From MITA.BRIERLEY at ASTRONOMYAUSTRALIA.ORG.AU Mon Oct 8 10:11:53 2018 From: MITA.BRIERLEY at ASTRONOMYAUSTRALIA.ORG.AU (Mita Brierley) Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 10:11:53 +1100 Subject: [ASA] REMINDER: Astronomy Australia Limited (AAL) seeks applications for three upcoming vacancies on the AAL Board Message-ID: <004901d45e93$22dc3f90$6894beb0$@ASTRONOMYAUSTRALIA.ORG.AU> This is a reminder that applications for three upcoming vacancies on the AAL Board close Tuesday 9 October 2018 at 8pm AEDT. Details can be found in the email below and on the AAL website: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/H6SjCYWL1viQGRNvI0AvJS?domain=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: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: ATT00001.txt URL: From gpoole at swin.edu.au Mon Oct 8 12:05:06 2018 From: gpoole at swin.edu.au (Gregory Poole) Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 01:05:06 +0000 Subject: [ASA] ADACS Software Services Program 2019A semester - EoI deadline tomorrow Message-ID: This is a reminder that the deadline for EoI applications for the 2019A semester of the ADACS Software Services Program is: tomorrow, Tuesday Oct 9th, 5pm AEDT The original call follows: Astronomy Data and Computing Services (ADACS) Call for Expressions of Interest for Scientific Computing and Software Development Services - 2019A EoI Deadline: 9th October, 5pm AEST 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 provides support to other small-to-intermediate scale tools/platforms by providing scientific computing and software development as a service. Within Q1/2 2019, 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 ensure effective proposals, we have split the application process into two stages: an expression of interest (EoI) stage where we ask interested parties to submit a one-page (maximum) proposal outlining their scientific objectives, providing the basis of a discussion (to be scheduled following receipt of your EoI) about 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 no more than 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 Jarrod Hurley (jhurley at swin.edu.au). The deadline for EoI submissions is the 9th of October, 5pm AEST and should be submitted via email to TAC at adacs.org.au. The subsequent application deadline will be approximately 3 weeks after that, but final proposals will be accepted only from those who participate in the EoI process. The review of EoI 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). _________________________________ Dr. Gregory B. Poole ADACS Project Scientist Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing Swinburne University of Technology www.astronomy.swin.edu.au/~gpoole/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ashley.ruiter at adfa.edu.au Mon Oct 8 17:31:08 2018 From: ashley.ruiter at adfa.edu.au (Ashley Ruiter) Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 06:31:08 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Stars in Canberra Registration is Open! Message-ID: Dear ASA Astronomers, it is now possible to register for the 2.5 day Stars in Canberra workshop. Registration is FREE, and the link can be found here: https://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/conferences/stars-in-canberra/registration As noted during the registration process, please send your abstract submission to stars.in.canberra at gmail.com before OCTOBER 31. Please note that the Mercure Canberra hotel has only blocked off a limited number of rooms. On the "Accommodation" page on our main website, you can find a list of other possible accommodation options: https://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/conferences/stars-in-canberra/accommodation A small amount of funding may be available for students: there is a chance to indicate your need for funding during the online registration. I have attached the workshop poster in this email... enjoy! Ashley Ashley J. Ruiter ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ ARC Future Fellow University of New South Wales Canberra School of Physical, Environmental & Mathematical Sciences Australian Defence Force Academy Northcott Dr., Campbell, ACT 2600 Australia Ph: +61 2 626 88695 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: StarsinCanberra2018A4poster.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 1608963 bytes Desc: StarsinCanberra2018A4poster.pdf URL: From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Mon Oct 8 22:36:24 2018 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 11:36:24 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Sydney ASA members - astronomy play and panel discussion, Seymour Centre Message-ID: ASA members in Sydney in October may be interested in the following: The Seymour Centre is hosting the world premiere of "Ear to the Edge of Time", a play by award-winning playwright Alana Valentine. It runs 11-27 October. https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/lR2jC3Q8Z2FwAOljig3FPB?domain=seymourcentre.com Inspired by true events and interviews with astrophysicists and astronomers all over the world, Valentine has written a captivating drama about a young radio astronomer who makes a universe-shifting discovery, only for her work to be taken over by her older, male, supervisor. As she wrestles with her frustration and the potential consequences of speaking out, the decision about whether to go public is taken out of her hands when a poet publishes a contentious verse about her work. The performance on 16 October will be followed by a Sydney Ideas forum, "Is art more truthful than science?", with a panel including Geraint Lewis, Zdenka Kuncic and Tara Murphy. Helen Sim says: Alana did a reading of the play at CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science a while back, with astronomers reading the parts of, well, astronomers. We then discussed the issues the play raised. I thought it was a great piece of work. ????????????????????????? "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 rebecca.lange at curtin.edu.au Tue Oct 9 18:57:29 2018 From: rebecca.lange at curtin.edu.au (Rebecca Lange) Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 07:57:29 +0000 Subject: [ASA] ADACS and ARDC joint webinar October 22 Message-ID: <3084A5C0-41BA-403F-9A17-EEFD77667F91@curtin.edu.au> Hi all, I would like to invite you to a joint ADACS and ARDC webinar on FAIR data in astronomy research. When: Monday 22 October 2018, 12pm - 1pm AWST / 3pm - 4pm AEDT RSVP via gotowebinar In this webinar ARDC is partnering with the ADACS project to explore the FAIR data principles in the context of Astronomy research and the ASVO and IVOA as a community exemplars of the implementation of the FAIR data principles. Speakers Keith Russell (ARDC): Looking at FAIR - In this talk Keith will provide an overview of the FAIR principles and how it was used in astronomy before it became official. He will conclude the talk by discussing what other disciplines can learn from their approach. Dr. Katrina Sealey (Macquarie University): Australian Astronomy and the FAIR Data Principles - what does this look like? The broad concepts of findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable data has long been a part of the astronomical communities data principles. Now that the world wide data communities are working towards formalised FAIR principles we will discuss how the astronomical community is adopting the FAIR principles into our ASVO data management. Dr Luke Davies (ICRAR, UWA): Hosting the next generation of galaxy evolution surveys at AAO Data Central - The final talk of the webinar will look at a case study. Luke will discuss data products from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA - www.gama-survey.org) survey and Deep Extragalactic Visible Legacy Survey (DEVILS -devilsurvey.org) and how they are generally used. Furthermore, he will outline some of the challenges faced in terms of hosting and serving these data to the community, and how the AAO Data Central helped overcome these challenges. All the best, Dr. Rebecca Lange Data Scientist | Curtin Institute for Computation (CIC) Computational Training | Astronomy Data and Computing Services (ADACS) Curtin University PO Box U 1987 Perth, WA 6845 Ph: +61 8 9266 2074 Web: http://computation.curtin.edu.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From paul.cally at monash.edu Wed Oct 10 08:16:06 2018 From: paul.cally at monash.edu (Paul Cally) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 08:16:06 +1100 Subject: [ASA] IAU PhD Prize in Astrophysics Message-ID: <523AF901-BE6C-4DDB-94B2-12ECB2AD1EEA@monash.edu> The IAU PhD Prize recognises outstanding scientific achievement in astrophysics around the world. Each IAU Division has, once a year, the opportunity to award its own prize to the candidate it feels has carried out the most remarkable work in the previous year (i.e. a PhD Thesis which has been defended between the 16 December in the previous year, and 15 December this year). Theses which are in preparation or submitted, but not yet defended by the deadline of a given year will have to be submitted the following year. Candidates are required to submit: an abstract of their thesis that is suitable for public consumption; a 1500-word thesis summary; three letters of recommendation (including one from the PhD advisor); and a CV. The deadline for all applications is 15 December every year, to include all applications since the previous year?s deadline. The application form is available here: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/b6dsCwVLQmi7DB40IVSzd_?domain=iau.org Please see https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/A02XCxnMRvty2YgmhvlYvt?domain=iau.org for further information. Applicants will need to specify a Division. These are Division A Fundamental Astronomy Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage Division D High Energy Phenomena and Fundamental Physics Division E Sun and Heliosphere Division F Planetary Systems and Astrobiology Division G Stars and Stellar Physics Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe Division J Galaxies and Cosmology Paul Cally =============================== Prof Paul Cally paul.cally at monash.edu School of Mathematical Sciences 9 Rainforest Walk Monash University Clayton, Victoria 3800 Australia Ph: +61 3 9905 4471 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Elisabete.daCunha at anu.edu.au Thu Oct 11 16:29:42 2018 From: Elisabete.daCunha at anu.edu.au (Elisabete Lima da Cunha) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 05:29:42 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Announcement: pre-registration for IAU Symposium 352 now open Message-ID: *** PRE-REGISTRATION FOR IAU SYMPOSIUM 352 NOW OPEN (closes Dec 15th) *** Dear colleagues, we are happy to announce that pre-registration and abstract submission are now open for the IAU Symposium 352 on "Uncovering early galaxy evolution in the ALMA and JWST era?, from 3-7 June 2019 in Viana do Castelo, Portugal. Pre-registration link here: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/sjFqCROAQotJDygGu9Ofog?domain=iaugalaxies2019.com (closes December 15th). Please note that a number of IAU travel grants will be available to support participation by students and early career researchers. You can apply for this financial support at the time of pre-registration. Outcomes regarding submissions of oral contributions and IAU travel grants will be announced in February, in time for early-bird registration. Childcare arrangements will be available upon request. If you are interested in this option, please provide details on the pre-registration form. The main goal of the symposium is to bring together the community working on galaxy evolution at z>2 in order to discuss the current status and challenges in the field, as well as to plan for the time when we will have both ALMA and JWST available. The symposium will take place in the historic Santiago da Barra Fortress in the heart of Viana do Castelo. You can find more details about the scientific rationale, session topics, confirmed invited speakers, important dates, etc, on our website, www.iaugalaxies2019.com. We would appreciate if you could forward this announcement to institutions or colleagues who may be interested. We hope to see you in Portugal! Best regards, Elisabete da Cunha & Jacqueline Hodge SOC: Elisabete da Cunha, co-Chair (ANU, Australia) Jacqueline Hodge, co-Chair (U. Leiden, Netherlands) Jos? Afonso (IA/U. Lisbon, Portugal) Franz Bauer (PUC, Chile) Gustavo Bruzual (UNAM, Mexico) Karina Caputi (Groningen, Netherlands) Romeel Dav? (ROE, United Kingdom) Nicole Nesvadba (IAS, France) Masami Ouchi (U. Tokyo, Japan) Roderik Overzier (Obs. Nacional, Brazil) Laura Pentericci (INAF Roma, Italy) Alexandra Pope (UMass Armherst, USA) David Sobral (Lancaster U., United Kingdom) Rachel Somerville (Flatiron Institute, USA) Kim-Vy Tran (UNSW, Australia) Fabian Walter (MPIA Heidelberg, Germany) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From s.martell at unsw.edu.au Fri Oct 12 09:27:54 2018 From: s.martell at unsw.edu.au (Sarah Martell) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 09:27:54 +1100 Subject: [ASA] Reminder: registrations open for "SciCoder: The Australian Tour presented by ASTRO 3D" Message-ID: <0cc553f3-c4e4-0b0a-de1f-d46c520b94a7@unsw.edu.au> Dear colleagues, This is a reminder to please register for the upcoming SciCoder workshops in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney. Registrations are open for "SciCoder: The Australian Tour presented by ASTRO 3D" for the 3 different workshop locations across Australia. The registration fee will be $330 and the attendance is capped at 40 at each location. We encourage you to sign up early; depending on the attendance, we may open up registrations to the broader Australian research community. You can register via the following links: * Perth, Oct 29 - Nov 2: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/vEGoCvl0PoCGJnvJfQYIPl?domain=trybooking.com * Melbourne, Nov 19 - Nov 23: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Gug8CwVLQmi75Eo5tqEt2f?domain=trybooking.com * Sydney, Dec 3 - Dec 7: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/iaGtCxnMRvtyp5ZpHY8kBN?domain=trybooking.com The SciCoder workshop is created and presented by Dr. Demitri Muna who has been offering this training since 2010. SciCoder is targeted to those who have not had much (or any) formal training in writing software but learned it piecemeal in the context of their research. The workshop is appropriate for early career researchers (grad students, postdocs) as well as anyone who would like focussed training on software development. Those who write basic scripts in languages like IDL or Python and would like to transition to writing object-oriented code and reusable libraries will particularly benefit. Topics covered include (also see https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/MD4fCyoNVrcgGPYGSRLe9R?domain=scicoder.org * Modern programming practices * Version control with git and github * Unit tests to ensure software continues to work as expected * Tools to improve software development environment (command-line, regular expressions etc) * Database design, the SQL query language, and interacting with databases from python * Advanced topics include multi-processing, the R language, and a special section on Astropy The SciCoder workshops have been enabled by ASTRO 3D and ADACS, along with UniMelb, UNSW, ICRAR, USyd and the Hunstead Gift for Astrophysics, OzGrav, CASS, and the ASA. We have limited funds available to support suitable attendees. Please email us (asa.ecr.chapter at gmail.com) with a short description (300 words or less) of how the workshop will be particularly beneficial to you, and a justification for the financial support request. We will try our best to accommodate as many requests as possible to maximize attendance broadly. *Relevant Deadlines:** * 1. Registrations stay open till first workshop day (capped at 40 attendees) 2. Review of financial requests start on Monday, Oct 15. Please feel free to reach out the ASA Early Career Researcher Chapter Steering Committee if you have any questions. Cheers, Manodeep Sinha, Chair, ASA ECR Chapter Steering Committee https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/D1fOCzvOWKi3XYKXSosSP3?domain=asa-ecr.org asa.ecr.chapter at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From daniel.price at monash.edu Fri Oct 12 10:38:57 2018 From: daniel.price at monash.edu (Daniel Price) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 10:38:57 +1100 Subject: [ASA] Protoplanetary discs and planet formation mini-workshop Oct 29th/30th @Monash Message-ID: <61CD77D7-9F3B-45F5-979C-9236660B7CF7@monash.edu> Dear ASA members, What? A 2-day mini-workshop on ?Protoplanetary discs and planet formation? https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/bsBXC0YZWVFKn5N7hwnseP?domain=eventbrite.com.au - Why? To coincide with a bunch of international visitors and new arrivals to Monash working on this topic - Where? School of Physics & Astronomy, Monash University in sunny Melbourne - When? 10am Mon 29th October - 5pm Tues 30th October 2018 - How much? Free. Gratis. Max 30ppl. - How to register? See link above Please register if you want to come! Best wishes, Daniel Price, Valentin Christiaens & Christophe Pinte Monash Centre for Astrophysics (MoCA) School of Physics and Astronomy 10 College Walk, Clayton Campus, Monash University, VIC 3800 Australia http://users.monash.edu.au/~dprice/ From jrmurray at swin.edu.au Fri Oct 12 15:30:43 2018 From: jrmurray at swin.edu.au (James Murray) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 04:30:43 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Call for nominations to AAL appointed committee and board positions Message-ID: Astronomy Australia Limited (AAL) is seeking nominations from members of the astronomy community from individuals willing to serve the community in one of several capacities. AAL will appoint: * an Australian representative to the Board of the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), * three members of the AAL Astronomy Supercomputer Time Allocation Committee, * An "Australian Science Lead" to lead the engagement with the eROSITA mission. Detailed descriptions of the positions can be found here. If you wish to apply for any of these positions, please email AAL with a maximum three page application with: * the name of the position, * a brief CV, * a statement outlining your relevant expertise and addressing the selection criteria, * any relevant conflicts of interest. Applications for all positions close at 5pm AWST on Friday the 2nd of November. Late applications will not be accepted. AAL is committed to equity and diversity and encourages applications from everyone with the appropriate expertise and skills. ______________________________________________ Dr James Murray Senior Program Manager Astronomy Australia Ltd T: 03 9214 8426 M: 0409703939 F: 03 9214 4396 E: james.murray at astronomyaustralia.org.au W: astronomyaustralia.org.au P: P.O. Box 2100 Hawthorn VIC 3122 [aal_logo_notext] AAL is committed to equity and diversity and endeavours to create an environment in which every individual is treated with dignity and respect. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 1037 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: