From robert.shen at astronomyaustralia.org.au Mon Jun 1 12:19:39 2020 From: robert.shen at astronomyaustralia.org.au (Robert Shen) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2020 12:19:39 +1000 Subject: [ASA] =?utf-8?q?ASTAC_Large_Program_=E2=80=93_Call_for_Proposals?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: [image: A picture containing drawing Description automatically generated] *Call for Proposals to the AAL Supercomputer Time Allocation Committee (ASTAC) Large Program * *Applications close Friday 31 July 2020, 5 PM AWST. Late applications will not be accepted.* Astronomy Australia Limited (AAL) has purchased 20 million service units (MSU) per year (over the next two years) on Gadi, the new Fujitsu system at the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI). AAL is inviting proposals from the Australian astronomical community for use of this time. A competitive review process will be overseen by the AAL Supercomputer Time Allocation Committee (ASTAC). This is the first of two calls for supercomputing time proposals (AAL will issue a second call in 2021). Please see the attached PDF for more detail. *Please note: The minimum request for this call will be 4 MSU, and all projects that are awarded time are expected to be able to use at least 240 cores (5 Gadi nodes) in parallel.* If you wish to apply, please do so via the online proposal submission portal: *https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/r-t_CoV1kpfpxjp9H1SK_Q?domain=tac.adacs.org.au Should you have any enquiries regarding this Call for Proposals, please contact: - *Dr Robert Shen*, AAL Senior Program Manager, robert.shen at astronomyaustralia.org.au, +61 450 649 457 - *Prof. Mark Krumholz, *Chair of ASTAC, ANU, mark.krumholz at anu.edu.au, +61 2 6125 8033 *Applications close on Friday 31 July 2020, 5 PM AWST. Late applications will not be accepted.* Many thanks, Robert ______________________________________________ Dr Robert (Xiaobin) Shen Senior Program Manager, Astronomy Australia Ltd. M: 0450 649 457 *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.png Type: image/png Size: 12136 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Large Program_ASTAC CALL_1_2020.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 427350 bytes Desc: not available URL: From Cathryn.Trott at curtin.edu.au Tue Jun 2 14:01:23 2020 From: Cathryn.Trott at curtin.edu.au (Cathryn Trott) Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2020 04:01:23 +0000 Subject: [ASA] ASA 2020 Prizes announcement Message-ID: Dear ASA members, ? The ASA is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 ASA Awards. The prize winners will be presenting their research at the ASA Scientific Meeting, which this year will be conducted online. ? Bok Prize for outstanding research in astronomy by an Honours or eligible Masters student Awarded to James Beattie. James completed his honours research at Australian National University supervised by Christoph Federrath. His Honours project was related to magnetohydrodynamical simulations of molecular clouds. Apart from the main Prize, two Honorary Mentions were given to Sarah Caddy from Macquarie University and to Kirsten Banks from the University of New South Wales. Charlene Heisler Prize for the most outstanding PhD thesis in astronomy Awarded to Hayley Macpherson for her Thesis ?Inhomogeneous cosmology in an anisotropic Universe? completed at Monash University and supervised by Daniel Price and Paul Lasky. The Honorary Mention was given to Colin Jacobs from Swinburne University of Technology. Louise Webster Prize for outstanding research by a scientist early in their post-doctoral career Awarded to Katie Auchettl from the University of Melbourne for her paper ?New Physical Insights about Tidal Disruption Events from a Comprehensive Observational Inventory at X-Ray Wavelengths? (2017, ApJ, 838:149). Anne Green Prize for a significant advance or accomplishment by a mid-career scientist Awarded to JJ Eldridge from University of Auckland for work on Binary Population and Spectral Synthesis, BPASS code, which has been important, high-impact code applicable in diverse fields of research from high-redshift galaxies and reionisation to nearby galaxies and stellar evolution. Congratulations to all our prize winners and nominees. The entries received for the prizes continue to be of a very high standard and a credit to their institutions. Many thanks to all our judges for devoting a considerable amount of their time to evaluate all nominations. ? 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 tamarad at physics.uq.edu.au Wed Jun 3 09:36:39 2020 From: tamarad at physics.uq.edu.au (Tamara Davis) Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2020 23:36:39 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Second OzDES data release now available Message-ID: Dear ASA, We?re pleased to announce the second data release from the Australian Dark Energy Survey (OzDES). This data release contains the complete redshift catalogue and all spectra from the full six years of OzDES observing. Unlike many spectroscopic surveys, OzDES focused on repeated observations of a small number of fields, enabling deep and/or time-lapse spectra. Over 2013-2019 we repeatedly observed the 10 Dark Energy Survey deep fields on the AAT with 2dF and AAOmega. The final data release contains over 300,000 spectra, with a catalogue of ~30,000 redshifts for objects as faint as 24th magnitude and redshifts up to z~4.5. Amongst these are thousands of supernova host galaxy spectra as well as spectral time sequences of