From s.brough at unsw.edu.au Mon Jan 28 06:12:24 2019 From: s.brough at unsw.edu.au (Sarah Brough) Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 19:12:24 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Postdoctoral Research Associate position in Intracluster Light at UNSW Message-ID: <0c8dc287-c4a6-86f2-555f-dbbf8fb1d433@unsw.edu.au> Dear Colleagues, Applications are invited for a 2.5-year postdoctoral research associate (RA) position at UNSW Sydney's School of Physics. The Research Associate will work in an Australian Research Council-funded position in the science of Intracluster light working with Associate Prof. Sarah Brough to measure the proportion and origin of Intracluster light in Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey group systems. The full advertisement and instructions on how to apply are available at this link http://external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/496038/research-associate The application deadline is 5pm Sydney-time February 26th 2019. I would greatly appreciate if you could bring this to the attention of potential applicants. Many Regards, Sarah -- ---------------------- Assoc/Prof Sarah Brough ARC Future Fellow and Research Director School of Physics UNSW Sydney PH: 02 9385 5470 I am sending this message now because it suits me. I don?t expect that you will read, respond to, or action it outside of your regular working hours. ---------------------- From robert.shen at astronomyaustralia.org.au Tue Jan 29 17:55:54 2019 From: robert.shen at astronomyaustralia.org.au (Robert Shen) Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 17:55:54 +1100 Subject: [ASA] AAL Industry Engagement Seed Funding Message-ID: Dear All, Proposals are invited from the astronomy research community to advance their industry engagement projects. Astronomy Australia Ltd. (AAL) has a budget of up to $100K to advance the collaboration(s) between astronomy groups and industry partners. Furthermore, AAL expects that its investment in industry engagement portfolio may continue beyond the initial seed funding period, subject to funding availability. AAL Industry Engagement Seed Funding proposals may include, but are not limited to funding: - projects that assist in solving industry problems. - projects that assist in commercializing technology through industry partnerships. - assistance towards preparing joint proposals between academics and industry for third-party funding e.g. ARC Linkage Project Grants. Please note: - Only proposals from academic or technical staff working in an Australian University or research organisation on a project that involves industry engagement will be considered. For further details and the evaluation criteria can be found here: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/zQRECVAGXPtqYGjYsGIWd6?domain=astronomyaustralia.org.au The proposal should be submitted by email no later than 5pm AWST on 20 February 2019. Best regards, Robert ______________________________________________ Dr Robert (Xiaobin) Shen Senior Program Manager, Astronomy Australia Ltd. M: 0450 649 457 T: 03 9214 5520 *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: From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Wed Jan 30 15:21:15 2019 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 04:21:15 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Exploiting Large surveys of the ISM Message-ID: <6559F15B-6B2D-4C9D-A92C-535EC6CDDDF6@sydney.edu.au> Hi All, We still have a few sponsored places remaining for the meeting on Exploiting Large surveys of the ISM to be held at Salt Beach (near Tweed heads) from 11th - 14th February (very soon!). Sponsored places include accommodation, registration, morning and afternoon tea and lunches. If anyone is interested please email maria.cunningham at unsw.edu.au. For students, it will be possible to pay for airfares for a few people. The aims of the meeting are to: 1) To provide practical access to large, reduced ISM datasets. 2) Help people to use data analysis techniques on their own and public data. 3) Help people set up their own data reduction pipelines with expert help. 4) Allow all participants to give a short presentation about their work / data techniques / surveys. 5) Plan a set of papers that utilise both the data and the analysis techniques worked on at the meeting, and define content and roles of participants at the same time. The datasets include the ATCA 45GHz Legacy Survey (StarFISH), the Mopra CMZ and other Mopora molecular line surveys, Parkes OH (SPLASH) and recombination line surveys, HESS data, and data from the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), including Scope, Planck Cold Core follow-up data, and help to access existing public surveys such as the Planck CO data. The techniques include setting up data reduction pipelines, Principal component analysis (PCA), Radiative Transfer Code analysis, Dendrogram decomposition of data into structures and Probability Density Distribution functions. Website: http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/~mariac/ISM2019/ Maria Cunningham, Shari Breen and Gavin Rowell ----- Dr Maria Cunningham Senior Lecturer School of Physics UNSW Sydney Sydney NSW 2052 Australia Ph: +61-2-9385 5662 Fax: +61-2-9385 6060 Email: maria.cunningham at unsw.edu.au CRICOS Provider No 00098G IMPORTANT: I am sending this message now because it suits me. I don?t expect that you will read, respond to, or action it outside of your regular working hours. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Thu Jan 31 15:53:37 2019 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 04:53:37 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Call for PASA Editorial Board Member Message-ID: ============================================ PASA EDITORIAL BOARD - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS ============================================ Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (PASA) is an ISI-listed, fully-refereed journal for new and significant research in astronomy and astrophysics. PASA seeks a suitably qualified astronomer to join its Editorial Board for three-year terms, beginning March 2019. Applications can be made by sending a statement of strengths and suitability and a brief CV to the Chair of the PASA Editorial Board, Prof. Melanie Johnston-Hollitt (Melanie.Johnston-Hollitt at curtin.edu.au) by 15th February 2019. About the Journal ------------------ PASA publishes research papers, review papers and special series on topical issues, making use of expert international reviewers and an experienced Editorial Board. As an electronic-only journal, PASA publishes paper by paper, ensuring a rapid publication rate. There are no pages charges. PASA's Editorial Board approve a certain number of papers per year to be made available without a paywall or subscription to the journal. All papers are indexed by the NASA ADS database; the ISI impact factor for PASA is currently 4.63 which places the journal in the top quartile of international astronomical journals. PASA is published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA). The PASA Editorial Board ------------------------ PASA maintains an Editorial Board of seven members (currently chaired by Professor Melanie Johnston-Hollitt). The main duties of the Editorial Board are to select referees for submitted papers, to make final decisions based on those reports, to solicit papers for submission, and to be an advocate for the Journal. Detailed duties are outlined below. There is currently a vacancy on the Editorial Board, which we are seeking to fill. Appointment to the Editorial Board is for a period of three years. An honorarium is paid annually, currently at the level of AU$3000 per year (pro rata). Members of the Editorial Board are selected on the basis of their standing in the community, the breadth of their knowledge, and their specific areas of expertise. Applications are sought from candidates with expertise in any areas of astrophysics. Interested candidates should send a statement of their suitability for the position, along with a brief CV, to Melanie Johnston-Hollitt (Melanie.Johnston-Hollitt at curtin.edu.au) by 15th February 2019. A decision on the appointment will be made by the ASA Council shortly following this closing date. Note that ASA Council members may apply, but if selected are not eligible to receive an honorarium. PASA Editorial Board Responsibilities ------------------------------------- Members of the Editorial Board of PASA are appointed by the ASA Council. The ASA also appoints a Chair from among the seven Editorial Board members. The Editorial Board is responsible for the overall scientific success of the journal in the international astronomical community. Measures of success include number and quality of submissions, rejection rate, citations and impact factor, and timeliness of peer review. Individual Editorial Board members contribute to this by: 1) Attracting submissions of quality research papers to the journal. 2) Organising peer review of submitted manuscripts in a timely fashion, using Cambridge University Press' electronic submission and peer review system. Key components of this process are: a) Assessing a manuscript's suitability for review, including identification of possible cases of plagiarism using the results of automated plagiarism-checking software provided by the publisher. b) Selection of suitable reviewers, to be undertaken within 5 days of receipt of a manuscript. c) Delivery of a recommendation for publication/revision/rejection based on reviews, to be completed within 5 days of receipt of a review. 3) Other duties and responsibilities of Editorial Board members are to: a) Act fairly, courteously, and without personal bias in all dealings with authors and reviewers. b) Immediately declare to the Chair of the Editorial Board any personal involvement or potential conflict of interest that may arise for any manuscript or in any component of the review process. c) Be a public advocate for the Journal, including the identification of at least one "special issue" or topical series of articles per year. d) Enhance the standards and scope of the Journal. e) Ensure that refereeing guidelines are adhered to and comprehensively considered by referees f) Provide strategic advice to the ASA, to the Chair of the Editorial Board and to the publisher on current directions in relevant research disciplines that can be used to the benefit of the Journal, its subscribers and its readers. 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URL: From Paul.Francis at anu.edu.au Fri Feb 1 08:18:40 2019 From: Paul.Francis at anu.edu.au (Paul Francis) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 21:18:40 +0000 Subject: [ASA] 2.3m Telescope Call for Proposals Message-ID: <89286A63-3236-486C-AA0E-18B269BE049A@anu.edu.au> Dear Observer, The closing date for observing proposals for time on the ANU/RSAA 2.3m telescope at Siding Spring Observatory (SSO) in the quarter 1st May 2019 - 31st July 2019 is 23:59 February 15, 2019. NOTE - All proposers need to tell us whether they plan to observe in person or remotely, and whether they are requesting paid or unpaid nights. Proposals with these fields left blank will be discarded. Instruments available: Nasymth A: WiFeS Nasymth B: Imager or Echelle. Observing proposals must be submitted electronically via the RSAA web pages. Full instructions are available at http://rsaa.anu.edu.au/observers/observing-rsaa. *************************** PLEASE NOTE *********************************** The ANU 2.3-metre telescope at Siding Spring Observatory is scientifically productive and a valuable resource for student training and instrument development. These diverse and significant benefits justify its continued operation for the foreseeable future. The full cost to the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA) of operating the 2.3m telescope (including staff, maintenance and repairs) corresponds to approximately $1200 per night. To defray this cost, RSAA is offering priority on the 2.3m telescope to paying customers from Australia and elsewhere, while simultaneously ensuring a level of open access to astronomers at all Australian institutions. 50% of the telescope time will be allocated to paid priority proposals, which will need to contribute $600 per night towards the running costs of the telescope. The remaining 50% of the time is open-access and remains free. To be eligible to apply for open-access time, 50% or more of the proposers must be based at Australian institutions. In future years the price of a priority night will increase and the fraction of open-access nights will decrease. Full details can be found at https://rsaa.anu.edu.au/observers/applying-time The latest information on using the telescope and its instruments can be found at http://https://rsaa.anu.edu.au/observers/observing-rsaa *************************************************************************** If you have questions or technical problems in using the web-based submission process, please email tacinfo at mso.anu.edu.au. Paul Francis Chair, ANU TAC ============================= Prof. Paul Francis Astrophysicist, ANU Distinguished Educator Physics Education Centre and Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics College of Science The Australian National University Building 38a, Science Road Acton, ACT 2601, Australia Tel 02 6125 2824 http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/pfrancis/ CRICOS Provider #00120C -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stuart.ryder at astronomyaustralia.org.au Fri Feb 1 11:16:03 2019 From: stuart.ryder at astronomyaustralia.org.au (Stuart Ryder) Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2019 11:16:03 +1100 Subject: [ASA] ESO Summer Research Programme Message-ID: <001d01d4b9c3$51b4ed40$f51ec7c0$@astronomyaustralia.org.au> As the new academic year gets underway, AAL and ESO would be grateful if ASA members could bring the following notice to the attention of undergraduate or Masters students. As a result of Australia's Strategic Partnership with ESO, students who are Australian citizens are eligible to apply for this brand new program, and will have all their costs met by ESO. Stuart Ryder, AAL Stuart.Ryder at astronomyaustralia.org.au ESO Summer Research Programme Garching, Germany 1st July - 9th August 2019 Application Deadline (instructions ): 22nd February 2019 We are excited to announce the first ever ESO Summer Research Programme that will take place for six weeks in 2019. This fully-funded programme is an opportunity for university students interested in astronomy/astrophysics, who are not yet enrolled in a PhD programme, to obtain research experience alongside astronomers based at ESO Headquarters (HQ) in Garching, Germany. This Summer Research Programme will attract the most promising university students from ESO Member States , Strategic Partners (Australia) and Host State (Chile). Check the full eligibity criteria to apply for the programme. It is a requirement that students attend the full six week period of the programme. The Summer Research Program at ESO is an exceptional opportunity for students to work inside an institute that is both the headquarters of the most productive observatory in the world and a top-class research organisation. People at ESO's HQ maintain a very active research community and are also designing and operating cutting-edge telescopes and their instruments including: the VLT ; ALMA ; and the forthcoming ELT , which will be the world's biggest optical-near infrared telescope! The participants can choose between a wide range of research projects , covering many areas of astronomy from comets to cosmology. The ESO Summer Research Programme will also provide opportunities beyond research, including lectures, a mini-workshop, and many social activities; check out some of the planned activities . You should expect six weeks packed with new experiences, new networks and new friendships! Travel costs to/from Garching will be covered for participants of the programme. Travel costs will be provided from the students' home institute, unless the home institute is not located in an ESO Member State, Strategic Partner or Host State (in which case the equivalent costs from the country of nationality will be provided). Accommodation will be provided free of charge in a shared apartment in Garching (with electricity, heating and internet all included). Students will also be provided with a modest stipend to cover living costs during the programme. Successful students have the responsibility to acquire any required visas to spend six weeks working in Germany under these conditions. Application for the programme is done via our online application form. Students will also need to arrange for one reference letter from a university professor/lecturer to be sent to us directly by email at: summerresearch at eso.org . 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If you consider yourself well placed to contribute to this committee 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. AAL is committed to equity and diversity and encourages applications from all interested candidates with relevant expertise and skills. To achieve our gender balance targets across the committee membership, at least one of these appointments will be offered to a suitable female candidate and at least one appointment will be offered to a suitable male candidate. Please do not hesitate to contact AAL if you have any questions regarding these committees: Mita Brierley, Senior Program Manager Lucyna Kedziora-Chudczer, Program Manager Applications close on Wednesday 13th February 2019, 5 PM AWST. Late applications will not be accepted. 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