From Jerry.Skinner at industry.gov.au Mon Oct 30 14:54:43 2017 From: Jerry.Skinner at industry.gov.au (Skinner, Jerry) Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 03:54:43 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Australian SKA Fellowships [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] Message-ID: Dear ASA members For the second year, the Australian Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Office is calling for expressions of interest for placements in the Australian SKA Fellowships Programme. The scheme offers the opportunity for scientists, engineers and other people with relevant expertise to spend a period of 2-4 months at the UK-based SKA Headquarters, contributing to the delivery of the SKA. The call will be open until 10 November 2017 and we plan for two Fellows to depart Australia before the end of 2017, and a further two before the end of the first quarter of 2018. For more full details visit the fellowships page on the Australian SKA website. Best regards Jerry Jerry Skinner Manager, Program Planning and Stakeholder Management Australian Square Kilometre Array Office __________________________________________ Department of Industry, Innovation and Science Level 9, 10 Binara Street, Canberra City ACT 2601 GPO Box 9839, Canberra ACT 2601 Ph: +61-2-6213 6298 Mob: +61 410 221 806 Email: jerry.skinner at industry.gov.au Internet: www.ska.gov.au [ska_logo_au] UNCLASSIFIED -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 357 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Students are encouraged to include the conference theme of Futurama into their talks, if presenting. Limited travel support is available for out of state attendees. Registrations seeking travel support must be submitted by the 3rd of November. Priority will be given to students giving talks. Further information and registration can be found on the website: www.mso.anu.edu.au/xmas17/ Thanks, Ryan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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WFIRST is scheduled for launch in 2026 and will operate predominantly in survey mode (75%), with some time available for specific supported programs (25%). NASA is exploring a potential partnership which would allow Australian Astronomers to participate in this exciting facility, from the critical survey design phase through to operations and science exploitation. The purpose of this Town Hall meeting is to provide awareness of this opportunity, understand the capabilities of the facility, and to discuss the potential for science outcomes, either from WFIRST alone, or in combination with other facilities available to Australian astronomers, and in particular: SKA, ESO, 4MOST, LSST, and eROSITA. To register please complete the form at: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/drxzBeu55EQacd?domain=icrar.org Regards, Simon Driver ICRAR/UWA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ahassan at swin.edu.au Wed Nov 1 15:16:53 2017 From: ahassan at swin.edu.au (Amr Hassan) Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2017 04:16:53 +0000 Subject: [ASA] ** Deadline extended ** Expressions of Interest - ADACS Scientific Computing and Software Development Services - 2018A Message-ID: <230C5723-577C-45C2-B25A-85F6193C197A@swin.edu.au> ** Deadline Extension: EOI closes 9th November 2017 ** Astronomy Data and Computing Services (ADACS) Call for Expressions of Interest for Scientific Computing and Software Development Services - 2018A A principal component of ADACS is the provision of expertise for the design and development of software tools and infrastructure. In addition to providing resources and support for our major data platforms (e.g. the All-Sky Virtual Observatory project, and the gSTAR data management and collaboration platform), ADACS will provide support to other small-to-intermediate scale tools/platforms by introducing scientific computing and software development as a service. Within Q1/2 2018, ADACS will provide the equivalent of a minimum of 1 full-time computational scientist as a resource to the community. A diversely qualified team will participate, with expertise covering a variety of areas including (but not limited to): system analysis and design, scientific computing, high-performance computing, data science, web development, large-scale scientific databases, cloud computing and scientific visualization. The allocation of these resources will be merit-based with the final evaluation to be performed by the Astronomy Data and Computing Services Time Allocation Committee. To prepare the community for effective proposals, we have split the application process into two stages: an expressions of interest (EOI) stage where we ask interested parties to submit a one-page proposal outlining their scientific objectives, to which we will provide detailed feedback regarding feasibility, optimal approaches and required resources; and a subsequent round of formal submissions -- shaped by our input -- to be made to the ADACS TAC. We ask that EOI submissions be kept to one page and provide the following: * a concise description of the proposed project; * expected benefits of the final software product; * if possible, an initial estimate of the required resources. When considering projects for this process, we also ask that you keep the following in mind: all ADACS development will be open-source, and as such, made publicly available. Inquires can be directed to Greg Poole (gpoole at swin.edu.au) or Amr Hassan (ahassan at swin.edu.au). The deadline for EOI submissions is the 9th November 2017, 5 pm AEST and should be submitted via email to TAC at adacs.org.au. We expect the deadline for the applications to be shortly after that. The review of applications will proceed on a first-come-first-served basis and we welcome submissions any time from now until the deadline. Processing will commence immediately upon receipt. We strongly encourage unsuccessful applicants from previous rounds to consider applying for this round. ADACS is a collaboration between Swinburne University of Technology, Curtin University, and Pawsey Supercomputing Centre. It is funded under Astronomy National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) Program via Astronomy Australia Ltd (AAL). For more details: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/ZXg4BxUoY3mgCZ?domain=adacs.org.au Best Regards, Dr. Amr H. 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The key themes of the workshop will be: * Understanding FRB progenitors and their host environments. This requires: * Real-time detection and localisation with interferometers. Can we achieve these goals more effectively via: * Synergies between current facilities and/or identifying opportunities for existing facility upgrades? Leading FRB researchers from FRB collaborations world-wide have been invited to present recent results and future directions, offering an opportunity to build and extend collaborations. Registration is now open. Details are available at https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/0RmgBrsXkmR5U7?domain=caastro.org, and the key dates and registration fees are as follows. 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Name: ATT00001.txt URL: From daniel.price at monash.edu Fri Nov 3 11:14:00 2017 From: daniel.price at monash.edu (Daniel Price) Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2017 11:14:00 +1100 Subject: [ASA] Fwd: [PASA-EB] CUP position on social sharing References: Message-ID: Dear ASA members, Re: academia.edu and researchgate sharing of PASA articles Please see below regarding Cambridge University Press?s new service re: social sharing of PASA articles. PASA is a subscription-funded journal, meaning authors do not pay to publish. Also, we think we have the right balance between funding the journal and open access ? we do not charge authors but all articles become freely available just two years after publication in PASA. We also encourage Authors are also free to post the pre-publication version on arXiv. Please do not share published PASA articles on academia.edu or researchgate as this completely undermines PASA's subscription funding model. PASA is a not-for-profit journal run for the benefit of the ASA. Best wishes, Daniel PASA Ed > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Elizabeth Woodhouse > Subject: Re: [PASA-EB] CUP position on social sharing > Date: 1 November 2017 at 11:01:50 pm AEDT > To: PASA Board > > Dear PASA Editorial Board, > > Further to my email over the summer, I?m writing to update you on the Press's position on the social sharing of published content, and to let you know about the pilot phase of a new article sharing service we have been developing for our journals. > > Social sharing is featuring increasingly in the news, with some publishers having decided to take legal action against a major social sharing site, ResearchGate. Rather than resort to legal action at this time, we are instead focussing on providing a viable alternative to the sharing of PDFs of journal articles. We appreciate that sharing is a necessary and important part of research, and we want to support authors and readers to share content as responsibly as possible. Our public position can be found here: www.cambridge.org/core/services/open-access-policies/social-sharing . > > Our new sharing service, Cambridge Core Share, will allow anyone who has the right to view the full text of a journal article ? be they authors, institutional subscribers or otherwise ? to easily and quickly generate a URL link that can be publicly shared, including on social sharing sites. Anyone clicking on the link will be immediately taken to a read-only copy of the final published version of the article. Using this tool, Cambridge Core Share will enable people to share the published version of journal articles, and we will be able to record usage of the shared articles, which is not possible with the sharing of PDFs as presently practised. > > We are currently testing the service and hope to launch it as a pilot in November with content going back to 2016. If the pilot is successful, we aim to extend Cambridge Core Share to all journal content. > > We?ll be in touch again as the pilot phase progresses to discuss making Cambridge Core Share available to PASA. If, however, you feel that you might like to be included sooner in the pilot, please let me know. > > Best wishes, > Beth > > Elizabeth Woodhouse > Publishing Editor, STM Journals > Cambridge University Press > University Printing House > Shaftesbury Road > Cambridge, CB2 8BS > > > > > From: Elizabeth Woodhouse > Sent: 02 August 2017 09:34 > To: PASA Board > > Subject: CUP position on social sharing > > Dear PASA Editorial Board, > > An on-going issue for scholarly publishing is the topic of social sharing. I have been asked to contact all of the editors and societies I work with to raise awareness of this issue and explain the Press?s position. The social sharing of journal content in sites such as ResearchGate and Academia.edu , and in particular the sharing of final published PDFs, is becoming an increasingly important topic. We and other publishers are seeing increasingly high levels of articles being shared in commercial sharing sites, to the extent that we feel there are now real risks to the long-term sustainability of journals. > > Our position, in brief, is that while sharing is a natural and vital part of research, content must be shared responsibly. To help the community share their research, Cambridge University Press is developing a new service for authors and readers to freely share content in a responsible manner that helps us to protect journals we publish. We also want to encourage discussion broadly