From Ivy.Wong at csiro.au Wed Apr 10 02:22:14 2013 From: Ivy.Wong at csiro.au (Ivy.Wong at csiro.au) Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 16:22:14 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Call-for-Abstracts for the meeting, "Evolutionary Paths in Galaxy Morphology - a Galaxy Zoo conference" Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, This is a Call-for-Abstracts for the meeting, "Evolutionary Paths in Galaxy Morphology - a Galaxy Zoo conference". Where? Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia When? 22 - 26 September, 2013 Abstract & early registration closing date: 15 July, 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: From joh414 at csiro.au Wed Apr 10 08:25:48 2013 From: joh414 at csiro.au (Simon Johnston) Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:25:48 +1000 (EST) Subject: [ASA] ATCA 25th symposium Message-ID: Hi John, Could you please circulate this to the ASA exploder. Thanks, Simon ---------------------------------------------------- Science Symposium for the Australia Telescope Compact Array's 25 Birthday. Narrabri, NSW. September 3 - 6, 2013. This is the first announcement of a science symposium to highlight the scientific output of the Australia Telescope Compact Array since its opening on Sept 2, 1988. The meeting will take place in Narrabri, NSW from September 3-6, 2013 and will cover a broad range of scientific topics from the local planets to the distant CMB in recognition of the engineering and science achievements of the ATCA. We would also like to take this opportunity to showcase 25 years of the ATNF co-supervised student program with talks from students past and present. An official celebration to mark the 25th anniversary of the opening of the ATCA will take place on-site on September 2nd. All symposium attendees are invited along. Web site with details including accommodation and registration will be available soon. In the meantime, please mark the dates in your diaries and distribute to friends and colleagues. SOC: Simon Johnston (Chair), Phil Edwards (CASS), Sarah Maddison (Swin), Elaine Sadler (USyd), John Dickey (UTas), Lister Staveley-Smith (UWA). LOC: Margaret McFee, Jamie Stevens, Robin Wark, Phil Edwards Contact me for more information, Simon Johnston Head of Astrophysics, CASS. From Kate.Chow at csiro.au Fri Apr 12 16:15:57 2013 From: Kate.Chow at csiro.au (Kate Chow) Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:15:57 +1000 Subject: [ASA] First announcement and pre-registration for the "Astroinformatics 2013: Knowledge from Data" conference (9-13 December, 2013) Message-ID: <803ADD6F-B9E5-4097-967A-908758B5397C@csiro.au> Dear Colleagues, This is the first announcement for the conference, "Astroinformatics 2013: Knowledge from Data". The conference will be held from 9-13 December, 2013, at the CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS) Headquarters, in Sydney, Australia. Please forward this email onto any colleagues who might be interested. Astroinformatics is an emerging discipline at the intersection of astronomy/astrophysics and applied computer science and engineering, arising from the need to address the challenges and opportunities of exponential growth of data volumes, rates, and complexity from next-generation telescopes. Pre-registration is now open, so please visit the website http://tinyurl.com/astroinfo to register your interest, or for more information. Click "email updates" on the conference logo to fill in your details, or follow us on Twitter (@astroinfo2013). We will also be posting updates on the "Astroinformatics" page on Facebook, and you can "Like" this page from the conference website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at astroinformatics at csiro.au. 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