GLOW Executive Committee
GLOW members assemble once in a year for the GLOW Annual Assembly. At this occasion the GLOW Council convenes, which is the supreme panel of GLOW. It makes all primary decisions of GLOW and elects the GLOW Executive Committee (EC), which represents and acts on behalf of GLOW between the Council meeting. The EC organizes regular telecons of the Extended Executive Committee, which additionally comprises working group chairs and vice chairs beside the EC.
The members of the executive committee are:
- Matthias Hoeft (Tautenburg, chair)
- Benedetta Ciardi (Garching, vice chair)
- Volker Heesen (Hamburg, secretary)
GLOW Working Groups
GLOW has established the following working groups:
- Scientific Working Group (SWG)
led by Marcus Brüggen (chair, Hamburg) - LOFAR Working Group (LofarWG)
comprises LOFAR station owners, LTA hardware owners and KSP representatives, led by Dominik Schwarz (chair, Bielefeld)
with subgroup
- Technical Working Group (TWG)
led by Jörn Künsemöller (co-chair, Bielefeld) and David Rafferty (co-chair, Hamburg) - D-MeerKAT working group (D-MeerKAT WG)
led by Dominik Schwarz (chair, Bielefeld) and Hans-Rainer Klöckner - Resource Allocation Committee (RAC)
led by Matthias Hoeft (chair, Tautenburg) - SKA Working Group (GLOWSKA)
activities are led by the Verein für datenintensive Radioastronomie e.V. - Short Wavelengths & New Initiatives (SWL&NI)
led by Matthias Kadler (co-chair, Würzburg) and Dominik Riechers (co-chair, Cologne)
LOFAR ERIC Council: Matthias Hoeft is member of the German delegation; Dominik Schwarz is chair of LOFAR ERIC Financial Committee, Anna Nelles Vice-chair of the LOFAR ERIC Science & Technology Committee
SKA Board: Michel Kramer is member of the German delegation
Extended GLOW Executive Committee
The extended EC comprises the GLOW EC, the working group chairs and vice chairs, representatives at international boards and at selection committees.
Currently the extended EC has the following members: Marcus Brüggen, Benedetta Ciardi, Ralf-Jürgen Dettmar, Volker Heesen, Matthias Hoeft, Hans-Rainer Klöckner, Michael Kramer and Dominik Schwarz
The extended GLOW EC meets every third Thursday a month at 8:30am, except agreed otherwise.
Upcoming in 2025:
June 26, 8:30am (shifted due to SKAO meeting)
July 17, 8:30am