From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Tue Jun 11 09:48:03 2013 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:48:03 +1000 Subject: [ASA] Second announcement: "Evolutionary paths in Galaxy Morphology - a Galaxy Zoo conference" (22-26 September 2013) Message-ID: <16F557C8-1E19-4A52-B0F2-14ADE6142D46@sydney.edu.au> Announcement subject: Second announcement of "Evolutionary paths in Galaxy Morphology - a Galaxy Zoo conference" (22-26 September 2013) Announcement text: Dear Colleagues, This is the second announcement for the meeting, "Evolutionary paths in Galaxy Morphology - a Galaxy Zoo conference". This is a reminder that Early Registration and Abstracts Submission for talks will be closing on July 15th. The confirmed list of invited speakers and a rough outline of our program can be found on our website at: Please register soon to ensure your place and be considered for a talk. Confirmed invited speakers include: Carol Christian, Matthew Colless, Scott Croom, Darren Croton, Roger Davies, Karl Glazebrook, Andrew Hopkins, Chris Lintott, Jen Lotz, Karen Masters, Kevin Schawinski, Arfon Smith & Jacqueline van Gorkom Where? Powerhouse Museum, Sydney When? 22 - 26 September, 2013 How do galaxies form and evolve? What shapes galaxies? What are the roles of supermassive black holes and bars in galaxy evolution? Nature and nurture both play important roles in galaxy evolution and the aims of this meeting are to: (i) further develop our understanding of the many underlying physical processes that are responsible for shaping the galaxies that we observe in the Universe around us; and (ii) showcase the high impact scientific contributions by Galaxy Zoo to the study of galaxy evolution. To catch the galaxies in the act of transformation, huge samples of galaxies are needed before we can identify one that is in the stage of transformation, especially if these transformation processes occur relatively quickly. A direct consequence of very large surveys is the emergence of "big data" science which severely challenges traditional data processing techniques. Hence, there exists a great need to develop a variety of techniques to fully maximise the scientific return. Whether you're already working with Galaxy Zoo data, curious about how it might inform your science, or if you just want to spend a few days thinking about galaxy evolution, we hope you'll join us. With more large surveys coming from next generation facilities such as LSST and ASKAP, this meeting will also act as a springboard for Galaxy Zoo-like projects using very large datasets. More details about this event can be found from this website: bit.ly/gzconference If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. Best regards, Ivy Wong (on behalf of the organising committees) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr O. Ivy Wong Super Science Fellow @ CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science Cnr Vimiera & Pembroke Roads, Marsfield, NSW 2122, Australia Phone: +61-2-9372-4148 Email: ivy.wong at csiro.au Web: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/Ivy.Wong ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The survey takes ~10-20 minutes to complete, and your time and effort will help ensure that ASVO is best positioned to meet the needs of the Australian astronomy community. We look forward to receiving survey responses by *18th June 2013*. Please contact me with any questions, and feel free to forward this email to astronomers/students who may not be on the ASA email list. Thanks in advance for your feedback. Kind regards, Yeshe Fenner, on behalf of the ASVO team ______________________________ 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 john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Thu Jun 13 21:45:39 2013 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:45:39 +1000 Subject: [ASA] Announcement of new Early Career Researcher chapter of the ASA Message-ID: <332D1035-F0C8-492E-A18C-EC1FE6C79B10@sydney.edu.au> Hi, The ASA has formed a new chapter, devoted to the training and mentoring of the Early Career Researcher members. It will act to support the needs and development of ECRs in the Australian astronomy community. We invite you to join the chapter. We encourage not just postdocs to join, but also students who are thinking about life after their PhD, and senior researchers who would be willing to act as mentors. The attached flyer contains more details. We will be holding a social mixer event on the Monday evening of the ASA Annual Scientific Meeting in July. There the steering committee can meet you, and find out more about what you want from such a chapter. The chapter website can be found at http://asaecr.smp.uq.edu.au/ or follow the links on the ASA web pages. To join us, simply send an email to asa.ecr.chapter at gmail.com with your name and details. Thanks, David Parkinson (interim chair) on behalf of the steering committee: James Allison, Daniel Bayliss, Andy Casey, Darren Croton, Sarah Martell, Cathryn Trott and Ivy Wong ______________________________ David Parkinson University of Queensland d.parkinson at uq.edu.au -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ECR Information sheet-2.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 160506 bytes Desc: not available URL: