From ashley.ruiter at adfa.edu.au Mon Aug 13 10:19:50 2018 From: ashley.ruiter at adfa.edu.au (Ashley Ruiter) Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 00:19:50 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Stars in Canberra Nov. 28-30 Message-ID: Dear astronomers, we will hold a workshop on all things stellar at the University of New South Wales, Canberra, from November 28 - 30. Please save the date! Invited speakers: -Luca Casagrande (ANU) -Andrew Casey (Monash) -Daniel Cotton (UNSW Sydney) -Gayandhi De Silva (AAO / U Sydney) -Thomas Nordlander (ANU) -Lorenzo Spina (Monash) -Giovanna Zanardo (ICRAR) I will send a follow up email once our workshop web page is up and running! --The SOC Ashley Ruiter, Ivo Seitenzahl, Warrick Lawson (UNSW Canberra), Michael Ashley (UNSW Sydney), Orsola De Marco, Devika Kamath (Macqaurie) -- Ashley J. 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These scholarships, of which up to 20 per year are available, are funded by Australian institutes and the China Scholarship Council (CSC), managed by the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. There will normally be two rounds per year and this scheme is open to students of Chinese nationality up to 35 years old. Note: All PhD projects will be related to *SKA radio astronomy*. *2-year scholarships (deadline 1st October 2018)* Applications are invited for the following: - Research visits to eligible Australian universities and research institutes (including CSIRO) for up to 2 years by Chinese Ph.D students. - Joint 2+2-year enrolment at eligible Australian universities for Chinese Ph.D students. PhD students are required to be enrolled in China at one of: the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Beijing Normal University, Nanjing University or the University of Science and Technology of China at Hefei. An approved project with an Australian co-supervisor must be selected. Australian universities and institutes currently offering projects are ANU, CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Curtin University, Melbourne University, Swinburne University, University of Sydney, University of Tasmania, and The University of Western Australia. *Timeline* - *11 August 2018: *applications open - *1 October 2018: *applications close for 2-yr scholarships - *10 November 2018:* formal Australian institute offer - *The first half of 2019:* commence study in Australia For more information, please visit: http://acamar .org.au/phd-scholarship-program/ Best regards, Robert ______________________________________________ Dr Robert (Xiaobin) Shen Program Manager, Astronomy Australia Ltd. 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These supporting data include stellar and ionised gas velocity and velocity dispersion maps, maps of star formation and extinction, emission line fluxes, globally averaged stellar ages and metallicities and more! You can read more about SAMI DR2 on the data release webpage: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Md4ZCBNZwLiBKlNofz9hhv?domain=sami-survey.org or in the DR2 paper: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/KGl1CD1jy9t0AOZPu5O8ze?domain=arxiv.org The data can be accessed via Australian Astronomical Optics' Data Central Service, https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/qe6BCE8kz9tMx6jPUpNHhJ?domain=datacentral.org.au. Data Central provides a fully searchable interface to the large SAMI DR2 dataset, allowing simple object or coordinate searches as well as sophisticated SQL querying across all the DR2 catalogues. Data Central allows easy exploration of the data on an object-by-object basis or facilitates the bulk download of the data. The release is accompanied by extensive documentation within Data Central, https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/-7xICGvmB5iG4L9giQwZzn?domain=datacentral.org.au. Our goal with this release is not simply to make publicly available a large and detailed astronomical dataset. Our hope is that by providing extensive "value-added" catalogues and data products in a functional database interface we will enable the community to make full use of a large and complex integral field dataset. The SAMI Galaxy Survey team. PS We will be updating DR2 in early September to include catalogues of emission line fluxes and star formation rates measured within a variety of apertures, as well as some additional spatially-resolved star formation data products. -- Dr Nicholas Scott | University of Sydney Research Fellow SIfA, Sydney Institute for Astronomy School of Physics | Faculty of Science THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Rm 360B, Physics Building A28 | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 | AUSTRALIA T 0291142158 E nicholas.scott at sydney.edu.au | W http://sydney.edu.au/science/physics -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The ANU Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics Summer Research Scholarships is open to all Australian and New Zealand undergraduate students, and provides an opportunity to work on active research and instrumentation projects under the supervision of an RSAA astronomer or instrument scientist. Students get a first hand experience of research, and will get to work with start of the art simulations, data and instrumentation, as well as tour Australia?s active telescopes. The program will run from Monday, 26 November 2018 to Friday, 25 January 2019, with possible extensions and variations if needed. A Summer Research Scholarship at RSAA includes full accommodation and board on the ANU campus, a weekly allowance, and return travel to Canberra. There will be a lecture series on contemporary topics in astrophysics, and scholars are usually also given the opportunity to visit the telescopes and facilities at Siding Spring Observatory, Parkes and Narrabri. The program is open to suitably qualified undergraduate students in the third or final year of their degrees who are currently enrolled at an Australian or New Zealand university. Outstanding second-year students may also be considered. Full details of the program and potential projects can be found here: https://rsaa.anu.edu.au/study/undergraduate-research/summer-scholarships And the application form and details can be found here: http://www.anu.edu.au/study/apply/summer-research-program-applications The application deadline is 31 August, so get your best and brightest to apply! Enquiries are welcome and may be directed to: * Dr Brent Groves - RSAA summer scholar coordinator * Ms Astrid Bardelang (rsaa.sa at anu.edu.au) - ANU student administration coordinator -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dfisher at swin.edu.au Mon Aug 13 19:25:48 2018 From: dfisher at swin.edu.au (Deanne Fisher) Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 09:25:48 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Swinburne Vacation Scholars Program 2018 Message-ID: Dear Colleagues Please pass this information to interested students: 2018/19 Swinburne Vacation Scholarship Program Seeking Applications http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/study/vacstudents.html The Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing (CAS) accepts applications for Vacation Scholarships from enthusiastic university students with excellent scholastic records who are in the last, or second last, year of their undergraduate or Honours/Masters degree. With 22 research faculty and more than 30 post-docs and PhD students, CAS is a vibrant, friendly environment for studying most fields of astronomy. Swinburne astronomers have guaranteed access to the twin Keck 10-m Telescopes in Hawaii - the world's premier optical observatory - and CAS owns and operates one of Australia's most powerful supercomputers - the OzStar& Gstar Machines . We also develop advanced immersive 3D data visualization facilities and create 3-D animations and movies promoting and explaining astronomy to the broader community. This program is open to undergraduates at Australian & New Zealand universities. Applications from students outside of Australia & New Zealand with exceptional scholastic records may also be considered. Scholarships will generally last between 8 and 10 weeks, to be negotiated between the student and their nominated supervisor. Vacation Scholars are paid a tax-free stipend of $500 per week. Applications should include the following: - A cover letter (see below for further information); - A copy of your official academic record, including an explanation of the grading system used; - Your Curriculum Vitae; - Any supporting documentation of previous research. - Applicants should also ask a lecturer or supervisor at their current university to send a letter of recommendation. This should be sent by the lecturer/supervisor directly; applicants should not include reference letters in their own application. Applications will be considered as they come. However, we strongly recommend all applications be sent in before September 20. Please send application materials too Dr Deane Fisher: dfisher at swin.edu.au Please contact me if you require further information. Thanks, Dr. Deanne B. 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Looking forward to meeting you in Perth, Kind Regards, Charlotte Welker ***** West Coast Swings Workshop: Last Announcement ****** Exploring the connection between the cosmic web and galaxy evolution for next generation surveys ICRAR/ UWA, Crawley (Perth), Western Australia September 17-21, 2018 https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/5J4BCq7BKYtlozvLsZFx3T?domain=icrar.org West Coast Swings - ICRAR www.icrar.org Exploring the connection between the cosmic web and galaxy evolution for next generation surveys Dates 17-21 September 2018 Location ICRAR-UWA, 7 Fairway, Crawley, 6009, Western Australia Rationale On the largest scales of the Universe, matter is organized as a network of voids, walls and over-dense filaments along which dark matter and baryons ... We are delighted to announce the new version of the West Coast Swings workshop, that will be held on September 17-21 at the International Centre for Radio-Astronomy Research, University of Western Australia, Australia. The workshop will consist of three days of conference-style lectures followed by two days of hands-on workshop segmented in sessions dealing with specific projects. Rationale: The large scale anisotropic environment of the cosmic web informs the geometry and dynamics of various accretion modes onto galaxies hence impacts their evolution, in particular the evolution of their gas content and angular momentum. Increasing evidence for such a connection have been found over the years with the discovery of correlations between the orientation of galactic spins and that of local cosmic filaments. Can we go beyond the simple analysis of spin orientations? Can we constrain the impact of cosmic flows on galactic structure and kinematics? Can we find smoking-gun signatures of this interplay at low-redshift? With the advent of next-generation facilities such as the SKA and the development of large scale integral field spectroscopy surveys such as SAMI, MaNGA and soon Hector, specifically designed to track these interactions, there is an increasing need to bring together theorists of the large scale structures of the Universe and experts on galaxy dynamics and the identification of cosmic structures to better constrain the design of such surveys, develop methods to unravel this complex interplay between galaxies and their environment and make predictions for next generation All-sky surveys. This workshop will critically review major progresses in the description and reconstruction of the cosmic web enabled by recent observational and computational advances, and key developments in the understanding of its impact on galaxy evolution. It will launch a series a projects involving joint contributions from observers and numericists and foster international collaborations. Projects will be debated during the workshop and will include the production of mocks for upcoming surveys and the development of methods to relate galactic spins to the archaeology of cosmic flows. Register here: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/-ycwCr8DLRtoG1Owhzhors?domain=icrar.org Key topics: * The cosmic web: reconstruction and analysis in observations and simulations. * Constraints on the baryonic cosmic web and cosmic flows. * Updates from the synchrotron cosmic web. * Impact on the dynamics of clusters: satellite alignment, accretion, shape, geometry of shocks * The cosmological origin and evolution of angular momentum (AM). Alignment of galactic spin and cosmic large scale structure. * Synergies with HI surveys and precision kinematics provided by integral field spectroscopy and interferometry * Modelling inflows and outflows on galactic scales: the impact of the large scale structures Important dates: * August 17 : Abstract Submission close * August 30: Deadline for regular registration * September 1st: Final program announced * September 17: Workshop starts Invited speakers: * Christophe Pichon * Clotilde Laigle * Barbara Catinella * Jesse Van de Sande * Katarina Kraljic We look forward to seeing you in Perth in April 2018! On behalf of the scientific organizing committee, Charlotte Welker, UWA (Chair) Joss Bland-Hawthorn, USyd (co-Chair) Clotilde Laigle, Oxford Christophe Pichon, IAP Pascal Elahi, UWA Claudia Lagos, UWA [cid:159ec119-da3b-40e4-b83a-0c12fff84f45] Charlotte Welker Jim Buckee Fellow ICRAR M468 University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Consideration is also being given to holding a meeting in advance of the 2019 SKA Science Meeting to be held at Jodrell Bank from April 8-12, 2019 (https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/9ifZCANZvPi2zJrzCGhtYG?domain=indico.skatelescope.org). Finally, a reminder that details about the call for Expressions of Interest for the 2018-2019 Australian SKA Fellowships Programme are available from https://www.ska.gov.au/science/Pages/Australian-SKA-Fellowships-Program.aspx . Regards, Phil Edwards Chair, Science Advisory Committee of the Australia-New Zealand SKA Coordination Committee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From swyithe at unimelb.edu.au Wed Aug 15 21:45:34 2018 From: swyithe at unimelb.edu.au (Stuart Wyithe) Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 11:45:34 +0000 Subject: [ASA] STA Superstars of STEM Message-ID: <43CE5B88-E21D-49BF-A898-5E143A020D91@unimelb.edu.au> Dear ASA, Please find below the announcement of the next Superstars of STEM program. I would like to strongly encourage our many superstar female astronomers to consider participating in this excellent program. Regards, Stuart View this email in your browser [/var/folders/3c/3m87_2ts6jg7mbvl97y1y4pm0000gp/T/com.microsoft.Outlook/WebArchiveCopyPasteTempFiles/6280e043-f579-495b-9f05-c868afeb1507.jpg] Dear members, We?re starting the search for our next 60 Superstars of STEM! We?ll be taking applications from this Wednesday, 15 August 2018. As a valued member of Science & Technology Australia, we?re particularly keen that your members and staff are aware of the opportunity ? that?s why I?m writing to give you a few days? advance notice. Please identify and encourage articulate and passionate women to apply: we want to make sure as many STEM disciplines as possible are represented on the program. 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Encourage amazing #WomeninSTEM to apply before applications close on 23 September https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/8qt_CQnzP0tryOONTkD0wP?domain=bit.ly * Are you woman who is passionate about your science, maths or technology? Do you want to inspire young Australians to consider a career in STEM? Then apply to one of the #SuperstarsofSTEMhttp://bit.ly/StarsofSTEM * Celebrating articulate, passionate and inspiring female scientists and technologists ? the #SuperstarsofSTEM search has begun, will you answer the call and apply https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/8qt_CQnzP0tryOONTkD0wP?domain=bit.ly We also invite you to share this opportunity with your friends, colleagues, or even STEM professionals you don?t know but admire ? be the spark that ignites their Superstardom. If we can assist at any point along the way, please don?t hesitate to get in touch with myself, or the Program Manager Brodie Steel. 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These two committees are continuations of the Australian Time Allocation Committee and AAO Users? Committee respectively, previously managed by the Australian Astronomical Observatory. Their operation is expected to largely remain similar to those of their predecessors. ATAC will meet twice a year in person, with the next meeting scheduled for early November. AATUC will meet twice a year via videoconferencing, with the next meeting scheduled for mid-October. If you consider yourself well placed to contribute to one of these committees via your expertise, ideas, and experience, please email applications at astronomyaustralia.org.au with a maximum three page application with: * a covering letter describing your expertise relevant to the committee terms of reference * a brief CV * any relevant conflicts of interest. 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Please save the dates and circulate to your networks: ============================================================================================================== 'Barefoot EoR': The first billion years of the Universe at the Fitzroy Island Resort, Tropical North Queensland, Australia Sunday 14th July ? Friday 19th July 2019 ============================================================================================================== PRE-REGISTER NOW: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/6ZIOCmOxDQtDO6xnSGm9TE?domain=docs.google.com [https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/fyS8CnxyErCj8xEoSJptxn?domain=lh3.googleusercontent.com] 'Barefoot EoR' pre-registration form docs.google.com Please help us with our planning by completing these few questions: [cid:image001.jpg at 01D43559.F315A330] Rationale: The past few years have seen continued progress in our ability to observe and characterize the very early universe within the first one billion years of cosmic history before the end of cosmic reionization. The first generations of galaxies are being studied in unprecedented detail using large multi-wavelength datasets from the Hubble, Spitzer, and Chandra Space Telescopes, as well as 8-10 m-class ground-based telescopes. ALMA is probing galaxies from the reionization era at millimetre wavelengths, providing revolutionary insights into molecular gas, dust, and dynamics at high redshift. Early galaxy and quasar searches are being pushed into new territory with deep near-infrared surveys covering several square degrees. New advances in computation have led to a new generation of early universe simulations reaching unprecedented mass resolution over large volumes. Future capabilities (JWST; SKA precursors; etc), combined with current ground and space observatories, will greatly enhance our ability to explore the reionization epoch in even greater detail. The goal of this meeting is to bring together a wide community of observers and theorists to discuss both recent progress as well as future perspectives for galaxy studies within the first billion years and for cosmic reionization. Among the key topics to be explored at this meeting are: * First Stars and First Galaxies * Cosmic Reionization of Hydrogen * Galaxies and Quasars at z>6 * Molecular Gas and Dusty Star Formation at High Redshift * Galaxy Evolution from z~10 to z~5 * High Redshift Star Formation and Feedback * Prospects for 21cm Current and Future Experiments * Multi-wavelength Synergies (cross-correlation of independent signal tracers) Details * For information about the venue: Fitzroy Island Resort-- ?Where the Rainforest Meets the Reef? -- please go to: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/C2n0CoVzGQiZO8nztVtha8?domain=fitzroyisland.com * Registration and abstract submission will open in November. * To assist us with our planning please pre-register now: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/6ZIOCmOxDQtDO6xnSGm9TE?domain=docs.google.com Key Dates * 16th August 2018 First announcement and pre-registration * 1st November 2018 Abstract submission opens * 23rd November 2018 Abstract submission closes * 11th February 2019 Program announced * 25th March 2019 Registration, accommodation and conference fee payment deadline Scientific Organising Committee Stuart Wyithe (co-chair, University of Melbourne) Cathryn Trott (co-chair, ICRAR/Curtin University) Benedetta Ciardi (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics) Xiaohui Fan (University of Arizona) Steve Finkelstein (University of Texas) Leon Koopmans (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute) Emma Ryan-Weber (Swinburne University) Rachel Webster (University of Melbourne) Local Organising Committee Rachel Webster (UMelb) Kim Dorrell (UMelb) Michele Trenti (UMelb) Christian Reichardt (UMelb) Jack Line (ICRAR/Curtin University) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 80384 bytes Desc: image003.jpg URL: From asa.ecr.chapter at gmail.com Fri Aug 17 09:06:05 2018 From: asa.ecr.chapter at gmail.com (ASA Early Career Researcher Chapter) Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 09:06:05 +1000 Subject: [ASA] SciCoder Workshops for ECRs Message-ID: <46f6ad42-774f-82fa-b0c0-70187c5895d4@gmail.com> Dear ASA members, The ASA ECR Chapter is pleased to announce a series of SciCoder workshops -- "SciCoder: The Australian Tour presented by ASTRO 3D" -- across Australia, brought to you by ASTRO 3D and ADACS.The workshops are designed to introduce the early-career researcher to modern programming practices, languages, and tools as specifically applicable to scientific research. These skills will enable the participant to write better code, code faster, and leverage more tools than scientists are typically introduced to or aware of. An emphasis is placed on the rich variety of open source software available. The dates and locations for the workshops are: 1. Brisbane: Oct 15 - Oct 19 2. Perth: Oct 29 - Nov 2 3. Melbourne: Nov 19 - Nov 23 4. Sydney: Dec 3 - Dec 7 There will be a registration fee of ~$300 for attending the workshop. Registration for the workshop will open shortly but we would like you to pre-register your interest for attending the workshop via this form: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SciCoder-PreReg Because there is a lot of logistics involved in organizing such a series, and the total number of spaces at each location is capped at 40, please pre-register as soon as possible - it will take less than a minute. Pre-registration will close on Friday, Aug 24. We expect to have limited funds available to support a small number of attendees. If you anticipate requiring such support, please contact us immediately. Please feel free to reach out the ECR Chapter Steering Committee if you have any questions. Cheers, ASA ECR Chapter Steering Committee https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/FeThCgZowLHpowrESNOoLD?domain=asa-ecr.org asa.ecr.chapter at gmail.com From matthew.colless at anu.edu.au Sun Aug 19 22:36:47 2018 From: matthew.colless at anu.edu.au (Matthew Colless) Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2018 12:36:47 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Riding the LIghtwave of Technology References: Message-ID: <07189192-4CE1-4199-A6F2-5F1174D2FA87@anu.edu.au> Please circulate the notice of this dark-skies conference at Siding Spring Observatory - there are still a few places left! Thanks, Matthew. Professor Matthew Colless > Director, Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia Work: +61-2-6125-0266 Mobile:+61-431-898-345 Begin forwarded message: From: Marnie Ogg > Subject: Riding the LIghtwave of Technology - for National Parks Staff Date: 19 August 2018 at 22:08:31 Would you like to attend the Riding the Lightwave of Technology Conference? It's a great opportunity to learn about the ideology of Dark Sky Parks, how they're working overseas and some of the related issues with ALAN (Artificial Light at Night) - It is not just about astronomy, but the bigger picture aimed at a general audience. Attending may give some of you some ideas for the future. Details about the conference can be found here: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/LIVVC91ZkQt3kpKPCoBgW2?domain=fredwatsontours.com.au The conference is $325 to register for 2.5 days, however, if you want to come, we can do it for: - $100 for the two days of the conference if you want catering, (morning/afternoon tea and lunch both days) or - FREE if you want to bring your own food or buy something at the Exploratory. Contact Marnie marnie at fredwatson.com.au to enrol before 30 August [1518666271250_MO-signature-2.jpg] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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