From lister.staveley-smith at uwa.edu.au Mon Feb 20 11:53:48 2017 From: lister.staveley-smith at uwa.edu.au (Lister Staveley-Smith) Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 08:53:48 +0800 Subject: [ASA] KIAA-ICRAR joint postdocs - deadline Feb 24 Message-ID: <526FF067-7D73-4660-AD87-1606FD2C60A0@uwa.edu.au> KIAA-ICRAR joint postdoctoral research positions on radio astronomy The Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics (KIAA) at Peking University (PKU), Beijing, China and the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) in Perth, Australia invite applications with a Chinese citizenship to fill in 2 jointly funded postdoctoral research positions to work on radio astronomy, starting in the fall of 2017. The term of the funding is four years, with the first half based at KIAA and the second half at ICRAR. We seek for qualified applicants with an expertise in single-dish or interferometry radio astronomy, or relevant numerical simulations. Successful applicants will be encouraged to carry out independent and original research as well as collaborate with KIAA and ICRAR staffs on topics related to 1) galaxy assembly and evolution (neutral atomic and molecular gas, radio continuum), 2) galaxy-AGN-black hole coevolution (neutral atomic and molecular gas, radio continuum), 3) the variable universe (radio transients) and 4) cosmology (large-scale structure, intensity mapping). The broad aim of this program is to support excellent research by early career radio researchers, to enhance the astronomical and SKA collaborations between China and Australia, and to reinforce the capability in China in fully extracting the scientific value from the coming radio surveys at the 500-m FAST telescope in China, as well as SKA precursor surveys world-wide. KIAA is an international center of excellence promoting basic astrophysical research. With English as its working language, KIAA is developing an intellectual environment for scientific exchange. In partnership with the National Astronomical Observatories and other astronomical centers and universities in China, KIAA is engaged in theoretical and observational initiatives, development and utilization of facilities, and training of students and postdocs. KIAA regularly sponsors thematic workshops, conferences, and special-topic training programs. KIAA is establishing exchange and visiting programs with other Kavli institutes and a network of universities and astronomy centers worldwide. The institute, in conjunction with the Department of Astronomy, has a total of about 25 faculty, 20 postdoctoral fellows, 50 graduate students, and 120 undergraduates. For more information, see http://kiaa.pku.edu.cn/ . ICRAR is a joint venture between Curtin University and the University of Western Australia, engaged in Astronomy research, engineering and data intensive astronomy. ICRAR is ranked as one of the top five institutions of its kind in the world and is a significant partner in SKA pre-construction activities. For more information, see http://www.icrar.org/ . RANK: Postdoctoral fellow. SALARY: Depending on qualifications and experience. START DATE: July 1/Sep 1 2017 MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. in astronomy, physics, planetary sciences or related fields completed or expected by effective date, and a demonstrated record of research excellence. Restricted to applicants with a Chinese citizenship. APPLICATION PROCESS: Applicants should submit the following in English by email to kiaafsc at pku.edu.cn: CV, brief summary of research experience, plan of future research, and at least three confidential letters of recommendation. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vkilborn at swin.edu.au Mon Feb 20 22:21:32 2017 From: vkilborn at swin.edu.au (Virginia Kilborn) Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 11:21:32 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Call for proposals to host the 2018 ASA Harley Wood School of Astronomy and Annual Science Meeting Message-ID: Dear colleagues, This is a call for proposals to host the 2018 ASA Harley Wood School of Astronomy and Annual Science Meeting. An Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) has been held since the ASA's formation in 1966. The event has now grown to include more than 200 participants and several auxiliary meetings and talks as well as the Harley Wood School of Astronomy for students, which is held over the preceding weekend. It is now a major event on the Australian Astronomy calendar and is a fantastic opportunity for the host institute to showcase their staff, students, facilities and research. The ASM provides a great opportunity to hear about the range of Australian astronomy and meet colleagues who you would not ordinarily meet in going to meetings in your own sub-field - as a host, this provides an excellent opportunity to have a very large representation. In recent years the