FAST Pulsar Symposium 4

Radio astronomy plays an important role in astronomy and astrophysics, in the past, now and in the future. The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), the biggest single-dish radio telescope to be built, will not only promote science and technology in China but also be beneficial to astronomers world-wide. Focusing on the scientific goals that FAST could achieve in the future, the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (MOST) has funded a key program (a so-called “973 project”) to support science efforts related to FAST. The project consists of 6 research groups, including one focuses on pulsar research. The pulsar group is organizing annual meetings to gather pulsar astronomers to exchange ideas on recent developments, provoke discussion, and foster collaboration. Oversea scientists are invited to participate in this series of symposium.