From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Mon Oct 27 21:55:56 2014 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 21:55:56 +1100 Subject: [ASA] ASA post from raypnorris@gmail.com requires approval In-Reply-To: <4279944C-EFED-4A9B-B3C1-34940789E8FA@sydney.edu.au> References: <4279944C-EFED-4A9B-B3C1-34940789E8FA@sydney.edu.au> Message-ID: Given the various deep survey projects that the Australian community are involved in, Ray Norris has asked this email for an international conference. ************************************************************ THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT ************************************************************ BACK AT THE EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE: LATEST RESULTS FROM THE DEEPEST ASTRONOMICAL SURVEYS March 15-19, 2015, Sintra, Portugal Webpage: http://deep15.oal.ul.pt email: deep15 at oal.ul.pt ************************************************************ Dear colleagues, this is the third announcement of the conference: ?Back at the Edge of the Universe: latest results from the deepest astronomical surveys" organised by the Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics of the University of Lisbon. This conference will be held on 15-19 March 2015, in Sintra, a beautiful region just 30 km west of central Lisbon classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site (see http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/723). Please distribute this notice to your colleagues, and kindly post this conference information on any relevant sites. The outline of the Conference is given below and also at the Conference website: http://deep15.oal.ul.pt Contact email: deep15 at oal.ul.pt This announcement brings you some important updates concerning the meeting preparation, and in particular, the list of invited speakers. Conference Rationale: Nine years after being ?At the Edge of the Universe?, it is time to return to lovely Sintra and discuss, once again, the latest achievements of the deepest observations of the Universe. This time, well into the era of the Deep Fields, we believe we understand a little bit better how galaxies form and how they evolve into the multitude of shapes, sizes, environments and activity they display at later epochs. Making full use of the capabilities of the largest and most powerful ground- and space-based observatories, operating throughout the electromagnetic spectrum, large international teams have extensively studied the most distant reaches of the Universe. Many hours of telescope time and computational effort have been employed in what is one the most pressing issues of modern science, and many findings have driven us ever nearer to understanding the formation and evolution of galaxies. Where are we now? Have we reached a solid theoretical framework for galaxy formation and evolution? What else do we need in order to find the still elusive first galaxies, hosting the first generation of stars and the very first AGN in the Universe? What can theory tell us about where to look and how to look into this seemingly impenetrable problem? Do we know how galaxies assemble and how feedback processes take place and drive their evolution? How do galaxies depend on, or determine, their environment? How is this work driving the development and fine-tuning of the next generation of telescopes and their respective surveys? The Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics of the University of Lisbon participates in this effort, hosting once again an international conference aimed at discussing galaxy formation and evolution in the light of the deepest astronomical observations. The focus is on the latest observational results, and on how they shape, and are shaped by, the latest theoretical framework. Main Topics: - Galaxy formation, the first billion years - Reionization - High-redshift star-forming galaxies - Early AGN activity - High-z quiescent galaxies - Environments at high redshifts - Gas and dust at early epochs - Feedback processes - Galaxy mergers and morphological evolution - Galaxy mass assembly - Star-formation History - Extragalactic backgrounds - The next generation of deep surveys Scientific Organising Committee: Jose Afonso (chair, CAAUL), Andrea Cimatti (U. Bologna), Carlos De Breuck (ESO), Mark Dickinson (NOAO), James Dunlop (ROE), Henry Ferguson (STScI), Mauro Giavalisco (U. Massachusetts), Ken Kellermann (NRAO), Jennifer Lotz (STScI), Bahram Mobasher (co-chair, U. California), Ray Norris (CASS), Laura Pentericci (Obs. Roma), Piero Rosati (U. Ferrara), David Sobral (CAAUL/Leiden), Linda Tacconi (MPE) Local Organising Committee: Joana de Medeiros, Marlise Fernandes, Sandra Fonseca, Elvira Leonardo, Silvio Lorenzoni, Katrine Marques, Hugo Martins, Hugo Messias, Joana Oliveira, Ciro Pappalardo, Jo?o Retr? (chair) Location: We return to Hotel Tivoli Sintra, at the very center of one of the most beautiful villages in the world, Sintra. Just 30 km away from central Lisbon, the "Cultural Landscape of Sintra" is part of the World Heritage List, displaying a unique mixture of nature and architectural treasures. Sintra, with its fairytale palaces and luxuriant vegetation resulting from a unique microclimate, has inspired many great writers and poets: Lord Byron called it a "Glorious Eden", while Robert Southley longed to spend his last days there. For the sea lovers, the extensive Sintra's coastline offers many opportunities for surf and windsurf (Guincho, a renowned windsurfing Mecca, is just minutes away). Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe is also nearby, hosting spectacular coastline views all the way to Lisbon. We hope you can attend the ?Back at the Edge of the Universe" conference. If you are coming, either for the first time or returning after the 2006 meeting, we strongly advise you to take a couple of extra days to explore this beautiful place. On the conference webpages you will find more information about Sintra, so that you can enjoy your Sintra experience to the fullest. Social Presence: The conference has a strong social presence, offering prospective participants updates about the organisation as it unravels. Notes about Sintra, interesting places and their history, what to do and where to go before and after the conference, what and who you will hear at the conference, and approaching deadlines will be posted periodically at facebook.com/deepconf twitter.com/deepconf besides on the conference webpage. Important dates: 07 April, 2014: First announcement; pre-registration available 05 June, 2014: Second announcement. Registration opens 13 October, 2014: Third announcement 07 November, 2014: Registration and Abstract submission deadline 01 December, 2014: Final Conference Programme 12 December, 2014: Registration fee payment deadline 15 March, 2015: Conference Starts Registration: Registration and abstract submission can now be made through the conference webpages, where you will also find details about the available forms of payment of the conference fees. If you are unable to register at this moment but want to keep receiving further announcements, please follow us on facebook (deepconf) or twitter (deepconf). You can also send us an email asking to be kept informed. Participants: Since the first announcement the conference has received a substantial number of pre-registrations. Since the maximum number of seats at the conference venue is 130, and only the registration guarantees acceptance to the conference, we urge all interested to register as soon as possible. Scientific Program: In addition to invited talks, contributed papers (oral or poster) can be presented. The SOC will select a limited number of contributions for oral presentation on the basis of the submitted abstracts. Invited Speakers: As of the 13th October, the list of invited speakers is as follows: Philip Best: ?The AGN-Galaxy connection out to the highest redshifts? Karina Caputi: ?Galaxy Stellar Mass Assembly at high z? Elisabete da Cunha: ?Modelling the SEDs of galaxies at high-z: recent progress & future challenges? Richard Ellis: ?Galaxy Formation: observations? Andrea Ferrara: ?Reionisation and First Light? Taddy Kodama: ?Proto-clusters at high-z? Alexandra Pope: ?Gas and Dust evolution (including SF)? Joop Schaye: ?Galaxy formation: prediction from models? Marta Volonteri: ?The assembly of massive black holes in the early universe? A brief biographical note on our invited speakers is now available at the DEEP15 webpage: http://deep15.oal.ul.pt/invited-speakers/ Proceedings: The conference will have no proceedings, but the contributions will be published on our webpage. Contact information: For inquiries concerning travel, accommodation, and other logistic details, please consult the conference webpage or contact the LOC. webpage: deep15.oal.ul.pt facebook: facebook.com/deepconf twitter: twitter.com/deepconf email: deep15 at oal.ul.pt Telephone: +351 21 361 67 39 Fax: +351 21 361 67 52 Please feel free to disseminate this information among your colleagues. We are looking forward to meeting you in Sintra. On behalf of the SOC and LOC, Jose Afonso Prof. Ray Norris CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science & Macquarie University Dept. of Indigenous Studies (Warawara) & School of Computing, Engineering, &Maths, UWS Tel: +61 417 288 307 http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rnorris -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Mon Oct 27 23:19:33 2014 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 23:19:33 +1100 Subject: [ASA] ASA ECR chapter - mentoring program Message-ID: <37A221D1-668E-4189-877A-01F1CED1F74E@sydney.edu.au> Dear ASA members, The Early Career Researcher chapter is pleased to invite you to participate in our mentoring program. Mentoring is consistently mentioned as an important ingredient in professional development and career success, and we are hopeful that our mentoring program will provide our ECR members with perspective, advice and connections within the astronomical community. Here's a quick overview of the program: we are looking for both people to be mentored, and for people to act as mentors as well. There is a quick survey (one for mentors and one for mentees), and based on the survey results we will match mentors and mentees. The pairs will meet two or three times a year (or more if you wish), either in person or over video chat, and those meetings will be strictly confidential. The program is open to students as well as postdocs. If you want to participate in the program, either as a mentor or as a mentee, please fill out this quick survey, preferably by 31 October: Mentees: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/asaecrmentees Mentors: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/asaecrmentors and we'll make the matches and get the program rolling. Please sign up to join the chapter as well, if you haven?t done so already. Further information, and links to the slides and summary notes from past ECR workshops, are available on the ECR Chapter web site: http://asaecr.smp.uq.edu.au/mentoring/. Please feel free to send any questions about this program to David Parkinson, d.parkinson at uq.edu.au, or Sarah Martell, s.martell at unsw.edu.au. All the best, The ECR Chapter Steering Committee ______________________________ David Parkinson Australian Research Council Future Fellow The University of Queensland d.parkinson at uq.edu.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ANUAstroMOOC at gmail.com Tue Oct 28 09:30:26 2014 From: ANUAstroMOOC at gmail.com (Paul Francis) Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 09:30:26 +1100 Subject: [ASA] Call for 2.3m proposals Message-ID: <15476_1414449027_s9RMUQGL012110_DB89A5A6-E1E6-40B7-8B29-FB207D7618F5@gmail.com> Dear Observer, The closing date for observing proposals for time on the ANU/RSAA 2.3m telescope at Siding Spring Observatory (SSO) in the quarter 1st February 2014 - 30th April 2015 is 23:59 NOVEMBER 15, 2014. Instruments available: Nasymth A: WiFeS Nasymth B: Imager or echelle. Observing proposals must be submitted electronically via the RSAA web pages. Full instructions are available at http://rsaa.anu.edu.au/observers/observing-rsaa. You will need the most recent versions of the template and style files which can be obtained from the web pages. *************************** PLEASE NOTE *********************************** (1) WiFeS users are requested to indicate on the proposal form whether they will be present at the telescope or observe remotely. Remote observing is available only to experienced WiFeS observers but can now be carried out from sites within Australia other than Mt Stromlo subject to technical feasibility. It is not currently possible from overseas. (2) Proposals for use of the 2.3m will only be considered if the PI is from the ANU or from another institution that contributes financially or has contributed financially and directly to the building and/or operations of the 2.3m telescope and its commissioned instruments. These institutions include those that collaborated on the successful ARC LIEF bid to fund the Blue Arm of the WiFeS spectrograph and the successful ARC LIEF bid for the WiFeS upgrade. All such proposals will be judged on their scientific merit alone. There will be no quotas placed on the amount of time available for qualifying institutions. These policies will remain in place for the present. Currently eligible (non-ANU) institutions are the AAO, UQld, UNSW and USyd as well as Swinburne, Monash and Macquarie. (3) Macquarie, Swinburne and Monash proposals have a certain amount of guaranteed time. All proposals wishing to claim this should state explicitly in the abstract how much of this time they wish to claim. (4) Limited first night support at the telescope is provided to new observers. Nevertheless new observers are strongly encouraged to be present at the telescope at least one night before their observing run to familiarise themselves with the telescope and instrument operating systems. The latest information on using the telescope and its instruments can be found at http://rsaa.anu.edu.au/observers/obsering-rsaa. (5) Proposers are reminded to limit their scientific case to TWO pages, including figures and references. *************************************************************************** If you have technical problems in using the web-based submission process, please email tacinfo at mso.anu.edu.au. Paul Francis Chair, ANU TAC From andrew.hopkins at aao.gov.au Thu Oct 30 17:30:02 2014 From: andrew.hopkins at aao.gov.au (Andrew Hopkins) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 17:30:02 +1100 Subject: [ASA] ASA Council and PASA news Message-ID: <5451DAEA.6080009@aao.gov.au> Dear ASA Members, At our July meeting this year, the ASA Council was informed by ASA Vice-President Darren Croton of his intent to resign from Council, and by Bryan Gaensler of his intent to step down as Editor-in-Chief of PASA. Both indicated that they would continue to serve in their roles until suitable replacements were identified, and to be available to help in managing a smooth transition. _ASA Vice-President_ With Darren's resignation from Council there was a need to identify not only a replacement for the vacancy on Council but also for the role of Vice-President. In accordance with item 16 of the Society's Constitution, the vacancy has been filled through invitation by the Council. I am pleased to announce that Assoc. Prof. Virginia Kilborn has been appointed to this role, following extensive discussion with the Council and the Executive, with due consideration for the responsibilities of the role, and following her acceptance of the invitation. Virginia is a Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director in the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing at Swinburne University of Technology. In addition to her many other accomplishments, Virginia was Acting Director at CAS for an extended period in the transition between Warrick Couch's move to the AAO and Karl Glazebrook's appointment as Director. The Council has strongly endorsed and unanimously supported her appointment as Vice-President. In keeping with the ASA tradition of selecting the current Vice-President as Council's nomination for President, Virginia will be so nominated in due course for Council elections in 2015. I am looking forward to working with Virginia on the ASA Council in these roles. I warmly thank Darren for his contributions during his time on Council and as Vice-President. Darren has been a member of Council since 2011, and Vice-President since mid-2013. In that time he has been instrumental in significant activity on the ANITA Chapter, as well as in proposing and initiating the ECR Chapter, over and above the usual levels of support provided through regular Council business. _PASA Editor-in-Chief_ To ensure the new PASA Editor-in-Chief role was filled by someone with suitable experience and a vision for the continuing success of PASA, the Society's journal, we initiated a recruitment process. I am pleased to report that the ASA Council has appointed Daniel Price, Senior Lecturer and ARC Future Fellow at Monash University to the role. Daniel has been a member of the PASA Editorial Board for the past four years, and will formally begin in the role of Editor-in-Chief on 1 January 2015, although over the coming months he will be transitioning into the role, working closely with Bryan in the lead up to Bryan's departure. I am looking forward to working with Daniel in his new role with PASA and with the Council. I heartily thank Bryan for his contributions during his time as PASA Editor-in-Chief over the past 6 years. In this time Bryan has led many initiatives leading to the journal's substantially increased impact factor, introduced the Dawes Review, and smoothly managed the transition from CSIRO Publishing to Cambridge University Press. Once again, I thank Bryan and Darren for their contributions. Please join with me in welcoming Virginia and Daniel to their new roles in the Society. Andrew Hopkins President, ASA -- A.Prof. Andrew Hopkins, Head of Research and Outreach Australian Astronomical Observatory P.O. Box 915, North Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia ph: +61 2 9372 4849 fax: +61 2 9372 4880 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Thu Oct 30 21:00:04 2014 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 21:00:04 +1100 Subject: [ASA] Five new postdoc positions at ICRAR-Curtin Message-ID: Five Postdoctoral Research Positions at ICRAR?Curtin University The Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy invites applications for five postdoctoral research associates/fellows specialising in either low frequency radio astronomy or accretion science. CIRA operates the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA ? a precursor to the Square Kilometre Array) and supports a large allied research team plus a growing expertise in accretion and jet physics. In summary these positions are ? Research Associate/Fellow MWA Science (including 30% science support), 5-year term, contact Professor Carole Jackson (carole.jackson at curtin.edu.au) ? Research Associate: MWA extragalactic survey science, 3-year term contact Professor Carole Jackson (carole.jackson at curtin.edu.au) ? Research Associate/Fellow MWA massive and powerful galaxies, 5-year term, contact Dr Nick Seymour (nick.seymour at curtin.edu.au) ? Research Associate/Fellow, X-ray binaries and radio transients, 5-year term, contact Dr James Miller-Jones (james.miller-jones at curtin.edu.au) ? Research Fellow, stellar-mass quiescent black holes, 3-year term, contact Dr James Miller-Jones (james.miller-jones at curtin.edu.au) Full details for each position can be found via Jobs at Curtin as linked above and within job #49487 on jobregister.aas.org Curtin University is Western Australia?s largest university and is engaged in a broad portfolio of teaching and research activities. The Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (CIRA) was founded in 2008 and is focussed on supporting the SKA to the benefit of Western Australia, Australia and the wider international community. CIRA now comprises more than 50 staff and PhD students, primarily focused on radio astronomy research, but also spanning many other aspects of observational astronomy, radio astronomy engineering, applications of high performance computing in astronomy and astrophysics theory (including simulation). CIRA forms one half of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) Joint Venture with The University of Western Australia and is also a node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO). CIRA researchers have excellent linkages with these and many other national and international groups, coupled with excellent access to the new $80M Pawsey Supercomputing Centre. Allowances to cover relocation expenses, computing (setup) and approved travel for e.g. observing, national and international meetings will be available on a discretionary basis. Applications must be submitted through the Curtin University web site links given above. Please note that applicants interested in more than one position must apply for each separately as the selection processes will be independent. CIRA is committed to improving equity and diversity and we encourage applications from all qualified candidates. Closing date: 12 December 2014, 5pm Perth, WA (0900 UT, Friday 12 December 2014) Professor Carole Jackson Professor, Radio Astronomy & WA Premier?s Fellow International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) Street Address Building 610, Room 134, Brodie-Hall Building 1 Turner Avenue Bentley Technology Park Bentley WA 6102 Post: GPO Box U1987, Perth WA 6845 Australia Curtin University Tel | +61 8 9266 4908 Mobile | 0401 103 500 Email | carole.jackson at curtin.edu.au www.icrar.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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NCI Astronomy Flagship Program: up to 1,000 kSUs 2. gSTAR and swinSTAR: up to 1,700 kSUs 3. iVEC Galaxy supercomputer: up to 2,000 kSUs ASTAC Application form can be downloaded from http://www.astronomyaustralia.org.au/commitees/astac For assistance with the proposal form, or for more information on the resources available, please contact Luke Hodkinson (lhodkins at astro.swin.edu.au), or Amr Hassan (ahassan at swin.edu.au). Note that Luke and Amr may also be contacted for enquiries related to the suitability of code for use on GPUs. iVEC specific enquiries can also be directed to the iVEC Helpdesk (help at ivec.org). On behalf of the ASTAC Committee Dr. Amr H. Hassan gSTAR Projects and Engagement Support Leader Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing Swinburne University of Technology H29, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia Phone: +61-3-9214-8546 Fax: +61-3-9214-8797 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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A pioneer of X-ray astronomy in Australia as well as a determined hunter of planets via gravitational microlensing, his legacy is reflected in the naming of the "Greenhill Observatory" at Bisdee Tier, 60 km north of Hobart, officially opened on 23 February 2013. John was the eldest of 7 children in a farming family from the north-west of Tasmania. After national service John chose to pursue an academic career, and graduated with honours in 1960 and a PhD in 1966 from the University of Tasmania. He was heavily involved in the University's X-ray astronomy rocket program, conducted jointly with Adelaide University, and carried out launches from the Woomera range in South Australia. Subsequently he assumed the leadership of the balloon-borne high energy X-ray program of the University of Tasmania. At this time (in the mid-1970s to early 80s) satellites were beginning to provide valuable observations below about 15-20 keV, but the observations above this energy were sparse. John's group designed and built a 1-m X-ray telescope sensitive to photons in the range 20-120 keV, which was successfully flown from Mildura and Alice Springs, and as a joint payload with instruments from Imperial College from Alice Springs and Brazil. It had good spectral resolution and fair spatial resolution. Although dogged with setbacks, including parachute failures and a lab fire that destroyed most of the equipment, John managed several successful balloon flights. By the mid-1980s it was clear that satellites would dominate X-ray astronomy, and John switched fields to take over the operation of the University's optical telescope facility at Mt Canopus adjacent to Hobart. John's drive and leadership led to the observatory joining the international PLANET consortium in their searches for exoplanets using the gravitational microlensing technique. His optical work continued into his retirement from the mid-1990s. In later years it became clear that the observatory was significantly compromised by the encroaching city lights, and John set to work to build a new observatory at a better site. He successfully sourced donations of a 1.27 m primary mirror and sufficient funds, and negotiated with a farming land owner for a site on which to build the new observatory. John then managed the construction and commissioning of the new "Greenhill Observatory", which was opened on 23 February 2013 by the Governor of Tasmania, His Excellency the Honourable Peter Underwood. For his voluntary service to the University after his retirement John was, in 2012, the inaugural winner of the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Contributions by a Voluntary Position Holder. John was an avid sailor, having sailed his new yacht with his young family from the UK to Australia, and regularly sailing around coastal Australia. He often took friends out on sailing trips. He was also a keen bushwalker. A man of great principles John had a strong social ethic. He was a Labor party member and a passionate advocate for the environment and renewable energy systems. John's death is a great loss to the Tasmanian astronomical community and the University of Tasmania, but he will be fondly remembered. He is survived by his wife Julia and daughters Lisa and Susie, and three grandchildren. Marc Duldig and Duncan Galloway -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From s.tingay at curtin.edu.au Sat Nov 1 02:06:49 2014 From: s.tingay at curtin.edu.au (Steven Tingay) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 23:06:49 +0800 Subject: [ASA] Clarification of job advertisements at ICRAR - Curtin University Message-ID: Dear ASA members, A couple of days ago a set of five new job advertisements for the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), Curtin University node, was distributed to this exploder. Upon review, this announcement may have caused some confusion, interpreted as positions primarily affiliated with the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (CIRA). These five new positions are primarily affiliated with ICRAR, the WA State Government funded collaborative Joint Venture between Curtin University and The University of Western Australia that has been extended to run for the next five years, with upwards of $50m of investment from the State and the two Joint Venture partners. ICRAR is focused on advancing the science and engineering for the SKA, playing key roles in federally funded SKA pre-construction work packages. To clarify, CIRA is the business unit at Curtin University into which the advertised appointments will be made, the host business unit for Curtin's approximate half of the ICRAR Joint Venture. However, the primary affiliation for these positions is with ICRAR, coupled to ICRAR project plans, and coupled to science projects that span The University of Western Australia and Curtin University. I hope that this clarification clears up any possible confusion. For those interested in applying for the five new positions, spanning a range of exciting MWA science and accretion physics, all information regarding the positions themselves remains unchanged. For details and enquiries regarding the positions, please contact Prof. Carole Jackson, Dr James Miller-Jones, and Dr Nick Seymour, as noted in the original email. 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