From Chenoa.Tremblay at csiro.au Mon Aug 26 14:40:48 2019 From: Chenoa.Tremblay at csiro.au (Tremblay, Chenoa (CASS, Kensington WA)) Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 04:40:48 +0000 Subject: [ASA] 2019 CSIRO Radio Astronomy School Reminder Message-ID: Dear All, This is a reminder that the 2019 Radio Astronomy School is quickly approaching. Spaces are limited and we would like to remind you that registration past 1 September is not guaranteed. The program is filled with lectures, workshops, and a few social events to get to know astronomers and students from across Australia. More details about the social events will be made available soon. See the website for more details. https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/XaoOCE8kz9t27wV0hNOy71?domain=atnf.csiro.au Registration can be completed at https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/XaoOCE8kz9t27wV0hNOy71?domain=atnf.csiro.au. Students will be responsible for their own travel and accommodation. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions. 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There will be two rounds per year, and this scheme is open to students of Chinese nationality up to 35 years old. Note: All PhD projects will be related to *SKA radio astronomy*. *2-year scholarships (deadline 1st October 2019)* Applications are invited for one or two-year research visits to eligible Australian universities and research institutes (including CSIRO) by Chinese PhD students. PhD students are required to be enrolled in China at one of: the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Beijing Normal University, Nanjing University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Guangzhou University, Yunnan University or the University of Science and Technology of China at Hefei. An approved project with an Australian co-supervisor must be selected. Australian universities and institutes currently offering projects are ANU, CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Curtin University, Melbourne University, Swinburne University, University of Sydney, University of Tasmania, and The University of Western Australia. *Funding* The China Scholarship Council (CSC) will provide an AUD 20,700 pa living allowance and return travel. The hosting university in Australia may be able to offer: - Annual top-up of AUD 5,000 - Funding to attend local meetings and conferences *Timeline* - *23 August 2019: *applications open - *1 October 2019:* application close - *10 November 2019:* formal CSC offer - *Before June 2020: *commence study in Australia For more information, please visit: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/4KhiCMwvLQT1rMnwTwwaoQ?domain=acamar.org.au -program/ Should you have any questions regarding ACAMAR SKA PhD Scholarship, please feel free to contact Prof. Lister Staveley-Smith or me. 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Proposals will be assessed by the Australian Time Allocation Committee (ATAC), and as such they must follow the new ATAC Policies and Procedures and be submitted before the deadline using the Lens proposal form ( https://www.aao.gov.au/lens/). All graded proposals will be provided to CTIO for scheduling. The Blanco telescope offers two instruments, the wide-field imaging camera DECam and the CTIO Ohio State Multi-Object Spectrograph (COSMOS). The purpose-built Dark Energy Camera (DECam) was used for the Dark Energy Survey that imaged nearly a billion galaxies. Note that DECam can produce useful imaging in the reddest filters (izY) on all but the very brightest nights. The COSMOS instrument can be used in imaging, long-slit and multi-object spectroscopy modes. Further details about the available nights and instruments can be found from the last NOAO 2019B Call for Proposals . The NOAO 2020A Call for Proposals is due for release 01-Sep-2019 (MST; UTC-7:00) with the updated information. All scheduled observations will be carried out in classical mode, with observers required to travel to the telescope at their own expense. How to apply for Blanco time All ATAC applicants should check the ATAC Policies and Procedures and recent Policy Announcements . For further clarification on any issue, please contact the ATAC Technical Secretary (aat - at - astronomyaustralia.org.au ). Those who wish to apply for Blanco time should do so using the Lens proposal system ( https://www.aao.gov.au/lens/home ) described below, selecting "CTIO 4m" from the telescopes menu on the first page of the proposal form. Lens proposal submission system All proposals should be submitted with the AAT's online application system Lens (https://www.aao.gov.au/lens/home ), which will open on the day this call is made. This system is a user account based system, which allows for improved security and better tracking of past and current proposals. There is a FAQ available for Lens online, or available via the FAQ tab in Lens itself. All new users must register (https://www.aao.gov.au/lens/register ) with the system. Note that users cannot be added to proposals if they are not registered in Lens. Please ensure that all investigators on a proposal have registered well before the deadline! For any queries or comments, please email: lens - at - aao.gov.au Proposal content Full technical details, outlining how you derived your time estimates, observing constraints, and any special requests should be included in the scientific case (preferably under a separate section heading). Proposers should demonstrate that their team has the skills and experience with the required observing modes to effectively conduct the proposed observations. Proposals should be written so that the content and significance is understandable by astronomers with different backgrounds. If the observations are essential to the completion of a student's PhD thesis, then a full explanation must be given in the science case. No special consideration is given to proposals involving PhD students, except when attempting to schedule proposals near the scientific ranking cut-off, when some priority may be given. A list of the principal targets should be prepared as a separate PDF document. The target list should contain target name, RA (h m s), Dec (d m s), target brightness, and priority. There is a 2-page limit for this target list PDF file. Other document formats will not be accepted. Proposal submission details Prepare your main proposal offline, including an abstract, target list, science case, and technical justification. The science case and technical justification together should be in PDF format, no more than three pages total, with two pages for the science case and one page for technical justification. Those three pages should include all references and figures, use 11pt font (or larger), and have at least 10mm margins. Numerical referencing should be used (e.g. "as shown by [1].", instead of "as shown by Smith et al. (2017)" ). Colour figures are accepted. Other document formats will not be accepted. Submitting your proposal When your proposal details are ready, submit your application to ATAC through Lens, the AAT's online proposal submission system. As noted above, this is a user-account-based system and all investigators on a proposal must be registered. Contacting the ATAC Secretariat Postal Address: PO Box 2100 Hawthorn VIC 3122 Street Address: AAO - Macquarie University 105 Delhi Rd, North Ryde NSW 2113 Australia Phone: +61 (0)2 93724842 E-mail: aat - at - astronomyaustralia.org.au Web: www.astronomyaustralia.org.au/aat.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From andrew.hopkins at mq.edu.au Wed Aug 28 15:47:24 2019 From: andrew.hopkins at mq.edu.au (Andrew Hopkins) Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 05:47:24 +0000 Subject: [ASA] 4 Sept. 2019: Optical Facilities Mid-Term Review Town Hall In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <116373E3-2744-498F-9ABB-C3CCD025A5B6@mq.edu.au> Dear Colleagues, This is a reminder of the Optical Facilities Mid-Term Review Town Hall next Wednesday (4 Sept.) at AAO-MQ. We will be in room 1/2, behind reception in the main building at 105 Delhi Rd. If you wish to attend and haven?t yet let me know, please do so by tomorrow (!!) so I can finalise the numbers for catering purposes and provide a list of participants to our security/reception folks. Also, if you have any dietary requirements, please let me know that too. The schedule for the day is below, and has plenty of time for discussion. The morning session will be a series of presentations, and the afternoon session a moderated discussion aimed at building a consensus around priorities. I will be taking notes, and will circulate a summary of the priorities and recommendations afterward to the ASA mailing list, and to the MTR committee. Optical Facilities Mid-Term Review Town Hall 9:30am Arrival and coffee/tea 10:00 Welcome: Andrew Hopkins 10:05 AAO Consortium activities, 5 year plan, and priorities: Mark Casali, Anna Moore, Julia Bryant 11:00 Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT): Matthew Colless 11:15 Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST): Sarah Brough 11:30 Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE): Andrew Hopkins 11:45 Astronomy from Antarctica: Michael Ashley 12:00 Lunch 1:00pm Moderated discussion to set priorities 3:00pm Close Zoom details for those wishing to join remotely: Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device: Please click this URL to start or join: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/iA-YCOMxNytj7OwMHERv13?domain=aao.zoom.us Join from dial-in phone line: Dial: +61 2 8015 2088 Meeting ID: 991 851 475 International numbers available: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/zt0uCP7yOZtRj6ZPC0Q0ZK?domain=zoom.us Join from a H.323/SIP room system: Dial: 61262227588 or SIP:7588 at aarnet.edu.au or H323: 991 851 475 at 182.255.112.21 (From Cisco) or H323:182.255.112.21## 991 851 475 (From Huawei, LifeSize, Polycom) or 162.255.36.11 or 162.255.37.11 (U.S.) Meeting ID: 991 851 475 See you next week! Andrew On 16 Aug 2019, at 11:01 am, Andrew Hopkins > wrote: Dear Colleagues, From 10am-3pm on Wed. 4 Sept. we will hold a town-hall meeting at AAO-MQ, meeting rooms 1/2 (behind reception), to discuss national priorities for optical/IR facilities to inform the decadal plan mid-term review. Remote participation by zoom will be available. Motivation and goals: To discuss what optical/IR instruments/facilities and projects are important to the community, to get a sense of funding envelopes and timeframes for each. To build community consensus around a prioritised list in a way that will help inform funders, including AAL, to support future planning. Outcomes: A report summarising the outcomes of the discussion will be shared with the Mid-Term Review committee to support and inform their work, and circulated to the community through the ASA mailing list. A detailed schedule for the day will follow. To register your interest in attending please email Andrew Hopkins (andrew.hopkins at mq.edu.au) before Thu. 29 Aug. All are welcome. There is no registration fee. Lunch will be provided. Andrew Hopkins ? Prof. Andrew Hopkins, Professor of Astronomy Australian Astronomical Optics, Macquarie University 105 Delhi Rd, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia +61 2 9372 4849 ? Prof. Andrew Hopkins, Professor of Astronomy Australian Astronomical Optics, Macquarie University 105 Delhi Rd, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia +61 2 9372 4849 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From meaghan.dzundza at science.org.au Thu Aug 29 09:46:00 2019 From: meaghan.dzundza at science.org.au (Meaghan Dzundza) Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 23:46:00 +0000 Subject: [ASA] =?windows-1252?q?Mid-term_review_of_2016=9625_Decadal_Plan?= =?windows-1252?q?_for_Australian_Astronomy_=7C_Stakeholder_consultation?= Message-ID: Dear colleagues The astronomy Mid-Term Review (MTR) committee has invited specific stakeholder groups to consult with the community and submit papers on their discipline in order to inform the review. The list of 7 white papers that have been commissioned by the MTR committee are: * AAT/SSO (Chris Lidman) * ESO and ELTs [inc. optical instrumentation] (Karl Glazebrook) * SKA and Pathfinders [inc. radio instrumentation] (George Heald) * Gravitational Waves (Eric Thrane) * Data and HPC (Chris Power, Simon O?Toole, Bart Pindor) * Space (Anna Moore, Michele Trenti) * Multi-messenger / High-energy (Clancy James) This list is also available at the MTR website at www.science.org.au/astronomy-midterm, where the papers themselves will be published as they are received (with a deadline of Sept 30). A calendar of community consultation and Town Hall events is also available on this website. Please remember to email meaghan.dzundza at science.org.au if you are organising a consultation event or Town Hall meeting. A mini-demographics survey will also be conducted. The survey will be collected at the departmental level and will request no personal information. In addition to the above, the MTR committee would also be pleased to receive shorter "facility papers" that relate to (but not restricted to) mid-scale facilities not likely to be covered in the above white papers. Please email me with a CC to meaghan.dzundza at science.org.au if you wish to submit such a paper, so that the MTR committee can coordinate. The submission deadline is also Sept 30. There is a 2-page limit for facility papers, and they will also be made public. It would be useful if they could briefly address the following: * Science overview * How does this the science connect with the priorities set out in the Decadal Plan? * What are the current issues and key risks? * What are the synergies with other Decadal Plan priorities? * What is the best engagement model likely to be? * What are the approximate costings - a) for the remainder of the decade; b) 2025+? Indicate the level of (un)certainty. Other, more general, submissions to the MTR committee are welcome from individuals or groups at any time. Please keep these to a short email or 1-page maximum and send to me with a CC to meaghan.dzundza at science.org.au. General submissions can be kept confidential to the MTR committee if requested. Finally, the MTR committee is facilitating a series of Town Hall meetings around the country starting in October. The purpose of these forums is to seek community feedback on some of the issues arising from the above papers and to inform the MTR committee in drafting its review. 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ESO has been added explicitly (thanks Matthew for volunteering), and Chris Tinney has agreed to moderate the panel discussion, with an introduction reviewing the MTR process. 9:30am Arrival and coffee/tea 10:00 Welcome: Andrew Hopkins 10:05 AAO Consortium activities, 5 year plan, and priorities: Mark Casali, Anna Moore, Julia Bryant 11:00 European Southern Observatory (ESO) and Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT): Matthew Colless 11:25 Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST): Sarah Brough 11:40 Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE): Andrew Hopkins 11:55 Astronomy from Antarctica: Michael Ashley 12:10 Lunch 1:10pm Review of MTR process: Chris Tinney (MTR rep) 1:20pm Moderated discussion to set priorities. Moderator: Chris Tinney 3:00pm Close Andrew On 28 Aug 2019, at 3:47 pm, Andrew Hopkins > wrote: Dear Colleagues, This is a reminder of the Optical Facilities Mid-Term Review Town Hall next Wednesday (4 Sept.) at AAO-MQ. We will be in room 1/2, behind reception in the main building at 105 Delhi Rd. If you wish to attend and haven?t yet let me know, please do so by tomorrow (!!) so I can finalise the numbers for catering purposes and provide a list of participants to our security/reception folks. Also, if you have any dietary requirements, please let me know that too. The schedule for the day is below, and has plenty of time for discussion. The morning session will be a series of presentations, and the afternoon session a moderated discussion aimed at building a consensus around priorities. I will be taking notes, and will circulate a summary of the priorities and recommendations afterward to the ASA mailing list, and to the MTR committee. Optical Facilities Mid-Term Review Town Hall 9:30am Arrival and coffee/tea 10:00 Welcome: Andrew Hopkins 10:05 AAO Consortium activities, 5 year plan, and priorities: Mark Casali, Anna Moore, Julia Bryant 11:00 Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT): Matthew Colless 11:15 Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST): Sarah Brough 11:30 Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE): Andrew Hopkins 11:45 Astronomy from Antarctica: Michael Ashley 12:00 Lunch 1:00pm Moderated discussion to set priorities 3:00pm Close Zoom details for those wishing to join remotely: Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device: Please click this URL to start or join: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/uKbaCXLKZoiQXmVDS6vMFO?domain=aao.zoom.us Join from dial-in phone line: Dial: +61 2 8015 2088 Meeting ID: 991 851 475 International numbers available: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/mWZVCYWL1vi7L5EpHGuID4?domain=zoom.us Join from a H.323/SIP room system: Dial: 61262227588 or SIP:7588 at aarnet.edu.au or H323: 991 851 475 at 182.255.112.21 (From Cisco) or H323:182.255.112.21## 991 851 475 (From Huawei, LifeSize, Polycom) or 162.255.36.11 or 162.255.37.11 (U.S.) Meeting ID: 991 851 475 See you next week! Andrew On 16 Aug 2019, at 11:01 am, Andrew Hopkins > wrote: Dear Colleagues, From 10am-3pm on Wed. 4 Sept. we will hold a town-hall meeting at AAO-MQ, meeting rooms 1/2 (behind reception), to discuss national priorities for optical/IR facilities to inform the decadal plan mid-term review. Remote participation by zoom will be available. Motivation and goals: To discuss what optical/IR instruments/facilities and projects are important to the community, to get a sense of funding envelopes and timeframes for each. To build community consensus around a prioritised list in a way that will help inform funders, including AAL, to support future planning. Outcomes: A report summarising the outcomes of the discussion will be shared with the Mid-Term Review committee to support and inform their work, and circulated to the community through the ASA mailing list. A detailed schedule for the day will follow. To register your interest in attending please email Andrew Hopkins (andrew.hopkins at mq.edu.au) before Thu. 29 Aug. All are welcome. There is no registration fee. Lunch will be provided. Andrew Hopkins ? Prof. Andrew Hopkins, Professor of Astronomy Australian Astronomical Optics, Macquarie University 105 Delhi Rd, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia +61 2 9372 4849 ? Prof. Andrew Hopkins, Professor of Astronomy Australian Astronomical Optics, Macquarie University 105 Delhi Rd, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia +61 2 9372 4849 ? Prof. Andrew Hopkins, Professor of Astronomy Australian Astronomical Optics, Macquarie University 105 Delhi Rd, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia +61 2 9372 4849 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We invite all interested parties to join us in person or remotely. Local logistics and remote connection details will be provided closer to the date. Lunch will be provided. Please register your interest via this webform before Friday, 6 September: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/0gS3Cvl0PoC9W74WhQ_pC6?domain=forms.gle George Heald George Heald CSIRO Science Leader CASS/Perth ATNF Science Team Leader W https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/dI9bCwVLQmijLGPLiqeesk?domain=people.csiro.au E george.heald at csiro.au T +61 8 6436 8758 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington WA 6151, Australia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From George.Heald at csiro.au Fri Aug 30 19:20:15 2019 From: George.Heald at csiro.au (Heald, George (CASS, Kensington WA)) Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 09:20:15 +0000 Subject: [ASA] First announcement: AusSRC Workshop (Canberra, 8 November 2019) Message-ID: AusSRC Workshop 2019 On behalf of the organising committee, it is my pleasure to announce the next Australian SKA Regional Centre (AusSRC) Workshop, which will take place on 8 November in Canberra. The workshop will follow the OzSKA meeting, and we encourage participation of both events. Key dates * 30 August 2019: First announcement * 9 September 2019: Registration opens * 29 September: Abstract deadline * 21 October: Program released * 8 November: AusSRC workshop Venue Where: Canberra, ACT Venue: TBD Motivation Since the first Australian SRC Community workshop in 2017, work on the SKA Regional Centres has picked up its pace: * The SKA Regional Centre Steering Committee was formed; * AENEAS published the outputs of the ESRC design study; and * The Australian SRC White Paper was released. This workshop will discuss the progress towards developing a vision for a global network of SRCs and the future Australian SRC. A specific focus of the workshop will be on data and processing in the surveys with the Australian SKA precursors ? ASKAP and MWA. In 2018, CSIRO and ICRAR in collaboration with other institutions established the AusSRC Management Committee. With support from the Australian Government, a 3-year design study program was then funded to develop a business case for the AusSRC as well as to assist the ASKAP and MWA science teams with computing and data expertise. The AusSRC 2019 meeting will be held immediately following the OzSKA 2019 meeting. Follow the news on the AusSRC website. On behalf of the workshop organising committee, George Heald George Heald CSIRO Science Leader CASS/Perth ATNF Science Team Leader W https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/aN7_CwVLQmij04vmtxa-jR?domain=people.csiro.au E george.heald at csiro.au T +61 8 6436 8758 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington WA 6151, Australia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: