16 December 2015,<\/strong> MEDIA OUTREACH<\/p>\n A longer live-on-air discussion with T.Soomere and the vice-chair of the Ministry of Environment about the decisions of the Paris climate conference and their consequences to Estonia in the broadcast series Vahetund Postimehega (An hour with The Postman)<\/em> in the radio channel Kuku Raadio<\/em>.<\/p>\n 16 December 2015,<\/strong> MEDIA OUTREACH<\/p>\n A longer live-on-air comment of T.Soomere about problems in science policy and funding of science in the morning broadcast Terevisioon<\/em> of the national TV channel ETV.<\/p>\n 12 December 2015,<\/strong> MEDIA OUTREACH<\/p>\n A citation of T.Soomere about how Estonia should behave responsibly in the light of climate changes was used in the section K\u00f5va s\u00f5na (Strong word)<\/em> of the daily newspaper Postimees<\/em>, 289(7583), 12.12.2015, p. 2.<\/p>\n 10 December 2015,<\/strong> MEDIA OUTREACH<\/p>\n The web article Kas Taavi R\u00f5ivase vastus kliimamuutustele on digiallkirjad? (Are digital signatures the true reaction of Estonia to the climate changes?)<\/em> by Marian M\u00e4nni cited extensively comments of T.Soomere concerning the contribution of Estonia to emissions of greenhouse gases, Eesti Ekspress\/Delfi<\/em>, published 10.12.2015, http:\/\/ekspress.delfi.ee\/lisalood\/kas-taavi-roivase-vastus-kliimamuutustele-on-digiallkirjad?id=73154577&s2f=1<\/p>\n 10 December 2015,<\/strong> MEDIA OUTREACH<\/p>\n The article Torm m\u00f6llas merel ja maal (The storm blew over sea and land) by Rein Raudvere was mostly based on comments T.Soomere, Maaleht<\/em>, 50 (1470), 10.12.2015, p. 13.<\/p>\n 04 December 2015,<\/strong> MEDIA OUTREACH<\/p>\n A comment of T.Soomere about the approaching storm to the daily newspaper P\u00e4evaleht<\/em> and the internet news portal Delfi<\/em>, published at 21:12, http:\/\/www.delfi.ee\/news\/paevauudised\/eesti\/tarmo-soomere-jaanuaritorm-ei-saa-praegu-korduda-aga-uleolevalt-tanasesse-tormi-suhtuda-ei-tohi?id=73124643.<\/p>\n 03 December 2015,<\/strong> MEDIA OUTREACH<\/p>\n T.Soomere was invited into the live-on-air broadcast Kahek\u00f5ne (The Discussion)<\/em> of the national TV channel ETV.<\/p>\n 03 December 2015,<\/strong> CONFERENCE<\/p>\n M.Eelsalu, R. M\u00e4nnikus, K.Pindsoo, A.R\u00e4\u00e4met and T.Soomere participated in the conference Estonian Geohysics 2015″<\/em> (T\u00f5ravere, Estonia) with two oral presentations:<\/p>\n and with three poster presentations:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 30 November 2015,<\/strong> MEDIA OUTREACH<\/p>\n T.Soomere provided a comment on the approaching storm to the major news program Aktuaalne Kaamera<\/em> of the national Russian-language TV channel ETV+.<\/p>\n 26 November 2015,<\/strong> DISTINCTION<\/p>\n T.Soomere was elected a foreign member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences.<\/p>\n 19-20 November 2015,<\/strong> SCIENCE POLICY<\/p>\n T.Soomere participated in the International Council for Science (ICSU) European Group meeting (Paris, France).<\/p>\n 19 November 2015,<\/strong> SEMINAR OUTSIDE THE HOME INSTITUTE<\/p>\n T.Soomere presented the latest results on ship wake analysis to the research centre UMR Gulliver 7083 (led by Prof. Elie Raphael), The City of Paris Industrial Physics and Chemistry Higher Educational Institution ESPCI.<\/p>\n 12\u201313 November 2015,<\/strong> PROJECT MEETING<\/p>\n The Wave Engineering Laboratory team organised the Tempus SESREMO project reporting and planning meeting in Tallinn (Estonian Academy of Sciences and Institute of Cybernetics at Tallinn University of Technology). The team members presented two short master classes to the participants.<\/p>\n 04\u201307 November 2015,<\/strong> SCIENCE POLICY CONFERENCE<\/p>\n T.Soomere participated in the 7th World Science Forum (Budapest, Hungary).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 29 October 2015,<\/strong> MEDIA OUTREACH<\/p>\n An interview of T.Soomere broadcast in the section Saame hakkama! (We can do that)<\/em> of the broadcast series Huvitaja<\/em> of the national radio channel Vikerraadio<\/em>.<\/p>\n 22\u201323 October 2015,<\/strong> CONFERENCE<\/p>\n A.Giudici, T.Soomere and B.Viikm\u00e4e participated in the 28th Nordic Seminar on Computational Mechanics NSCM-28 with three presentations:<\/p>\n the opening lecture Approximate numerical solutions ot inverse problems for preventive protection of marine environment<\/em> (T.Soomere, 22.10.2015)<\/p>\n and two oral presentations:<\/p>\n 13-15 October 2015,<\/strong> SCIENCE POLICY<\/p>\n T.Soomere participated in the ExCom meeting and spring plenary meeting of the European Marine Board, Split, Croatia.<\/p>\n 05 October 2015,<\/strong> MEDIA OUTREACH<\/p>\n T.Soomere commented on the role of popularisation in the functioning of scientific landscape in Tallinn TV broadcast INFO+.<\/p>\n 02 October 2015,<\/strong> MEDIA OUTREACH<\/p>\n A comment by T.Soomere (by phone) to the radio broadcast Huvitaja<\/em> of the national radio channel Vikerraadio<\/em> about potential adverse impacts of the major dredging at Bronka Harbour (near Saint Petersburg) on the ecosystem of the Gulf of Finland.<\/p>\n 01 October 2015,<\/strong> MEDIA OUTREACH<\/p>\n A longer comment by T.Soomere to the news broadcast Reporter<\/em> of TV channel Kanal 2<\/em> on the possible closure of the popular science journal Horisont<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 25 September 2015,<\/strong> MEDIA OUTREACH<\/p>\n A short comment of T.Soomere about possible closure of the major popular science journal Horisont to the main news program Aktuaalne Kaamera<\/em> of the Estonian national TV channel ETV.<\/p>\n 18 September 2015,<\/strong> OPENING LECTURE<\/p>\n T.Soomere presented the opening lecture K\u00f5rghariduse imperatiiv: majanduse teenrist \u00fchiskonna ja kultuuri veduriks<\/em> (The imperative of higher education: from providing services for economy to the driver of society and culture) to the vision conference of the Estonian Art Academy (Conference centre of Riigikogu [the Estonian parliament], Tallinn, Estonia).<\/p>\n 15 September 2015,<\/strong> PUBLIC LECTURE<\/p>\n B.Viikm\u00e4e presented the public lecture Laevateede optimeerimine Soome lahel pinnahoovuste mustrite p\u00f5hjal (Optimising fairways in the Gulf of Finland using patterns of surface currents)<\/em> in the Estonian Mechanics Days, Tallinn University of Technology.<\/p>\n 11 September 2015,<\/strong> MEDIA OUTREACH<\/p>\n Karl Kello. Teaduse vastutus \u2013 teadlase vastutus (The responsibility of science and scientists, based on the interview with T.Soomere), \u00d5petajate Leht<\/em> (Teachers’ Weekly), 11.09.2015.<\/p>\n 04 Sept T.Soomere presented the public lecture The smart use of currents for environmental management of marine activities<\/em> in the College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University (Townsville, Australia).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 30 August-03 September 2015,<\/strong> CONFERENCE<\/p>\n T.Torsvik participated in the 7th Warnem\u00fcnde Turbulence Days (Isle of Vilm, Germany) with the poster presentation “Wind forcing influence on surface drifter motion in the Gulf of Finland” (T.Torsvik,<\/strong> N.Delpeche-Ellmann).<\/p>\n 14 August 2015,<\/strong> SEMINAR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND<\/p>\n T.Soomere presented an overview Wave dynamics and Lagrangian transport for coastal and maritime engineering<\/em> about recent research in the Wave Engineering Laboratory to the seminar in the School of Civil Engineering, the University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia).<\/p>\n 13 August 2015,<\/strong> SEMINAR IN THE QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY<\/p>\n T.Soomere, M.Eelsalu and K.Pindsoo presented to the extended seminar in the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane, Australia), a selection of research highlights in the Wave Engineering Laboratory:<\/p>\n 22 July 2015,<\/strong> MEDIA OUTREACH<\/p>\n The journal Ener\u0123ija un Pasaule<\/em> published a longer interview Par Baltijas j\u016bras ekolo\u0123iju un vi\u013c\u0146u ener\u0123iju<\/em> (in Latvian) about studies into wave energy potential. The interview was largely based on material reflected in the paper [Soomere\u00a0T., Eelsalu\u00a0M., 2014. On the wave energy potential along the eastern Baltic Sea coast, Renewable Energy 71, 221\u2013233] (Ener\u0123ija un Pasaule<\/em>, 4(93), August\u2013September 2015, 68\u201371).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 22 July 2015,<\/strong> MEDIA OUTREACH<\/p>\n The portal Novaator<\/a><\/span> published an overview by M.Himma TT\u00dc teadlased lahendasid Veneetsia veelohkude m\u00f5istatuse (Scientists of the Tallinn University of Technology solved the puzzle of long-living water surface depressions in Venice Lagoon)<\/a><\/span> that reflects the key message of the papers [Parnell K.E., Soomere T., Zaggia L., Rodin A., Lorenzetti G., Rapaglia J., Scarpa G.M. 2015. Ship-induced solitary Riemann waves of depression in Venice Lagoon. Physics Letters A, 379(6), 555\u2013559] and [Rodin A., Soomere T., Parnell K.E., Zaggia L. 2015. Numerical simulation of the propagation of ship-induced Riemann waves of depression into Venice Lagoon. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, 64 (1), 22\u201335].<\/p>\n 09 July 2015,<\/strong> MEDIA OUTREACH<\/p>\n The portal Novaator<\/a><\/span> published an overview by M.Himma Eesti teadlased leidsid \u00f5huvoolude muutusest v\u00f5imaliku p\u00f5hjuse L\u00e4\u00e4nemere soolsuse v\u00e4henemisele (Estonian scientists identified a change in air flow as a possible reason for the decrease in the Baltic Sea salinity)<\/a><\/span> that reflects the key message of the paper [Soomere T., Bishop S.R., Vi\u0161ka M., R\u00e4\u00e4met A. 2015. An abrupt change in winds that may radically affect the coasts and deep sections of the Baltic Sea. Climate Research, 62, 163\u2013171].<\/p>\n 22 June-02 July 2015,<\/strong> CONFERENCE<\/p>\n N.Delpeche-Ellmann participated in the 26th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) (Prague, Czech Republic) with the oral presentation Using surface current-driven Lagrangian transport patterns to mitigate the risk of pollution to Marine Protected Areas in the Baltic Sea<\/em> and the poster presentation Comparison of simulated and observed Lagrangian drift in the marine surface layer towards Marine Protected Areas in the Baltic Sea<\/em> (co-authors of both presentations T.Torsvik and T.Soomere).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 21-26 June 2015,<\/strong> CONFERENCE<\/p>\n T.Torsvik participated in the 25th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference (Kona, Big Island, Hawaii, USA) with the oral presentation “Ship wake deformation in the surf zone analyzed by use of a time-frequency method” (T.Torsvik,<\/strong> I.Didenkulova)<\/p>\n 19 June 2015,<\/strong> LECTURE<\/p>\n T.Soomere presented the lecture Estonian coasts: fragile balance of water and land<\/em> to the joint meeting of Oxbridge and Humboldt clubs (Tallinn, Estonian Academy of Sciences).<\/p>\n 15-19 June 2015,<\/strong> CONFERENCE<\/p>\n A.Giudici, M.Eelsalu, O.Kovaleva, T.Ming\u0117lait\u0117, K. Pindsoo, A.Rodin, T.Soomere, T.Torsvik and B.Viikm\u00e4e participated in the 10th Baltic Sea Science Congress (Riga, Latvia) with one keynote lecture<\/p>\n Societal challenges in marine science<\/em> (T.Soomere, 19.06),<\/p>\n seven oral presentations:<\/p>\n and twelve posters<\/p>\n Two presentations had contributions from the former members of the Wave Engineering Laboratory team prepared during their work or stay in the lab. I.Didenkulova was co-author of the oral presentation “A simple approach to determine the Stokes drift for the entire Baltic Sea” (presented by A.Lehmann; co-author K.H\u00f6flich). M.Vi\u0161ka was co-author of the oral presentation “Why is the Baltic Sea special in coastal morphodynamics? \u2013 A comparative study” (presented by J.Harff; other co-authors J.Deng, J.Dudzinska-Nowak, A.Groh, B.H\u00fcnicke, W.Zhang).<\/p>\n 11\u201314 June 2015,<\/strong> CONFERENCE<\/p>\n T.Soomere presented a welcome address to the opening plenary session (12.06) and the presentation The use of surface currents\u000b for the preventive protection\u000bof marine environment<\/em>(13.06) to the conference Science, technology and innovative technologies in the prosperous epoch of the powerful state<\/em>, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.<\/p>\n 08 June 2015,<\/strong> CONFERENCE<\/p>\n T.Soomere presented a welcome address and the opening lecture Teadlaste \u00fchine h\u00e4\u00e4l \u000bEuroopa tuleviku kujundamisel<\/em> (The common voice of scientists towards shaping the future of Europa) to the conference Keskkonnaalased teaduse \u00fchiskavandamise algatused \u2013 kus me oleme ja kuhu liigume?<\/em> (Environmentally centered joint programming initiatives: where we are and where we are moving?), Tallinn Estonian Academy of Sciences.<\/p>\n 04\u201305 June 2015,<\/strong> CONFERENCE<\/p>\n T.Soomere presented the plenary lecture Challenges of climatic changes for coastal engineering<\/em> to the XII Finnish Mechanics Days (Tampere, Finland, 04 June).<\/p>\n 02\u201305 June 2015,<\/strong> CONFERENCE<\/p>\n N.Delpeche-Ellmann participated in the ESA Sentinel-3 For Science Workshop<\/em> with the poster Examining surface circulation patterns of the Baltic Sea using satellite data, ocean models and in-situ observations<\/em> (co-authors T.Torsvik and T.Soomere) (Palazzo del Casino in the Lido, Venice, Italy).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 24 May 2015,<\/strong> DISTINCTION<\/p>\n T.Soomere received the II class Distinguished Service Order from the Estonian Lutherian Church for his activities towards strengthening of intellectual and spiritual values.<\/p>\n 21\u201322 May 2015,<\/strong> CONFERENCE<\/p>\n T.Soomere participated in the meeting of European Academies and their Human Rights Committees (Bern, Switzerland, 21 May 2015) and in the conference “The Human Right to Science”, Bern, Switzerland, 22 May 2015) with an overview of emerging challenges in human rights in Estonia associated with the electronic means of communication between the state and citizens.<\/p>\n 18\u201321 May 2015,<\/strong> PARTICIPATION IN THE STATE VISIT<\/p>\n T.Soomere participated in the state visit of the President of Estonia T.H.Ilves to Germany. The event included visits to Bayer Pharma, Kiel University and GEOMAR.<\/p>\n 16 May 2015,<\/strong> PUBLIC LECTURE<\/p>\n T.Soomere presented the lecture Lainete muusika Eesti rannikutel<\/em> (The music of waves on Estonian coasts) in the framework of The Night of Museums in J\u00f5hvi castle-church.<\/p>\n 06 May 2015,<\/strong> LECTURE<\/p>\n T.Soomere presented the lecture Teaduste Akadeemia ja \u000bTallinna Tehnika\u00fclikooli \u000b\u000b\u00fchised v\u00e4ljakutsed \u000bkiiresti muutuvas maailmas<\/em> (Common challenges for the Estonian Academy of Sciences and Tallinn University of Technology in the rapidly changing world), to the alumni of Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn.<\/p>\n 06 May 2015,<\/strong> PUBLIC LECTURE<\/p>\n T.Soomere presented the public lecture Eesti rannikud: \u000bp\u00fcsivad v\u00f5i upuvad?<\/em> (Estonian coasts: stable or decaying?), P\u00e4rnu.