From sarah.mcIntyre at anu.edu.au Mon Nov 6 19:20:16 2017 From: sarah.mcIntyre at anu.edu.au (Sarah McIntyre) Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 08:20:16 +0000 Subject: [ASA] FAAbExo2017: Abstract submission deadline extended to 12 November Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the abstract submission deadline for the Franco-Australian Astrobiology and Exoplanet School and Workshop has been extended to Sunday, 12 November 2017. Over the past twenty years, astronomers have observed more than 3,000 extrasolar planets, consequently revealing the diversity of planets that exist in the universe. The ever-increasing number of detections continues to drive exoplanet research forward and we are currently on the cusp of a technological revolution where near-future space and ground-based observatories will allow an unprecedented opportunity to further explore and characterise smaller, potentially habitable exoplanets for signs of life. The key questions to answer are: * Do protoplanetary disks include compositional trends that imprint on the future planets? * What should future observations of Solar System bodies focus on? * Where should we search for nearby habitable Earth-like planets? * How can the science of the remote detection of biosignatures be advanced? * What can our knowledge of life on Earth tell us about life elsewhere in the universe? The school and workshop, jointly sponsored by ANU and PSL, will bring leading experts from France, Australia and around the world to review these topics and identify new avenues for answering these questions. The outcomes of this workshop will inform future collaborative projects between Australia and France in these fields. The Australian Exoplanet Community is also delighted to announce that its 7th annual workshop will be run as the Franco-Australian Astrobiology and Exoplanet School and Workshop. Key Dates: 12 November: Abstract submission closes 14 November: Early Bird closes 27 November: Program release 10 December: Registration closes 16 - 17 December: Astrobiology & Exoplanet School 18 - 20 December: Astrobiology & Exoplanet Workshop Please submit your abstracts, register, view current list of participants as well as school program on our website http://faabexo.anu.edu.au For general enquiries, please contact the LOC: FAAbExo-loc at mso.anu.edu.au Looking forward to seeing you all in Canberra in December. Sarah McIntyre (chair of the LOC), on behalf of the LOC. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Tue Nov 7 08:30:30 2017 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 21:30:30 +0000 Subject: [ASA] 2nd Rencontres du Vietnam on Exoplanetary Science Message-ID: The 2nd Rencontres du Vietnam on Exoplanetary Science February 25 - March 2, 2018, Quy Nhon (Vietnam) Important dates: - December 1st, 2017: deadline for abstract submissions and financial support applications - February 1st, 2018: deadline for registrations https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/V81oBdUdA7nKsv?domain=rencontresduvietnam.org Exoplanetology has experienced extraordinary developments, and is now a mature and particularly dynamic research field of astrophysics. The various detection techniques such as radial velocities, transit, microlensing, direct imaging, timing or astrometry, provided thousands of planet detections. The characterization of these systems has also improved, and now reaches the details of the orbital parameters or the physics and chemistry of planetary atmospheres. The 2nd Rencontres du Vietnam on Exoplanetary Science will offer over five days a fruitful meeting of observers involved in various ground- and space-based programs with modelers and theoreticians. The conference will raise news observations and new models to improve our comprehension and knowledges of exoplanets, their formation, their evolution. It will expand exchanges, interactions, and collaborations between scientists from different parts of the world. The conference will consist of plenary sessions for oral presentations, including review talks and contributions on more specialized topics, as well as posters. The conference will be preceded by a two-day international school (Feb. 24-25) for students involved in those topics, with instructors and teachers chosen among the conference participants. Confirmed invited reviews: - Eiji Akiyama (National Astronomical Observatory, Japan): Observations of protoplanetary discs: pathway to planet formation. - Shigeru Ida (Earth-Life Science Institute, Japan): Dependence of predicted exoplanet distributions on theoretical models. - Anne-Marie Lagrange (IPAG, France): Results from directly imaged planets. - Nuno Santos (Universidade do Porto, Portugal): Stellar physics for planets detection and characterization. - Rodrigo F. D?az (IAFE, Argentina): Statistical methods and tools for analysis of exoplanet datasets. - Claire Moutou (Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, USA): High precision radial velocities in optical and infrared. - Andrew Howard (Caltech, USA): Statistics on planetary populations: observational properties and biases. - Leslie Rogers (University of Chicago, USA): Internal structures from terrestrial to giant planets: observations and models. - Amaury Triaud (U. Birmingham, UK): TRAPPIST-1 and other planetary systems around low-mass stars. - Jeremy Leconte (LAB, France): Habitable planets: properties, environment, and detections. - Jack Lissauer (NASA Ames Research Center, USA): Multi-planetary systems: Observations and models of dynamical interactions. - David Ehrenreich (Geneva University, Switzerland): Observations and theories for atmospheres of transiting planets. - Ren? Doyon (University of Montreal, Canada): Future instruments for exoplanets detections and studies. ????????????????????????? "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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URL: From itso at aao.gov.au Tue Nov 7 09:28:48 2017 From: itso at aao.gov.au (International Telescopes Support Office) Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2017 09:28:48 +1100 Subject: [ASA] Subaru and ESO user meetings Message-ID: <416da8f0-debb-54d7-01aa-49f21120892d@aao.gov.au> Astronomy Australia Ltd and the AAO's International Telescopes Support Office would like to bring to the attention of the community two upcoming user meetings which may be of interest: Subaru Users' Meeting, NAOJ Mitaka, 17-19 January 2018 Australian astronomers have access to 10 nights on the Subaru 8.2m Telescope in Hawaii in 2018, while the AAO and ANU are participating in Technical Development Programs related to Subaru instrumentation. The next Subaru Users' Meeting to be held in Mitaka, Tokyo will provide the opportunity to present and discuss recent scientific results, as well as plans for future instruments (e.g. ULTIMATE-Subaru). For further information and to register, please see https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/W91ABZiQog8gIX?domain=optik2.mtk.nao.ac.jp La Silla Paranal Users Workshop, ESO Garching, 12-14 March 2018 ESO is organising a 2.5-day event, the La Silla Paranal Users Workshop, where the first part will provide an overview of the available instruments for their science, as well as the processes at work at ESO, from proposal submission to data reduction, through collection of astronomical observations as well as use of the Science Archive. One full day of this event will provide the chance for users to have hands-on experience on topics of their choices, including, but not restricted to, help with data reduction (both for your own data and tutorials on selected instruments), help in proposal writing, finding information on the ESO web, installing ESO software, help in observation preparation, and using the Science Archive either to access data or return reduced data to the archive. 