From claudia.lagos at uwa.edu.au Mon Jan 30 13:19:56 2017 From: claudia.lagos at uwa.edu.au (Claudia Lagos Urbina) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 10:19:56 +0800 Subject: [ASA] Third announcement: "Mock Perth: Challenges for Simulations in the Era of SKA and Large IFU Surveys" - Extension of registration deadline In-Reply-To: <9B15CE8091F0AE409D47EB1B290CA3D901DD952456E3@IS-WIN-386.staffad.uwa.edu.au> References: <9B15CE8091F0AE409D47EB1B290CA3D901DD95245686@IS-WIN-386.staffad.uwa.edu.au>, <9B15CE8091F0AE409D47EB1B290CA3D901DD952456E3@IS-WIN-386.staffad.uwa.edu.au> Message-ID: <9B15CE8091F0AE409D47EB1B290CA3D901DD95245723@IS-WIN-386.staffad.uwa.edu.au> Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the workshop "Mock Perth: Challenges for Simulations in the Era of SKA and Large IFU Surveys" to be held in Perth, Australia, from the 20th to the 22nd March 2017 (rationale below). We have extended the registration deadline to the 3rd of February 2017. Please find the webpage here: http://www.caastro.org/event/2017-mockperth We will be receiving contributing talks, so please submit your title and abstract if you wish to give a talk. Please share this information with your colleagues. Rationale: We are entering an exciting era in the study of galaxy formation and evolution. Over the last decade or so, precision experiments have derived stringent limits on the key cosmological parameters, while large galaxy surveys (e.g. 2dF, SDSS, GAMA) have provided compelling insights into galaxy evolution in the nearby Universe using statistical samples of galaxies. Over the coming decade, next generation galaxy surveys (e.g. on ELTs, SKA, etc...) will probe in great detail the complex physical mechanisms that drive galaxy formation and evolution over a wide range of galaxy masses and over a much longer baseline in cosmic time, from the Epoch of Reionization to the present day. In particular, our understanding of the low-mass regime will be transformed, as multi-object spectrographs and radio telescopes will survey galaxies with stellar masses below 100 million solar masses, and in some cases (e.g. 4MOST WAVES, ASKAP WALLABY/DINGO, SKA) will probe systems as low as a million solar masses. Modelling the properties of low-mass galaxies represents an exciting yet challenging opportunity for galaxy formation simulators. The success or failure of a model is judged typically against its ability to reproduce ? broadly ? the properties of populations of more massive galaxies. However, low-mass galaxies provide (arguably) the most stringent limits of the models, offering tests of the influence of formation time, gas accretion, feedback, environment, etc? The aim of this workshop is to bring together world-leading simulators and observers in the field to identify and discuss how the models must be improved to provide robust predictions across the range of galaxy masses, from dwarf-scale upwards. We will focus on developments in modelling star formation, feedback and environmental processing, and what we have learned from small scale simulations and modelling that can be applied to cosmological simulations and semi-analytic models. We will also review the current observational status of dwarf galaxies and determine which observables are the key ones one would want to obtain if we are to apply our simulations to the next generation of surveys. CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS Luca Cortese - ICRAR Elisabete Da Cunha - ANU JJ Eldridge - Auckland Violeta Gonzalez-Perez - Portsmouth Brent Groves - ANU Alex Knebe - UMadrid Mark Krumholz - ANU Naomi McLure-Griffiths - ANU Simon Mutch - Melbourne University Nelson Padilla - Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Matthieu Schaller - Durham Jing Wang - CSIRO Best regards, Claudia Lagos on behalf of the SOC (Ivy Wong, Charlotte Welker, Chris Power) -- ARC Research Fellow Tel:(+61 8) 6488 3677 International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research web:www.clagos.com University of Western Australia 7 Fairway, Crawley, Perth, Australia From michael.ireland at anu.edu.au Mon Jan 30 20:41:11 2017 From: michael.ireland at anu.edu.au (Michael Ireland) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 09:41:11 +0000 Subject: [ASA] FunnelWeb workshop and Postdoctoral position Message-ID: Dear ASA members, The FunnelWeb stellar survey to be conducted from May this year with the UK Schmidt Telescope at SSO (http://funnel-web.wikispaces.com/) will have its 3rd workshop at Mt Stromlo Observatory, ANU, next week 6-7 February. This workshop is open to all - please email michael.ireland at anu.edu.au by Wednesday if you are interested in attending for catering purposes. In addition, applications for a postdoctoral fellowship position to work on this exciting new Australian survey closes in 3 days time. Details can be found at http://jobs.anu.edu.au/cw/en/job/515129/funnelweb-postdoctoral-fellow. Regards, Mike Ireland ----- A/Prof. Michael IRELAND ARC Future Fellow Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics Australian National University Work: +61 2 6125 0288 Mobile: +61 424 228579 Skype: mike_ireland -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Tue Jan 31 09:01:10 2017 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 22:01:10 +0000 Subject: [ASA] FRAUD/PHISHING ATTEMPT! Membership renewal reminder at Astronomical Society of Australia Message-ID: <9260C2A8-ACC4-4BF9-8670-1DE2A994B5CF@sydney.edu.au> To all ASA members, Apologies if you received a version of the following email this morning, although it should have only gone to current student members. This was an inadvertent test of one aspect of the new ASA membership system. Obviously it works, but please ignore this email for now. 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"The standard you walk past is the standard you accept? ????????????????????????? ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR JOHN O?BYRNE Associate Dean (Education), Faculty of Science Secretary, Astronomical Society of Australia Inc. Sydney Institute for Astronomy School of Physics | Faculty of Science THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Rm 205, Physics Building A28 Postal address: School of Physics | The University of Sydney | NSW | Australia | 2006 T +61 2 9351 3184 | F +61 2 9351 7726 E john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au | W http://sydney.edu.au/science/people/john.obyrne CRICOS 00026A This email plus any attachments to it are confidential. Any unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please delete it and any attachments. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From aatts at aao.gov.au Wed Feb 1 11:40:54 2017 From: aatts at aao.gov.au (AAT Tech Secretary) Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 11:40:54 +1100 Subject: [ASA] Request for Proposals for Large Observing Programs on the AAT starting Semester 17B Message-ID: Request for Proposals for Large Observing Programs on the AAT starting Semester 17B The AAO aims to provide opportunities for Australian and international astronomers to make effective use of the Anglo-Australian Telescope?s (AAT) unique capabilities to address major scientific questions through large observing programs. These large observing programs may use any general-user instrument at the AAT: AAOmega, KOALA, SAMI, IRIS2 or HERMES. The AAO is issuing a Request for Proposals for major new observing programs to commence in semester 17B. All proposals will be evaluated by the Australian Time Allocation Committee (ATAC). Ambitious projects are encouraged, and the AAO expects large observing programs to be awarded a total of at least 25% of the available time on the AAT; in some past semesters, Large Programs have been allocated almost 50% of the available time. Existing AAT Large Program commitments are listed at: at this link . All proposals should be submitted with the standard online AAT application system Lens, which will open on 15 February 2017. Non-standard page limits and section headings will apply as outlined below. The case for the proposed large observing program must include: 1. A major, compelling and feasible scientific program. The proposal should focus on key questions that the observational data would address, but should also outline anticipated secondary uses of the data by the broader community. ?Major? in this context will generally mean programs requiring 50 nights or more (there is no set upper limit), possibly extending over several semesters. The science will be expected to be groundbreaking and not just incremental. Proposers need to discuss what their program will achieve in comparison with other on-going and future programs on similar timescales. The scientific program should be described in no more than 5 pages (including figures, tables, and references). 2. An observing strategy describing the provision of the input target sample, the detailed plan for the observations (number of nights including the standard allowance for weather, cadence of time-critical observations, and total duration of the project), the proposed instrumental setups, constraints on weather conditions or timing of observations, signal-to-noise or other figures of merit required to achieve the science goals, and any special support needed for the observations. The number of targets, required data quality, sensitivity limits and other relevant information should be rigorously justified. Programs requiring multiple visits to the same field should present a strategy for updating targets to achieve optimum efficiency. The observing strategy should be described in no more than 2 pages. 3. A management plan outlining the collaboration involved in the program, the sharing of responsibilities for scientific management; the planning of observations; the carrying out of observations; data reduction; quality control at each of these stages; data release to the AAO community and compliance with International Virtual Observatory Alliance standards; and finally, data analysis and exploitation by the proposing team. Specifically, the plan should address the following issues. a. Data reduction procedures and requirements: what are the team's specific data reduction needs and their capacity to support these needs. b. Funding: what resources have been secured (or are being secured) to support team personnel, and what is the duration of this funding? c. Observing management: what observing experience (directly applicable to the AAT instrument to be used) do team members have, and how many have indicated a willingness to participate in observing runs? The AAO expects all Large Program teams to become self-supporting at the AAT, in terms of including observers who are already competent with or are willing to be trained in the operations of the instrument(s) for the program without additional AAO staff support. The plan should outline the roles of all team members and how members contribute to carrying out the program. Proposers may also wish to suggest a publication strategy, including the process for determining authorship. The management plan should be described in no more than 2 pages. 4. A project timeline, including the observational and analysis aspects, with milestones and regular reviews by ATAC during the course of the program. 5. An outreach plan. Proposers should plan for significant public outreach, and the proposal should explain the broader impact of the project. The timeline and outreach plan, together, should be described in no more than 1 page. Proposers are encouraged to form broad collaborations across the Australian and international communities in support of their programs. The PIs for large programs will generally be expected to commit to the project as the main focus of their research over the program?s duration. Proposers should also familiarise themselves with the method of time accounting at the AAT (see this link ) as well as the conditions for Long-term projects at this page . Proposals for large observing programs should be submitted to ATAC by the standard proposal deadline of 5pm 15 March 2017. The number of large programs to be awarded time will be determined with a clear preference for a small number of very high quality programs delivering high impact science as quickly as possible. Within these guidelines, ATAC will award time based on considerations including the relative scientific merit and impact of the large programs and standard programs, the quality of the management, publication and outreach plans, and the phasing of programs to provide a steady rollover of large programs for the longer term. A panel of independent expert referees will be asked to provide comments on the proposals; proposers will be given the opportunity to respond to the referees? comments. ATAC will, at its discretion, seek progress reports (which may be refereed) at various stages of the project. If proposals of sufficient merit are not received in this call, an additional call will be made for semester 18A. Anyone considering submitting a large program proposal should contact the AAO Director ( director [at] aao.gov.au ) to discuss their plans. Warrick Couch AAO Director 1 February 2017 --- Lee Spitler AAT Technical Secretary Senior Lecturer Australian Astronomical Observatory & Macquarie University Sydney, Australia P: +61 (2) 9850 4161 (Macquarie) P: +61 (2) 9372 4895 (AAO) www.physics.mq.edu.au www.aao.gov.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jbryant at physics.usyd.edu.au Wed Feb 1 12:33:35 2017 From: jbryant at physics.usyd.edu.au (Julia Bryant) Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 12:33:35 +1100 Subject: [ASA] Last chance to sign up - Hector workshop Message-ID: <5EF4C244-DB61-4A2D-ABB4-0BC4096D7DBA@physics.usyd.edu.au> Dear astronomers, Here is a final reminder to sign up for the upcoming Hector science workshop on 14th February, which will be an important discussion forum for anyone who may want to use the new IFU instrument Hector on the AAT. Feel free to forward to anyone who may be interested. Apologies if you receive this twice. __________________________________________________________________________ Dr Julia Bryant | Senior Research Fellow ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO) Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIfA) | School of Physics | Faculty of Science Australian Astronomical Observatory THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Physics Building A28 | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 | AUSTRALIA T 0432951638 T International +61 432951638 Usyd Email julia.bryant at sydney.edu.au or jbryant at physics.usyd.edu.au Web http://sydney.edu.au/science/physics AAO Email julia.bryant at aao.gov.au CRICOS 00026A This email plus any attachments to it are confidential. Any unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please delete it and any attachments. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Over the past three years, some of Australia?s most impressive scientists have presented their research on stage in their quest to represent Australia at the FameLab International Final in the UK. This year, it could be you! If you?re passionate about science, want to improve your presentation and communication skills, meet leading researchers from across the world and win an expenses-paid trip to the Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK, visit www.famelab.org.au. Applications open on 9 January and close on 24 February 2017. Further information is in the attachment. John ????????????????????????? "The standard you walk past is the standard you accept? ????????????????????????? ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR JOHN O?BYRNE Associate Dean (Education), Faculty of Science Secretary, Astronomical Society of Australia Inc. 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The program follows the usual APRIM format, with four plenary talks (one of which is from Lisa Kewley/ANU) together with invited and contributed talks under the following themes: (1) Planetary systems, solar and extrasolar (2) Interstellar Medium and Star Formation (3) Stellar evolution and feedback (4) Galaxies, AGNs, and Cosmology (5) Compact Objects and High Energy Astrophysics (6) Observing Facilities and International Collaboration (7) Public Education, Outreach, and Diversity More details can be found at: www.aprim2017.tw IMPORTANT DATES: * * Deadline for Abstract Submission March 1, 2017 * Notification of Abstracts for Oral and Poster Presentations March 31, 2017 * Deadline for Early-bird Registration April 30, 2017 * Last Day for Cancellation of Registration with 75% Refund April 30, 2017 * Deadline for Regular Registration June 16, 2017 ICRAR and CSIRO will be submitting a bid, on behalf of the ASA, to host APRIM2020 in Perth, so an good turnout at APRIM2017 is encouraged. 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We look forward to bringing together experts from across all observational wavelengths as well as theoretical simulations. We aim to identify the open questions that the next-generation surveys such as WALLABY can help answer. The registration for this workshop is free. However places are limited and we encourage everyone to register early. More information about this meeting and registration can be found from our website: https://sites.google.com/site/swg3workshop/ The gender balance of this conference has been endorsed by the ASA's Inclusion, Diversity and Equity in Astronomy (IDEA) Chapter. Confirmed invited speakers: Barbara Catinella (ICRAR/UWA) Aeree Chung (Yonsei University) Claudia Lagos (ICRAR/UWA) Karen Lee-Waddell (CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science) Attila Popping (ICRAR/UWA) Chris Wolf (ANU) We hope to see you in March! 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