Areg MICKAELIAN
12:20-13:05 Ararat YEGHIKYAN (Armenia) [IT]: Astrochemistry and Astrobiology in the 21st century
13:05-13:30 Discussion, Summary and Official Closing of IAU SWCA 4RAW
13:30-14:30 Lunch break
15:00-19:00 Excursion or other activity
19:00-20:00 Dinner


September 21, Saturday
Departure Day, Breakfast at 09:00-10:00