From James.Green at csiro.au Wed Jan 8 11:47:09 2020 From: James.Green at csiro.au (Green, Jimi (CASS, Kensington WA)) Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 00:47:09 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Four-year Bolton Research Scientist at CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science Message-ID: <212D2E12-779C-4088-B2C9-4B07B9008B08@csiro.au> Dear Colleagues, Applications are invited for the Bolton Fellowship, advertised as a 4 year term Research Scientist position. The Bolton scientist is Australia's longest standing prize fellowship and provides an outstanding opportunity for research in Australia. The Bolton is designed to help scientists nurture strong careers as researchers. Bolton scientists will undertake research and development which will enhance and support the Australian Telescope National Facility (ATNF) observational capabilities. CASS is committed to building a safe and welcoming workplace culture, and to implementing initiatives to improve diversity and equity within our workplace. CSIRO offers a range of flexible working arrangements to support these initiatives. Advertisement and online application can be found here: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/U9PpCP7yOZtjxjzzCzbQav?domain=career10.successfactors.com The application deadline is Monday 10th February 2020, Kind regards, Jimi Dr. Jimi Green Parkes Senior System Scientist, CASS Group Leader CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science james.green at csiro.au | 08 6436 8879 ARRC Building, 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington, WA 6151 CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present. CSIRO Australia?s National Science Agency | csiro.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brent.groves at uwa.edu.au Wed Jan 8 18:48:55 2020 From: brent.groves at uwa.edu.au (Brent Groves) Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 07:48:55 +0000 Subject: [ASA] AAT Community interest in the 4.3m Discovery Channel Telescope at Lowell Message-ID: <1673DF32-64F8-402D-A69C-787B9DA99FE1@uwa.edu.au> Dear Users of the AAT and the ASA community, A potential opportunity has arisen for Australian Astronomers to access the Discovery Channel Telescope at Lowell Observatory for a few nights of time on the AAT. While the details are yet to be discussed, at this stage the AAT Users? Committee would like to gauge community interest in such an exchange. If you are interested in such an exchange or have any strong opinions about the benefits/costs of such an exchange or the number of nights, please email me or any other member of the AATUC, and we will collate all responses and feed them back (anonymously if wished) back to the AAT Council. Information on the DCT and its instruments can be found here: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/DXzmCP7yOZtjYYgxuz0IYf?domain=jumar.lowell.edu Regards Brent (on behalf of the AATUC) * Fuyan Bian (ESO) Jun 2021 * Michelle Cluver (Swinburne) Jun 2022 * Anne Medling (UToledo) Jun 2020 * Nicholas Scott (USyd) Jun 2021 * Jeffrey Simpson (UNSW) Jun 2021 ?????????????????? Brent Groves ICRAR Senior Fellow UWA/ANU 7 Fairway, Crawley WA 6009 Australia +61 (08) 6488 7764 ?????????????????? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Cathryn.Trott at curtin.edu.au Thu Jan 9 18:43:53 2020 From: Cathryn.Trott at curtin.edu.au (Cathryn Trott) Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 07:43:53 +0000 Subject: [ASA] ASA Sustainability Working Group: EoI reminder Message-ID: Dear ASA Members, Welcome to 2020 in Australian astronomy. A reminder that the deadline for Expressions of Interest to join the ASA Sustainability Working Group is Friday January 17. This discussion is particularly relevant in the Australian context right now. We currently have interest from ten ASA members, with a broad representation across geography, membership type and gender. We are interested in having as broad representation as possible, with members from all regions. We currently have interest from the following institutions. We welcome interest from all members, but in particular please consider joining if your institution/region is not listed. Swinburne Curtin Monash AAL CSIRO USQ 1 international Regards, Cathryn Dear ASA Members, Over the past few months, ASA Council has been discussing Australian astronomy's carbon emissions, and explored options to measure, track and reduce our footprint internally within Council, and externally in the broader astronomical community through ASA's activities. This discussion has been prompted by concerns raised with Council from members of the community, and by the discussions within the US and Canadian astronomical Decadal Plans, and activities within Centres of Excellence and the Australian Astronomy Mid-Term Review. At its November meeting, the ASA Council decided to create a Sustainability Working Group, initially Chaired by the ASA President, with a membership formed from interested parties within the community. The ASA Council sees a national role for the Society to provide leadership in this area, and create a forum for the membership to drive initiatives. This is a broad call for expressions of interest to join this Working Group. Its remit will broadly be to discuss and facilitate a reduction in carbon impact for professional Australian astronomy. The specific Terms of Reference for the group will be discussed during its first meeting, which I plan to convene in early February 2020. Note that ASA membership is not a requirement for joining the WG, however activity in, and association with, professional Australian astronomy will be expected. If you are interested in joining this discussion, please contact me via email before Friday January 17, 2020, and provide a short statement outlining your primary reasons for becoming involved. We are seeking people who are willing to contribute their time to make a genuine impact. Kind 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Bob.Eccles at industry.gov.au Fri Jan 10 11:50:22 2020 From: Bob.Eccles at industry.gov.au (Eccles, Bob) Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:50:22 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Positions vacant - SKA Project [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] Message-ID: <52fddc86bbc946fdb9108f6900c249b2@PPAC01EXC006.PROD.PROTECTED.IND> Are you looking for a new challenge in 2020? The SKA Organisation in Manchester, England, is currently advertising 7 positions, including an SKA System Scientist, a scientist to support development of SKA Regional Centres and a Software Quality Engineer. They recruit internationally, so if you're interested, go to https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/3BC5CmOxDQtQKQx1sGwXf5?domain=tinyurl.com. [ska_logo_au] UNCLASSIFIED -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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In particular, for this role we are looking for someone with experience in hardware acceleration, e.g. programming for graphics processing units (GPUs), to work on projects associated with the Gravitational Wave Data Centre (GWDC) based at Swinburne and development work for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). As our new Senior Software Engineer (Astronomy) you will focus on the timely delivery of key infrastructure development projects within radio and gravitational wave astronomy, taking a hands-on approach where necessary and demanding high-quality outcomes. The role includes software engineering and testing, research and development, modelling, code optimisation and preparing documentation. A key project will be prototyping components of the real-time signal processing pipeline for the next-generation SKA radio telescope, validating the design specifications and costing. You will also work closely with researchers in the OzGrav Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery to develop and optimise pipelines for analysing gravitational wave signals. Please go to: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Ee8LCvl0PoCk7xBLUQmXYw?domain=swinjobs.nga.net.au for more details on the position, to access the position description and for information on how to apply. Applications close at 5pm on Thursday 23rd January 2020. This position has an initial contract length of two years. Extensions may be possible depending on future funding. The diverse culture within Swinburne is a source of strength. We have an inclusive working environment with employees from a variety of backgrounds. We acknowledge that diversity in the university workforce increases the effectiveness of teams and our capacity for innovation. We welcome applications from Indigenous people, workers of all ages, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTIQ and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. ADACS and the GWDC are funded under the Astronomy National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) via Astronomy Australia Limited. It would be greatly appreciated if you could bring this to the attention of potential applicants and circulate widely. Best regards, Jarrod Hurley ________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: