From physics at skatelescope.ca Tue Oct 4 01:32:36 2016 From: physics at skatelescope.ca (=?utf-8?Q?Bryan=20Gaensler?=) Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 14:32:36 +0000 Subject: [ASA] =?utf-8?q?Registration_now_open=3A_Fundamental_Physics_with?= =?utf-8?q?_the_SKA?= Message-ID: <1012fe6c196afc61b4a9655d0ad08f36210.20161003143217@mail142.suw14.mcdlv.net> ** SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT ------------------------------------------------------------ ** FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS WITH THE SQUARE KILOMETRE ARRAY ------------------------------------------------------------ ** REGISTRATION NOW OPEN ------------------------------------------------------------ (Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. Please circulate to interested colleagues.) 1st-5th May 2017, Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius SUMMARY: - A conference on the SKA as a tool to probe fundamental physics - WWW site: skatelescope.ca/physics - Click here (http://utoronto.us13.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=1012fe6c196afc61b4a9655d0&id=63a7abdc58&e=ad08f36210) to register, submit abstracts and book accommodation - Early registration deadline: 15th December, 2016 - Send questions to physics at skatelescope.ca (mailto:physics at skatelescope.ca) RATIONALE: The Square Kilometre Array (http://utoronto.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1012fe6c196afc61b4a9655d0&id=dd3c338740&e=ad08f36210) (SKA) will be the world?s largest and most powerful radio telescope. When the SKA begins operations early in the next decade, it will deliver spectacular new data sets that are expected to transform our understanding of physics, astronomy and cosmology. To fully realise the potential of the SKA as a machine for fundamental physics, the SKA organisation seeks to engage the theoretical physics community in the science case and design considerations for the full array. To initiate this discussion, we will be holding a focused workshop in May 2017, in which we aim to bring together radio astronomers and theorists to jointly consider ways in which the SKA can test and explore fundamental physics. Topics to be covered will include: ? Cosmology and Dark Energy ? Cosmic Dawn and Reionisation ? Dark Matter and Astroparticle Physics ? Gravity and gravitational radiation Within each topic, we will have a series of invited presentations setting out the outstanding problems that the SKA can potentially address (with the first of these talks also including an explanation of the SKA?s capabilities in this area). This will be followed by shorter presentations and extensive discussion, through which we hope to establish preliminary feasibility of SKA experiments and measurements in each area. The intended outcomes of this meeting will be: ? an overall matrix that matches physics problems to SKA capabilities; ? a discussion paper based on this matrix (to be posted on arXiv.org and submitted as an SKA memo), which will summarise the prospects and priorities for fundamental physics with the SKA; ? identification of new collaborative research projects in which astronomers and physicists can work together to perform the required simulations, calculations and forecasts. The workshop will be held in Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius. Mauritius has a long history in radio astronomy, and is one of the African partner countries that will co-host components of the full SKA. Mauritius? capital city, Port Louis, is served by frequent direct flights from many countries (including Australia, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Poland, Russia, South Africa and the United Kingdom), with one-stop connections from most other major international gateways. Flic-en-Flac is a 1-hour drive from SSR Airport in Port Louis. We aim to make this a productive and welcoming meeting for all. This will be a family friendly event, with childcare and family accommodation provided. All attendees must agree to adhere to the SKA Organisation?s meeting code of conduct (http://utoronto.us13.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1012fe6c196afc61b4a9655d0&id=a50fc8d8f3&e=ad08f36210) upon registering. INVITED SPEAKERS (initial list, all confirmed): David Bacon (UK) Rennan Barkana (Israel) Celine Boehm (UK) Phillip Bull (USA) Tzu-Ching Chang (Taiwan) Tamara Davis (Australia) Michael Kramer (Germany) Julien Larena (South Africa) Samaya Nissanke (Netherlands) Frans Pretorius (USA) Jonathan Pritchard (UK) Joe Silk (UK) Scientific Organising Committee: Jenni Adams (New Zealand) John Beacom (USA) Luc Blanchet (France) Carlo Burigana (Italy) Heino Falcke (Netherlands / Germany) Pedro Ferreira (UK) Bryan Gaensler (Canada, co-chair) Leon Koopmans (Netherlands) Roy Maartens (South Africa) Edvard M?rtsell (Sweden) Tirthankar Roy (India) Eva Silverstein (USA) Ingrid Stairs (Canada) Cathryn Trott (Australia) Amanda Weltman (South Africa, co-chair) Renxin Xu (China) Local Organising Committee: Girish Beeharry (University of Mauritius) Mono Bunwaree (University of Mauritius) Bryan Gaensler (University of Toronto) Nalini Heeralall-Issur (University of Mauritius) Zo? Jaremus (University of Toronto) Satish Ramchurn (University of Mauritius) Radhakhrishna Somanah (University of Mauritius) Amanda Weltman (University of Cape Town) First Announcement : June, 2016 Registration and Abstracts Open : 3rd October, 2016 Early Registration Deadline : 15th December, 2016 Abstract Deadline : 20th January, 2017 Final Registration Deadline : 20th January, 2017 Final Program : 28th February, 2017 We acknowledge generous support and sponsorship from the following organisations: * ? Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics (http://utoronto.us13.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1012fe6c196afc61b4a9655d0&id=0512dc661a&e=ad08f36210) * ? Square Kilometre Array Organisation (http://utoronto.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1012fe6c196afc61b4a9655d0&id=868be4bc54&e=ad08f36210) * ? ARC Centre of Excellence for All-Sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO) (http://utoronto.us13.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=1012fe6c196afc61b4a9655d0&id=8859ad4f95&e=ad08f36210) * ? 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URL: From vkilborn at swin.edu.au Tue Oct 4 23:25:38 2016 From: vkilborn at swin.edu.au (Virginia Kilborn) Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 12:25:38 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Fw: STA Executive Nominations 2016 In-Reply-To: <006801d21de7$0733eca0$159bc5e0$@sta.org.au> References: <006801d21de7$0733eca0$159bc5e0$@sta.org.au> Message-ID: Dear ASA members, Please consider this opportunity to nominate for the STA executive committee. Kind regards Virginia President, ASA Virginia Kilborn Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology Swinburne University of Technology Ph (w) +61 (0)3 9214 4380 WWW: http://bit.ly/24vsqSR ________________________________ From: kylie.walker at sta.org.au Sent: Tuesday, 4 October 2016 1:28 PM To: kylie.walker at sta.org.au Subject: STA Executive Nominations 2016 Dear STA society presidents, STA board members, observers and colleagues, The following STA executive committee positions are open for nomination, and will be determined at the STA AGM on November 25, 2016: * President-elect (one year appointment, followed by two years as President) * Secretary (two year appointment) * Chair, Policy Committee (two year appointment) * Early Career Researcher (two year appointment) Candidates must be financial members of a member society and receive written support from two other individuals who are themselves financial members of a member society. Position descriptions for each vacant position are available on request. If you are interested please read the further details attached or get in touch to discuss. Nominations are due by 5.00pm, 11 November 2016. Jeremy Brownlie Secretary STA and Kylie Walker CEO STA Website | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube [Science & Technology Australia] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.png Type: image/png Size: 11203 bytes Desc: image003.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: exec nominations note JB 2016 .docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Size: 4055042 bytes Desc: exec nominations note JB 2016 .docx URL: From itso at aao.gov.au Wed Oct 5 08:52:57 2016 From: itso at aao.gov.au (International Telescopes Support Office) Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2016 08:52:57 +1100 Subject: [ASA] Australian access to the Magellan telescopes Message-ID: The AAO's International Telescopes Support Office (ITSO) and Astronomy Australia Limited (AAL) are pleased to announce that Australian access to the world-class 6.5 metre optical/IR Magellan telescopes in Chile will continue until Semester 2020B at the current level of 15 nights per year. The Magellan telescopes have been in great demand by Australian astronomers since access commenced in 2007 (average oversubscription of ~3), and we are therefore delighted to have secured the funding to exercise an option to extend access by a further three years. This is possible under an agreement between AAL and the Carnegie Institution for Science. AAL has secured the funding for these additional 45 nights from the Australian Government via the Department of Education and Training (under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy) and the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science. AAL thanks the Australian Government for their continued support of astronomical research infrastructure. A reminder also that the deadline for Magellan proposals in Semester 2017A is this Friday 7 October at 5pm AEST - https://www.aao.gov.au/itso/magellan/apply Stuart Ryder, ITSO Yeshe Fenner, AAL From Ian.Heywood at csiro.au Wed Oct 5 10:56:06 2016 From: Ian.Heywood at csiro.au (Ian Heywood) Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2016 10:56:06 +1100 Subject: [ASA] Bolton Fellowship Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science invites applications for the 2017 Bolton Fellowship. Full details of the position are available on the AAS listing, and the links therein: http://jobregister.aas.org/job_view?JobID=55970 Applications close: 11:59pm AEST, Monday 31st October 2016. Please redistribute this message as you see fit. Thanks -Ian -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Ian.Heywood at csiro.au Wed Oct 5 12:03:01 2016 From: Ian.Heywood at csiro.au (Ian Heywood) Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2016 12:03:01 +1100 Subject: [ASA] OCE Postdoctoral Fellowship Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship to work on the ASKAP HI All-Sky Survey (WALLABY). Full details of the position are available via the AAS listing and the links therein: http://jobregister.aas.org/job_view?JobID=56149 Applications Close: 11:59pm AEST, Monday 31st October 2016. Please redistribute this message as you see fit. 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