ASM has been held at both the hosting university and at commercial conference venues. For the 2018 meeting, the aim is to hold the meeting outside of school holidays (ie, the week of 24 June or 22 July). However, as there is currently no single week that is simultaneously outside university teaching periods and school holidays, we will also consider other dates (but with a preference for those 2 specified weeks). The deadline for proposals is 15 March 2017. For more information on what to include in the proposal see the following website: http://asa.astronomy.org.au/meetings/ASM_instructions.php#Future A complete list of previous host institutions is available at: http://asa.astronomy.org.au/asm.php Please feel free to contact me if you have any queries. Kind regards, Virginia Prof. 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From simon.ellingsen at utas.edu.au Wed Feb 22 12:22:05 2017 From: simon.ellingsen at utas.edu.au (Simon Ellingsen) Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 01:22:05 +0000 Subject: [ASA] EWASS 2017 Gaia Symposium session "Synergies with Radio Astrometry", second announcement Message-ID: Dear all, We warmly invite you and your colleagues to participate in the "Synergies with Radio Astrometry" session during the Gaia Symposium (GREAT meeting), at the EWASS 2017, 26-30 June in Prague. Currently, both radio and optical astrometry can reach accuracies of the order of 10 micro arcseconds, allowing Galactic scale studies through precise distance measurements. In this respect, systematic radio astrometry programs, such as the Bar-and-Spiral- Structure-Legacy survey and the VLBI-Exploration-of-Radio-Astrometry, are currently assessing distance and proper motion estimates of several hundreds of star-forming regions across our Galaxy, while the first optical Tycho-Gaia astrometry was released in September 2016. The session is dedicated to bringing together the radio and optical astrometry community to learn from each other, discuss and start new fruitful collaborations. The session will include a Radio Astrometry review talk, and several contributed talks. For the latter we invite people to submit an abstract presenting their latest groundbreaking results in radio and optical astrometry, and possible combinations of the two methods. For example, a precise cross matching of radio and optical sources will allow combined studies of large-scale structures of our Galaxy, up to the Galactic spiral arms, as well as a substantial revision of the International Celestial Reference Frame. Discussions on the scientific merit of combining radio and optical astrometry are strongly encouraged. Review talk: Radio Astrometry by Mareki Honma (NAOJ) Scientific Organizing Committee: Kazi Rygl (INAF-IRA), Alberto Sanna (MPIfR), Huib Jan van Langevelde (JIVE/Sterrewacht Leiden), Francois Mignard (OCA), G?raldine Bourda (LAB), Teresa Antoja (ICCUB), Nobuyuki Sakai (NAOJ) The Gaia Symposium will take place on 26-27 June. Registration is handled directly through the EWASS pages at http://eas.unige.ch/EWASS2017/registration.jsp with early registration closing 26 Apr 2017. ** The abstract submission deadline is 8 March 2017 ** *REGISTRATION* At this stage all those wishing to present are invited to signup with some details of their talk or poster presentation idea. Please, first, submit your abstract into the EWASS system (which keeps track of abstracts across all the various meetings going on that week). You'll find this page at http://eas.unige.ch/EWASS2017/abstract_submission.jsp ... and then ... there is a page for each of the themed sessions linked from the Gaia symposium wiki at http://great.ast.cam.ac.uk/Greatwiki/GreatMeet-PM10 Thus, choose which session most fits your presentation topic and add your abstract to the page at: Gaia DR1: Highlight Science -? Session 1 Gaia /? GREAT Status -? Session 2 Gaia DR1 science -? Session 3 Gaia networking, synergies with other surveys -? Session 4 Upcoming Gaia DR2 and Gaia Processing -? Session 5 Special session: synergies with radio astrometry -? Session 6 Adding your abstracts in this way to the wiki, helps all to see what sort of talks are being submitted to the Gaia Symposium! All submissions received by *8th March 2017* will be considered, with the final programme being drawn up and published by 10th April 2017. The outline agenda (and eventual full programme) is on the meeting wiki page at http://great.ast.cam.ac.uk/Greatwiki/GreatMeet-PM10 Note -? the EAS provide some support to attend the meeting -? for details of that please see http://eas.unige.ch/ewass.jsp -? look under 'Grant Request' for the EWASS2017 meeting. Deadline for requesting that support is 8th March 2017. Looking forward to seeing you in Prague, Kazi Rygl on behalf of the synergies with radio astrometry SOC University of Tasmania Electronic Communications Policy (December, 2014). 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