almost 800 Active Galactic Nuclei. The paper describing the survey and data release is here (Lidman et al. accepted to MNRAS): https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/xawyCvl1rKi0n5Z3CQMbFN?domain=arxiv.org The data are available on Data Central, see the documentation here: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/A6UECwV1vMfZEmnWCq_aTU?domain=docs.datacentral.org.au For more details about OzDES see our website: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/HT2BCxngwOfq5Vj3sYMDD8?domain=mso.anu.edu.au Enormous thanks to the amazing staff at the Anglo-Australian Telescope who made these observations possible, and to Data Central for hosting the data. Best regards, Tamara Davis on behalf of the OzDES team :: Professor Tamara Davis :: School of Mathematics and Physics :: The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia :: tamarad at physics.uq.edu.au :: @tamarastro -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cormac.purcell at mq.edu.au Wed Jun 3 09:50:02 2020 From: cormac.purcell at mq.edu.au (Cormac Purcell) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2020 09:50:02 +1000 Subject: [ASA] Paid bushfire and ML research opportunity - deadline extended Message-ID: <923558e8-5c7c-0e2e-d2dc-10572d169074@mq.edu.au> Dear colleagues, Applications for the /Bushfire Data Quest/ (7-14 August 2020) have been *extended until Monday June 8th* and the program is now *accepting individual applicants*. Are you a PhD student or postdoc with skills in data science, machine learning, Earth-observations, bushfire science or a similar field? If so, *we need you* to help *solve key problems in bushfire remediation* for Australia and New Zealand. *Apply now at **https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/WTqmC3QNPBiYgEJ8UgN-Dv?domain=fdlausnz.org. The application process is short, so please apply now to be considered early./ The /Bushfire Data Quest/ is an *online research accelerator program* that brings together small interdisciplinary teams for a week of intensive research. Teams will be? supported by world-class researchers, dedicated compute resources and an international faculty of experts from the /Frontier Development Lab/ community (https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/j40dC4QOPEiA2vQjixlOKd?domain=fdl.ai). Individual participants will be *paid a stipend of $1,000 AUD* and will benefit from the program via: * The opportunity to work on an exciting challenge with /real-world impact/. * Access to cutting-edge tools, technology and datasets from program partners. * Membership of a global community dedicated to the application of space data and machine learning///for the good of all humankind/. * Fast track to career-enhancing work output and results. * Route to career opportunities in partner organisations from the academic, commercial and public sectors. More information about the program can be found on the website at https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/XyuoC5QPXJiYPDQnUyGWxT?domain=fdlausnz.org. Best regards, Cormac Purcell On behalf of the Data Quest 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/-fJFC6XQ4Lfl6BA3h50IMo?domain=cormacpurcell.net E-mail: cormac.purcell at mq.edu.au Tel: +61 (0)424-230-080 ------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nuria.lorente at mq.edu.au Wed Jun 3 16:30:22 2020 From: nuria.lorente at mq.edu.au (Nuria Lorente) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2020 06:30:22 +0000 Subject: [ASA] AAO Astronomical Instrumentation Software Engineer position Message-ID: Dear colleagues, AAO-Macquarie University is currently advertising for a software engineer with experience in astronomical instrumentation to join the Research Data & Software group of AAO-MQ. The person in this position will contribute expert and specialised technical and software engineering experience to the delivery of instrumentation projects. Macquarie University is the new home for the instrumentation group of the former Australian Astronomical Observatory. Over decades, this Sydney-based group has established an enviable reputation for its astronomical instrumentation across optical, mechanical and electronic engineering, software (instrument and telescope control, and pipeline development) and full lifecycle data management. The AAO-Macquarie group has a long-standing commitment to advancing equity and diversity principles. We hold silver status in the ASA Pleiades awards, a SAGE Athena Swan Bronze award, and are committed to continual improvement in these principles. Candidates will have completed a bachelor's degree or higher in software engineering, computer science, or information technology, or in an engineering, physics, or astronomy related discipline with relevant experience and training in software engineering. We are seeking a team player with significant years of experience in designing and implementing software solutions in C/C++ and Python. They have strong verbal and written communication skills, and are highly organised in planning and prioritising work to meet demanding deadlines. For further information and to apply for the position please go to https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/bWjcCYW8NocoMNK6f0nb4p?domain=jobs.mq.edu.au Specific Role Enquiries: Dr Katrina Sealey, Head of AAO Research Data and Software (katrina.sealey at mq.edu.au) General Recruitment Enquiries: Anne Kumanan, HR Officer (anne.kumanan at mq.edu.au) Please feel free to forward this on to colleagues who may be interested. Many thanks, Nuria. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Nuria P. F. Lorente Software Group Lead Research Data and Software AAO - MQ Faculty of Science & Engineering Macquarie University e: nuria.lorente at mq.edu.au t: +61 2 9372 4897 w: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/p8ElCZY1NqinlD1ofj1yPT?domain=aao.gov.au ------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alex.codoreanu at gmail.com Thu Jun 4 13:27:04 2020 From: alex.codoreanu at gmail.com (alex codoreanu) Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2020 13:27:04 +1000 Subject: [ASA] GWDC user survey Message-ID: Hello ASA, Could you please forward the following to all ASA members on behalf of Swinburne's Gravitational Wave Data Centre: Hi All, The Gravitational Wave Data Centre (GWDC) was officially established in August 2019. It is funded from the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) with support from Astronomy Australia Limited (AAL). The GWDC is hosted at Swinburne University of Technology alongside the Swinburne node of the Astronomy Data and Computing Services (ADACS) team that has been providing a generalised data and computing service to the national astronomy community from early 2017. The primary aims of the GWDC are to provide the infrastructure, training and support to enable gravitational wave researchers nationally to lead the discovery of events from the latest data on an international scale and to maximise the scientific impact of these discoveries. Data coverage includes the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (aLIGO) and Virgo detectors, pulsar timing data from the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) and precursor facilities, as well as any related simulation data. The GWDC has been operating for nearly a year now - we started in 2019 and became fully staffed in March 2020 - so we would like to seek feedback from you on how the GWDC has done to date and what it should focus on in the future. Our primary target audience is obviously the gravitational wave research community. However, we would welcome input from any astronomer who thinks they may have a need to interact with gravitational wave data and/or researchers in the future. We are interested in responses from those who have already used GWDC services and those who have not as yet. Please take the time to complete the survey which you can find here . We expect it will take about 10 minutes of your time. The survey closes Wednesday June 17th. Please use gwdc-survey at adacs.org.au if you have any queries related to the survey or encounter a technical issue. Thanks for your help. The GWDC team. 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URL: From amanda.karakas at monash.edu Fri Jun 5 17:24:58 2020 From: amanda.karakas at monash.edu (Amanda Karakas) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2020 17:24:58 +1000 Subject: [ASA] Fwd: MIAPP program on Stellar Astrophysics 2021: registration open In-Reply-To: <2F78BDD9-A71A-44AF-90D9-9DCB10570601@mpia-hd.mpg.de> References: <2F78BDD9-A71A-44AF-90D9-9DCB10570601@mpia-hd.mpg.de> Message-ID: Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the forthcoming program *Stellar astrophysics in the era of Gaia, spectroscopic, and asteroseismic surveys* https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/RxKpCOMKzVTrWQ9QHEw1V5?domain=munich-iapp.de to be held at MIAPP (Munich Institute for Astro and Particle Physics) from 31 May to 25 June 2021 The program will bring together experts on different aspects of stellar astrophysics: radiative transfer and spectroscopy, stellar structure and evolution, fundamental stellar parameters, asteroseismology, interferometry, multiplicity, hydrodynamics and stellar atmospheres, and, of course, modern observational facilities and surveys, such as Gaia, GALAH, 4MOST, SDSS, among others. The detailed science case and some information about MIAPP are appended below. The registration form and further information can be found at https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/chpNCP7LAXfApVrVh0Y_yw?domain=intern.universe-cluster.de Please note that the registration deadline is *August 31, 2020* and that MIAPP requires attendance for at least two weeks. MIAPP provides financial support to cover part of the local expenses for all external participants. Additional support for families and for graduate students is available, the details are can be found on the MIAPP webpage. **Covid-19:* We are aware of the difficult situation around the globe and we continue monitoring the developments. As it stands now, there is a high likelihood that our workshop will place take as planned, yet clearly with necessary safety measures and special provisions in compliance with governmental regulations.We understand that for many of you, it is currently difficult to plan far ahead. However, at this stage, only registrations are needed and they are not binding (although we would like to kindly ask you to register if you are seriously interested to attend the workshop). If you have been invited, you can take the following measures to minimize the risk: Take preference for flexible arrangements and options (flights, trains, accommodation), consider travel insurance with a serious provider to minimize risk and deposit loss, prepare a contingency plan for the travel, and stay informed to keep aware of the travel restrictions. We are, of course, happy to advise you should you have any questions or concerns on this or any other matter! Please forward this email to anyone who might be interested to participate in the meeting. Best regards, Amanda, Dan, Maria, Saskia, and Rolf *********************************************************************************************** MIAPP Scientific Program 2021 Stellar astrophysics in the era of Gaia, spectroscopic, and asteroseismic surveys https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/RxKpCOMKzVTrWQ9QHEw1V5?domain=munich-iapp.de When: 31.05.2021 - 25.06.2021 Where: Excellence Cluster Origins / MIAPP Garching, Germany Organisers: Maria Bergemann, Daniel Huber, Saskia Hekker, Amanda Karakas, Rolf Kudritzki Science case: This MIAPP program will focus on theoretical and observational challenges in the broad area of Stellar Astrophysics. Over the past decade, the astronomical community has invested enormous efforts to exploit major ground- and space-based facilities. The advent of stellar spectroscopic surveys, such as Gaia-ESO, GALAH, and APOGEE, paved the way for the large-scale analysis of the chemical compositions of millions of stars. Time-domain photometry missions, such as CoRoT, Kepler, and TESS, allowed detailed characterization of the interior structure of stars by asteroseismic techniques. Interferometric observations with VLTI and CHARA provide new information about stellar diameters and the circumstellar environment. With Gaia, stellar luminosities and radii of millions of stars can now be derived. The upcoming facilities and surveys, such as SDSS-V, 4MOST, PLATO, LSST, and JWST will revolutionize the field with unique time-domain information, and an increase in sample size by orders of magnitude. The main challenge is to combine the large amount of high-quality observations into a general coherent picture of the fundamental parameters of stars and to position them within the context of theoretical stellar structure and stellar evolution. The MIAPP program will assess the state-of-the-art in the field and develop concepts for new strategies and models to move towards the percent-level precision and accuracy in diagnostics of stellar structure. The program will bring together specialists in stellar astrophysics, theorists as well as observers, who work on related and complementary aspects of stellar physics. In particular, we will focus on the following questions: ? What are the key unknowns in our understanding of stellar structure and evolution? ? How do we combine the information from various types of surveys (asteroseismic, spectroscopic, interferometric, astrometric) to learn about stellar physics? ? How accurately and precisely can we determine fundamental stellar parameters? ? Can we reduce our dependence on calibrations to observations, to make stellar models more predictive? ? What new theoretical approaches could be used in conjunction with the data to advance stellar modelling? ? What are the key discrete observational tests of theory? This program will open numerous new opportunities for synergies and collaboration, from the knowledge transfer on radiative transfer and hydrodynamics (stellar atmospheres, stellar evolution models), to developing new methods of pattern recognition in observations (spectroscopy, asteroseismology), identifying the ways to implement complex physical processes, such as multi-scale dynamics, into the models, and relating these developments to other astrophysical disciplines, where stellar parameters and stellar models are used. ********************************************************************************************************** General information about MIAPP is available at: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Z1qQCQnMBZf40ZEZhMUwP9?domain=munich-iapp.de There you will also find information on the available support for accommodation and local expenses (EUR 80 per day) and for families with children (extra support of EUR 40 per day). Please note that space for the program is limited (only 45 persons per week). The final decisions on accepted participants will be made after the registration deadline. Please note that the deadline for applying for participation is *August 31, 2020*, which is approaching fast. At this point, we cannot assure funding for late registrations. To facilitate your planning, we would like to make you aware of the following matters: *Minimum stay:* As a strict policy, MIAPP only accepts applications for a participation for at least two weeks of the program. *Participants from Munich:* Please register in the same way, and observe the same deadline and minimum stay policy as described above. MIAPP will assign office space on site to you such that you will be able to fully participate in and benefit from the program. There will, however, be no financial assistance. *Stipends for PhD students:* It is one of the goals of the MIAPP program to strongly involve junior researchers, including excellent and advanced PhD students. For this purpose, there is the opportunity to apply for a stipend that covers travel costs up to EUR 500. Please consult the MIAPP website for further instructions. The workshop will be funded and supported by the Munich Institute for Astro- and Particle Physics. MIAPP is an institution operated by the two Munich universities with funds from the German Science Foundation. MIAAP is an Aspen-like institution and hosts a series of six four-week workshops every year on topics in astrophysics, cosmology, nuclear- and particle physics. *********************************************************************************************** -- A/Prof. Amanda Karakas School of Physics and Astronomy Monash University Victoria 3800 AUSTRALIA Ph: +61 (0)3 9905 4446 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: