From s.martell at unsw.edu.au  Mon Apr  9 12:40:18 2018
From: s.martell at unsw.edu.au (Sarah Martell)
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2018 12:40:18 +1000
Subject: [ASA] Postdoctoral position at UNSW
Message-ID: <36bba1b6-9b57-3b6c-721d-fe9cde4ac60b@unsw.edu.au>

Dear colleagues,

The University of New South Wales is currently inviting applications for 
a 2.5-year postdoctoral research position in Galactic archaeology. The 
candidate will work with Dr. Sarah Martell on chemical tagging and 
abundance signatures of dwarf galaxy stars in collaboration with Prof. 
Kim Venn (UVic) and A/Prof. Daniel Zucker (Macquarie). The position also 
provides the opportunity to participate in the GALAH, FunnelWeb and 
4MOST survey projects. For further details on the position, the 
University, and the application requirements, please see the job ad at 
this link 
<https://applicant.cghrm.unsw.edu.au/psp/hrm/NS_CAREERS/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_APP_SCHJOB.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=1&JobOpeningId=61558&PostingSeq=1> 
(Job ID 61558). The application deadline is 29 April.

Please feel free to forward this to likely candidates.

Cheers,
Sarah

-- 
Sarah Martell
Senior Lecturer
School of Physics, UNSW Sydney
s.martell at unsw.edu.au  / +61 2 9385 6547

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From kgereb at swin.edu.au  Tue Apr 10 15:59:06 2018
From: kgereb at swin.edu.au (Katinka Gereb)
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 05:59:06 +0000
Subject: [ASA] abstract submission closes on 15 April
Message-ID: <D6F281D7.D54C%kgereb@swin.edu.au>

This is a friendly reminder that abstract submission for the ASA Annual Scientific Meeting closes on 15 April. Please circulate this email to any non-ASA members who would be interested in attending the meeting.


Best wishes,

--
Dr. Katinka Gereb
+ 61392143786
Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
Swinburne University of Technology

From: Swinburne University of Technology <kgereb at swin.edu.au<mailto:kgereb at swin.edu.au>>
Date: Monday, 5 March 2018 1:44 pm
To: "asa at mailman.sydney.edu.au<mailto:asa at mailman.sydney.edu.au>" <asa at mailman.sydney.edu.au<mailto:asa at mailman.sydney.edu.au>>
Cc: Swinburne all-centre <all_centre at astro.swin.edu.au<mailto:all_centre at astro.swin.edu.au>>
Subject: ASA - call for abstracts


We are pleased to announce that the call for abstracts for the Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA) Annual Scientific Meeting is now open. The conference will be hosted at the Hawthorn Campus of Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, between 25-29 June 2018. Payment options for this meeting are not yet available, participants will be invited to pay at a later date. Abstract submission closes on 15 April, early-bird registration is open until 30 April.


The Harley Wood School for Astronomy will be hosted at the Ballarat Municipal Observatory and Museum between 21-24 June. Registration for this event will open soon.


Visit the website of the conference at https://asa2018.swin.edu.au<https://asa2018.swin.edu.au/>


We are looking forward to hosting you at the 2018 ASA,

--

Dr. Katinka Gereb

+ 61392143786

Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing

Swinburne University of Technology
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From Robert.Hollow at csiro.au  Wed Apr 11 09:43:30 2018
From: Robert.Hollow at csiro.au (Robert.Hollow at csiro.au)
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 23:43:30 +0000
Subject: [ASA] Call for Nominations to EPOC Steering Committee
Message-ID: <5EAD405D-22A8-483A-BDB1-7B33EAB615E6@csiro.au>

Dear ASA Members

This is a call to members of the Education and Public Outreach Chapter (EPOC) of the ASA for nominations to serve on the EPOC Steering committee. Nominations are open for: the following positions:

Chair
Ordinary Members
Student Representative

Membership positions for ordinary members on the Steering Committee are for two years in a staggered rotation.

The Student Representative position is for one year and is open to any current student member of EPOC.

The position for Chair is for two years (then two years as Immediate Past-Chair).

If we receive more nominations than positions available we will organise an online election which would be held in late April.

New members will take their positions in May.

Details about EPOC and committee responsibilities and structure may be found at: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/1nRJCmOxDQt8Z7wohG6ux6?domain=asaepoc.org

Please consider nominating and serving on the EPOC Steering Committee. Self-nominations are fine. If you wish to nominate another EPOC member please ensure you have the nominee?s permission.

To nominate please send an email to asaepoc at gmail.com<mailto:asaepoc at gmail.com> with your name, affiliation, together with a one or two paragraph outline of your interest in the position (this will be included in an election form if needed). Please contact me if you require any further information.

if you are an ASA member but not yet an EPOC member you may join EPOC at any time. Pleas update your chapter memberships via the ASA Member page and also send an email to asaepoc at gmail.com<mailto:asaepoc at gmail.com> with name, affiliation and status (student, ECR, etc) requesting EPOC membership.

Nominations are due by 23.39 AEST Monday 23 April 2018.

Regards

Robert

Robert Hollow
Chair, Education and Public Outreach Chapter of the ASA
https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/1nRJCmOxDQt8Z7wohG6ux6?domain=asaepoc.org

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Astronomy and Space Science
CSIRO

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From richard.mcdermid at mq.edu.au  Wed Apr 11 16:28:51 2018
From: richard.mcdermid at mq.edu.au (Richard McDermid)
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 06:28:51 +0000
Subject: [ASA] Call for White Papers on Science with MAVIS (new instrument
 for ESO VLT)
Message-ID: <5A0233FF-C387-4297-BB79-C2F05C14436B@mq.edu.au>

Dear Colleagues,

We are writing to solicit short white papers describing exciting science cases that make use of the unique capabilities of ?MAVIS? (MCAO Assisted Visible Imager & Spectrograph) - a new Australian-led instrument concept for the Adaptive Optics Facility on ESO?s VLT. More details on MAVIS can be found on the MAVIS blog (https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/ChbYCROAQotoA9YLf9sEDy?domain=mavis-ao.org). In summary, the expected top-level requirements are:

  *   Field of View: 30?x30?
  *   Wavelength Coverage: VRI, extended to UBz (goal)
  *   Imager with broad- and narrow-band filters
  *   Angular resolution (FWHM): 
20 milliarcsec at V (~7 milliarcsec imaging pixels)
  *   Strehl ratio of 10-15% in V under median seeing conditions
  *   Sky coverage: > 50% at the Galactic poles
  *   Spectroscopy options include single monolithic IFU, deployable multi-IFUs, or single-fibre MOS, with R > ~5000

(Additional requirements can also be explored within the White Paper, but we recommend contacting the MAVIS team - project-scientist at mavis-ao.org<mailto:project-scientist at mavis-ao.org> - for further guidance.)

As part of defining the detailed MAVIS instrument design, we are looking for compelling science case descriptions from the astronomical community that can make use of these unique capabilities to make progress on critical and timely science questions. These ?White Papers? should be no more than six pages in length (including all material such as figures and references), written as succinctly as possible, and within a general context understandable by scientists outside your specific field. Following review and iteration with the MAVIS team, the White Papers will form the basis of the MAVIS science case going forwards.

How to Get Involved

If you are interested in contributing a MAVIS White Paper, or would otherwise like to receive updates on the process, please proceed as follows:

Step 1: Get in touch as soon as possible by emailing project-scientist at mavis-ao.org<mailto:project-scientist at mavis-ao.org>. Include information on what specific topic will be addressed, and the names of any co-authors, if known. We would like to encourage coordination and collaboration between White Paper authors, and will work with you to avoid redundancy where possible. Early expressions of intent will help facilitate this process.

Step 2: Please aim to send an initial draft of your White Paper to project-scientist at mavis-ao.org<mailto:project-scientist at mavis-ao.org> by May 4th. White Papers received by this deadline will be included for discussion at the MAVIS Workshop in Sydney, May 7-9th, where the overall shape of the MAVIS Science Case will be defined. You are strongly encouraged to present your White Paper at the workshop by registering here: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/IwHfCVAGXPtmDrBAiz4586?domain=mavis-ao.org.

Step 3: Final White Paper submissions will be accepted up until June 15th. Following this date, construction of the final MAVIS Science Case will begin, and White Paper authors should expect to be directly involved in that process.

Final White Papers will be made public on the MAVIS website (with author permission). We will also explore the possibility of publishing the White Papers through a journal special edition.

White Paper Structure

Each White Paper should address the following aspects under separate section headings:
Key Questions: One sentence descriptions of the 1-2 proposed science questions.
Open Problems: What are the open problems/questions in this field?
Observational Needs: What kinds of observations are needed?
Instrument Requirements: How does this translate into specific minimum requirements? Namely:
  - Field of View (imaging field, or IFU size)
  - Image quality (required Strehl or FWHM)
  - Spectral range / bandpasses, highlighting any narrow-band needs
  - Spectral resolving power (R = Lambda / DeltaLambda)
  - Multiplexing needs (e.g. targets per square arcminute)

We provide a template (MS-Word<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/igh2CWLJY7iZA73BFKg4K6?domain=docs.google.com> | LaTeX<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/4UKKCXLKZoijxvAYskpG1g?domain=docs.google.com>) to assist in preparing your White Paper.

White Paper Submission

White Papers (drafts and final versions) must be submitted electronically, as a pdf document, via email to project-scientist at mavis-ao.org<mailto:project-scientist at mavis-ao.org>. Files larger than 10Mb should be provide via a download link or similar. White Papers should be up to six pages in length, including text, tables, figures and references. Text must be single spaced with a minimum font size of 12 points. We strongly encourage authors to use the templates provided (MS-Word<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/igh2CWLJY7iZA73BFKg4K6?domain=docs.google.com> | LaTeX<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/4UKKCXLKZoijxvAYskpG1g?domain=docs.google.com>).

MAVIS Information and Resources

Here we provide links to information related to this call. This information will be updated in the coming weeks, and prospective authors who have contacted the MAVIS team will receive notifications of these updates by email.

MAVIS Resources<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/oQyMCYWL1vimzRYxiMlzZl?domain=mavis-ao.org> ? Evolving collection of simulation materials (image simulations, sensitivities, etc.)
MAVIS Blog<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/td7BCZYM2VFA3ZvNiPEjpR?domain=mavis-ao.org> ? General updates from the MAVIS team
About MAVIS<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/f6iAC1WZXrix7ygYIyqBtu?domain=mavis-ao.org> ? Overview of the MAVIS instrument and science
White Paper templates (MS-Word<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/igh2CWLJY7iZA73BFKg4K6?domain=docs.google.com> | LaTex<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/4UKKCXLKZoijxvAYskpG1g?domain=docs.google.com>)  ? Template to be used when generating your White Paper
ESO Science Case<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/-SpcC2xZYvCWNqrwU0DyK8?domain=eso.org> ? Initial collection of science cases from ESO Working Group
Call for White Papers<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/RgaiC3Q8Z2Fo513QfOP3Ma?domain=mavis-ao.org> - Web version of this email on the MAVIS Blog

Summary of Timeline and Key Dates

The overall timeline is summarised as follows:

11 April 2018 - Release of Call for White Papers
4 May 2018 - Deadline for White Paper initial drafts
7-9 May 2018 - MAVIS Science and Technology Workshop, AAO, Sydney (https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/IwHfCVAGXPtmDrBAiz4586?domain=mavis-ao.org)
15 June 2018 - Final White Paper Deadline
Mid July 2018 (TBD) - Expected ESO Call Deadline

If you have any questions, please don?t hesitate to contact project-scientist at mavis-ao.org<mailto:project-scientist at mavis-ao.org>.

Please also feel free to forward this email to anyone you think may be interested.

Best regards,
Richard McDermid (MAVIS Project Scientist)
Francois Rigaut (MAVIS Principal Investigator)

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From kgereb at swin.edu.au  Fri Apr 13 14:57:54 2018
From: kgereb at swin.edu.au (Katinka Gereb)
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 04:57:54 +0000
Subject: [ASA] ASA - payment is available
Message-ID: <D6F675F9.D856%kgereb@swin.edu.au>

Good news, payment for the ASA Annual Scientific Meeting and Harley Wood School for Astronomy is now available on the website! In order to be eligible for early-bird discount, please complete your payment before 30 April.


For those who have already registered and still have outstanding fees, please go to the registration page, fill in you email address and press the ?Check Registration? button to complete your payment:

https://asa2018.swin.edu.au/register/


Best wishes,

--
Dr. Katinka Gereb
+ 61392143786
Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
Swinburne University of Technology
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