From stuart.ryder at astronomyaustralia.org.au Mon Sep 24 10:14:10 2018 From: stuart.ryder at astronomyaustralia.org.au (Stuart Ryder) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 10:14:10 +1000 Subject: [ASA] Call for nominations to serve as Australian LSST Principal Investigators Message-ID: <000601d4539b$84999140$8dccb3c0$@astronomyaustralia.org.au> The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST - https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/XmcqC4QZ1RFoKPEVhO9eqn?domain=lsst.org) aims to construct the deepest, widest image of the Universe ever produced. Following commissioning in 2021/22 it will conduct a ten year survey of the sky using a specially designed 8.4 m diameter telescope in Chile with an extremely wide field of view. In 2015, CAASTRO and the LSST Corporation signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) to allow a named list of Australian Principal Investigators (PIs) to access survey data from the LSST. AAL has now novated the agreement and represents Australian astronomers wishing to participate in the LSST project. Participation under this program costs USD(2013)$20,000 per PI per year over a 10-year period. There is also an additional data access fee. While AAL has not committed to funding Australia?s LSST participation, it will help coordinate the Australian PIs as they seek to secure funds for access to LSST, primarily expected to be through ARC LIEF and university grants. The original MoA allowed for 10 named PIs, each of whom can have four associated junior researchers who will also have rights to LSST data. AAL seeks to refresh the current list of named PIs via this open call for nominations. Applicants should in general be established senior researchers, with the ability to lead a small team of junior researchers within their institution. Demonstrated involvement with LSST science and/or survey management experience is highly desirable. If you consider yourself well placed to contribute to this LSST engagement and development of a LIEF bid for submission in early 2019, via your expertise, ideas, and experience, please email applications at astronomyaustralia.org.au with a maximum three page application comprising: * a covering letter describing your expertise relevant to LSST science and the science you wish to do with the LSST; * a brief CV including grants awarded; * a statement of intent to seek monetary support for the LIEF bid from your institution. In addition AAL will appoint one PI as the ?Australian Science Lead? to lead the Australian engagement with LSST and coordinate the LIEF bid. Should you wish to be considered for the Australian Science Lead role, you should include an additional statement indicating two or more of: * Demonstrated leadership within LSST science and/or governance networks. * Demonstrated leadership within a key LSST science area. * Demonstrated ability to coordinate large funding applications. In considering applications, AAL will first consider appointment to the Australian Science Lead role. The successful candidate for that role will be invited to have input into the remainder of the PI refresh process. AAL is committed to equity and diversity and encourages applications from all interested candidates with relevant expertise and skills. ?AAL will also endeavour to maximise engagement across Australian institutions in this process, but please note, as AAL is not directly funding Australian LSST access, there may be limitations to this consideration. Please do not hesitate to contact AAL if you have any questions regarding this process: Mita Brierley < mita.brierley at astronomyaustralia.org.au>, Senior Program Manager Stuart Ryder < stuart.ryder at astronomyaustralia.org.au>, Program Manager Applications close on Friday 5th October, 5 PM AEST. Late applications will not be accepted. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From claudia.lagos at uwa.edu.au Mon Sep 24 12:32:25 2018 From: claudia.lagos at uwa.edu.au (Claudia Lagos) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 10:32:25 +0800 Subject: [ASA] DAWN Associate professorship at DTU-Space (permanent) In-Reply-To: <55A42BEF-6BC8-4979-83C9-EEA604F9B0A9@nbi.ku.dk> References: <55A42BEF-6BC8-4979-83C9-EEA604F9B0A9@nbi.ku.dk> Message-ID: Dear Friends We are advertising a permanent Associate Professorship at DAWN/DTU-Space. https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/2-VJCxnMRvtOvROpt8pFDL?domain=jobregister.aas.org The deadline for applications is October 15th. We would be grateful if you would help us advertise the position by sharing the below email with your network, and/or directly encourage suitable candidates to apply. For your convenience, please find below a suggested email for distribution. Feel free to edit before sending it around. Cheers Sune ?? Dear colleague, apologies for the spam and/or if you receive this more than once. The Cosmic Dawn Center at DTU Space is looking to hire a new faculty member in observational cosmology, so please circulate to possible?candidates: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/2-VJCxnMRvtOvROpt8pFDL?domain=jobregister.aas.org The Cosmic Dawn Center (dawn.nbi.ku.dk ) is a new international basic research center supported by the Danish National Research Foundation, dedicated to uncovering how and when the first galaxies, stars and black holes formed. Dawn is located at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen and at the Space Division of the Danish Technical University (DTU Space), and collaborates closely with associate institutions in North America, Europe and Australia. DTU Space (www.space.dtu.dk/english ) has been involved in the James Webb Space Telescope since 2003, mainly in the development of the Mid InfraRed Instrument MIRI and in the preparation of the MIRI Guaranteed Time Observations within the MIRI High-z Universe Working Group Best, Your Name ---- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Mon Sep 24 13:32:04 2018 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 03:32:04 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Student representative on the ASA Council Message-ID: <91E3A302-42CB-46C4-BD53-DEB0E807017A@sydney.edu.au> I am pleased to inform the ASA membership that Debatri Chattopadhyay from Swinburne University has been elected as the new Student representative on the ASA Council. This was as a result of an election process run recently by the previous representative, Leonie Chevalier. We would like to thank Leonie for her participation and welcome Debatri to the Council. The Student representative offers students a direct line of communication to and from the ASA Council and we encourage all student members to contact Debatri with any issues they would like raised. However all members should also feel free to contact other Council members at any time using the contact details provided at https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/fzrkCk8vAZtNBmDYh2HUoq?domain=asa.astronomy.org.au. John ????????????????????????? "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. Sydney Institute for Astronomy School of Physics | Faculty of Science THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Rm 205, Physics Building A28 Postal address: School of Physics | The University of Sydney | NSW | Australia | 2006 T +61 2 9351 3184 | F +61 2 9351 7726 E john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au | W http://sydney.edu.au/science/people/john.obyrne CRICOS 00026A This email plus any attachments to it are confidential. Any unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. 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This was as a result of an election process run recently by the previous representative, Leonie Chevalier. We would like to thank Leonie for her participation and welcome Debatri to the Council. The Student representative offers students a direct line of communication to and from the ASA Council and we encourage all student members to contact Debatri with any issues they would like raised. However all members should also feel free to contact other Council members at any time using the contact details provided at https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/6hqyC0YZWVF8BVq3Twrp2M?domain=asa.astronomy.org.au. John ????????????????????????? "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. Sydney Institute for Astronomy School of Physics | Faculty of Science THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Rm 205, Physics Building A28 Postal address: School of Physics | The University of Sydney | NSW | Australia | 2006 T +61 2 9351 3184 | F +61 2 9351 7726 E john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au | W http://sydney.edu.au/science/people/john.obyrne CRICOS 00026A This email plus any attachments to it are confidential. Any unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please delete it and any attachments. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From m.ashley at unsw.edu.au Mon Sep 24 15:40:30 2018 From: m.ashley at unsw.edu.au (Michael Ashley) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 15:40:30 +1000 Subject: [ASA] Opportunity for input: big data survey being conducted by the Australian Academy of Sciences Message-ID: <20180924054030.GJ26062@mcba> Dear ASA members, The Australian Academy of Sciences has formed an Expert Working Group to report on "Big Data in Australian research: Issues, challenges and opportunities". More details here: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/SwdXCXLKZoiJKKj0T6Nm3S?domain=science.org.au In particular, note that they are requesting information from "a broad range of stakeholders" on "ten questions", preferably by 15 October, but up to 31 October is OK. Here are the questions: 1. What is your assessment of the current state of big data and the use of data analytics in your discipline? Are you aware of any reports that address this question? (NB: The term ?big data? here includes a diversity of data sources, not just those that are large in the conventional sense.) 2. Who are the researchers or research groups that are making innovative use of data and data analytics? In Australia? Internationally? 3. What makes this work so innovative? 4. What is limiting the use of data and data analytics in your discipline/sub-discipline in Australia? 5. What big research questions might be able to be addressed by access to relevant data, data analytics tools and/or skills? (We are interested in speculative answers that are considerably beyond currently accessible leading research questions.) 6. Do you know of any successful or not so successful collaborations between discipline experts and data scientists? What lessons can be drawn from these examples? 7. Does the education of postgraduate students and post docs need to change to enable them to successfully exploit data? In what ways? 8. Are you aware of, or been involved in, any of the Australian collaborations around data such as ANDS or Nectar? Do you know of the new Australian Research Data Commons? 9. Are you aware of, or been involved in, any international collaborations around data relevant to your field, or linking your discipline with other areas? 10. Any other comments? Best regards, Michael -- Professor Michael Ashley Department of Astrophysics University of New South Wales http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~mcba From daniel.price at monash.edu Mon Sep 24 21:42:06 2018 From: daniel.price at monash.edu (Daniel Price) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 21:42:06 +1000 Subject: [ASA] Rise of the machines: ANITA2019 + astroinformatics school Message-ID: <711361A5-EE1A-4B95-8E5F-42C641384B89@monash.edu> Dear ASA members, ** ANITA 2019 workshop and astroinformatics school *** The 13th Australian National Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (ANITA) annual science workshop will be held 7th-8th Feb 2019 at Swinburne University in Melbourne The ANITA/ADACS astroinformatics school will run 4th-6th Feb 2019, preceding the ANITA workshop. The theme for 2019 is ?Rise of the machines: An introduction to Machine Learning". Updates here: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/E5SxC6X13RtD9xyqtp1OsC?domain=asa-anita.github.io Registration will open shortly, once the school program has been finalised. The ANITA school and workshop are open to all astronomers. Yours, in theory, Daniel Price ANITA chair, on behalf of SOC and LOC http://anita.edu.au/ Scientific Organising Committee: ANITA steering committee plus: Rebecca Lange (ADACS/Curtin) Lachlan Campbell (ADACS/CSIRO) Jarrod Hurley (ADACS/Swinburne) Local Organising Committee: Jacob Seiler (Swinburne) - chair Adam Batten (Swinburne) Robert Dzudzar (Swinburne) Adelle Goodwin (Monash) Hayley Macpherson (Monash) Rhys Poulton (ICRAR-UWA) From ashley.ruiter at adfa.edu.au Tue Sep 25 13:11:43 2018 From: ashley.ruiter at adfa.edu.au (Ashley Ruiter) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 03:11:43 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Stars in Canberra workshop: 2nd announcement Message-ID: Dear astronomers, the webpage for our upcoming workshop Stars in Canberra at the University of New South Wales, Canberra, is now online! Workshop dates are from November 28 - 30, 2018. Preliminary program schedule and other information can be found here: https://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/conferences/stars-in-canberra/about Within the next week or so we will make the registration form available and you can indicate your interest in giving a contributed talk (no registration fee). In the meantime if you have any questions, please direct them to stars.in.canberra at gmail.com About | UNSW Canberra Conferences www.unsw.adfa.edu.au MEETING RATIONALE: 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) --The SOC Ashley Ruiter, Ivo Seitenzahl, Warrick Lawson (UNSW Canberra), Michael Ashley (UNSW Sydney), Orsola De Marco, Devika Kamath (Macqaurie) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From MITA.BRIERLEY at ASTRONOMYAUSTRALIA.ORG.AU Tue Sep 25 15:22:58 2018 From: MITA.BRIERLEY at ASTRONOMYAUSTRALIA.ORG.AU (Mita Brierley) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 15:22:58 +1000 Subject: [ASA] Astronomy Australia Limited (AAL) seeks applications for three upcoming vacancies on the AAL Board Message-ID: <000501d4548f$d31df780$7959e680$@ASTRONOMYAUSTRALIA.ORG.AU> ***Astronomy Australia Limited (AAL) seeks applications for three upcoming vacancies on the AAL Board.*** AAL is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee whose Members are all Australian universities and research organisations with a significant astronomy research capability. Its core business is to manage programmes which provide astronomers with access to national astronomy infrastructure. AAL finances a range of research infrastructure projects from Australian Government funding and supports Australian engagement with various international observatories. The AAL Board, appointed by the Members, oversees the progress of these projects. At the conclusion of the AAL AGM on 28 November 2018, the terms of Prof Matthew Bailes, Dr Rosalind Dubs and Prof Rachel Webster will expire creating three vacancies on the Board. The AAL constitution requires the Members to seek a Board that collectively has experience in: * Astronomical research broadly consistent with, ?Australia in the era of global astronomy: The decadal plan for Australian astronomy 2016?2025 ?; * Research collaboration at the national and international level; * National research policy and priorities; * Business administration and finance; * Corporate governance and legal matters; and * Strategy formulation and implementation To complement the skills and expertise of the ongoing Directors, the AAL nominations committee is particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate significant experience in managing (at an executive level) or overseeing (at a Board level) one or more of the following areas: * Data intensive science and/or computationally intensive research; * Space science; * Radio astronomy; * Relationship management with government departments; and, * Corporate governance and legal matters. In addition to the above, the majority of the Board must have conducted research in astronomy or a related field. To fulfil this final requirement, at least one of the vacancies must be filled by an individual who has conducted research in astronomy or a related field. Note: Prof Bailes, Dr Dubs and Prof Webster are entitled to apply for re-election. Applications If you consider yourself well placed to contribute to the Board via your expertise and ideas, and share AAL?s vision of wanting Australian astronomers to have access to the best research infrastructure, please email Astronomy Australia Ltd with a maximum two A4 page application with: * a brief CV, * your expertise for each of the required areas of skills and experience listed above, * any relevant conflicts of interest. AAL is committed to equity and diversity and encourages applications from under-represented groups. The deadline for applications is 9 October 2018 at 8pm AEDT. Late applications will not be accepted. Applications will be reviewed by the Nomination Committee. This committee will make nominations to the AAL Members for consideration at the AGM. Queries can be made to either Mr Mark McAuley, Chief Executive Officer, 03 9214 8036, or Professor Naomi McClure-Griffiths, Nomination Committee Chair, 02 6125 4158. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Thu Sep 27 14:59:49 2018 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 04:59:49 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Space Development Summit 9 November Message-ID: ASA members may be interested in the 1 day Space Development Summit described in the attached flyer. It is hosted by the United Nations Association of Australia and aims to connect scientists, industry leaders and leaders of current space efforts. The ASA is one of several organisations promoting the meeting. The program can be seen on the registration site at https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/gblGCyoNVrcnvZk2hZqrje?domain=events.humanitix.com.au Any questions should go to Gregory Mohamad Hunter >, Director of Innovation - UNAA NSW. John ????????????????????????? "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. Sydney Institute for Astronomy School of Physics | Faculty of Science THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Rm 205, Physics Building A28 Postal address: School of Physics | The University of Sydney | NSW | Australia | 2006 T +61 2 9351 3184 | F +61 2 9351 7726 E john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au | W http://sydney.edu.au/science/people/john.obyrne CRICOS 00026A This email plus any attachments to it are confidential. Any unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. 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Cheers, Melanie Senior Research Fellow (ALC) - Physics and Astronomy Job No: CURTIN333 Location: Bentley, Perth 4 years fixed term, full-time $120,028 - $138,340 (ALC) plus 17% superannuation We are seeking a new Senior Research Fellow, funded by the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, to work on scientific exploitation of new survey data from the recently-upgraded Murchison Widefield Array (MWA; https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/UnFECmOxDQtZjQEEhGHlkU?domain=mwatelescope.org); a low-frequency radio telescope for which Curtin University is the lead and managing organisation. You will use your in-depth subject matter knowledge of extragalactic radio astronomy to enable and deliver new scientific publications from MWA data products. We particularly welcome applications from candidates with expertise in one or more of our priority science areas: life cycles of radio galaxies, physics of galaxy clusters, detection and characterisation of the cosmic web, and radio source population studies. In addition to data from the MWA, the candidate will have the opportunity to leverage the numerous multi-wavelength surveys Australian astronomers have access to (e.g. Skymapper, ASKAP, GAMA, Taipan) and to exploit Australia?s partnership with the European Southern Observatory (ESO; https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/w4q3CnxyErCz7RMMtJOEQe?domain=eso.org) to conduct novel research exploiting the synergies between MWA and other multi-wavelength facilities. This position will be based at the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (CIRA), located on the Bentley Campus of Curtin University. The position will involve liaising with collaborators at MWA partner institutes both in Australia and overseas, and may involve regular travel between these institutes. At Curtin, we are committed to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander reconciliation, diversity and social justice and aim to create an inclusive environment where our staff and students are valued and inspired. This includes a supportive recruitment process should you require any access assistance. Applications close: 5 pm, Wednesday 31 October 2018 Further details: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/PEx9Cp8AJQtGnRXXFGreVs?domain=applynow.net.au Professor Melanie Johnston-Hollitt BSc (Hons - Physics), BSc (Math. & Comp. Sci.), PhD Director, Murchison Widefield Array | Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy Professor | International Centre of Radio Astronomy Editor in Chief, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia Curtin University Tel | +61 8 9266 9104 Mobile | +64 22 4303694 Email | Melanie.Johnston-Hollitt at curtin.edu.au Email | Director at mwatelescope.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: