From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Mon Oct 8 11:37:23 2012 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 11:37:23 +1100 Subject: [ASA] Nominations for the National Committee for Astronomy In-Reply-To: <8290138B-1DFE-4F02-B2F8-238A17D14EDC@sydney.edu.au> References: <8EF6F01D-A522-4824-885F-51CA4124AC7C@physics.usyd.edu.au> <50593052.9090209@Physics.usyd.edu.au> <21758_1348030632_q8J4v8Oo003048_50595096.3040200@Physics.usyd.edu.au> <8290138B-1DFE-4F02-B2F8-238A17D14EDC@sydney.edu.au> Message-ID: CALL FOR COMMUNITY NOMINATIONS FOR THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ASTRONOMY The National Committee for Astronomy (NCA) is one of twenty-two National Committees of the Australian Academy of Science (AAS). The NCA exists to foster astronomy in Australia, to liaise with international scientific bodies, and to advise the Council of the Australian Academy of Science on relevant matters. One of its main activities is to oversee the Decadal Plan process for Australian Astronomy. The NCA is made up of eight members appointed by the Executive Committee of the Academy. The current members of the committee are listed at http://science.org.au/natcoms/nc-astronomy.html. There is currently one vacancy on the NCA, as Prof. Harvey Butcher has recently completed his term as a member. To make the process of selecting a new member as open as possible, the NCA is calling for nominees from the broader astronomy community. Members of the NCA should be respected members of the Australian astronomy community with a broad spread of institutions and specialisations. Since five of the seven continuing NCA members are from institutions in NSW/ACT, we are particularly keen to use this new appointment to broaden the geographic spread of the committee. The National Committee guidelines can be found at http://www.science.org.au/natcoms/guidelines.htm The guidelines relating to membership can be summarised as follows: * Members should be scientists active in the field * Membership shall be appropriate to 'the best interests of Australian science' * Membership will not usually exceed 8 people * Members will usually be appointed for 4 years * Re-appointment for one further term is possible in 'exceptional circumstances' Note that all appointments are made by the AAS Executive Committee on the basis of a nomination forwarded by the Chair of the NCA. Nominations will be reviewed by a panel consisting of the NCA Chair (Elaine Sadler), the President of the ASA (Kate Brooks) and one Fellow of the Academy who is not currently an NCA member (Warrick Couch). This review panel (in consultation with the Academy's Secretary for Physical Sciences, Prof. Jagadish) will make a recommendation on the vacant position, which will be forwarded to the AAS Executive Committee for approval. Please send your nominations by email to the NCA Chair (Elaine Sadler, ems at physics.usyd.edu.au) before 5pm (AEST) on Monday 15 October 2012. Nominations can be brief (name, institution and a very short outline of expertise are all that's needed, and self-nominations are also acceptable). ____________________________________ Professor Elaine M. Sadler FAA Chair, National Committee for Astronomy School of Physics A28 University of Sydney NSW 2006, Australia email: ems at physics.usyd.edu.au phone: +61 2 9351 2622 fax: +61 2 9351 7726 ____________________________________ From yeshe.fenner at astronomyaustralia.org.au Mon Oct 8 08:50:07 2012 From: yeshe.fenner at astronomyaustralia.org.au (Yeshe Fenner) Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 08:50:07 +1100 Subject: [ASA] Reminder: AAL Committee membership applications close Wednesday 17th October 2012 Message-ID: Dear ASA members, Astronomy Australia Ltd (AAL ) will shortly have vacancies on its Committees: - Antarctic Astronomy Advisory Committee (AAAC) - Astronomy eResearch Advisory Committee (AeRAC) - Optical Telescopes Advisory Committee (OTAC) - Radio Telescopes Advisory Committee (RTAC) - Astronomy Supercomputer Time Allocation Committee (ASTAC) Applications for Committee membership close at *4PM AEDT on Wednesday 17th October 2012*. Please see the following advertisement for more details: - AAL Committee Membership advertisement Applications are encouraged from everyone with the appropriate expertise and skills. AAL also seeks to raise female representation on its Board and Committees to at least 25%, and encourages applications from women. Kind regards, Yeshe ______________________________ Dr Yeshe Fenner Executive Officer Astronomy Australia Ltd T: 03 9214 5520 M: 0430 708 995 F: 03 9214 4396 E: yeshe.fenner at astronomyaustralia.org.au W: astronomyaustralia.org.au P: P.O. Box 2100 Hawthorn VIC 3122 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Simon.Johnston at atnf.csiro.au Tue Oct 9 08:19:24 2012 From: Simon.Johnston at atnf.csiro.au (Simon Johnston) Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 08:19:24 +1100 (EST) Subject: [ASA] Six Astrophysics Positions at CASS Message-ID: The Astrophysics group at the CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science is currently advertising 6 positions. Details, including how to apply, can be found on the website http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/postdocs/ and the job adverts have also been posted to the AAS Job Register. All positions have a closing date of November 18 and are open to Australian and international applicants. The positions are -- An indefinite staff position: We are seeking someone with an outstanding track record in radio astronomy science and associated techniques to be involved in the scientific commissioning and exploitation of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder as it comes on-line over the next few years. -- Bolton Fellowship (3 year position): The Bolton Fellowship is Australia's longest standing prize fellowship and provides an outstanding opportunity for post-doctoral astronomy research in Australia. -- Two Postdoctoral Fellowships (3 year and 5 year positions) in Extragalactic HI Surveys to work with Science Leader Baerbel Koribalski -- Postdoctoral Fellowship (3 year position) to work on science with the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array with Future Fellow George Hobbs. -- OCE Postdoctoral Fellowship (3 year position) in pulsars working with George Hobbs and Simon Johnston. Applications should be made through the CSIRO on-line application forms, details for which can be found on the web page listed above. Please pass on this information to anyone you think would be interested. For any further information, don't hesitate to contact me. Thanks, Simon Johnston Head of Astrophysics, CASS Follow astro group activities on twitter via @HeadAstro From sb at aao.gov.au Tue Oct 9 09:26:01 2012 From: sb at aao.gov.au (sb at aao.gov.au) Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 09:26:01 +1100 (EST) Subject: [ASA] Gemini User's Committee Survey Message-ID: <54542.122.151.229.164.1349735161.squirrel@aaomail.aao.gov.au> Dear Colleagues, As you may know, the Gemini Observatories has formed a new User's Committee. Our charge is simply "To provide feedback to the Gemini Observatory on all areas of its operations that affect current users of the facility, based on the experience of the committee members as well as input collected from the larger community of Gemini users." I know I have collected people's emails earlier this year but the committee has now constructed a formal survey. I would be very grateful if you could add your say to the formal survey, which you can take here. If you prefer, you may contact your local UCG representative (Sarah Brough) directly - contact information is listed below. Your feedback would be most useful to us if received by Sunday October 14th, as the committee is meeting in full for the first time October 17-19. Our thanks in advance for your input - we look forward to working with you to improve the Gemini user experience and the scientific productivity of the observatory! All the Best, Mike Gladders (US) gladders at oddjob.uchicago.edu Armin Rest (US) arest at stsci.edu Vicky Alonso (AR) m.v.alonso at gmail.com Sarah Brough (AU) sb at aao.gov.au Eduardo Cypriano (BR) cypriano at astro.iag.usp.br Craig Heinke (CA) heinke at ualberta.ca Tom Richtler (CL) tom at astroudec.cl PS: The direct link for the survey is https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/UCG2012 From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Tue Oct 9 13:47:23 2012 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 13:47:23 +1100 Subject: [ASA] Parkes 50th Science Symposium Proceedings Message-ID: <5790821D-1CC2-4684-A7E3-4127D59C4D45@sydney.edu.au> Science with Parkes @ 50 Years Young - Proceedings The proceedings of last year's conference celebrating 50 years of science with the Parkes radio telescope are now available for your reading pleasure. Please go to the link below. http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/conferences/Parkes50th/proceedings.html _____________________________________________________ Robert Braun Chief Scientist CSIRO - Astronomy & Space Science Phone: (+61) (0)2 9372 4100 PO Box 76 Direct: (+61) (0)2 9372 4271 Epping NSW 1710 FAX: (+61) (0)2 9372 4310 Australia http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/Robert.Braun/ _____________________________________________________ From amanda.bauer at aao.gov.au Tue Oct 9 15:20:26 2012 From: amanda.bauer at aao.gov.au (Amanda Bauer) Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:20:26 +1100 Subject: [ASA] First Announcement - Feeding, Feedback, and Fireworks: Celebrating Our Cosmic Landscape Message-ID: <5073A60A.6030508@aao.gov.au> Feeding, Feedback, and Fireworks: Celebrating Our Cosmic Landscape 24-28th June 2013 Hamilton Island, Australia We are pleased to announce the sixth meeting in the Southern Cross Astrophysics Conference series, to be held in beautiful Hamilton Island, Australia, June 24-28th, 2013. The meeting, entitled "Feeding, Feedback, and Fireworks: Celebrating Our Cosmic Landscape," will focus on galaxy evolution and how various feedback and feeding processes transfer energy into and out of galaxies. We intend to bring together observations, from radio to X--rays, and the best available theoretical models, to create a more complete picture of how galaxies came to be as they are. The Southern Cross Astrophysics Conferences are held annually around Australia with the aim of attracting international experts with wide ranging skills to discuss a particular astrophysical topic. It is jointly supported by the Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO) and CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS). For more details, please see the workshop website: http://www.aao.gov.au/conferences/fireworks/index_new For general information on the conference, please email: *fireworks13 at aao.gov.au*** Important dates: December 4, 2012: Registration and Call for Abstract opens March 30, 2013: Registration deadline April 19, 2013: 3rd Announcement and Program Release May, 2013: Registration closes. Deadline payment registration fee June, 2013: Final announcement June 24-28th, 2013: Conference Dates Kind Regards, Amanda Bauer (SOC chair) -- Dr Amanda E. Bauer, Super Science Fellow Australian Astronomical Observatory P.O. Box 915, North Ryde NSW 1670, Australia phone: +61 2 9372 4852 website -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From amanda.bauer at aao.gov.au Wed Oct 10 11:37:05 2012 From: amanda.bauer at aao.gov.au (amanda.bauer at aao.gov.au) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:37:05 +1100 (EST) Subject: [ASA] website working - Feeding, Feedback, and Fireworks: Celebrating Our Cosmic Landscape In-Reply-To: <5073A60A.6030508@aao.gov.au> References: <5073A60A.6030508@aao.gov.au> Message-ID: <42183.101.172.42.165.1349829425.squirrel@aaomail.aao.gov.au> working website: http://www.aao.gov.au/conferences/fireworks/ > Feeding, Feedback, and Fireworks: Celebrating Our Cosmic Landscape > 24-28th June 2013 > Hamilton Island, Australia > > We are pleased to announce the sixth meeting in the Southern Cross > Astrophysics Conference series, to be held in beautiful Hamilton Island, > Australia, June 24-28th, 2013. The meeting, entitled "Feeding, > Feedback, and Fireworks: Celebrating Our Cosmic Landscape," will focus > on galaxy evolution and how various feedback and feeding processes > transfer energy into and out of galaxies. We intend to bring together > observations, from radio to X--rays, and the best available theoretical > models, to create a more complete picture of how galaxies came to be as > they are. > > The Southern Cross Astrophysics Conferences are held annually around > Australia with the aim of attracting international experts with wide > ranging skills to discuss a particular astrophysical topic. It is > jointly supported by the Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO) and > CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS). > > For more details, please see the workshop website: > http://www.aao.gov.au/conferences/fireworks/ > > For general information on the conference, please email: > fireworks13 at aao.gov.au > > Important dates: > December 4, 2012: Registration and Call for Abstract opens > March 30, 2013: Registration deadline > April 19, 2013: 3rd Announcement and Program Release > May, 2013: Registration closes. Deadline payment registration fee > June, 2013: Final announcement > June 24-28th, 2013: Conference Dates > > > Kind Regards, > Amanda Bauer (SOC chair) > > > -- > Dr Amanda E. Bauer, Super Science Fellow > Australian Astronomical Observatory > P.O. Box 915, North Ryde > NSW 1670, Australia > phone: +61 2 9372 4852 > website > > _______________________________________________ > ASA mailing list > ASA at physics.usyd.edu.au > Change membership status or contact information via ASA's Edit Membership > page > http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~asamail/asa_membership/asa_members_user_edit.php