From robert.shen at astronomyaustralia.org.au Mon Jul 22 10:05:31 2019 From: robert.shen at astronomyaustralia.org.au (Robert Shen) Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 10:05:31 +1000 Subject: [ASA] AAL-NCA Data and Computing Workshop Message-ID: Dear All, AAL, together with NCA, is hosting a one-day Astronomy Data and Computing Workshop in Sydney. *When:* Tuesday, 17th September 2019 *Where:* Room 1&2, AAO-MQ (105 Delhi Rd, North Ryde NSW 2119) *Registration URL:* https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/hqBACL7rK8tgkYE8sBKAQw?domain=aal-nca-workshop.eventbrite.com.au The purpose of the workshop is to identify the data and computing infrastructure requirements required to address the needs of the Australian astronomy community for the next five years. The workshop will inform the ongoing Mid-term Review of the Astronomy Decadal plan. For reference, one of the 2016-25 Decadal plan priorities is ?World-class high-performance computing (HPC) and software capability for large theoretical simulations, and resources to enable processing and delivery of large data sets from these facilities.? It is intended that the discussion cover both large-scale datasets and computing in both the theoretical and observational domains. The workshop program will be a mix of presentations and group discussions. Outputs of the workshop include: 1. Draft of data and computing infrastructure white paper, as input into the Mid-term Review. 2. Discussion of the feasibility of federating the Australian SKA Regional Centre (AusSRC), the Gravitational Wave Data Centre (GWDC) and the Optical Data Centre (ODC) to a single multi-wavelength Australian Astronomy Data Centre (AADC). 3. Identification of synergies between different streams of investment in HPC. Many thanks, Robert on behalf of AAL-NCA Data and Computing Workshop Organizing Committee ______________________________________________ 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 L.Barnes2 at westernsydney.edu.au Tue Jul 23 15:37:25 2019 From: L.Barnes2 at westernsydney.edu.au (Luke Barnes) Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 05:37:25 +0000 Subject: [ASA] In Memoriam: Verlie Lee Message-ID: <78756F7A-5EF0-4A5A-890E-1847A57C13D6@westernsydney.edu.au> From Dr. Toner Stevenson?s article ?Making Visible the First Women in Astronomy in Australia: The Measurers and Computers Employed for the Astrographic Catalogue?: ?The Astrographic Catalogue was arguably the most significant astronomy project undertaken in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century in Australia. ? According to Sydney Observatory Astrographic computers, Winsome Bellamy and Verlie Lee (nee Maurice), each plate was assigned to two women to measure, one in the positive, the other in the reverse. Every thirty minutes, or so, the women would swap positions, one measuring, the other notating. In general the measurement was done in the morning and the computational work in the afternoon, and the measurement machine was located near a window facing south for even light.? Verlie Lee, one of the computers for the Astrographic Catalogue, passed away on 15th June 2019 at age 88. Her obituary in the Nambucca Guardian reads: Verlie Lee: Of Faringdon Village, Nambucca Heads and formerly of Eungai Creek. Dearly loved wife of Jack (dec). Adored mother of Stephen, Janet (dec), Dianne and Warren. Loved nanna of her 12 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Beloved sister of Betty. Aged 88 years.? I knew Verlie as a charming and very witty retired lady from the small town I grew up in. A few years ago, I ran into her in Macksville and, on hearing what I do now, she mentioned that she used to work for Harley Wood at the Sydney Observatory (?he was very good at table tennis?). From Stevenson?s article, she was one of 22 women who measured the positions of 740,000 stars from 1400 photographic plates between 1916 and 1963. These painstaking measurements have been combined with Hipparcos data to derive high-accuracy proper motions of stars. More about the Astrographic Catalogue here and here. [signature_790033810] Dr. Luke Barnes John Templeton Postdoctoral Fellow Western Sydney University Penrith (Kingswood) Campus (Office Y2 13) NSW, Australia 2751 Phone: +61 2 47360 610 Email: L.Barnes2 at westernsydney.edu.au Website: lukebarnes.info -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Regards, Cathryn _______________________________________________________ Cathryn Trott Associate Professor ARC Future Fellow President, Astronomical Society of Australia ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3D (ASTRO 3D) International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research Curtin University Bentley WA, Australia cathryn.trott at curtin.edu.au ________________________________ Subject: NCA | EMCR Representative Call out Dear NCA, The Academy is inviting early- and mid-career researchers (EMCRs) to submit expressions of interest for a new type of EMCR membership on the National Committees for Science. The new EMCR Representatives, drawn from the Academy?s EMCR Forum membership, will provide EMCR-specific input into committee policy submissions and help committees develop effective EMCR initiatives. 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Collaboration lead A/Prof Adam Deller accepted the award and delivered the Peter McGregor Prize talk at the meeting. The DiFX collaboration includes the following contributors: Adam Deller (leader), Walter Alef, James Anderson, Matthias Bark, Matthew Bailes, Walter Brisken, Roger Cappallo, Geoff Crew, Richard Dodson, Dave Gordon, Zheng Meyer-Zhao, John Morgan, Chris Phillips, Cormac Reynolds, Jon Romney, Helge Rottman, John Spitzak, Matteo Stagni, Steven Tingay, Jan Wagner, Mark Wainright, Randall Wayth. The ASA congratulates the DiFX team, and thanks the other collaborations for their submissions, and the judges for taking the time to assess them. 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URL: From rebecca.lange at curtin.edu.au Wed Jul 24 12:02:15 2019 From: rebecca.lange at curtin.edu.au (Rebecca Lange) Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 02:02:15 +0000 Subject: [ASA] ADACS long term software support announced Message-ID: Dear ASA members, On behalf of the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre I am pleased to announce that the successful embedded software support projects have been announced: Three astronomy projects were awarded embedded technical specialist support; increasing the accessibility of our Solar System?s unique data set, gaining insights on the chronology of surfaces of planetary bodies in our solar system, reducing the technical knowledge barriers to HPC to analyse and visualise data sets, and optimising visibility storage for astronomy data are some of the challenges that will be tackled by researchers on these projects. The involvement of the embedded technical specialist is expected to positively impact the successful project groups with project outputs benefitting the astronomy community as well as providing advantages to other domains. This is the pilot year for this embedded technical specialist approach. We would like to thank all the applicants who submitted project proposals and congratulate the successful projects. One of the selected projects came from the Space Science and Technology Centre at Curtin University, the largest planetary science research group in the Southern Hemisphere. The embedded specialist will help this group to get the most out of Australia?s unique dataset that Desert Fireball Network has built, massively increasing the accessibility and utility of the data, with a commensurate increase in scientific collaborations. Two groups from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) were the other successful candidates. By developing a Framework for Analysis and Visualisation of Enormous datasets Remotely (FAVER), one of the groups is aiming to increase researcher productivity and enhance scientific returns on investment in HPC and HPD facilities, while also reducing the technical knowledge barriers to HPC to analyse and visualise data sets. The group expect FAVER to be beneficial to other astronomical communities (e.g. radio astronomy datacubes, optical astronomy images), as well as several other domains such as particle physics, geophysics, oceans sciences and meteorology. The community nature of the tools should mean that there will be a strong drive to develop them further and enhance the codebase. The final project focuses on developing a new deep spectral line imaging pipeline and optimised storage of UV-grid data for Australia Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) that can then be used by the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project ? one of the largest scientific endeavours in history. This project will also optimise visibility storage methodology for ASKAP. Focusing on a particular survey, most of the resulting pipeline management deployment methodologies and the software will be useful for other ASKAP surveys as well. All the best, Rebecca ??? Dr. Rebecca Lange Data Scientist | Curtin Institute for Computation (CIC) Computational Training Lead | Astronomy Data and Computing Services (ADACS) Tel +61 8 9266 2074 Email rebecca.lange at curtin.edu.au Web http://computation.curtin.edu.au/ https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/5XPlCyoNVrcQ01DQFNDR_U?domain=adacs.org.au Twitter @CurtinIC @AdacsAus [cid:20D8C103-7F4B-4FC4-91F9-43F46AD3FAD6 at curtin.edu.au] Curtin University is a trademark of Curtin University of Technology. CRICOS Provider Code 00301J (WA), 02637B (NSW) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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There are also dedicated blocks of time for unconference sessions - participant-driven discussions and demonstrations. Who is this meeting aimed at? Anyone who engages with data and communicates science: astronomers, archaeologists, ecologists, medical scientists, remote-sensing scientists, science communicators, teachers and more. This conference will be of particular interest to * academics who are thinking of partnering with or working in industry, * researchers who want to learn about techniques used in other fields, * anyone interested in reproducible e-research workflows, * scientists who want to build a multi-disciplinary network For more information and to register, go to https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/VCt1CANZvPiPVqvkfGKaZj?domain=x-sensing.net Best regards, Cormac Purcell On behalf of the organising committee. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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