From josh.calcino at gmail.com Tue Apr 23 12:34:34 2019 From: josh.calcino at gmail.com (Josh Calcino) Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 12:34:34 +1000 Subject: [ASA] Travel Support now open for the Harley Wood School of Astronomy Message-ID: Greetings! The local organising committee of the Harley Wood School of Astronomy (HWSA) is pleased to announce that we have secured a limited amount of travel funding for participants. The school will be situated on the beautiful North Stradebroke island. The main theme of our school this year is Do It Yourself. Everything within our program will be interactive, so you'll be learning the best way you can, by getting your hands dirty! During our school, you will learn how to write optimised and beautiful code in Python, so you can spend more time doing science and less time looking up answers on Stackoverflow. Our program will also have content that will help you prepare for the mental battle of a PhD, and what career paths you may choose when you level up. Plus, we will have a unique panel discussion focused on how you can communicate your science to a variety of audiences and through different media (e.g. through oral presentations, YouTube videos, books, and online articles). If that's not enough fun, we will be offering sand-boarding for the dare-devils among you, or some delicious gelato for those who would like to chill out (all included in the registration fee!). *So if you are interested in joining us, please register using at the link below.* https://research.smp.uq.edu.au/asa2019/harley/ *If you would like to apply for travel support, please also fill out the Google form below by the 10th of May.* https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/mbt1Cp8AJQtm4LAKUPSCLj?domain=forms.gle We will do our best to contact travel support recipients the week following the close of the travel support form. We hope to see you there! 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We would like to invite ECRs up to 10 years postdoctoral working in universities or independent research institutes to participate in this project by completing an online questionnaire. The online questionnaire is completely anonymous, participation is voluntary, and you can withdraw at any time without explanation by closing your web browser. The questionnaire can be completed at a time that is convenient to you, and it is expected that it should take approximately 20-25 minutes to complete. To participate in the study please go to: https://limesurveys.federation.edu.au/index.php/546388?lang=en Please consider passing this invitation on to other ECRs working in the sciences in Australia. This project is being conducted under the supervision of Dr Carolyn Johnstone (Federation University Australia: School of Arts). For more information regarding the study, please contact Dr Johnstone on 03 5327 9585. 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Through their platform #Solveitwithscience, they are advocating for science-based solutions, and throughout the election campaign, they are providing analyses of the key parties' policies and Budget commitments. To stay engaged with the work of STA, and to find strategies for participating in the upcoming Federal Election cycle, please see their webpage: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/uAfACr8DLRtEPG0Vs7HU8t?domain=scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au [https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/EShRCvl0PoCxp3jNsX_y2-?domain=scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au] News | Science and Technology Australia scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au Measures to support the future science- and technology-skilled workforce and a commitment to action on climate change were welcome highlights of the Opposition?s Budget Reply speech, but Science & Technology Australia lamented the lack of detail on investment in the nation?s knowledge economy. 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URL: From gpoole at swin.edu.au Fri Apr 26 10:07:42 2019 From: gpoole at swin.edu.au (Gregory Poole) Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 00:07:42 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Due today: Call for Expressions of Interest - ADACS Software Support Program, 2019B Semester In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: This is a reminder that the call for expressions of interest for the 2019B semester of the ADACS Software Support program (see details below) ends today at 5pm AEST. Please note that EoIs are intended to be brief and should not represent a barrier to entry. They are intended to stimulate a conversation with ADACS and aren't a commitment that you will submit an application, so we encourage everyone with an interesting idea for how a software developer could help their research program to submit a brief EoI so that we can chat about it. Original call copied below. Cheers, ...Greg Poole Astronomy Data and Computing Services Call for Expressions of Interest for the ADACS Software Support Program - 2019B Semester EoI Deadline: Friday 26th April, 2019 @ 5pm AEST Expressions of interest are being accepted from now for the 2019B semester of the ADACS Software Support Program. What is the ADACS Software Support Program (SSP)? Astronomy Data and Computing Services (ADACS) is a collaboration between Swinburne University of Technology, Curtin University, and Pawsey Supercomputing Centre. It is funded under the Astronomy National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) Program via Astronomy Australia Ltd (AAL). 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 tools/platforms covering the full range of scales by providing scientific computing and software development as a service. Within Q3/4 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 visualisation. How does the ADACS SSP work? 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 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 brief. (i.e. no more than one page; a couple paragraphs generally suffice) providing a concise description of the proposed project and its goals. 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. EoI submission process 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 26th April, 2019 @ 5pm AEST and should be submitted via email to TAC at adacs.org.au . The subsequent application deadline will be 2 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. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: