From s.brough at unsw.edu.au Mon Jul 3 13:45:41 2017 From: s.brough at unsw.edu.au (Sarah Brough) Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2017 13:45:41 +1000 Subject: [ASA] Scientia PhD Scholarships in extragalactic science (AU$40k per year for 4 years plus tuition and AU$10k per year career support) In-Reply-To: <02f43b57-0692-0fd9-3705-3d35d731ad8c@unsw.edu.au> References: <02f43b57-0692-0fd9-3705-3d35d731ad8c@unsw.edu.au> Message-ID: <7dc76dc5-e93c-c995-0166-8e7a25f0897d@unsw.edu.au> Dear All, UNSW is offering its lucrative Scientia PhD Scholarships in 2018. These feature a AU$40K a year stipend for four years, plus coverage of all tuition fees, as well as a further AU$10k each year to build your career and support your international research collaborations, plus coaching and mentoring as part of a highly personalised leadership development plan. Two Scientia Scholarships are available for PhD students to do extragalactic galaxy evolution research with Sarah Brough or Kim-Vy Tran. We would like to encourage interested undergraduates to apply, and hope you will distribute this opportunity to any likely candidates at your institutions. FAQs, scheme guidelines and applications links for the Scientia Scholarships can be found at http://www.2025.unsw.edu.au/apply Relevant deadlines are: (1) Submit an Expression of Interest by July 21, 2017 on the Scientia web portal above. (2) Up to two candidates will then be selected by August 4 and asked to submit a full application by September 1. Potential applicants can seek further information from Sarah Brough or Kim-Vy Tran. Cheers, Sarah & Vy, From angel.lopez-sanchez at aao.gov.au Mon Jul 3 14:18:17 2017 From: angel.lopez-sanchez at aao.gov.au (Angel Lopez-Sanchez) Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2017 14:18:17 +1000 Subject: [ASA] =?utf-8?q?Fwd=3A_=5BIAU_NOC=5D_Astronomy_Translation_Networ?= =?utf-8?q?k_project?= Message-ID: <547b-5959c580-3-1ac7e660@195517726> Dear colleagues, Please find attached an interesting IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach initiative to help promoting Astronomy Outreach and Science Education translating material for astronomy education and outreach. Given the multi-culture of Australian Astronomy I think some of you might be interested on this. Cheers, Angel R. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [IAU NOC] Astronomy Translation Network project Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 20:11:24 +0900 From: Yukiko Shibata To: iau-noc at oao.iau.org CC: OAO-NAOJ Dear colleagues, My name is Yukiko Shibata, and I work for the IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach (OAO) as an International Outreach Officer. OAO, in a joint venture with the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) and the Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD), is currently implementing the *?Astronomy Translation Network? project, a platform **for astronomy education and outreach **to share resources in different languages and connecting translation efforts based on a global network of volunteers.* The main goal of the platform is to identify worthy resources for translation and matching its translation needs with volunteer translators. For further details, you can check the website http://translation.astro4dev.org. The project will now start testing the workflow of translation and review processes, and *we would like to kindly ask for your support to help disseminate the project in your country and identify people who could collaborate with us. *This is a chance for collaborators to suggest materials and see them translated, access a pool of trustworthy recommended resources (dark skies awareness, inclusion, hands-on activities, low-cost, etc.), gain translation them into different languages and develop your translation skills. In a second stage, a certification system will be set, and for those joining us now, this experience will already be considered. Our contact mail for the project is: translation at oao.iau.org If you could reply until 14th July, we would be grateful. Best regards, Yukiko Shibata, Kumiko Usuda-sato, Thilina Heenatigala, OAO team --- Yukiko Shibata International Outreach Officer for the IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach National Astronomical Observatory of Japan 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-8588, JAPAN Tel: +81-(0)422-34-3957 E-mail: shibata.yukiko at nao.ac.jp From s.brough at unsw.edu.au Mon Jul 3 14:33:00 2017 From: s.brough at unsw.edu.au (Sarah Brough) Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2017 14:33:00 +1000 Subject: [ASA] IDEA Chapter activities at ASA ASM Message-ID: Dear ASA Members, For those attending the ASA meeting, just a reminder that our Inclusion and Diversity In Astronomy (IDEA) Chapter lunch is on Tuesday 11th July at 1.15pm in the Molonglo Theatre. At the lunch we will be presenting the Pleiades Award winners with their certificates and hearing from the Gold award winner on their winning ideas. We will also take the opportunity to introduce our new committee members as well as present changes we have made to the Pleiades Award selection criteria for the next round to be held in 2018. We are also organising The Rainbow Astronomy social dinner (for those who identify as LGBTI+, allies are also welcome). We will meet in the foyer at 7pm Tuesday 11th July and walk to The Roti House (Ernst & Young Building, 4/121 Marcus Clarke St, Canberra) where we will share a banquet dinner for $29 per head (to be paid in cash at the venue). Please sign-up at ASA reception for this dinner. We are looking forward to seeing you all there. Cheers, Sarah On behalf of the IDEA Chapter Steering Committee -- ---------------------- A/Prof Sarah Brough ARC Future Fellow School of Physics UNSW Sydney PH: 02 9385 5470 Office Days: Mon-Thurs ---------------------- From maria.Cunningham at unsw.edu.au Mon Jul 3 15:34:20 2017 From: maria.Cunningham at unsw.edu.au (Maria Cunningham) Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2017 05:34:20 +0000 Subject: [ASA] UNSW Scientia interdisciplinary PhD scholarships in astrochemistry Message-ID: <7A43103F-ADFE-44E8-9EF6-5DF2AC2CF0E3@ad.unsw.edu.au> Dear Colleagues, As you will have seen, UNSW is offering its lucrative Scientia PhD Scholarships in 2018. These feature a AU$40K a year stipend for four years, plus coverage of all tuition fees, as well as a further AU$10k each year to build your career and support your international research collaborations, plus coaching and mentoring as part of a highly personalised leadership development plan. Two Scientia Scholarships are available for PhD students to work on an interdisciplinary astrochemistry project with Laura McKemmish (Chemistry) and Maria Cunningham (astrophysics). The project would be ideal for someone who enjoys both chemistry and physics / astronomy. We would like to encourage interested undergraduates to apply, and hope you will distribute this opportunity to any likely candidates at your institutions. FAQs, scheme guidelines and applications links for the Scientia Scholarships can be found at http://www.2025.unsw.edu.au/apply Relevant deadlines are: (1) Submit an Expression of Interest by July 21, 2017 on the Scientia web portal above. (2) Up to two candidates will then be selected by August 4 and asked to submit a full application by September 1. Potential applicants can seek further information from Laura McKemmish (laura.mckemmish at gmail.com) or Maria Cunningham (maria.cunningham at unsw.edu.au). ################################# Dr Maria Cunningham Senior Lecturer School of Physics UNSW Sydney Sydney NSW 2052 Australia Ph: +61-2-9385 5662 Fax: +61-2-9385 6060 Email: maria.cunningham at unsw.edu.au CRICOS Provider No 00098G -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Panel guests include leaders from NCRIS data and computing facilities: 1.*Dr. Michelle Barker* (Deputy Director, NeCTAR) 2.*Mr. Ian Duncan* (Executive Director, RDS) 3.*Dr. Ben Evans* (Associate Director, NCI) 4.*Prof. Jarrod Hurley* (Swinburne Supercomputing Manager, gSTAR) 5.*Dr. Neil Stringfellow* (Executive Director, Pawsey) 6.*Dr. Andrew Treloar* (Director of Technology, ANDS) Chair: Prof. Darren Croton (Swinburne University) This is an excellent opportunity to ask your data and computing infrastructure-related questions and present your infrastructure needs directly to the facility representatives. Should you have any questions/comments regarding this panel session, please feel free to contact myself: robert.shen at astronomyaustralia.org.au Best regards, Robert Shen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I request a feedback from current and future users of the Gemini telescopes on the overall observing experience, and especially on: - the classical mode of observations versus previously available (for Australians) queue scheduling; - comments on the re-vamped Gemini webpage; - the process of application for observing time; - user-friendliness of Observing Tool for Phase II; -post-observing support, including help with data reduction; - and the usefulness of the Data Reduction Forum. Best Regards, Lucyna Dr Lucyna Kedziora-Chudczer Research Fellow School of Physics and Astrophysics UNSW Sydney NSW 2052 Australia Ph: +61 2 9385 4593 ????????????????????????? "The standard you walk past is the standard you accept? ????????????????????????? ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR JOHN O?BYRNE Associate Dean (Student Life), Faculty of Science Secretary, Astronomical Society of Australia Inc. 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Message-ID: <23C8EE17-550C-40C8-8165-9FEDB7C764E1@sydney.edu.au> Greetings, The ASA council maintains a student representative position to help better represent student members. This position is selected by student members by popular vote. As the outgoing student rep, it is my pleasure to announce that the new ASA council student representative will be Leonie Chevalier. Leonie is a second year PhD student at Swinburne University of Technology. Sincerely, Chris Curtin, ASA council student representative ????????????????????????? "The standard you walk past is the standard you accept? ????????????????????????? ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR JOHN O?BYRNE Associate Dean (Student Life), 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 michael.brown at monash.edu Sun Jul 9 16:00:26 2017 From: michael.brown at monash.edu (Michael Brown) Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2017 16:00:26 +1000 Subject: [ASA] ASA Facebook Page Message-ID: Dear ASA members, The ASA has a new Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/AstroSocAus . The ASA Facebook page is designed to publicise the ASA and the activities of its members to the general public, including ASA events, outreach and media. The page is administered by Kirsten Gottschalk (ICRAR), Michael Brown (Monash), Angel Lopez-Sanchez (AAO) and Rob Hollow (CSIRO). If you wish to have material posted on this Facebook page, please contact these administrators. The ASA Facebook closed group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/366040943421273/ ) remains private and any ASA member can post to this group. ASA members can continue to post to this closed group about news and events relevant to ASA members and the Australian astronomical community as a whole. Best regards, Michael Brown on behalf of ASA EPOC. Associate Professor Michael Brown School of Physics and Astronomy Monash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia Phone: +61 3 9905 4498 Mobile: +61 420 989 973 Astronomical Society of Australia Council Monash LGBTIQ Ally -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marc.white at anu.edu.au Sun Jul 9 16:27:23 2017 From: marc.white at anu.edu.au (Marc White) Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2017 16:27:23 +1000 Subject: [ASA] Live streaming of ASA ASM 2017 sessions via Zoom Message-ID: <74d60d19-f2c3-85b5-5aa8-c33b9a756581@anu.edu.au> Dear ASA Members, The ASA ASM 2017 LOC are pleased to announce that all sessions of the Annual Scientific Meeting will be available for live-streaming via the Zoom platform. To view a session, find out which venue it's in via the online program (http://asa2017.anu.edu.au/annual-meeting/program/), and then click the relevant link below to join the meeting: Molonglo Theatre: https://anu.zoom.us/j/545579212 Barton Theatre: https://anu.zoom.us/j/106727648 You will be prompted to install the Zoom client if required. Zoom can be run from your personal computer, tablet or mobile phone. The meetings have been configured so new participants are muted by default - please keep mute turned on to avoid talking over the speaker, or switch it on if it isn't already. The technical staff at the conference venue will be able to remove participants from the Zoom meeting who fail to mute themselves, or are otherwise disruptive. During the single-session parts of the conference, the feed from the Molonglo Theatre will be streamed into the Barton Theatre for those participants wishing to stay outside the main conference venue. The stream from the Molonglo Theatre will also be shown in the child-care room (the Griffin Room); if you are in the child-care room and wish to view the stream from Barton Theatre, you will need to do so via your own computer/device. Regards & enjoy the conference, ASA ASM 2017 LOC -- Dr Marc White Scientific Programmer Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics College of Physical & Mathematical Sciences The Australian National University Mount Stromlo Observatory Cotter Rd Weston Creek ACT 2611 T +61 2 6125 0261 M +61 432 964 215 marc.white at anu.edu.au http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~mwhite