From 21905427 at student.uwa.edu.au Mon Mar 11 15:59:46 2019 From: 21905427 at student.uwa.edu.au (Rhys Poulton) Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 12:59:46 +0800 Subject: [ASA] Call for nominations: ANITA steering committee and student representative Message-ID: <9D821854-2AB2-4FB2-A703-475D8865DF8C@student.uwa.edu.au> Dear ASA members, Three steering committee members and a student representative position are available for the Australian National Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (ANITA) for a two year term commencing March 2019. Our main activity centres around a annual workshop and school which will take place in Feb 2020 in Canberra. ANITA is the peak body representing theoretical astrophysics in Australia. Please submit your nomination to 21905427 at student.uwa.edu.au by Friday 15th March. If elections are required, I will act as the returning officer. Kind regards, Rhys (on behalf of the ANITA committee) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From David.Luchetti at industry.gov.au Wed Mar 13 09:09:23 2019 From: David.Luchetti at industry.gov.au (Luchetti, David) Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 22:09:23 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Major milestone for SKA [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] Message-ID: Dear colleagues Yesterday evening, the Australian Ambassador to Rome, Dr Greg French signed an international treaty (the SKA Observatory Convention) which formally commits member countries to work together to provide the necessary funding and resources to make the SKA a reality. The Convention, which has initially been signed by seven countries, will establish the Square Kilometre Array Observatory which will make the final decisions on the SKA's design and will coordinate the many contracts needed to build and operate the telescope and associated infrastructure. Other countries are expected to join in signing the treaty in the coming year. This is a milestone event, many years in the making. It paves the way towards SKA construction, with contracts expected to start being awarded from late 2020 to companies and providers in the SKA's member countries. The Convention will still need to be ratified by the signatory countries, which is expected to occur over the rest of the year. Once five countries have ratified, including the three host countries, the SKA Observatory will officially come into being. Along with recent progress on the telescope design, this significant milestone moves us ever closer to construction readiness. Regards, David Luchetti Australian SKA Project Director Australian Square Kilometre Array Office __________________________________________ Department of Industry, Innovation and Science Level 9, 10 Binara Street, Canberra City ACT 2601 GPO Box 2013, Canberra ACT 2601 Ph: +61-2-6213 6068 Mob: +61 411 021 135 Email: david.luchetti at industry.gov.au Internet: www.ska.gov.au [http://www.ska.gov.au/sitecollectionimages/logo-auska.gif] [cid:image001.png at 01D36398.6668F650]The Department of Industry, Innovation and Science acknowledges the traditional owners of the country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to them and their cultures and to the elders past, present and future. UNCLASSIFIED -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Another prerequisite that the Council must consider is the willingness of the nominees to put in the necessary time on the work of the Council. The existing Council can be seen at https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Qit1CK1qJZtQy2k3uv5R6w?domain=asa.astronomy.org.au. The Executive and Councillors are elected positions whilst the "Other Council positions" are appointed by the Council for specific roles. The Council tries to ensure that the Executive nominees have previous Council experience to ensure a level of continuity in Council proceedings. Council members serve for 2 years and can re-nominate for one further consecutive term. To encourage broad participation in the governance of the ASA and to assist preparation of the slate of candidates, Council seeks informal expressions of interest from members with interest in nominating as an ASA Councillor. 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URL: From claudia.lagos at uwa.edu.au Wed Mar 13 12:11:51 2019 From: claudia.lagos at uwa.edu.au (Claudia Lagos Urbina) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 01:11:51 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Fwd: Astro Voices (IAU 100 Year Video Contributions) In-Reply-To: <20190308120129.151.78511@iau> References: <20190308120129.151.78511@iau> Message-ID: <13b750aa-1c79-a1a8-9883-54061b2ebc1f@uwa.edu.au> -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Astro Voices (IAU 100 Year Video Contributions) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2019 12:01:29 +0000 From: Francesca Primas (ESO) & Dara Norman (NOAO) Reply-To: fprimas at eso.org To: claudia.lagos at icrar.org Dear Colleague, We are putting together a short film for the 100th Anniversary of the International Astronomical Union that aims at celebrating women astronomers (professionals and students). We count on you to make it a success! Below, you find a short description of the project, as well as detailed instructions on how to contribute to this initiative with a short video clip (women and girls) or by simply spreading the word (men). We need to receive your clips by March 24. Feel free to distribute this message to women astronomers in your networks! We thank you in advance for your cooperation and apologise should you receive this announcement multiple times (due to the multiple distribution channels we will be using). Best wishes, Francesca Primas (ESO) & Dara Norman (NOAO) IAU Astronomers Astro Voices, a short film for IAU 100th Anniversary This project aims at creating a short film featuring women astronomers from around the world to be released during 2019, IAU 100th Anniversary year, in order to promote the image of astronomers as an exciting career and to stimulate interest for women and girls everywhere. The film will consist of an edited sequence of short video clips of individual/groups of women saying into the camera "I am (name) from (country), and I am an astronomer!? in the language of their choice. Some improvisation is also fine ? slightly different statements could be ?Astronomy is my passion? or ?I love astronomy? or ?I love studying astronomy? or ?I am proud to be an astronomer?, but always with the name and country mentioned. In order to combine as many clips as possible, video clips have to be short. We aim at featuring women from as many countries as possible, and speaking in as many languages as possible. We hope you will be willing to contribute a film clip of yourself! How to contribute to this initiative 1. Filming your clip A video clip can be made on any smart phone. In order to ensure the best quality in the clips and coherency of the compilation, here are some tips: * If you are able to adjust the camera settings on your phone, the best setting is 1080p, though lower quality settings will also do. * Please hold the phone/camera horizontally (landscape mode) and at eye level. Look directly into the camera and make sure that the subject is well lit and well centred. * You can film yourself or have someone else taking the clip. The latter has the advantage to use the camera on the front of your phone (usually of higher quality) rather than the rear ?selfie? camera. * For editing purposes, please wait a few seconds after having spoken and before you stop filming. * Please check the clip for clarity of the sound, and try to avoid filming in a noisy or windy environment. 2. Transmitting your clip Finished video clips should be transferred to us by March 24, via a Dropbox upload of the clip and via a notification email. Dropbox upload: To upload your video clip, please follow this link and click on the ?Choose files? tab. This action will allow you to select the video clip directly from the Photos/Videos collection on your phone or from your computer. Once you have selected the clip file, please specify also your first and last name, as well your email address before hitting the ?Upload? button. Your credentials will help us associating uploaded clips with the proper author names (in case we need to contact you) and it will allow you to receive an acknowledgment message about your upload. No personal Dropbox account is needed in order to upload your clip. Please avoid sending us your video clips as email attachments from a mobile phone or as WhatsApp Videos as these undergo massive compression in size, downgrading the quality of the clips. Notification email: Every upload shall be accompanied by a notification message stating: "I, Name Lastname, give my consent to have my video clip edited and used in the short film, 'Astro Voices' to be released on social media and through the IAU Women in Astronomy email lists, in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the International Astronomical Union. " Without this consent, we will not be able to include your video clip. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Philip.Edwards at csiro.au Wed Mar 13 21:10:04 2019 From: Philip.Edwards at csiro.au (Philip.Edwards at csiro.au) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 10:10:04 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Research Scientist position at CASS In-Reply-To: <14C29DC3-E20E-4D0D-8AAB-005DE402F9A0@anu.edu.au> References: <0EBC460E-0F07-4DE0-BEFB-55BC17699E79@anu.edu.au>, <14C29DC3-E20E-4D0D-8AAB-005DE402F9A0@anu.edu.au> Message-ID: <1552471804018.84038@csiro.au> ? Dear colleagues, CSIRO is seeking to appoint an experienced Research Scientist to carry out world-class research using facilities associated with CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS) and its partners, including the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder, the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), and future SKA-low prototypes. The Research Scientist will also be involved in the support of National Facility operations. CASS is committed to building a safe and welcoming workplace culture, and to implementing initiatives to improve diversity and equity within our workplace. CSIRO offers a range of flexible working arrangements to support these initiatives. More details about the position are available from https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Wzh_CBNZwLixxBDBczuij1?domain=jobs.csiro.au or https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/avIHCD1jy9t770o0S5Iwuj?domain=jobregister.aas.org Applications Close 23:00 AEDT 5 April 2019 Regards, Phil Edwards Research Program Director, ATNF Science? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Thu Mar 14 21:40:30 2019 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 10:40:30 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Square Kilometre Array (SKA) recruitment opportunities Message-ID: <483BC47B-2415-4620-9C0E-FFAE36630E39@sydney.edu.au> The international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Organisation at Jodrell Bank Observatory in the UK is currently advertising a number of professional positions at their recruitment website https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/yzztCXLKZoilr62jt6ugCS?domain=recruitment.skatelescope.org some of which may be of interest to ASA members. They are especially interested in finding suitable candidates for the ?Radio Telescope Specialist Engineer? position (known internally as the ?Domain Specialist - Mid Telescope?) as per the attached job description. This role is very much a specialist engineering position, rather than an astronomer role per se. Even if you are not interested yourself, please consider passing it on to your colleagues or your institutions? engineering staff and contacts, as appropriate. See the SKA Recruitment Portal - https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/-X9sCYWL1viKB0MmUGX9Sl?domain=recruitment.skatelescope.org for details about all SKA Organisation vacancies, together with information about how to apply, and a bit of information about living and working in the area. The portal also posts relevant SKA related jobs for partner organisations in SKA member countries, when available. Kind regards Andrew Stevenson Assistant Manager Astronomy Strategy Section SKA and Astronomy Branch | Science and Commercialisation Policy Division 02 6213 6152 | andrew.stevenson at industry.gov.au General enquiries: ska at industry.gov.au [cid:315a1b01-9256-42a8-869f-9ac9a250c63b at ausprd01.prod.outlook.com] Department of Industry, Innovation and Science | www.industry.gov.au | www.science.gov.au [cid:2253a024-f642-498d-9cc7-55adc38861fb at ausprd01.prod.outlook.com] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 357 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.png Type: image/png Size: 14973 bytes Desc: image002.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The Harley Wood School for Astronomy will take place at UQ?s Moreton Bay Research Center on North Stradbroke Island. For details of both conferences see: https://research.smp.uq.edu.au/asa2019/ Registrations for the ASM and HWSA are via the ASM website above. More information on the ASM meeting can also be found in the attached PDF file. Please note the registration early bird deadline of 30 April, and abstract submission deadline of 30 April for talks and 31 May for posters. We hope to see you all in Brisbane in July this year! With best regards, Holger Baumgardt (Chair LOC), Tamara Davis (Chair SOC), Josh Calcino (Chair HWSA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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They aim to give users with an intermediate to advanced level of computing expertise the hands-on experience required to progress their skills further or seek alternative career paths (if they choose to do so). The next round of this internship program is now open for applications. We expect to have up to two successful applicants in this round. These applicants will work on a project for up to three months and will be based at the ADACS Swinburne node in Melbourne. ADACS will provide a weekly stipend at a rate similar to that of a PhD scholarship. Additional support for applicants who do not reside in Melbourne can be considered. We aim to provide the successful applicants with a realistic experience of working in a professional software development environment. In addition to the technical experience to be gained from working on projects associated with first-class computational and visualisation facilities the applicants will work directly within an Agile project management framework. ADACS operates a merit-based software and development service to the astronomy community with 3-4 projects typically designated for development each semester via an independent Time Assignment Committee (TAC). These projects can vary in length from a few weeks to months and involve aspects ranging from GPU programming to web development. We envisage that the successful intern will work alongside experienced ADACS developers on one or more of these projects during the internship. However, the scope of the internship need not be limited by these projects. Other opportunities will exist, such as to work directly on projects to enhance the OzSTAR high-performance computing (HPC) environment. There is also the potential to shape a project to meet the skillset and/or interests of the applicant. Completed ADACS internships to date have included the following topics: - Large-scale Visualisation for ASKAP Data Cubes; - Machine Learning for Text Mining and Analytics; - Building a Job Monitor for Supercomputer Workflows. Relevant skills applicable to the internship are (but not limited to): * C/C++ * Python * HTML5/JS/React.Js/Django * Machine learning algorithms * GPU programming * Experience working with a linux operating system. Moderate experience in one or more of these area will be a plus. However, there is no expectation that you will be an expert in any or all of these areas. How to Apply? Applications are due by 5 PM AEST Thursday 11th April 2019. Please send your applications to jhurley at swin.edu.au making sure to include: - a one-page cover letter outlining your strengths and suitability for the internship, including any pointers on the type of experience you are hoping to gain; - a CV of maximum four-pages. Please do contact ADACS (using the email address given above) if you have any queries about the program prior to making an application. ADACS encourages applications from everyone with the appropriate expertise and skills. ADACS has a strong commitment to equity and diversity. We encourage applications from female and minority candidates. Disclaimer: The nationality of the candidate nationality and their work/student rights in Australia may impact our ability to accept some applications. Please contact the local HDR team of your university to check if you can accept such an internship opportunity or not. Please feel free to contact us and get our team involved as early as you want. 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