From jesse.vandesande at sydney.edu.au Mon Apr 29 15:06:14 2019 From: jesse.vandesande at sydney.edu.au (Jesse Van de Sande) Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 05:06:14 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Dynamical Models of Observed Galaxies Workshop Message-ID: <1ED1FC1F-D953-4084-8CDD-0F233A435897@sydney.edu.au> Dear ASA, We would like to advertise the Dynamical Models of Observed Galaxies workshop, to be held at the University of Sydney from June 3-7, 2019. Thanks to a generous contribution from the Hunstead Fund for Astrophysics and the Astro3D Science Visitor Program, the Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIfA) at the University of Sydney, will be hosting a five-day Workshop/BusyWeek from the 3rd to the 7th of June 2019 covering all aspects of dynamical models that can be applied to galaxies with observed stellar dynamical data. Dynamical models of galaxies are crucial for interpreting the wealth of recent IFS stellar kinematic measurements, but fitting these models still requires a significant amount of effort and expertise. This workshop is aimed at making dynamical fitting and modelling more accessible to the Galactic and extragalactic community. Registration is now open on our website at: http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~sande/meeting/Dynamical_Models_of_Observed_Galaxies/Rationale.html We invite submissions for talks and attendance on-site or remotely via zoom. The deadline for registration is the 20th of May 2019. There is no registration fee to attend the workshop We look forward to you joining us in Sydney! Best regards, Jesse van de Sande Nic Scott Caroline Foster Michael Hayden -------------------------------------------- Dr. Jesse van de Sande Postdoctoral Research Associate Sydney Institute for Astronomy School of Physics (A28) The University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia Room 328, Tel +61 286 274 223 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Douglas.Bock at csiro.au Tue Apr 30 13:12:32 2019 From: Douglas.Bock at csiro.au (Bock, Douglas (CASS, Marsfield)) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 03:12:32 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Vacancies | Australia Telescope User Committee (ATUC) and Time Assignment Committee (TAC) Message-ID: Members of the Australian astronomical community are invited to nominate the Australia Telescope User Committee (ATUC) and Time Allocation Committee (TAC) of the Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF). Below please find an outline of the vacant positions and a brief summary of each committee. The closing date for nominations is COB AWST Friday 10 May 2019. Australia Telescope User Committee (ATUC) ATUC is a group of ten to fifteen scientists, including two student members, that represents the users of the Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF). ATUC meetings are a forum for ATNF users to raise any issues regarding the operation of the facility and to suggest changes to its operation. ATUC also discusses and recommends priorities for ATNF future development plans. ATUC meets twice a year, usually in May and October. Members are appointed for a term of three years, with student members being appointed for one year (two meetings). New members will join ATUC beginning at its October 2019 meeting. More information: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/_zKLCp8AJQtm8xmMcPcHCF?domain=atnf.csiro.au ATNF Time Assignment Committee (TAC): The TAC is the committee that reviews and grades proposals for time on ATNF telescopes (currently the Parkes radio telescope, Australia Telescope Compact Array and Long Baseline Array) and host country time on antennas of the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex at Tidbinbilla. The TAC meets twice a year, generally in early February and late July. Members are appointed for a term of three years. New members will join the TAC beginning at its February 2019 meeting. More information: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/eWHjCq7BKYtZ57Z0sXOxoA?domain=atnf.csiro.au Next steps Nominees are asked to send their name, affiliation and a <100 word summary of their specialisation to Amanda Gray (Amanda.Gray at csiro.au) by COB AWST Friday 10 May 2019. Please include in the subject line of your email which committee you are interested in. ATUC and the TAC are sub-committees of the ATNF Steering Committee (ATSC). At its May meeting, the ATSC will review nominations for membership, taking into consideration the range of specialisations and experience required for effective operation of its sub-committees. For further information, please contact Phil Edwards (Philip.Edwards at csiro.au). Regards Douglas Bock Director CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science E douglas.bock at csiro.au T +61 2 9372 4300 M +61 457 552 777 P.O. Box 76 Epping NSW 1710 Australia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tamarad at physics.uq.edu.au Tue Apr 30 14:21:04 2019 From: tamarad at physics.uq.edu.au (Tamara Davis) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 04:21:04 +0000 Subject: [ASA] ASA Meeting - Abstract Deadline Extended to 3rd May Message-ID: Dear ASA, Given the plethora of holidays lately we?ve decided to extend the abstract submission deadline for the ASA Annual Scientific Meeting for another week, until the 3rd of May. We are also extending the Early Bird Payment deadline an extra week after that, until the 10th of May. To register and submit your abstract please click here or visit our website https://research.smp.uq.edu.au/asa2019/ This year the Scientific Organising Committee are trialing blind abstract selections, to avoid possible biases in selection, and ensure your abstracts are judged purely on the quality of the content. The ASA ASM will be held on the 7-12 July at the University of Queensland Campus. Your registration includes the welcome reception on Sunday evening, the conference dinner on Thursday night, and the sports social on Tuesday night, as well as the week?s activities. In addition to hearing about all the exciting science that your colleagues are undertaking during the talks and poster sessions there will be town halls for all the ASA chapters, discussion about the decadal plan mid-term review, and ?unconference? breakout sessions designed by you. We are excited to announce that our Harley Wood Lecture this year will focus on Aboriginal Astronomy and will be delivered by Kirsten Banks. To receive the early bird registration fee, payment must be received by close of business on 10th May 2019, otherwise the full registration fee will be charged. You will need to register for your abstract to be considered. STUDENTS: We may have some limited travel funding available. If you are a student who can only attend if they receive travel support, please register and submit your abstract, and also fill in this form https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/8H_hCxnMRvtkAKwDf8GwHA?domain=forms.gle Really looking forward to seeing many of you in Brisbane in July! All the best, Tamara Davis (chair of SOC), Holger Baumgardt (chair of LOC) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From celine.dorgeville at anu.edu.au Tue Apr 30 16:02:52 2019 From: celine.dorgeville at anu.edu.au (Celine D'Orgeville) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 06:02:52 +0000 Subject: [ASA] SPIE Advances in Optical Astronomical Instrumentation Conference, December 8-12, 2019, Melbourne Message-ID: <45D4CD5B-36F9-4E10-9AFF-8E728F6A416D@anu.edu.au> Dear ASA members, There will be an SPIE conference on Advances in Optical Astronomical Instrumentation held for the first time in Australia, December 8-12, 2019 in Melbourne, as part of the Australian and New Zealand Conferences on Optics and Photonics - ANZCOP 2019: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/VK_9CmOxDQtznVYVIGFrsk?domain=spie.org https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/JxydCnxyErCvo4L4SJNnEc?domain=spie.org The call for papers (attached) is now OPEN and will close on 5 June 2019. Unlike for the SPIE Astronomical Telescope and Instrumentation symposium held every other year (next symposium will be in 2020 in Japan), there is no need to submit a full length paper for the conference in Melbourne. Instead a two page extended abstract is required that will eventually be published on the SPIE digital library. Please consider submitting an abstract and forwarding this information to your colleagues, students, and other interested parties in Australia and beyond. We are looking forward to meeting you in Melbourne at the end of the year! Simon Ellis & Celine d?Orgeville AU104 Conference Chairs -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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AATUC will meet twice a year via videoconferencing in February and August. 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. AAL specifically considers gender balance across committee appointments. AAL also considers the range of specialisations and seniorities required for the committee's effective operation and seeks to maximise the number of AAL member institutions involved with committees it appoints. Please do not hesitate to contact AAL if you have any questions regarding the AATUC committee: Mita Brierley, CBO, 02 9850 6371 Lucyna Kedziora-Chudczer, Program Manager, 02 9850 6379 Applications close on Thursday 9th May 5 PM AWST. Late applications will not be accepted. More details can be found on AAL's website. Dr Lucyna Kedziora-Chudczer Program Manager Astronomy Australia Ltd (Sydney Office) E: lucyna.chudczer at astronomyaustralia.org.au W: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/rDX4CGvmB5ikMXMZIQTpCj?domain=astronomyaustralia.org.au 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: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 1036 bytes Desc: not available URL: From angel.lopez-sanchez at aao.gov.au Sat May 4 10:00:50 2019 From: angel.lopez-sanchez at aao.gov.au (=?utf-8?Q?=C3=81ngel_L=C3=B3pez-S=C3=A1nchez?=) Date: Sat, 4 May 2019 10:00:50 +1000 Subject: [ASA] Fwd: [sea-anuncios] Software Engineer Position at IAA-CSIC for SKA SRC Activities References: <46C81BE4-7D3D-431E-A956-2F66C388B118@iaa.es> Message-ID: <5ACE09E7-6BBE-40BC-93B3-7972E0F8B4C1@aao.gov.au> Hi all, A great opportunity to work at the IAA-CSIC, Granada, Spain, as software engineer for SKA Regional Centre Prototype under one of the best research grants in Spain, the ?Severo Ochoa Excellence Program?. Also working with Lourdes and her team is great, the IAA is one of the best astrophysics centres in Spain, and Granada is an amazing, vibrant, cultural city (I did my degree there). Cheers, Dr ?ngel R. L?pez-S?nchez Astrophysicist and Science Communicator Australian Astronomical Optics & Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University Sydney, Australia. Inicio del mensaje reenviado: > De: Lourdes Verdes-Montenegro > Fecha: 3 de mayo de 2019, 23:00:12 GMT+10 > Para: Sea anuncios > Asunto: [sea-anuncios] Software Engineer Position at IAA-CSIC for SKA SRC Activities > > Dear all, > > We are looking for candidates for a software engineer position to support our activities to develop a SKA Regional Centre prototype at the IAA (Granada, Spain). Below you can find a detailed description of the job offer. Please, could you circulate it to potentially interested people?. > > Best regards, > > Lourdes Verdes-Montenegro > > ?????????????? > > Position: Software engineer - Development of a SKA Regional Centre prototype > > Institution: Instituto de Astrof?sica de Andaluc?a (IAA-CSIC), Granada, Spain > > Email inquires: lourdes at iaa.es,sse at iaa.es > > Deadline: 20th May. Full consideration will be given to all applications submitted before the deadline, but the position will remain open to applicants until it is filled. > > Description > The AMIGA (Analysis of the interstellar Medium of Isolated Galaxies, http://amiga.iaa.es) group is looking for outstanding candidates to apply for a Software Engineer position, included in the IAA-CSIC "Severo Ochoa" Excellence Program [1]. The selected candidate will be involved in the development of a Prototype SKA Regional Centre, part of the strategic plan of the IAA "Severo Ochoa" project. > > The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is a radiotelescope that, once completed, will be the largest scientific infrastructure on Earth [2]. SKA will be the world?s largest generator of scientific data (reaching exa-bytes data rates), thus posing a challenge in the extraction of scientific knowledge, while being driver of technological development in areas such as Big Data. It is expected that SKA will approximately distribute 600 PB/yr of Observatory data products among a network of SKA Regional Centres (SRCs). The Centres will provide access to the SKA community to data products, tools and processing power to generate and analyse advanced data products. > > The IAA SRC prototype will need to prepare for providing access to SKA science data products via a portal, as well as the tools and processing power required to fully exploit their science potential, in partnership with HPC facilities, and integrated in the future network of the SKA SRCs. To fulfil these aims it is necessary to setup a testbed able to support analysis of data from precursors and pathfinder telescopes. Those will play a crucial role for identifying bottlenecks and preparing for the Big Data challenges following Open Science and FAIR principles. > > The AMIGA team is leading the SRC developments at IAA and participates in SKA at three levels. Scientific level: AMIGA science is aligned with 3 out of the 12 High Priority Goals of SKA, on the study of the atomic gas (HI) and magnetic fields in galaxies, and the AMIGA PI (Lourdes Verdes-Montenegro) is co-Chair of the SKA HI Science Working Group. Coordination level: The AMIGA PI coordinates the Spanish participation in the SKA project (since 2011) and was appointed by the Ministry as the Spanish representative in the SKA SRC Steering Committee [3]. Technological level: AMIGA is member of the international consortium designing the SKA Science Data Processor and of the H2020 project AENEAS [4] designing the federated network of European SKA Regional Centres (SRCs). In addition, the AMIGA team is active in the area of scientific reproducibility and is contributing to a set of Open Science principles to be incorporated into the design of SKA and the SRCs. In particular, it participates in the H2020 project ESCAPE [5], focused on addressing the Open Science challenge shared by the Astronomy and Particle Physics ESFRI infrastructures, including SKA. > > We are looking for candidates capable of contributing to several of the following tasks: > > ? Provide a Science Gateway as the entry point to the IAA SRC prototype (deploying an existing one and/or developing new components). > ? Develop tools for sharing/publishing data and methods according to the Open Science principles (e.g. services for accessing data according to Astronomy Virtual Observatory standards). > ? Connect the IAA SRC prototype with European e-Infrastructures (through the European Open Science Cloud, EOSC) and other SRC precursors. > ? Set-up an underlying computing and storage infrastructure, required for a functional SRC prototype able to support data analysis from SKA pathfinders/precursors. > > The successful candidate must hold a PhD/MSc/BSc degree in Computer Science or related fields (e.g. Physics, Mathematics). We are looking for a candidate with the ability to adapt to challenges and changes, and who is capable of listening and communicating effectively with others in both English and Spanish. > The contract would start after the summer, with extension options (1+2 years) and with funds to cover his/her travelling expenses. > > The ideal candidate will have experience in several of these areas: > > ? Virtualization tools (virtual machines and containers) > ? Science Gateways (developing and/or deploying) > ? Distributed Computing Infrastructures > ? Authentication, Authorization and Accounting > ? Jupyter Notebooks > ? Astrophysics domain software > ? Software development in Python > ? Development of web services and web applications > > Applications: > Candidates should submit (to lourdes at iaa.es,sse at iaa.es) the CV, a a Statement of Interest describing the motivation for this position, and at least two reference contacts. They should also arrange two letters of reference to be sent to the e-mail address above. > > Deadline: > 20th May. Full consideration will be given to all applications submitted before the deadline, but the position will remain open to applicants until it is filled. > > > [1] Severo Ochoa distinction is an accreditation from the Spanish Ministry of Science that acknowledges the Spanish centres that carry out cutting-edge research and demonstrate scientific leadership and impact at global level > [2] https://www.skatelescope.org/ > [3] https://spain.skatelescope.org > [4] https://www.aeneas2020.eu > [5] https://escape2020.eu > -- > ______________________________________________________ > | Esta lista est? dedicada a la distribuci?n de anuncios de > | inter?s general para la comunidad astron?mica. 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