PKU Astrophysics Colloquium 2012, held at KIAA and at Fragrant Hill Hotel on October 19 - 21, 2012, was focused on three topics: pulsar searching and timing with FAST, applications to gravitation/interstellar medium, and neutron-star astrophysics. R. N. Manchester from ATNF, B. J. Rickett from UCSD, and P. Haensel from Copernicus Center were invited to talk on the corresponding subject. Faculty and Postdocs from KIAA and DoA of PKU, as well as some researchers from sister institutes attended this colloquium. Discussions of pulsar study in the FAST era were highlighted. It was agreed that FAST will prompt pulsar studies and the whole radio astronomy significantly. More pulsar people, more software and hardware preparations are needed. This colloquium was organized by D. Li (NAOC), R. N. Manchester (ATNF) and R. X. Xu (PKU).

Time: Oct 19 - 21, 2012；Venue: Xiang Shan, Beijing

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