From growell at physics.adelaide.edu.au Mon Mar 18 22:00:30 2019 From: growell at physics.adelaide.edu.au (Gavin Rowell) Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 21:30:30 +1030 (CST) Subject: [ASA] Astroparticle activities email list Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, A long-running discussion amongst those of us working in high energy astrophysics and astroparticle physics has been the topic of a discussion forum to gather ideas and share thoughts about current/future projects and funding plans. A further key idea behind this list is to think seriously about the case for an ARC Centre of Excellence in Astroparticle Physics at some stage. Such a centre would ideally gather topics that are not covered by the present and planned CoEs, complement these other CoEs, and of course aim to address several big questions. In no particular order, the topics one might include are: 1. High energy photons and particles 2. Relativistic flows - jets, collimated beams etc 3. Extreme environments - neutron star winds, core collapse, shock accel 4. Indirect (astronomical) dark matter searches 5. Standard model at extreme energies (> EeV?) 6. Exotics - Lorentz invariance, axions.. Feedback on this list of topics on this list is certainly welcome as I'm sure there are some topics missing. To subscribe to this list, please follow the link below. https://list.adelaide.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/ozastroparticle.physics Over the coming month or so, the list will be used to organise a series of disussion telecons in order to get things started. Please also forward the above website to any colleages you think would be interested and they can subscribe in the meantime. all the best Gavin.. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gavin Rowell ph +61883138374 High Energy Astrophysics Group fax +61883134380 School of Physical Sciences growell at physics.adelaide.edu.au University of Adelaide 5005, AUSTRALIA web: http://www.physics.adelaide.edu.au/astrophysics/gpr/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From tara.murphy at sydney.edu.au Tue Mar 19 15:41:40 2019 From: tara.murphy at sydney.edu.au (Tara Murphy) Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 04:41:40 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Postdoc in Radio Transients at University of Sydney Message-ID: <34AAEEF5-4DCD-4D58-9A47-7EB27C00AF8C@sydney.edu.au> Dear Colleagues, we invite applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to carry out radio follow-up of gravitational wave events from LIGO. The specific focus will be on leading our observational program for electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational wave events with the Australia Telescope Compact Array and the Australian SKA Pathfinder. The researcher will be involved in all aspects of this program, from planning, observing, data reduction and scientific analysis and publication of results. In addition, there will be the opportunity to be involved in our wider radio transients program in an area of research that interests them (areas include, but are not limited to radio supernova, GRBs, ultracool dwarf stars, AGN variability or ISM propagation effects. Specific activities include: * Observing with the Australia Telescope Compact Array; * Reducing and analysing data from ATCA and ASKAP observations; * Writing software to reduce and analyse data efficiently; * Interpreting radio observations in the context of theoretical models for neutron star mergers; * Publishing scientific results from this research; * Contributing to the supervision of undergraduate research students The position is 2 years fixed term, full time, Academic Level A6 with base salary AU$92,682 p.a. plus a generous employer's contribution to superannuation. A possible extension is available for up to 1 year, subject to performance and funding. For more information please email me (tara.murphy at sydney.edu.au) or view the candidate information pack available on the University of Sydney careers website. Visit sydney.edu.au/recruitment and search by the reference number 496/0319F to apply. Closing date: Tuesday April 16th 2019. Please forward to any interested candidates. thanks, Tara -- PROFESSOR TARA MURPHY | ARC Future Fellow Sydney Institute for Astronomy | School of Physics | Faculty of Science THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Room 358, Physics Building A28 The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 T +61 2 9351 3041 E tara.murphy at sydney.edu.au http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~tara https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/7oykC2xZYvCLwgXLtnw-Ti?domain=coursera.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marc.duldig at utas.edu.au Wed Mar 20 12:24:48 2019 From: marc.duldig at utas.edu.au (Marc Duldig) Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 01:24:48 +0000 Subject: [ASA] =?iso-8859-1?q?ASA_delegates_for_Science_meets_Parliament?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=A02019?= Message-ID: Dear ASA members, The 20th annual Science meets Parliament (SmP) event will be held on 13-14 August 2019 and the ASA has 2 places made available to us from Science and Technology Australia (STA). 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URL: From geraint.lewis at sydney.edu.au Wed Mar 20 12:33:48 2019 From: geraint.lewis at sydney.edu.au (Geraint Lewis) Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 01:33:48 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Artificial Intelligence in Astronomy Message-ID: Can this please be circulated to the ASA? Interesting upcoming meeting looking at aspect of AI/machine learning in astronomy ? There are training sessions which would benefit students interested in the topic: Artificial Intelligence in Astronomy ESO Garching, July 22-26 2019 It is certainly an understatement that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has taken the world by storm, with breakthroughs appearing almost daily in the news. Indeed, the incredible progress in computer power, the availability of large amounts of data and the ability to process them (even if they are unstructured), coupled to a theoretical understanding of techniques such as machine learning, and, more generally, data mining, has allowed AI to advance at a frantic rate, including in science. Astronomy is no exception. The sheer volume of astronomical data (which increases exponentially) necessitates a new paradigmatic approach ? AI ? which must be, to a large extent, automated and made much more efficient. As AI methods become more commonly used, a fundamental understanding of their premises, assumptions, and performance is due. The perspectives of information theory, neural science, and other areas on AI are expected to stimulate and guide the development of the next generation of intelligent methods used in astronomy and elsewhere. We therefore propose to host an international workshop on AI in Astronomy. The workshop will have two aims: present the current landscape of methods and applications in astronomy and prepare the next generations of astronomers to embark on these fields. Artificial intelligence covers a wide range of algorithms and the first thing is to provide a clear map to navigate in this jungle and show which techniques is used for which kind of science. Thus, we aim at having a few invited talks by prominent speakers to clearly set the scene. This will be complemented by a series of contributed talks in order to provide a clear panorama of the current use of AI in astronomy. We also expect to have many posters showing various applications of AI in astronomy. In addition, we will offer several 3h-long tutorials and hands-on sessions to allow the participants to dig directly into the techniques. [cid:image001.png at 01D4DF0C.D9593210] -- //\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\ Geraint F Lewis, Professor of Astrophysics Sydney Institute for Astronomy School of Physics A28 The University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia Email: geraint.lewis at sydney.edu.au PhN(PhX): +61 2 9351 5184 (7726) Mbl: 0424 254 551 Twitter: @Cosmic_Horizons "We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy." 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