From growell at physics.adelaide.edu.au Wed Feb 8 10:11:45 2017 From: growell at physics.adelaide.edu.au (Gavin Rowell) Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 09:41:45 +1030 (CST) Subject: [ASA] Symp S15 at EWASS 2017: SCIENTIFIC SYNERGIES ENABLED BY THE SKA, CTA AND ATHENA Message-ID: Subject: Symp S15 at EWASS 2017: SCIENTIFIC SYNERGIES ENABLED BY THE SKA, CTA AND ATHENA Dear colleagues, we are pleased to announce that SKA/CTA/ATHENA symposium that will be held during the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS) 2017 in Prague. There will be a session (1.5h) devoted to CTA synergies with radio instruments and in particular with SKA (Block 3) for contributed talks.? Registration is already open. The very early registration finishes in a couple of days (10 Feb) please visit the following page if you wish to contribute to the symposium: http://eas.unige.ch/EWASS2017/registration.jsp EWASS 2017 - eas.unige.ch eas.unige.ch A power cut will shut down all EAS services on Tuesday, 10 January 2017 starting at 7:30 CET. ?Looking forward to welcoming you in Prague! With best regards, The organising committee ********************************************************************* ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1st circular ? ? ? SCIENTIFIC SYNERGIES ENABLED BY THE SKA, CTA AND ATHENA ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Symposium 15 at EWASS 2017 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Prague, 26-27 June 2017 ********************************************************************* [ Please forward this email to any colleague that may be interested. Apologies if you receive this message more than once ] Dear colleagues, we are pleased to announce the two-day Symposium on : ** SCIENTIFIC SYNERGIES ENABLED BY THE SKA, CTA AND ATHENA ** that will be held on 26-27 June 2017, in the context of the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS) 2017. For more info see: http://eas.unige.ch/EWASS2017/session.jsp?id=S15? EWASS 2017 eas.unige.ch European Week of Astronomy and Space Science 2016 The Square Kilometre Array (SKA - operating in the radio band), the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA - operating in the GeV-TeV band) and Athena (operating in the X-ray band) are three observatories now at the study, detailed design and/or pre-construction phase. The talks in this Symposium will focus on outstanding but still unanswered scientific questions where the fully-fledged multi-wavelength and multi-messenger astronomy enabled by SKA, CTA and Athena will lead to a big step forward in our knowledge. Each of the six sessions reported below will be devoted to report on the potentialities of one of the three facilities in combination with the results provided by other major instruments. * Block 1: The hot and energetic Universe ? [Athena synergies with Optical/IR and sub/mm facilities] * Block 2: New visions of the energetic and relativistic Cosmos? ? [SKA synergies with ?X-ray/Gamma-ray missions] * Block 3: The extremes of the ?electromagnetic Universe? ? [CTA synergies with SKA] * Block 4: Breakthrough radio astronomy: exploring the unknown? ? [SKA synergies with other Radio/mm facilities] * Block 5: Transformational pictures of the Universe? ? [SKA synergies with IR/Optical facilities] * Block 6: A fully deployed multi-messenger astronomy? ? [SKA synergies with GWs, particles, ?neutrinos detectors] Please forward this email to any colleague that may be interested. We also invite you to submit abstracts: the registration is now open ? http://eas.unige.ch/EWASS2017/registration.jsp EWASS 2017 - eas.unige.ch eas.unige.ch A power cut will shut down all EAS services on Tuesday, 10 January 2017 starting at 7:30 CET. and the deadline for abstract submission is MARCH 8th, 2017. The list (to be completed) of the invited speakers includes: * Matteo Guainazzi (ESA/ESTEC - The Netherlands) * Paolo Padovani (ESO/Garching - Germany) * Rossella Cassano [tbc] (INAF/IRA Bologna - Italy) * Sera Markoff (Univ of Amsterdam - The Netherlands) * Robert Laing (ESO/Garching - Germany) * Tiziana Venturi (INAF/IRA Bologna - Italy) * Andrea Cimatti (Univ di Bologna/DIFA - Italy) * Carlos Martins (Univ do Porto - Portugal) * Alberto Vecchio (Univ of Birmingham - UK) The members of the SOC are: Xavier Barcons (IFCA(CSIC-UC) Santander, Spain), Robert Braun (SKA/Jodrell Bank, UK), Emma de Ona Wilhelmi (IEEC-CSIC Barcelona, Spain), Evan Keane (SKA/Jodrell Bank, UK), Andrea Possenti (INAF/OAC Cagliari, Italy) Looking forward to seeing you in Prague! Andrea Possenti, on behalf of the SOC? (possenti at oa-cagliari.inaf.it) From k.williams at sydney.edu.au Wed Feb 8 10:43:19 2017 From: k.williams at sydney.edu.au (Kylie Williams) Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 23:43:19 +0000 Subject: [ASA] ASA Distribution list Message-ID: Hi John/Seb When the mailing lists/exploders were updated did the ASA one get updated too? I've got a conference announcement I would like to send out. Is it still asa at physics.usyd.edu.au? Cheers Kylie KYLIE WILLIAMS | Events and Communications CAASTRO | School of Physics | Faculty of Science | ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics Rm 352 Building A28 | School of Physics The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 T +61 2 9114 2183 | F +61 2 9114 2195| M +61 478 404 619 Email k.williams at sydney.edu.au W http:// www.caastro.org Please note: I am in the office Monday, Tuesday and Thursday (9:00am - 5:30pm) and Wednesday (9:00am - 2:00pm) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From k.williams at sydney.edu.au Wed Feb 8 11:09:05 2017 From: k.williams at sydney.edu.au (Kylie Williams) Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 00:09:05 +0000 Subject: [ASA] SECOND ANNOUNCENEMT AND CALL FOR PAPERS: From Black Hole to Environment: galaxy evolution across multiple wavelengths Message-ID: SECOND ANNOUNCENEMT AND CALL FOR PAPERS: From Black Hole to Environment: galaxy evolution across multiple wavelengths 20 - 24 August 2017 Australian National University, Canberra Australia SUMMARY * www.caastro.org/event/2017-blackhole * Abstract submission OPEN. To register and submit your abstract please go to Black Hole Registration or www.caastro.org/event/2017-blackhole On August 20 - 24, 2017, the Australian National University will host an international scientific conference "From Black Hole to Environment: galaxy evolution across multiple wavelengths". This conference aims to bring together both our observational and theoretical understanding of how galaxies evolve through feeding and feedback processes. The meeting will address our current understanding of feeding and feedback from large scales (clusters) to small scales (galactic centres) including gaseous outflows, star formation, and black hole co-evolution. The conference will be split into four categories: * Galaxy groups, clusters, large scale structure: dynamics, mergers, interactions; * Galaxies in the high redshift universe: AGN feedback and gaseous outflows; * Galaxies in the low redshift universe: refuelling and feeding black holes and star formation; and * Centres of galaxies: black hole accretion, launching jets and galactic winds, starbursts and star formation. This meeting will focus on multi-wavelength science that addresses the above science. We have invited leading scientists from the major galaxy surveys and leading scientists working on theoretical simulations. This will provide a platform to reconcile theoretical predictions with ongoing and upcoming observational projects to foster new collaborations. Invited Speakers: * Kristen Coppin (Hertfordshire) * Judith Croston (Southampton) * Aaron Evans (Virginia) * Sugata Kaviraj (Hertfordshire) * Mark Krumholtz (ANU) * Priya Natarajan (Yale) * Chris Power (UWA) Registration is now open Conference Fees (Incl. GST) Early Bird Registration Fee: $AUS400 Registration Fee: $AUS500 Student Registration Fee: $AUS300 Dates Registration opens: December 12, 2016 Oral Presentation Abstracts Close: March 31, 2017 Poster Abstracts Close: July 14, 2017 Programme Available: May 1, 2017 Early Bird Closes: May 15, 2017 Registrations Close: July 14, 2017 Meals Your registration fee includes the following meals for each day: * Morning tea * Lunch * Afternoon tea 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 cover the Welcome Function on 20 August 2017 and the conference dinner being held on 22 August 2017. 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 is available on the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (http://www.border.gov.au/). 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. Scientific Organising Committee: * Julie Banfield (Chair), ANU * Judith Croston, Southampton * Alastair Edge, Durham * Anne Medling, Caltech * Dipanjan Mukherjee, ANU * Matt Owers, AAO/Macquarie * Kevin Pimbblet, Hull * Elaine Sadler, USYD * Stas Shabala, UTAS * Ivy Wong, ICRAR/UWA * Cathie Zheng, VUW Local Organizing Committee: * Julie Banfield (Chair), ANU * Suryashree Aniyan, ANU * Kate Gunn, USYD * Anais Moller, ANU * Rob Sharp, ANU * Philip Taylor, ANU * Brad Tucker, ANU * Kylie Williams, USYD KYLIE WILLIAMS | Events and Communications CAASTRO | School of Physics | Faculty of Science | ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics Rm 352 Building A28 | School of Physics The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 T +61 2 9114 2183 | F +61 2 9114 2195| M +61 478 404 619 Email k.williams at sydney.edu.au W http:// www.caastro.org Please note: I am in the office Monday, Tuesday and Thursday (9:00am - 5:30pm) and Wednesday (9:00am - 2:00pm) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Society expects that female candidates should comprise at least 25% of the nominations for each prize and acknowledges the support of institutions for helping to achieve this goal. The fraction of female candidates nominated for each prize across the last three years is included below. Bok Prize - Closing Date: Friday 10th February, 2017 For most outstanding Honours/Masters thesis in astronomy or a closely related field. Eligible Masters students are those who have entered their Masters degree directly from a 3 year undergraduate degree (without undertaking an Honours year). All degree requirements must have been completed in 2016. A maximum of 2 nominations can be submitted by an Australian University and nominations must be endorsed by the Head of Department and submitted by the candidate?s supervisor. Percentage of female nominations in previous years: 50% (2016), 83% (2015), 50% (2014) Please follow the nomination guidelines at: http://asa.astronomy.org.au/bok.php Charlene Heisler Prize - Closing Date: Friday 10th February 2017 For most outstanding PhD thesis in astronomy or a closely related field. The PhD thesis must have been accepted (but not necessarily conferred) by an Australian university during 2016. A maximum of 2 nominations can be submitted by an Australian University and nominations must be endorsed by the Head of Department and submitted by the candidate?s supervisor. Percentage of female nominations in previous years: 25% (2016), 40% (2015), 33% (2014) Please follow the nomination guidelines at: http://asa.astronomy.org.au/chp.php Louise Webster Prize - Closing Date: Friday 10th February 2017 For outstanding research by a scientist early in their post-doctoral career, based on the scientific impact of a single research paper (within astronomy or a closely related field), which has the applicant as first author. The applicant is required to have been an ASA member for the last 2 years. Percentage of female nominations in previous years: 0% (2016), 100% (2015), 33% (2014) Please follow the nomination guidelines at: http://asa.astronomy.org.au/lwp.php regards, Tanya Dr Tanya Hill ASA Awards and Prizes Coordinator Planetarium Manager | Senior Curator, Astronomy Melbourne Planetarium, Scienceworks MUSEUM VICTORIA | GPO Box 666, Melbourne 3001 t: 03 9392 4503 | thill at museum.vic.gov.au @nightskymelb | museumvictoria.com.au/planetarium Please note my workdays are Tuesday ? Friday. This e-mail is solely for the named addressee and may be confidential. You should only read, disclose, transmit, copy, distribute, act in reliance on or commercialise the contents if you are authorised to do so. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, please notify postmaster at museum.vic.gov.au by email immediately, or notify the sender and then destroy any copy of this message. 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Research Fellow (Astrophysics) Position Number: 01003464, Academic Level B, remuneration range $104,992 to $124,098 pa, Toowoomba location The USQ Astrophysics Group invites applications for a Research Fellow (Astrophysics) to join our dynamic team developing Mt Kent Observatory?s new MINERVA-Australis telescope array. The MINERVA-Australis project is aimed at the detection and characterisation of exoplanets, and will support the forthcoming NASA Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) space mission via high cadence, highly precise photometric and radial velocity measurements. The Research Fellow is expected to have a flair for instrumentation and software development, be capable of making a significant contribution to USQ?s research effort in astrophysics, and be willing to assist with the training of USQ postgraduate research students. 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Best wishes, Taddy Kodama and Chris Lidman On behalf of the organizers --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subaru International Partnership Science and Instrumentation Workshop http://optik2.mtk.nao.ac.jp/meeting/SubaruWS2017/index.html Place: Large seminar room, Subaru building, NAOJ Tokyo-Mitaka campus, Japan Dates: 22-24 March 2017 Purpose: Towards Subaru partnership, some representative researchers from potential partner countries will meet and discuss collaborations. This is the first such official occasion and we aim to first of all know each other, identify common interests on science and instrumentation, and extend on-going collaborations and/or seek for new potential collaborations. The sessions will consist of two types of talks; 1. On-going/starting collaborations and future extensions, and 2. Mutual/common interests and potential new future collaborations. Tentative program: Mar 22 (Wed) 09:00-09:05 Opening (by Arimoto) 09:05-09:30 Subaru instruments and capabilities (by Hattori) 09:30-10:00 Subaru large surveys (HSC and PFS) (by Takada) 10:00-10:30 Subaru partnership scheme (by Iwata) 10:00-12:00 Science/Instrumentation session 13:30-16:00 Science/Instrumentation session 16:00-17:00 Discussion 17:30- Banquet (Cosmos Kaikan) Mar 23 (Thu) 09:00-12:00 Science/Instrumentation session 13:30-16:00 Science/Instrumentation session 16:00-17:00 Discussion Mar 24 (Fri) 09:00-11:00 Science/Instrumentation session 11:00-12:00 Discussion (Partnership) End of the workshop (13:30-16:00 Business session for AUS-Subaru partnership (@2F meeting room)) Invited speakers: <> Coordinator: Taddy Kodama (NAOJ) High-z galaxies: Yuichi Matsuda (NAOJ) AGN: Tohru Nagao (Ehime) Cluster: Yusei Koyama (Subaru) LG and MW: Wako Aoki (NAOJ) Exoplanets and PPDs: Masayuki Kuzuhara (NINS-ABC) Time domain: Masaomi Tanaka (NAOJ) ULTIMATE (AO): Yosuke Minowa (Subaru) Wide-field NIR instruments+IFU: Masayuki Akiyama (Tohoku) IRD/CARIS: Takayuki Kotani (NAOJ) <> Coordinator: Chris Lidman (AAO) Jeffe Cooke (Swinburne) Sanjb Sharma (USyd) Chris Tinney (UNSW) Julia Bryant (AAO/USyd) Joss Bland_Hawthorn (USyd) <<>> Coordinator: Jessica Dempsey (EAO) <> Coordinator: Lei Hao (Shanghai) Gregory Herczeg (Kavli-Beijing) Jiasheng Huang (SAO) Lei Hao (Shanghai) <> Coordinator: Byeong-Gon Park (KASI) Byeong-Gon Park (KASI) To be determined/confirmed <> Coordinator: Shiang-Yu Wang (ASIAA) Shiang-Yu Wang (ASIAA) Yen-Ting Lin (ASIAA) Keiichi Umetsu (ASIAA) Wen-Ping Chen (NCU) <> Coordinator: Luc Simard (NRC-Herzberg) To be determined/confirmed Registration: Please register via our webform (http://optik2.mtk.nao.ac.jp/meeting/SubaruWS2017/registration.html) for presentations (talk/poster), accommodation in the Cosmos-Kaikan, financial support, and participation in the banquet. The deadline is 28 February, 2017 (JST). Banquet: The banquet will be held on Mar 22 at the COSMOS-kaikan cafeteria in the Mitaka campus. Please register following the instruction above to attend the banquet. Accommodation: *** Please make a reservation on your own ASAP! Nearby hotels are already very busy in the week of the workshop and some are not available! Be quick! *** <> Shinjuku (20min to Musashi-Sakai by train) - Keio Plaza Hotel (Hi class) http://www.keioplaza.com/ - Shinjuku Washington Hotel http://shinjuku.washington-hotels.jp/ - Hotel Gracery http://shinjuku.gracery.com/ Koenji (15min to Musashi-Sakai by train) - Hotel Mets Koenji http://www.jrhotelgroup.com/en/156.html - Hotel Ark Tower http://arktower.jp/english/ Kichijoji (5min to Musashi-Sakai by train) - Kichijoji Tokyu Rei Hotel http://www.tokyuhotelsjapan.com/en/hotel/TR/TR_KICHI/index.html - Kichijoji Dai-Ichi Hotel http://www-a.global.hankyu-hotel.com/kichijoji-daiichi/ Mitaka (3min to Musashi-Sakai by train) - Richmond Hotel Tokyo Musashino http://musashino.richmondhotel.jp/ - Mitaka City Hotel http://travel.rakuten.com/hotel/Japan-Tokyo_Prefecture-Mitaka-Mitaka_City_Hotel/135381/?adults=1 Musashi-Sakai (Nearest JR Chuo-line Station to NAOJ) - Hotel Mets Musashi-Sakai http://www.jrhotelgroup.com/en/124.html Kokubunji (7min to Musashi-Sakai by train) - Hotel Mets Kokubunji http://www.jrhotelgroup.com/en/123.html - Business Hotel Daiwa http://travel.rakuten.com/hotel/Japan-Tokyo_Prefecture-Kokubunji-Business_Hotel_Daiwa/28297/?adults=1 Tachikawa (15-20 min to Musashi-Sakai by train) - Hotel Mets Tachikawa http://www.jrhotelgroup.com/en/160.html - Palace Hotel Tachikawa http://www.palace-t.co.jp/english/ - Tachikawa Washington Hotel http://en.washington-hotels.jp/ Hachioji (30min to Musashi-Sakai by train) - Keio Plaza Hotel Hachioji http://www.keioplaza.com/hachioji/ Chofu (Nearest Keio-line Station to NAOJ) - Creston Hotel Chofu http://www.crestonhotel.jp/chofu/en/ - Hotel Livemax Chofu http://www.japanican.com/en/hotel/detail/4020A34 Fuchu (5-10min to Chofu by train) - Hotel Continental Fuchu http://www.hotel-continental.co.jp/english/ - Hotel Livemax Fuchu http://www.japanican.com/en/hotel/detail/4020A40 - Hotel Livemax Fuchu Annex http://www.japanican.com/en/hotel/detail/4020A36 Check the sites below with keywords like "Musashisakai", "Chofu", "Shinjuku", etc. - Rakuten Travel http://travel.rakuten.com/ - Booking.com http://www.booking.com/country/jp.html?aid=356995;label=gog235jc-country-XX-jp-jp-unspec-jp-com-L%3Aja-O%3AwindowsS7-B%3Achrome-N%3Ayes-S%3Abo-U%3Asalo;sid=80e8fd5076a03e853be6054c2ef52455;inac=0& Financial support: For invited speakers, domestic travels, local accommodation, and per-diem will be fully supported by Subaru/NAOJ. If you volunteer to use your own budget, that would be appreciated, and let us know. Note that international flight fares will not be covered. For other participants (speakers or poster presenters), we *may* be able to support a fraction of domestic travels and/or local accommodation, but our budget is limited and it is unlikely that we can fulfill all your requests. Access to the Venue: You fly in either Narita airport or Haneda airport. Directions to NAOJ Mitaka campus can be found at http://www.nao.ac.jp/en/access/mitaka/access.html Campus map can be obtained from http://www.nao.ac.jp/en/access/mitaka/visit/ If you need an invitation letter for visa application, please contact us as soon as possible. Contact: The loc e-mail address is the following: partner201703loc "at" naoj.org If you have any question, let us know. 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URL: From psyfitz at gmail.com Fri Feb 10 17:34:29 2017 From: psyfitz at gmail.com (Michael Fitzgerald) Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 17:34:29 +1100 Subject: [ASA] Call for Abstracts: Remote Telescopes, Student Research and Education, San Diego, 18th-22nd of June 2017 Message-ID: It is our *great* pleasure to announce that *registrations* *are open *and we are *calling for abstracts* for the *Remote Telescopes, Student Research and Education: Past, Present, Future* (RTSRE) conference to be held in *San Diego*, *18th-22nd of June 2017*. The conference website is at rtsre.org Details about all aspects of the conference are available in the conference synopsis flyer available from here : http://rtsre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/RTSRE-ConfOutline2017.pdf The Important Upcoming Dates: *Early Bird Registration closes *31 March 2017 *Abstract Submission closes* 3 April 2017 More detailed dates in the flyer. The registration and local organising site is available from the ?LOCAL INFO? button at the top of the rtsre.org website. The abstract submission form is on the front page of the rtsre.org website. Information for potential sponsors is also available on the front page of the rtsre.org website. The Robotic Telescopes, Student Research and Education: Past, Present, Future conference will focus on the use of remotely-located, relatively small, typically optical robotic telescopes to support, promote and drive research undertaken by high school and undergraduate students for scientific research as well as educational outcomes and uses. The conference will aim to tie diverse strands into a coherent story of where we have been (the past), where we are now (the present), and outline the pathways and challenges going forward (the future). In doing so, we endeavor to provide a synthesis of the relatively disconnected communities surrounding remote and robotic telescopes, scientific research, and astronomy education to provide a global picture of the field in its current state. Published, peer-reviewed conference proceedings will feature invited and contributed papers, as well as poster summaries. The twitter handle is @rtsre2017 Our Facebook page is at https://www.facebook.com/RoboticTelescopesStudentResearchAndEducation/ We would be honoured if you would consider attending and submitting an abstract to this exciting conference, Warm regards, Michael Fitzgerald and Russell Genet, Conference co-chairs. -- Michael Fitzgerald Postdoctoral Research Fellow , Edith Cowan Institute for Educational Research. 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