From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Mon Oct 15 20:17:23 2012 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:17:23 +1100 Subject: [ASA] ATUC Science day and Open Meeting Message-ID: <362705DA-588F-405C-BD3B-ABF7295249E3@sydney.edu.au> Subject: Reminder: ATUC Science day and Open Meeting This is a reminder for all users or potential users of the Parkes Telescope that the Australia Telescope Users Committee will hold a Science Day on Monday, October 29, to discuss future instrumentation and operations plans. The meeting will be held from 9:30-5:00 in the main lecture theatre of the ATNF in Marsfield, NSW. ATNF will provide lunch to all participants for the science day. For catering purposes all people attending the science day need to register. If you are planning on coming please register as soon as possible. http://www.atnf.csiro.au/management/atuc/2012oct/science_meeting The ATUC Open Meeting will be held on Tuesday 30 October from 9:30am. If you have issues you want discussed at ATUC please contact your local ATUC representative or start a topic on the ATUC forum: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/management/atuc/#Members http://atuc.freeforums.org/ Regards Chris Phillips for John Dickey (ATUC Chair) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR JOHN O?BYRNE Associate Head (Teaching & Learning) Chair, School Teaching & Learning Committee Secretary, Astronomical Society of Australia Inc. 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URL: From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Thu Oct 18 13:28:08 2012 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 13:28:08 +1100 Subject: [ASA] ANITA Workshop and Astroinformatics Summer School 2013 Message-ID: <0F8C5A0C-71E1-4D4A-BCCB-76EBB2AE2937@sydney.edu.au> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANITA 2013 AND ASTROINFORMATICS SUMMER SCHOOL 18th-22nd February 2013 University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia INITIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ ANITA 2013: ------------------ The 7th Annual Theory Workshop of the Australian National Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (ANITA), will be held on the 21st and 22nd of February 2013 at the School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Queensland, Brisbane. Website and registration will be available soon. Please save the date in your calendars! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ASA/ANITA Astroinformatics summer school ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The ANITA meeting will be preceded by a 3 day astroinformatics summer school, from the 15th-17th Feb. (This is the inverse of the usual arrangement, where the school had previously followed the Workshop). The school with cover techniques and resources for use in astrophysics. Topics covered will be similar to the last school, which included: * Unix and unix-like operating systems * Python * Virtual observatory tools * Databases and SQL * TOPCAT and PyRAF * MPI Programming and HPC The summer school is open to all advanced undergraduate, honours and PhD students as well as active Astronomy and Astrophysics researchers within Australia and New Zealand. However, numbers are limited and so when allocating spaces priority will be given to students. Registration and website will be available soon. Looking foward to seeing you there. On behalf of the SOC (Tamara Davis, David Parkinson, Holger Baumgardt and Signe Reimer-Sorensen) and the ANITA steering committee ______________________________ David Parkinson University of Queensland d.parkinson at uq.edu.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From swyithe at unimelb.edu.au Thu Oct 18 14:48:10 2012 From: swyithe at unimelb.edu.au (Stuart Wyithe) Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 03:48:10 +0000 Subject: [ASA] CAASTRO Annual Science Conference Announcement: Reionization in the Red Centre Message-ID: Dear ASA community, Please find below an announcement for the first CAASTRO Annual Science Conference. This is an international meeting and will include attendees from both the CAASTRO and wider astronomical communities. We encourage all interested members of the Australian astronomical community to participate in this exciting meeting. Regards, Stuart ################################################################################ Reionization in the Red Centre: New Windows on the High Redshift Universe ################################################################################ 15-19 July, 2013, Ayers Rock Resort, Australia The formation of the first stars, galaxies and black-holes, and the associated reionization of cosmic hydrogen and helium represents one of the major events in cosmic history. This topic has received a great deal of attention over the past decade, with a focus on theory and interpretation of the first observations of the reionization era. The study of early galaxy formation and reionization is now entering a new era, facilitated by the impending availability of a range of revolutionary telescopes including LOFAR, MWA, ALMA and Planck, which will complement optical/near-IR deep and wide-field surveys. The aim of this conference is to bring together theorists and observers to present recent advances in our understanding of cosmic reionization and the high redshift Universe, and to discuss how new observational capabilities will drive the science in the future. This meeting is the first in the annual series of CAASTRO conferences in wide field astronomy, and will be held at the Ayers Rock Resort in the shadow of outback Australia's iconic Uluru. The conference website can be viewed at http://www.caastro.org/event/2013/uluru. Topics to be discussed include: ? What do we know about the first stars and galaxies? ? What do we know about the first black-holes and quasars? ? What have we learned about reionization from the CMB? ? What are 21cm studies teaching us about reionization? ? What do we know about the history of the IGM? ? How well has theory confronted observations in the realm of reionization? ? What are the key future observations for understanding reionization? Invited Speakers: Richard Ellis Avi Loeb Matt McQuinn George Becker Anna Frebel Tiziana di Matteo Jackie Hewitt Saleem Zaroubi Kristian Finlator Olivier Dore Jonathan Pober Daniel Mortlock (TBC) Scientific Organizing Committee: Stuart Wyithe (Melbourne, Chair) Benedetta Ciardi (MPA) Zoltan Haiman (Columbia) Peng Oh (UCSB) Steve Furlanetto (UCLA) Xiaohui Fan (Arizona) Frank Briggs (ANU) Andrea Ferrara (Scuola Normale Superiore) Leon Koopmans (KAPTEYN) Qingjuan Yu (KIAA) Priya Natarajan (Yale) Local Organizing Committee: Kate Gunn (Sydney, Chair), Kim Dorrell (Melbourne), Ruth Jeffries (Sydney), Stuart Wyithe (Melbourne) Social activities: These include the "Sounds of Silence" conference dinner under the stars, and a guided tour of Uluru. Conference fee: The conference fee of 400AUD will include refreshments, all meals including the conference dinner, welcome reception, and tour of Uluru. A link to the registration page can be found at http://www.caastro.org/event/2013/uluru Location: The conference will be held at Ayers Rock Resort. A link to the venue is found at http://www.caastro.org/event/2013/uluru Accommodation: A contingent of about 75 rooms has been held in the various accommodation options available within Ayers Rock Resort. Information on these may be found at the conference web site. Transport: The meeting venue is a short coach ride from the Uluru Airport. Coaches meet all flights and are complementary. Qantas and Virgin airlines operate flights into Uluru from a range of Australian cities. Some flight options are listed on the conference web site. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Important dates: Registration open: October 31st, 2012 Registration deadline: April 8th, 2013 Conference dates: July 15th - 19th , 2013 Conference website: http://www.caastro.org/event/2013/uluru Conference email: uluru2013 at caastro.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================= Professor Stuart Wyithe Australian Laureate Fellow School of Physics University of Melbourne Vic, Australia 3010 Phone: +61 3 8344 5083 Fax: +61 3 9347 4783 Email: swyithe at unimelb.edu.au ============================= -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bryan.gaensler at sydney.edu.au Thu Oct 18 23:16:12 2012 From: bryan.gaensler at sydney.edu.au (Bryan Gaensler) Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 23:16:12 +1100 Subject: [ASA] Reminder: PASA Editorial Board - applications due 31 Oct 2012 In-Reply-To: <4547CA8E-E293-4A29-B210-9E2148432355@sydney.edu.au> References: <4547CA8E-E293-4A29-B210-9E2148432355@sydney.edu.au> Message-ID: <1E4B2867-6273-48B7-AFA1-C3CEF3B2C11D@sydney.edu.au> Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (PASA) is an ISI-listed, fully-refereed journal for new and significant research in astronomy and astrophysics. PASA seeks two suitably qualified astronomers to join its Editorial Board for three-year terms, beginning January 2013. Applications are sought from candidates with expertise in any areas of astrophysics, but those with expertise in extragalactic astronomy are especially encouraged to apply. Applications can be made by sending a brief CV and any other evidence of strengths and suitability by 31 Oct 2012 to the Chair of the PASA Editorial Board, Bryan Gaensler (bryan.gaensler at sydney.edu.au). For further details about the PASA Editorial Board and the application process, see http://sifa.org.au/PASA .