<\/p>\n 04-08 May 2015,<\/strong> CONFERENCE<\/p>\n B. Viikm\u00e4e and T. Torsvik attended the 47th Liege Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics. T. Torsvik gave an oral presentation “Analysis of spatial and temporal scales for surface currents in the Gulf of Finland based on surface drifter motion” and also one poster presentation on the same topic. B. Viikm\u00e4e gave a poster presentation “The impact of wind on optimising fairways in the Gulf of Finland”.<\/p>\n Artem Rodin defended his PhD thesis Propagation and run-up of nonlinear solitary surface waves in shallow seas and coastal areas<\/em> in the Institute of Cybernetics at Tallinn University of Technology.<\/p>\n 04 May 2015,<\/strong> INTENSE DAY ON WAVE DYNAMICS IN MARINE RESEARCH<\/p>\n Presentations were given by Prof. Peter A. Davies Internal solitary waves in stratified fluids<\/em> (School of Engineering, Physics and Mathematics, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Dundee, UK), Prof. Efim Pelinovsky Analytical theory of long wave breaking in runup stage<\/em> (Institute of Applied Physics and Department of Applied Mathematics, Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University. Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizny Novgorod, Russia), Dr. Tatiana Talipova Internal solitons and breathers in inhomogeneous ocean<\/em> (Institute of Applied Physics and Department of Applied Mathematics, Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University. Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizny Novgorod, Russia) and Prof. Stanis\u0142aw R. Massel On the surface waves generation due to glacier calving<\/em> (Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland). The participants were welcomed by T.Soomere, J.Engelbrecht and A.Salupere.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 28-30 April 2015,<\/strong> SCIENCE POLICY<\/p>\n T.Soomere participated in the ExCom meeting and spring plenary meeting of the European Marine Board, Ghent, Belgium. T.Soomere was re-elected to the position of Vice-Chair of the Board for 2015-2017.<\/p>\n 27-28 April 2015,<\/strong> SCIENCE POLICY<\/p>\n T.Soomere participated in the meeting of Environmental Steering Panel of the European Academies Scientific Advisory Council (EASAC), Rome, Italy.<\/p>\n 23-24 April 2015,<\/strong> SCIENCE POLICY CONFERENCE<\/p>\n T.Soomere participated in the 16th General Assembly of the (The federation of) All European Academies<\/em> (ALLEA), Lisbon, Portugal.<\/p>\n 20-21 April 2015,<\/strong> WELCOME ADDRESS<\/p>\n T.Soomere presented the welcome address to the 14th Baltic Conference on Intellectual Cooperation (20.04) and was the chairman of the morning session on 21.04, Riga and Jelgava, Latvia.<\/p>\n 16 April 2015,<\/strong> OPENING LECTURE<\/p>\n T.Soomere presented the opening lecture Doktori\u00f5ppe v\u00e4ljakutsed kiiresti muutuvas maailmas<\/em> (Challenges for PhD studies in the rapidly changing world) to the national conference on educational sciences, Tallinn University.<\/p>\n 07 April 2015,<\/strong> PUBLIC LECTURE<\/p>\n T.Soomere presented the public lecture Teaduse muutuv paradigma<\/em> (Changing paradigms of science in the changing world) to the Estonian Students Society, Tartu.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 27 March 2015,<\/strong> MEDIA OUTREACH<\/p>\n T.Soomere, Akadeemia uuendab uurija-professori institutsiooni (Academy reshapes the principles of selection of research professors), \u00d5petajate Leht<\/em> (Teachers’ Weekly), 511, 27.03.2015, 9 (in Estonian).<\/p>\n 26 March 2015,<\/strong> MEDIA OUTREACH<\/p>\n Dalia Bikauskait\u0117, Laiv\u0173 bangos ardo krantus, \u017eudo \u017emones (based on an interview with T.Soomere and L.Kelp\u0161aite), Vakaru Ekspresas<\/em> 2015-03-26, 12:01 (in Lithuanian).<\/p>\n 26 March 2015,<\/strong> LECTURE<\/p>\n\n
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