From r.webster at unimelb.edu.au Mon Nov 19 10:10:16 2018 From: r.webster at unimelb.edu.au (Rachel Webster) Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2018 23:10:16 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Email for the ASA exploder Message-ID: Hi John, Could you post the following to the ASA email exploder: Cheers Rachel Title: Astro-3D Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne Body: The School of Physics at The University of Melbourne is seeking the appointment of an outstanding female academic to a continuing position of Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Astrophysics. The successful applicant will also be awarded a ASTRO-3D Fellowship within the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3-Dimensions (ASTRO-3D), which will increase the ASTRO-3D Fellow?s opportunities for research during the first three years of the appointment. For further information http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/890968/astro3d-lecturer-senior-lecturer-astrophysics This is a re-advertised position; previous applicants need not re-apply. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vanstraten.willem at gmail.com Tue Nov 20 10:25:45 2018 From: vanstraten.willem at gmail.com (Willem van Straten) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:25:45 +1300 Subject: [ASA] NZ SKA Forum 2019 - First Announcement In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, We warmly invite you to attend the New Zealand Square Kilometre Array Forum, to be hosted at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) from 12 to 15 February 2019. The Forum is composed of two 2-day events, Science for SKA (S4SKA; 12-13 Feb) and Computing for SKA (C4SKA; 14-15 Feb), and optionally includes a trip to Warkworth Radio Astronomical Observatory (afternoon of Wed 13 Feb) and Forum dinner (evening of Thu 14 Feb). The meeting web site will provide more information about the meeting, including registration instructions, a draft programme and list of registered participants; this information will be updated periodically. If you wish to give a presentation, please submit a title and short abstract to us via email before Monday 28 January 2019. Kind regards, Willem van Straten and Sergei Gulyaev on behalf of the Science Organising Committee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From s.brough at unsw.edu.au Wed Nov 21 10:55:28 2018 From: s.brough at unsw.edu.au (Sarah Brough) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 23:55:28 +0000 Subject: [ASA] LSST@Asia Conference, Sydney, 20-23 May 2019. Registration now open, abstract deadline 17th December In-Reply-To: References: <6898af7d-44db-9ba6-b493-b1dc38f4164a@unsw.edu.au> Message-ID: <323a3eb9-a928-78df-a40e-b14fced5be57@unsw.edu.au> *************************************************************************** Registration now open at https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/rK0RCwVLQmi255G8fVv2XB?domain=lsst-asia.org Abstract submission deadline 17th December 2018 LSST at Asia: Exploring the Wide, Fast, Deep Universe Sydney, Australia May 20-23, 2019 *************************************************************************** Registration is now open for the LSST at Asia: Exploring the Wide, Fast, Deep Universe conference (https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/rK0RCwVLQmi255G8fVv2XB?domain=lsst-asia.org) to be held in Sydney, Australia, 20-23 May 2019. LSST at Asia is the first conference in what we intend to be a series, following on from the series of very successful LSST at Europe conferences held in 2013, 2016 and 2018. These meetings encouraged close interaction between LSST personnel and European scientists interested in LSST. LSST at Asia will bring together scientists in Asia, Australia and South Africa with an interest in the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope and provide them with the opportunity to interact with each other as well as with leaders of the LSST Science Collaborations and hear updates on LSST construction and data processing progress. The main objectives of the 2019 meeting are to: -Provide an update on the status of the LSST Project -Strengthen the network of scientists in Asia involved in various aspects of LSST -Promote increased engagement of scientists with the LSST Science Collaborations -Explore synergies with future astronomical facilities Child care will be provided to maximise participation by those with carer responsibilities. There will also be some funding support available to encourage attendance by early-career researchers (<5 years post PHD) and PhD students. Key Dates: Abstract submission now open December 17th 2018: Abstract submission closes February 4th 2019: Program announced March 4th 2019: Registration and conference fee payment deadline For more information, please contact the Conference Local Organising Committee lsst-asia-list at phys.unsw.edu.au. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From andrew.casey at monash.edu Thu Nov 22 08:35:06 2018 From: andrew.casey at monash.edu (Andrew Casey) Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2018 08:35:06 +1100 Subject: [ASA] Reminder: apply for the 2019 Gaia Sprint Message-ID: Dear all: A reminder that applications for the 2019 Gaia Sprint in Santa Barbara are open only for a few more weeks. Apply here: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/41oHCr8DLRtWEGEJs7zvx9?domain=gaia.lol Cheers, Andy ? 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URL: From kyler.kuehn at aao.gov.au Thu Nov 22 14:10:48 2018 From: kyler.kuehn at aao.gov.au (Kyler Kuehn) Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2018 14:10:48 +1100 Subject: [ASA] =?utf-8?q?Call_for_Participation_in_the_MANIFEST_Science_A?= =?utf-8?q?dvisory_Process?= In-Reply-To: <758-5be39400-9b-35a5b140@261758637> Message-ID: <791-5bf61e00-27-77184880@250708557> Just a reminder -- those planning to attend next week's MANIFEST Science Workshop, either in person or remotely, should confirm their attendance with Kyler Kuehn (kyler.kuehn at mq.edu.au) before the end of the day! ********************************************************************************************** On Thursday, November 08, 2018 12:40 AEDT, "Kyler Kuehn" wrote: A MANIFEST Science Workshop will be held at the AAO (105 Delhi Rd, North Ryde) on 29 November, 2018: https://www.aao.gov.au/conference/manifest-science-advisory-group-and-workshop MANIFEST, the MANy-Instrument FibrE SysTem, is a fibre-feed facility designed to enhance the scientific capabilities of the Giant Magellan Telescope, and particularly two of its first-generation instruments, the GMT Multi-object Astronomical Camera and Spectrograph (GMACS) and the GMT-Consortium Large Earth Finder (G-CLEF). ?MANIFEST makes use of the AAO's novel Starbugs fibre-positioning technology to create a large field-of-view, high-resolution, high-multiplex feed for GMACS or GCLEF (or both simultaneously). GMACS and G-CLEF have developed their own independent science cases for their instruments, and a variety of expected uses for these instruments in conjunction with MANIFEST have been considered by the instrument development teams (see, e.g.,?https://lanl.arxiv.org/abs/1809.05804). ?We now invite participation from the worldwide astronomical community in the MANIFEST Science Advisory Group (SAG) to help dramatically expand the scientific vision for the MANIFEST facility and to elaborate on the technical aspects of the facility required to bring about that vision. The MANIFEST Science Advisory Group?should be representative of the eventual GMT users? community; thus we have a strong desire for it to include a diverse membership ? scientifically, geographically, sociodemographically, and otherwise. ?In the coming months, the SAG will formulate and refine the scientific goals of the facility, and in particular will advance our understanding of the technical requirements for the instrument. This process will begin with a half-day workshop on 29 November, 2018 (from 9AM to 1PM) at the headquarters of the Australian Astronomical Optics in North Ryde. ?Remote participation is encouraged for those unable to attend in person. ?The goal of this workshop is to facilitate discussion among those astronomers and instrument scientists interested in taking advantage of the unique capabilities of MANIFEST once it and the GMT are on sky, and to provide feedback to the team building MANIFEST regarding what technical capabilities will be most useful for the observational community. At this stage, any and all interesting uses of MANIFEST will be open for consideration; attendees (including remote attendees) are encouraged to prepare a 3-5 minute "pitch" for their favorite MANIFEST science idea. ?The workshop will have only a brief formal agenda for the introduction of the MANIFEST facility and the Science Advisory Process, along with detailed descriptions of a few example science cases. ?The rest of the time will be given over to participants to pitch novel ideas and further discuss the MANIFEST science cases of greatest interest. At the conclusion of the workshop, attendees who wish to participate formally in the SAG will then be tasked to translate the initial ideas discussed at the workshop ? and any ideas that arise subsequently ? into (a series of) white papers that will ultimately be collated into a ?MANIFEST Science Book? suitable for publication in a leading astronomical journal. For further information, or to confirm attendance at the workshop, contact the MANIFEST Project Scientist and Project Manager, Kyler Kuehn (kyler.kuehn at mq.edu.au) by 22 November, 2018. ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rebecca.lange at curtin.edu.au Fri Nov 23 14:30:52 2018 From: rebecca.lange at curtin.edu.au (Rebecca Lange) Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2018 03:30:52 +0000 Subject: [ASA] ADACS and ARDC joint webinar now online Message-ID: Hi all, The joint ADACS and ARDC webinar on FAIR data in astronomy research is now available on the ARDC youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aoxz2ZMhK9k&feature=youtu.be 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: