From s.martell at unsw.edu.au Mon Apr 11 11:27:56 2016 From: s.martell at unsw.edu.au (Sarah Martell) Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 11:27:56 +1000 Subject: [ASA] Second announcement: ASA Early Career Researcher Mentoring Workshop Message-ID: <570AFD9C.1080904@unsw.edu.au> Dear colleagues, This is the second announcement that registration for the ASA ECR Mentoring Workshop is open. Theme: Survive and Thrive in Astronomy and Beyond Dates: 30-31 May 2016 Location: Yarra Valley Estate , VIC Registration deadline: 22 April Registration link: here Speakers: Joss Bland-Hawthorn Mark McAulay Orania Tokatlidis Virginia Kilborn Iraklis Konstantopoulos Sean Farrell Rachel Webster Geraint Lewis Matthew Colless Topics: Making a career plan Vision and leadership Making big (and small) projects happen Work/life balance Managing your mental health Transitions outside astronomy Your skills portfolio Mastering the job interview Writing a cover letter and research statement A payment link will be sent to registered attendees in late April. We will arrange childcare if requested, and thanks to our sponsors we can provide some support for registration costs for participants with low travel funding. If you anticipate requesting this support, please email Sarah Martell (s.martell at unsw.edu.au) to discuss details. We hope to see you there! 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It is noted that astronomical and space sciences and numerical and computational mathematics are priority areas of USQ research and both are rated at above world class in the ARC ERA 2015 outcomes. For more information please contact Associate Professor Linda Galligan directly: Linda.Galligan at usq.edu.au Phone (07) 4631 2263 Applications close Wednesday 27 Apr 2016 at 05:00 PM (AEST) ????????????????????????? "The standard you walk past is the standard you accept? ????????????????????????? ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR JOHN O?BYRNE Associate Head (Teaching & Learning), School of Physics Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching), 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 ahassan at swin.edu.au Wed Apr 13 16:34:50 2016 From: ahassan at swin.edu.au (Amr Hassan) Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 06:34:50 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Astronomy Supercomputer Time Allocation Committee - Call for Proposals Q3-Q4 2016 Message-ID: <33B78DF7-155F-4B5B-8865-90AF245021F3@swin.edu.au> Astronomy Supercomputer Time Allocation Committee Call for Proposals ? 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The South African MeerKAT radio telescope is a precursor to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope and will be integrated into the mid-frequency component of SKA Phase 1. Construction of the MeerKAT telescope is now well underway and the ten MeerKAT key science projects are being reviewed. The MeerKAT MIGHTEE (MeerKAT International GigaHertz Tiered Extragalactic Exploration Survey) is a deep continuum survey that targets four key sky areas (COSMOS, XMM-LSS, E-CDFS and ELAIS-S1) in full polarization. In doing so the MIGHTEE continuum survey will image 20 square degrees in L band, and some fraction of this area also at S band, to a depth of approximately 2uJy/bm in total intensity. In addition, imaging at 500-900 MHz with the upgraded GMRT will be used to provide matched resolution data (5?) to the MeerKAT L and S band images. Expressions of interest for joining the polarization working group of the MIGHTEE survey should provide (1) a brief description of scientific interest in the survey, and (2) a description of the proposed contribution to the project on a technical level. Successful EoIs are expected to balance scientific return with invested effort. EoIs from postdoctoral and early stage career researchers are particularly encouraged. Please send EoIs for joining the MIGHTEE polarization working group to Anna Scaife (anna.scaife at manchester.ac.uk) and/or Russ Taylor (russ at ast.uct.ac.za) with the subject line "MIGHTEE POL WG". Best wishes, Russ Taylor & Anna Scaife ------- Dr Anna Scaife Reader and Head, Interferometry Centre of Excellence Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics University of Manchester +44 (0)161 275 4519 www.jb.man.ac.uk -- Dr Julie K. 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URL: From scott.croom at sydney.edu.au Sun Apr 17 02:22:53 2016 From: scott.croom at sydney.edu.au (Scott Croom) Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 16:22:53 +0000 Subject: [ASA] The Changing Face of Galaxies conference, 19-23 September 2016, Tasmania, Australia: Abstract deadline 30th April In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: THE CHANGING FACE OF GALAXIES: UNCOVERING TRANSFORMATIONAL PHYSICS ABSTRACT DEADLINE 30th APRIL 2016 19-23 September 2016 Wrest Point Hotel, Hobart, Tasmania 2016 CAASTRO Annual Scientific Conference SUMMARY - A conference bringing together new data and theory to gain a clearer view of the physical processes that drive change in galaxies. - WWW site: http://www.caastro.org/event/2016-galaxy - Early Bird registrations and abstract submissions OPEN. To register and submit your abstract please go to www.ccastro.org/event/2016-galaxy - Email galtrans at caastro.org with any questions Registration and abstract submission is now open for The Changing Face of Galaxies: Uncovering Transformational Physics conference (http://www.caastro.org/event/2016-galaxy). The conference will be held from 19-23 September 2016 at the Wrest Point Hotel, Hobart, Australia. The hosts will be ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO) and the conference is supported by the University of Sydney, the Australian National University, and the University of Western Australia. Registration and Welcome drinks will be held on Sunday 18 September 2016. Fundamental to our understanding of galaxy formation is the question of how the galaxies seen at high redshift were transformed into the galaxy population we see around us today. There have been profound changes to the galaxy population in terms of both structure and activity. Structurally, galaxies are known to grow in size and change in morphological mix over time and this morphological mix is also well known to be strongly dependent on environment, with a much higher fraction of elliptical and lenticular galaxies in high density regions. Concerning activity, the global rate of star formation is seen to peak at redshift, z~1-2, declining to the present day, and it is again strongly dependent on environment. Activity due to the accretion of gas onto super-massive black holes similarly declines to the present day. Central to tackling these problems is our ability to observe and simulate galaxies in new ways. Observationally, new projects using spatially resolved spectroscopy are able to shed light on a broad range of physical processes. At the same time observations at radio frequencies are opening up a new window on the gas content in galaxies, and large-scale multi-wavelength surveys are providing coverage of galaxies over their entire spectral energy distribution. Together with this, the last few years has seen a number of breakthroughs in galaxy simulation, including large-scale cosmological hydrodynamical simulations, new views on feedback and the construction of realistic disk galaxies. Our focus in the conference will be to bring together these different themes to discover which processes drive the transformations we see in the galaxy population. INVITED SPEAKERS ? Joss Bland-Hawthorn, USYD ? Alyson Brooks, Rutgers ? Martin Bureau, Oxford ? Michele Cappellari, Oxford ? Marcella Carollo ETH, Zurich ? Charlotte Christensen, Arizona ? Luca Cortese, UWA ? Rob Crain, LJMU ? Sara Ellison, UVic ? Jes?s Falc?n-Barroso, IAC ? Natascha F?rster Schreiber, MPE ? Philip Hopkins, Caltech (TBC) ? Lisa Kewley, ANU ? Claudia Lagos, ICRAR ? Roberto Maiolino, Cambridge ? Crystal Martin, UCSB (TBC) ? Thorsten Naab, MPA ? Amelie Saintonge, UCL ? Rachel Somerville, Rutgers (TBC) ? Paul Torrey, MIT ? Pieter van Dokkum, Yale ? Jessica Werk, UCO REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT SUBMISSION To register and submit your abstract please click here or visit our website www.caastro.org/event/2016-galaxy. Scientific contributions to the Changing Face of Galaxy conference can be in oral or poster form. Please note that the deadline to submit abstracts for oral presentations is 30 April 2016. Poster presentations will be accepted until 14 August 2016 dependent on floor space. Please note: Payment of the registration fee is not required at the time of registration and abstract submission. However to receive the early bird fee payment must be received by COB on 30 June 2016, otherwise the full registration fee will be charged. You will need to register for your abstract to be considered. A payment code will be issued that you can use to pay your fee later. If you have any questions please contact galtrans at caastro.org Cancellation Policy If you need to cancel your registration, please contact galtrans at caastro.org. There will be a $100 processing fee for all cancellations prior to 14 August 2016. Thereafter, no refunds will be offered. CONFERENCE FEES (including GST) Early Bird Registration Fee: $AUS 400.00 Registration Fee: $AUS 500.00 Student Registration Fee: $AUS 250.00 KEY DATES ? Registration/abstract (2nd announcement) open: February 2016 ? Oral Presentation Abstracts Close: 30 April 2016 ? Poster Abstracts Close: 14 August 2016 ? Program Available: 15 June 2016 ? Early Bird Closes: 30 June 2016 ? Registrations Close: 14 August 2016 ACCOMMODATION BOOKINGS We have booked a block of rooms for workshop participants at the Wrest Point Hotel which is also the conference venue. We encourage you to take advantage of the special rate we have secured for conference participants. We have the following rooms: * Motor Inn $109 room only * Water Edge $129 room only * Tower Standard $159 room only * Suite $269 room only A special Full Buffet Breakfast rate of $23/person is available when booking accommodation and is an additional cost to the list room rates To make an accommodation reservation: Accommodation bookings are now open. To book please download the booking form, complete it and return to Wrest Point (groups at wrestpoint.com.au) and quote "CAASTRO Block No #769433. Please note that all bookings must be guaranteed by credit card at time of booking and full payment will be required at final checkout. Note that all rooms at the Wrest Point are non-smoking. Meals: Your registration fee includes the following meals: morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea daily. If you have any dietary requirements, please ensure you make a note of these when you register for the conference, under the Dietary Information field. The Registration fee will also covers a Welcome Function on 18 September 2016 and the conference dinner being held on Thursday 22 September 2016. VISA INFORMATION All travellers other than Australian and New Zealand citizens need a valid visa or authority to enter Australia (including electronic visas). More information here or Department of Immigration Fact Sheet for Travellers. Please contact the organisers if you need a letter of invitation for your visa application. For some nationalities, processing and issuance of visas can take several weeks/months, so apply well before your planned travel. 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