7369 20250117200815.0 SEMIN-2025-0017 De Cat, Peter The scientific connection between China, Belgium, and India: possibilities for the future? 2024 2024-06-04 As a little boy, I was already fascinated by the magnificent light show of the twinkling stars in the night sky. My scientific career started almost 30 years ago when, as a physics student at KU Leuven (Belgium), I prepared my master's thesis under the supervision of Conny Aerts. Thanks to her enthusiasm, I started to look into asteroseismology, where the stars reveal the secrets of their hidden interior through the way they vibrate. In this presentation I would like to demonstrate how my interest in stellar pulsations has led to the two projects that I consider my greatest scientific achievements to date, namely the close collaboration with colleagues from both China (via the LAMOST-Kepler project) and India (via the BINA project). The strength of these projects will be demonstrated by some scientific results in different domains. Recently, a new network has emerged involving some of my close collaborators from China and India. Hence the open question: are there opportunities to further the strengthen scientific ties between China, Belgium and India in the future? NO National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China peter.decat@ksb-orb.be 114416759 http://publi2-as.oma.be/record/7369/files/24lamost_Talk_NAOC_website.pdf 10948 http://publi2-as.oma.be/record/7369/files/24lamost_Talk_NAOC_website.jpg?subformat=icon-180 icon-180 8573 http://publi2-as.oma.be/record/7369/files/24lamost_Talk_NAOC_website.gif?subformat=icon icon SEMIN