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In this meeting, we will cover the formation environments and processes of moons, gas and particle dynamics around terrestrial and giant planets, observation of circumplanetary disks and exomoons including candidates, and constraints that we can obtain from the observations including space probes to Solar System bodies. The deadline of the registration is January 15, but we will close the registration as soon as the number of the participants reaches 55. Confirmed Invited Speakers (alphabetical): Sebastien Charnoz (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris) Aur?lien Crida (Observatoire de C?te d'Azur) Oliver Gressel (Niels Bohr Institute) Andrea Isella (Rice University) David Kipping (Columbia University) Hiroyuki Kurokawa (Earth-Life Science Institute) Satoshi Okuzumi (Tokyo Institute of Technology) Judit Szul?gyi (ETH Z?rich) Takayuki Tanigawa (National Institute of Technology, Ichinoseki College) Tomohiro Usui (Earth-Life Science Institute) Scientific Organizing Committee (alphabetical): Yuri Fujii Hidenori Genda Tristan Guillot Shigeru Ida Shu-ichiro Inutsuka Jun Kimura Neal Turner Local Organizing Committee (alphabetical): Yuri Fujii Ryuki Hyodo Shu-ichiro Inutsuka Kenji Kurosaki We are looking forward to meet you in Nagoya. Best wishes, Yuri Fujii (on behave of the SOC and LOC) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From james.murray at astronomyaustralia.org.au Wed Nov 8 08:21:23 2017 From: james.murray at astronomyaustralia.org.au (James Murray) Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2017 08:21:23 +1100 Subject: [ASA] Call for nominations to the Murchison Widefield Array Board In-Reply-To: <79EA1C95-D59C-4C87-B516-2CFD4464E20F@astronomyaustralia.org.au> References: <79EA1C95-D59C-4C87-B516-2CFD4464E20F@astronomyaustralia.org.au> Message-ID: <89A6CFAF-AE65-47C7-B110-7FED0B2B03C6@astronomyaustralia.org.au> Call for nominations to the Murchison Widefield Array Board Applications close on Friday 24th November 5PM AEDT On behalf of the Australian Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) Consortium, Astronomy Australia Ltd (AAL) is inviting applications from suitably qualified Australian-based astronomers to represent Australia on the MWA Board. Australia currently has 4 positions on the MWA Board, one of which is intended to be filled through this open call for nominations. The successful applicant will be expected to work with the Australian MWA Partners and AAL to understand Australian perspectives on, and represent Australian interests in, the MWA project. The successful applicant must be an Australian-based astronomer with an active and successful research career of direct relevance to the MWA. The successful applicant should have demonstrated ability to represent the interests of the broad Australian astronomy community. Experience serving on groups such as Boards and advisory committees, and previous involvement with international projects, would also be highly relevant. The term of this appointment is 1 year, commencing December 2017, with the possibility of renewal. The MWA Board meets twice per year in person, usually once in Australia and once overseas, with regular teleconferences in between. AAL will fund travel expenses associated with attending MWA Board meetings. The next meeting of the MWA Board will be held on 12th December 2017 in Sydney. Applicants are encouraged to be available to participate in this meeting in person. About MWA: The MWA is a low-frequency radio telescope located at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) in Western Australia, the planned site of the future Square Kilometre Array (SKA) low band telescope. The MWA has been developed by an international collaboration, including partners from Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, the United States, Japan and China. MWA has been funded from partner contributions and national funding agencies, including the Australian Government?s Australian Research Council (ARC) and National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). Applications If you consider yourself well placed to contribute to the MWA Board via your expertise, ideas, and experience, please email AAL with a maximum three page application with: a brief CV, your relevant expertise, any relevant conflicts of interest. AAL is committed to equity and diversity and encourages applications from everyone with the appropriate expertise and skills. Applications close on Friday 24th of November 5 PM AEDT. Late applications will not be accepted. Applications will be evaluated by a panel comprising members of the Australian MWA Consortium and chaired by an AAL representative. This panel will nominate a candidate for appointment to the MWA Board, with the nomination to be ratified by the Australian MWA partners. Queries can be made to James Murray, AAL Senior Program Manager, or Randall Wayth, MWA Director. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From R.Wayth at curtin.edu.au Fri Nov 10 17:36:00 2017 From: R.Wayth at curtin.edu.au (Randall Wayth) Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 06:36:00 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Engineering Senior Research Fellow position at ICRAR / Curtin University Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, Curtin University is advertising a Senior Research Fellow in Radio astronomy engineering, opening at Curtin next year. The position description is available online at https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/YZ5qB0u295kzsO?domain=tinyurl.com and in the attached document. The closing date is Friday 12 January 2018. Do please forward to anyone you think might be suitable. Possible candidates are welcome to mail the contact person (Prof. David Davidson) before applying formally; his e-mail address is in the link and attachment. 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