From brad.tucker at anu.edu.au Mon Jul 10 10:16:37 2017 From: brad.tucker at anu.edu.au (Brad E. Tucker) Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2017 10:16:37 +1000 Subject: [ASA] Live streaming of ASA ASM 2017 sessions via Zoom In-Reply-To: <10558_1499582041_5961CE58_10558_7813_1_74d60d19-f2c3-85b5-5aa8-c33b9a756581@anu.edu.au> References: <10558_1499582041_5961CE58_10558_7813_1_74d60d19-f2c3-85b5-5aa8-c33b9a756581@anu.edu.au> Message-ID: Hi All, Further to this, all sessions (including lunch and chapter meetings will be zoom?d). Specifically, both for the session on ESO and AAO over lunch and the ESO signing event will be streamed via zoom. Please use the Molonglo Theatre link: https://anu.zoom.us/j/545579212 Peace, Brad > On Jul 9, 2017, at 4:27 PM, Marc White wrote: > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > ASA mailing list > ASA at physics.usyd.edu.au > Change membership status or contact information via ASA's Edit Membership page > https://asa.wildapricot.org/Edit-Details > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Successful scholars will work on a project under the supervision of one or more of our staff, learn about a range of astrophysics topics and radio astronomy techniques and engineering and have the opportunity to visit one of our observatories. Participation in the Vacation Scholarship Program has influenced previous scholarship holders in their choice of further study and future career options. Many have gone on to pursue a PhD in CSIRO or to build a successful research career within CSIRO, a university or industry Scholarships pay $1462.77 per fortnight for the 10-week program. Travel assistance is available for successful applicants with a return trip to either Sydney or Perth. CASS manages Australia's leading facilities for radio astronomy and spacecraft tracking, we're internationally renowned for our radio astronomy research and engineering expertise, and we're helping to shape the Square Kilometre Array. For more information please see our website at Astronomy and space Pre-Requisites/Eligibility: To be eligible to apply you must be an Australian or New Zealand Citizen, Australian Permanent Resident or an international student who has full work rights for the 10 weeks duration (does not require visa sponsorship). Vacation scholarships are open to students who: ? are currently enrolled at an Australian university; ? have completed at least three years of a full-time undergraduate course (however exceptional second year students may be considered); ? have a strong academic record (credit average or higher); and ? Intend to go on to honours and/or postgraduate study. Applications close on Monday 7 August 2017. Applications must be made online at: https://jobs.csiro.au/job/Various-CSIRO-Undergraduate-Vacation-Scholarships-Astronomy-&-Space-Science-%28CASS%29/416883800/ Please contact me if you require further information. 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Thanks, Darren (panel Chair, on behalf of AAL) On 4 Jul 2017, at 2:41 pm, Robert(Xiaobin) Shen > wrote: Dear All, AAL is sponsoring a panel session at the upcoming ASA ASM 2017 in Canberra: NCRIS Data & Computing Facilities Meet Astronomers Where: Molonglo Theatre, When: 1:15pm - 2:15pm, 12th July 2017 (AEST) The session is designed to provide astronomers with the opportunity to speak directly with NCRIS data and computing facility directors in order to: (1) increase the awareness of NCRIS data and computing services for Australian-based astronomers; (2) encourage Australian-based astronomers to leverage NCRIS data and computing facilities to boost their research efficiency; and (3) enable NCRIS data and computing facilities to better understand the needs of the astronomy community. 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. 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ASTRO 3D combines Australia's leading optical, infrared and radio telescope technologies with sophisticated theoretical simulations and ambitious new data intensive science techniques to build a comprehensive picture of the evolution of matter, the chemical elements, and ionizing radiation in the Universe from the Epoch of Reionization to the present day. The position is open to female researchers in any aspect of ASTRO-3D science. The appointee is expected to attract postgraduate students, engage collaborative links within the School as well as externally, and secure competitive research funding in line with the strategic direction of the School. The Lecturer will supervise research students at undergraduate, MSc and MPhil/PhD levels. At the conclusion of their ASTRO-3D fellowship, the successful candidate will also have a core commitment to teaching within the School?s undergraduate and MSc programs. Interested applicants are encouraged to contact Stuart Wyithe (swyithe at unimelb.edu.au), or other members of the Astrophysics faculty at the University of Melbourne. Additional information and a full position description can be found on the University?s job portal at http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/890968/astro3d-lecturer-senior-lecturer-astrophysics The University plan seeks to increase the diversity of the workforce and the representation of women in areas where they have been traditionally under-represented. Consistent with this, the School of Physics is seeking to increase the representation of women in the academic workforce across physical science disciplines. Pursuant to a Special Measure under Section 12 (1) of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic), the School will, therefore, only consider applications from suitably qualified female candidates for this position. Best regards, Stuart ?????????????????????????????? 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Visit the website to pre-register and submit an abstract here (https://goo.gl/bFVLzA ) Recent and planned advances in astronomical observational and simulation facilities are moving astronomy toward a new data-intensive era where ?big data" is the norm rather than an exception. While such facilities will provide astronomers with unprecedented levels of accuracy, coverage, and resolution, the increases in dataset size and dimensionality will pose serious computational challenges for most of the current astronomy data analysis and visualization tools. This workshop will focus on the tools and platforms needed to enable discovery in the data-intensive era. We will focus this year on the following key themes: * HPC and Cloud Computing in Astronomy. * Machine learning applications in Astronomical Data Analysis and Transient Detection. * Scientific Visualization in Astronomy. * Data intensive reduction pipelines and tools. * Data intensive eResearch platforms in Astronomy. The first two days of the program will include invited talks, contributed talks and BOF sessions. The aim is to encourage communication between software experts and astronomers to meet the big-data challenges in Astronomy. The last day will focus on the All-Sky Virtual Observatory (ASVO) project and the eScience gateways. Key Dates: * 14th July 2017 ? Pre-registration and Abstract submission closes. * 14th July 2017 ? Attendees registration closes. * 20th July 2017 ? Program Release * 7th-8th August 2017 ? Data Intensive Astronomy Workshop * 9th August 2017 ? ASVO and eScience Gateways workshop This workshop is sponsored by the Astronomy Data and Computing Services (ADACS) initiative. ADACS is funded under the Astronomy National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) Program via Astronomy Australia Ltd (AAL). Best Regards, Dr. Amr H. Hassan Service Delivery Manager Astronomy Data and Computing Services Swinburne University of Technology H29, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia Phone: +61-3-9214-8546 Fax: +61-3-9214-8797 http://www.adacs.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Fri Jul 14 15:09:13 2017 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 05:09:13 +0000 Subject: [ASA] PhD scholarships available at ICRAR-Curtin University Message-ID: <4A0265F6-63BE-45CE-B674-7A4D285189A0@sydney.edu.au> Two PhD scholarships available at ICRAR-Curtin University Two PhD scholarships are available to work with Prof. Steven Tingay and collaborators on: 1) space debris detection and characterisation with the Murchison Widefield Array; and 2) ultra high energy astroparticle physics with the Murchison Widefield Array. These scholarships are available via the CISCO Internet of Everything Innovation Centre at Curtin University. While the PhD projects are purely focused on astrophysics, the successful applicants will have the opportunity to interact with the Centre, which provides an interface point between academia and industry and a technology sandpit environment. Please find information on the projects and application process at: https://jobregister.aas.org/ad/148b2b29 -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Professor Steven Tingay Executive Director Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy Curtin University of Technology Bentley, Western Australia Australia Street address: Brodie Hall building 1 Turner Ave Technology Park Bentley 6102 Western Australia Email: s.tingay at curtin.edu.au WWW: http://astronomy.curtin.edu.au Phone: +61 (0)8 9266 3516 Mobile: +61 (0)401 103635 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From andrew at longtable.org Sat Jul 15 20:05:06 2017 From: andrew at longtable.org (Andrew Williams) Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2017 18:05:06 +0800 Subject: [ASA] Forwarded: Employment Opportunity - Perth Observatory Operations Manager Message-ID: Diana Rossman writes: ----------------- Hello all, The Perth Observatory Volunteer Group (POVG) manages the 120 year-old Perth Observatory under an agreement with the WA Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions to provide astronomical education and tourism services to the public. The Perth Observatory is of state, national and international significance for its history and heritage and the vision of the POVG is to make it the premier astronomical education and tourism destination in Australia. In 2017 the POVG was awarded the WA Community Volunteer Organisation of the Year for its work in developing the astronomical education and tourism programs at the Perth Observatory. We are now seeking to recruit a suitably qualified and experienced Operations Manager to assist us achieve our vision for the Observatory. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is a self-starter with good business and communication skills to participate in the further development of the services offered at this historic institution. A list of the responsibilities, duties and selection criteria for the position of Operations Manager is attached. To apply please send a Resume, including education, training, experience and employment history, as well as a Statement addressing the Selection Criteria to chairperson at povg.org.au. Applications will close at 5pm on Monday, 14 August 2017. This position is also advertised on www.SEEK.com.au Kind regards Diana Diana Rosman POVG Chairperson Mob: 0429 330 355 www.perthobservatory.com.au ------------------------ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Australian Astronomical Telescope operations will be taken over by a consortium of universities led by the Australian National University. ? The AAO's instrumentation capability currently residing at the AAO headquarters in North Ryde, will also be governed and funded by the research sector, but the details of the transition outside the Department still need to be finalised. With this email we are soliciting input from the AAO user community on critical aspects of the AAO's future operations under these new arrangements. The goal of this survey is to provide the AAO and all involved parties with an overview on the needs of you, as a user, for the next decade and beyond. Thus, we invite you to dedicate 5 minutes of your time and fill the survey at this link https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/8XZ7VPG We would appreciate if you can provide your feedback by July 30th, 2017. 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