From gpoole at swin.edu.au Mon Sep 9 13:44:01 2019 From: gpoole at swin.edu.au (Gregory Poole) Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2019 03:44:01 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Call for Expressions of Interest - ADACS Software Support Program, 2020A Semester References: <0f237062-3ff2-442b-936e-e5ead884e0c4@Spark> Message-ID: <954745d8-0586-4ff8-8412-14de7d7dca7f@Spark> Astronomy Data and Computing Services (ADACS) Call for Expressions of Interest for the ADACS Software Support Program - 2020A Semester EoI Deadline: Friday 4th October, 2019 @ 5pm AEST Expressions of interest are being accepted from now and for the next ~4 weeks for the 2020A 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 Q1/2 2020, 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 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 very brief outline of 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. Note that all applicants must participate in the EoI process in order to make a final submission. 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 Lewis Lakerink (llakerink at swin.edu.au) or Jarrod Hurley (jhurley at swin.edu.au). The deadline for EoI submissions is the 4th October, 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. 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We aim to identify areas of collaboration, and to highlight the increasing opportunities for stellar astrophysics that come with the rise of gravitational wave astronomy and current and future ground- and space-based instruments (Gaia, GALAH, ESO telescopes, SONG, SKA, JWST, LSST, etc.) We welcome contributions from all across stellar astronomy and strive to assemble a broad program including single- and binary-star evolution, population synthesis and stellar dynamics, stellar abundances and nucleosynthesis, transients, and stellar magnetism and winds. There will be an extended discussion session to foster collaboration and identify strategic opportunities for the Australian stellar community. The workshop will be held in the School of Physics and Astronomy at Monash University. There will be no registration fee. A web page with more details is in preparation, and registration will open shortly. We will send a second announcement as soon as the web page is online. --The SOC Andy Casey (Monash), Amanda Karakas (Monash), Orsola de Marco (Macquarie), Bernhard Mueller (Monash), Ashley Ruiter (UNSW Canberra), Lorenzo Spina (Monash) -- Bernhard Mueller -- ========================================================== Dr.rer.nat. Bernhard M?ller ARC Future Fellow Monash Centre for Astrophysics School of Physics and Astronomy Monash University bernhard.mueller at monash.edu Visiting Research Fellow Astrophysics Research Centre -- Queen's University Belfast b.mueller at qub.ac.uk ========================================================== "Vers l?Orient compliqu?, je volais avec des id?es simples. " de Gaulle ========================================================= -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cormac.purcell at mq.edu.au Mon Sep 9 16:06:31 2019 From: cormac.purcell at mq.edu.au (Cormac Purcell) Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2019 06:06:31 +0000 Subject: [ASA] X-Sensing Conference - Registrations Open In-Reply-To: <9be24619-b5a2-1ef5-517d-183825e242fc@mq.edu.au> References: <9be24619-b5a2-1ef5-517d-183825e242fc@mq.edu.au> Message-ID: <419e644b-db86-0fdc-e269-a5c50f165b06@mq.edu.au> Dear colleagues, We are delighted to welcome registrations for X-Sensing 2019: a cross-disciplinary conference on machine learning and scientific analytics. https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/9XygCxnMRvtljqDQf8vgI3?domain=x-sensing.net The conference will now take place during 25 - 29 November 2019 in Coffs Harbour, NSW. We pushed the original dates back from September to take full advantage of exciting developments with our generous sponsors: Fujitsu Australia, NVIDIA Australia, The NSW Office of the Chief Scientist and Engineer, CSIRO, Nearmap, Sphere Drones, Southern Cross University and Macquarie University. The conference comes in two parts (see below) and participants are invited for either or both parts. We have a limited number of places available and expect to hit this limit, so please register early to ensure your attendance is guaranteed. Registrations received after we reach the limit will be put onto a wait list. What is the X-Sensing Conference? The 'cross-sensing' conference aims to unite scientists from diverse fields with industry professionals and experts in artificial intelligence. The week-long meeting is divided into two parts: a 2-day training workshop and a 3-day cross-disciplinary conference, centred on a hack day. The training workshop (Monday and Tuesday) will host tutorials in data-science methods and machine learning. We will be covering a number of topics (listed on the website) at an intermediate level, using Python. The cross-disciplinary conference (Wednesday - Friday) will host invited speakers and participant talks, but is largely focused on a hack-day designed to bootstrap cross-disciplinary projects. On the hack day, you will have access to: * Experts from industry and academia in machine learning, statistics, data-science, drones, satellites, aerial imaging and advanced sensors. * On-site computing resources, including NVIDIA DGX GPU clusters for training machine-learning models. * Edge computing hardware, including Raspberry Pis. * A range of sensors and cameras. * 3D printers for creating custom parts. * Some drones - large and small. * Selected GIS data and 3D aerial imagery from Nearmap. Who is the conference for? The conference is for data-focused scientists working in a wide variety of fields: astronomy, biology, linguistics, ecology, archaeology, geology, geography, medical imaging, sensors and many others. All these fields face similar 'big data' challenges. The training workshop aims to teach data-science and machine learning techniques. The conference aims to be a cross-disciplinary research accelerator, seeding exciting new science projects. Why should you come to this conference? You should definitely come to this conference if: * You want to learn how to incorporate machine-learning into your research. * You are interested in starting a cross-disciplinary project. * You are a creative thinker and want to be inspired by research in other fields. * You are considering a career in industry and want to build your network. * You want to spend time in a creative environment to spark ideas. Each field brings unique perspectives so opportunities for cross-pollination will result in advances in new directions and greater efficiency to solve current problems. The conference will help build a dynamic community of industry-connected scientists with the skills to leverage the power of artificial intelligence. Invited Speakers We are lining up fantastic speakers to inspire you help you achieve your hack-day goals. * Dr Michael Bewley - Senior Director of AI Systems at Nearmap * Dr Ilana Feain - Scientific Commercialisation Specialist at CSIRO * Associate Professor Shawn Ross - Director of e-Research at Macquarie University Travel Support and Child Care Limited funds are available to support travel to the conference as well as to offer child care support for conference attendees. Please email organisers at x-sensing.net with a short justification of your request for support. Preference will be given to students attending the conference. Best regards, Cormac Purcell On behalf of the X-Sensing organising committee. -- ------------------------------------------- Dr Cormac Purcell Lecturer in Radio Astronomy Department of Physics and Astronomy Faculty of Science and Engineering Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia Web: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/-RLOCyoNVrc13mKyfMWdw_?domain=cormacpurcell.net E-mail: cormac.purcell at mq.edu.au Tel: +61 (0)2 9850 8904 ------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you wish to apply for the position, please email applications at astronomyaustralia.org.au with a maximum three page application with: A covering letter outlining your relevant expertise and addressing the selection criteria A brief CV Any relevant conflicts of interest Applications close at 5pm AWST on Friday the 20th of September. ______________________________________________ Dr James Murray Senior Program Manager Astronomy Australia Ltd T: 03 9214 8426 M: 0409703929 F: 03 9214 4396 E: james.murray at astronomyaustralia.org.au W: astronomyaustralia.org.au P: P.O. Box 2100 Hawthorn VIC 3122 My normal work days are Monday to Thursday 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... 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Your input will help us to have a targeted discussion around the issues that are important to you. We?d like to encourage you to take the survey. Key dates * 29 September: Abstract deadline * 21 October: Program released * 8 November: AusSRC workshop Venue Where: Canberra, ACT Venue: Mt Stromlo Observatory 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 workshop will follow the OzSKA meeting, and we encourage participation of both events. 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/jrOUCK1qJZto7qOgc2_ggX?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... 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This project is designed to help build and support the broader TESS community, and we welcome applications from people both inside and outside the TESS project with broad scientific interests. There is more information about the meeting on the website at https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/HA8NCyoNVrc1q5QYsZYXXt?domain=tess.ninja. We can comfortably accommodate 40 participants. If you are interested in attending, please apply using the link on the website before 20 October, 2019; invitations will be sent out shortly thereafter. Please feel free to contact the SOC Chair if you have any questions. We hope to see you in Sydney! SOC Chair: Simon J. Murphy (Univ. of Sydney) simon.murphy at sydney.edu.au ????????????????????????? "The standard you walk past is the standard you accept? ????????????????????????? ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR JOHN O?BYRNE Associate Dean (Student Life), Faculty of Science Secretary, Astronomical Society of Australia Inc. Sydney Institute for Astronomy School of Physics | Faculty of Science THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Rm 205, Physics Building A28 Postal address: School of Physics | The University of Sydney | NSW | Australia | 2006 T +61 2 9351 3184 | F +61 2 9351 7726 E john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au | W http://sydney.edu.au/science/people/john.obyrne CRICOS 00026A This email plus any attachments to it are confidential. Any unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please delete it and any attachments. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Philip.Edwards at csiro.au Thu Sep 12 11:02:23 2019 From: Philip.Edwards at csiro.au (Edwards, Phil (CASS, Marsfield)) Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 01:02:23 +0000 Subject: [ASA] OzSKA 2019 registration open In-Reply-To: References: , , Message-ID: OzSKA 2019 Workshop Registration is now open for the 4th OzSKA Workshop, which will be held on Wed 6th and Thurs 7th November 2019 at Mt Stromlo. The aim of OzSKA is to provide updated information to the Australian astronomical community about recent progress within the SKA project and SKA pathfinders and precursors. The programme will include a number of invited talks, but a significant portion of the program will be devoted to contributed talks and discussion -- contributions from Early Career Researchers are particularly encouraged. The deadline for registrations and abstract submissions is Wed Oct 2nd. More details are available from the workshop webpage https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/FFPzC2xZYvCY3VJQunLwg9?domain=atnf.csiro.au Two other meetings are taking place in Canberra in the same week, which may be of interest to attendees. The Australasian Leadership Computing Symposium runs from November 5th to 8th, with a parallel session focussed on astronomy on Thursday 7th and Friday 8th. And the 2019 AusSRC workshop will be held on Friday November 8th, to discuss the progress towards developing a vision for a global network of SRCs and the future Australian SRC. A specific focus of the AusSRC workshop will be on data and processing in the surveys with the Australian SKA precursors ? ASKAP and MWA. Links to the webpages for these meetings are available from the OzSKA webpage. Regards, OzSKA Workshop SOC Phil Edwards, Virginia Kilborn, Tara Murphy, Ivy Wong -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The full advertisement and instructions on how to apply are available at this link http://external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/503316?lApplicationSubSourceID The application deadline is October 24th, 2019. I would greatly appreciate if you could bring this to the attention of potential applicants. Thanks and best regards, Luca -- Dr. Luca Cortese ARC Future Fellow Senior Research Fellow International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research ICRAR-M468 University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA 6009 Australia +61(0)8 6488 3663 luca.cortese at uwa.edu.au https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/tXk6Cvl0PoC9gNZOhQYk-w?domain=corteseluca.wordpress.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From matthew.colless at anu.edu.au Fri Sep 13 06:05:50 2019 From: matthew.colless at anu.edu.au (Matthew Colless) Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 20:05:50 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Fwd: IAU PhD Prize 2019 - reminder of the deadline for applications In-Reply-To: <20190912144954.145.66006@iau> References: <20190912144954.145.66006@iau> Message-ID: <1DC72D7F-BFF6-4E42-BB1C-F1CD75BE1F88@anu.edu.au> Please circulate. Professor Matthew Colless > Director, Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia Work: +61-2-6125-0266 Mobile:+61-431-898-345 Begin forwarded message: From: IAU General Secretary > Date: 13 September 2019 at 00:49:54 AEST To: > Subject: IAU PhD Prize 2019 - reminder of the deadline for applications Reply-To: > Dear Colleague, As you know the IAU has created in 2016 a new prize - the IAU PhD Prize. Each IAU Division has, once a year, the opportunity to award its own prize to the candidate it feels has carried out the most remarkable work in the previous year (i.e. a PhD Thesis which has been defended between the 16 December in the previous year, and 15 December this year). The IAU PhD Prize is open to candidates from any country, regardless of whether the country has an IAU National Membership. The objective is to recognise outstanding scientific achievement in astrophysics around the world even at that early stage in the career. I would like to count on you in alerting potential candidates, in your country or institution, for this opportunity since the deadline for applications for the 2019 IAU PhD Prize will be 15th December 2019. The application form is available here: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/uq_bCK1qJZtoY4wVUMQOQ8?domain=iau.org. The conditions and details for the application are available in the IAU webpage https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/4msaCL7rK8tWgQO6fqQEgN?domain=iau.org. I thank you in advance. Best regards, Teresa ********************* Prof. Teresa Lago IAU General Secretary 98bis, bd Arago, F-75014 Paris Tel. +33 (0)1 43 25 83 58 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christian.reichardt at unimelb.edu.au Sat Sep 14 20:03:07 2019 From: christian.reichardt at unimelb.edu.au (Christian Reichardt) Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 20:03:07 +1000 Subject: [ASA] ECR Application/Proposal reviews Message-ID: <74545559-07FC-492D-93F3-4496C25810FD@unimelb.edu.au> Dear colleagues, The ASA Early Career Researcher Chapter is pleased to announce a new program that we hope will be a positive contribution to the success of ECRs in their job applications or proposals. Writing is an iterative process, and one crucial avenue for improvement is getting external, high-quality perspective on the content. We hope this scheme will provide such a mechanism. We are seeking two groups: (1) ECRs who would value feedback; and (2) academics who have the time to read and constructively comment on 1-3 pages in the second half of October or early November. Please respond to this survey: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/hRK-CROAQot6YxA6F9ooi9?domain=surveymonkey.com if you desire feedback, or are willing to provide feedback. We plan to match pairs in the first week of October. Cheers, -Christian PS: We plan to repeat this process early next year for the DECRA round.