in the community about how sharing needs can be met without jeopardizing the very publications upon which sharing depends. > > I?ve attached a PDF which gives an overview of the Press?s position and activities. Please take a look and if you have any questions do let me know. Essentially, there are no immediate action points for you to take, I just wanted you to be aware of this issue and the steps that Cambridge are taking. > > Best wishes, > Beth > > Elizabeth Woodhouse > Publishing Editor, STM Journals > Cambridge University Press > University Printing House > Shaftesbury Road > Cambridge, CB2 8BS > > > > Cambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge with VAT registered number GB 823 8476 09. Our principal office is at University Printing House, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge, CB2 8BS, United Kingdom. > > _______________________________________________ > pasa-eb mailing list > pasa-eb at mailman.sydney.edu.au > https://mailman.sydney.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/pasa-eb -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From caroline.foster at sydney.edu.au Fri Nov 3 14:38:21 2017 From: caroline.foster at sydney.edu.au (Caroline Foster) Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2017 03:38:21 +0000 Subject: [ASA] A message from your new ESO Users Committee representative Message-ID: Dear Australian astronomers, Please forward this email to all interested parties within your institution. I am writing in my new role as the selected representative for Australia on the European Southern Observatory Users Committee (ESO UC for short). This is a 3 years appointment during which I will act as the capillary link between ESO and Australian users of ESO facilities. For those who don?t know me just yet, I am an ASTRO3D Fellow at the University of Sydney working on the SAMI Galaxy Survey. Before that, I was the International Telescopes Support Office (ITSO) Research Fellow for 4 years and an ESO Fellow between 2011-2013 after completing my PhD from Swinburne University in 2007-2011. I have experience observing with many of the major optical facilities around the world (ESO VLT, AAT, Keck, Subaru, Gemini and Magellan). I have had the privilege to interact with a large cross-section of the Australian astronomer community during my role as an ITSO fellow and my PhD years, and have a very good understanding of the diversity of scientific interests and expertise within the community. If I haven?t had the opportunity to meet you yet, please feel free to introduce yourselves also. You can find more information about the role of the ESO UC and other ESO governing bodies at the following website: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/AG1ZBkTLD7GpC9?domain=eso.org In short, the ESO UC acts as a link between ESO and its users. In other words, for the next 3 years, if you have any comments, feedback or questions about ESO, I am here to help and/or forward those concerns to ESO. My role is not to provide technical support as ESO has very extensive and efficient user support channels for that already. Importantly, the ESO UC is tasked with providing nominations for the ESO Observing Proposal Committee (OPC), which is responsible for telescope time allocation (more commonly known as a TAC here in OZ). The OPC is divided into "13 panels, each composed of 6 panel members. Each panel is chaired by an OPC member. Because of the different subscription rates of the four scientific categories (A: cosmology, B: galaxy structure and evolution, C: planets and star formation, D: stellar evolution), there are an unequal number of panels per category. Specifically, 3 panels in A, 2 in B, and 4 in C and D. This also implies that the amount of Panel members for each category is different (A: 18, B: 12, C: 24, D: 24). In total, 78 referees are needed in the OPC/Panel composition.? Furthermore, the ?OPC Chair and the Panel members are required to serve for two semesters, while OPC members serve for four semesters? and ?every semester there is a turnover of 25 to 35 OPC/Panel members?. More information on the OPC nomination procedure and requirements can be found here: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/38L3BqUGdwlWSE?domain=auditore.cab.inta-csic.es As you can imagine, it is essential for Australia to have adequate representation on the OPC. I note that theorists and "non-optical? astronomers are also welcome on the OPC. At this stage, I am looking for nominations from within our community. If you would like me to nominate someone or yourself, please let me know by email at your convenience. In the email, please be sure to include a short justification or a CV so I can assess suitability according to the criteria found in the above document/link. Also kindly include the OPC scientific category for which you are nominating and the nominee?s email address. It would be very good to ask the nominee for their availability/willingness prior to sending the email, but I will be sure to contact every nominee myself prior to proceeding. There will be a possibility for self-nominations during the Northern Hemisphere Spring (Australian Fall). I will make sure to inform everyone when that time comes. For now, only members of the ESO UC can nominate. Clear skies! Regards, Caroline Foster -- Dr Caroline Foster | ASTRO3D Fellow The University of Sydney Faculty of Science, Sydney Institute for Astrophysics 360B, A28 | The University of Sydney | NSW | +61 286 276 411 | +61 430 453 532 caroline.foster at sydney.edu.au | www.carofoster.com Office days: Monday, Tuesday (@AAO), Thursday, Friday INSPIRED ? the Campaign to support the University of Sydney sydney.edu.au/inspired CRICOS 00026A This email plus any attachments to it are confidential. Any unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. 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