From robert.shen at astronomyaustralia.org.au Tue Jul 21 15:43:12 2020 From: robert.shen at astronomyaustralia.org.au (Robert Shen) Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 15:43:12 +1000 Subject: [ASA] ACAMAR Virtual Workshop: Call for Posters Message-ID: Dear All, The ACAMAR6 face-to-face workshop was scheduled from 11-14 February 2020 in China. Unfortunately, it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on the current situation, the ACAMAR Executive Committee discussed and agreed to organize an online Workshop instead. The ACAMAR Virtual Workshop will be held on *3-5 November 2020*. The focus of this workshop will be on Antarctic Astronomy, Radio Astronomy (including ASKAP, MWA, FAST and SKA), Optical Instrumentation, Gravitational Wave and Big Data Technologies. The workshop will also build on the relationships and outcomes of the previous workshops in the series. On behalf of the ACAMAR Virtual Workshop SOC Co-Chairs: Prof. Lister Staveley-Smith (UWA/ICRAR, Australia) and Prof. Ji Yang (PMO, China), I'd like to invite PhD students to submit your research as a poster. ACAMAR sets two awards for this new Poster session: - The Best Poster Award for Australian PhD Student: $500 (AUD) - The Best Poster Award for Chinese PhD Student: ?2500 RMB (~ $500 AUD) If you are interested, please follow this link to register your interest *before 15th August 2020*. Please note: you must submit your poster before 15 October 2020, if accepted. Should you have any questions regarding this, please contact ACAMAR SOC Co-Chairs: - Prof. Lister Staveley-Smith, lister.staveley-smith at uwa.edu.au - Prof. Ji Yang, jiyang at pmo.ac.cn Many thanks, Robert on behalf of ACAMAR Virtual Workshop SOC ______________________________________________ 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: From asa.ecr.chapter at gmail.com Wed Jul 22 13:02:07 2020 From: asa.ecr.chapter at gmail.com (ASA Early Career Researcher Chapter) Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 13:02:07 +1000 Subject: [ASA] Virtual Series on Managing Careers during a Pandemic Message-ID: Dear colleagues, The ASA ECR Chapter is pleased to announce a series of seven virtual talks and panel discussions related to careers in the context of a pandemic. The series begins?on *Wednesday, Aug 5 at 12:30 PM (AEST) *and then repeats weekly on Wednesdays at the same time. Registration is *free* and will stay open until the event is complete. However, please register soon to help us plan the logistics. Further details are available here: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/VD8aCZY1NqiG3JXkTzK7aZ?domain=asa-ecr.org The series will start off with a keynote from A/Prof. Inger Mewburn about the job market for researchers in a pandemic, followed by two panel discussions focussing on mental health, productivity, networking, followed by a series of four panels on the various career pathways available to Astronomy PhDs. Aug 5: Job market for researchers in a pandemic Aug 12: Maintaining mental health and productivity Aug 19: Networking in Isolation Aug 26: Career pathways: Jobs in Academia Sep 2: Career pathways: Jobs in Data-Science Sep 9: Career pathways: Jobs in Bio-informatics & Health fields Sep 16: Career pathways: Jobs in Geoscience & others Please forward this email on departmental mailing lists to reach a wider group of ECRs. If you have any questions or suggestions, please reach out to the ASA ECR Chapter Steering Committee at asa.ecr.chapter at gmail.com. 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If you wish to apply, please do so via the online proposal submission portal: *https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/4knnCMwGxOtlpjWMFwH54o?domain=tac.adacs.org.au * Many thanks, Robert On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 12:19 PM Robert Shen < robert.shen at astronomyaustralia.org.au> wrote: > [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/X5sACNLJyQURYoXDC4R0dC?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: From kirsten.gottschalk at uwa.edu.au Fri Jul 24 10:52:19 2020 From: kirsten.gottschalk at uwa.edu.au (Kirsten Gottschalk) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 00:52:19 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Applications are now open for ICRAR's 2020 Summer Studentship Program Message-ID: <61E53F60-1055-4A6D-84D9-69D60F603A83@uwa.edu.au> Forwarded on behalf of Jess Broderick, ICRAR-Curtin. Please share with relevant networks, thank you! Good afternoon all, We?re searching for talented undergraduate students to join us over summer to work in astronomy (including theory, simulations or observational), radio astronomy engineering, or data intensive astronomy (ICT). Each studentship comes with a $7,600 scholarship and interstate/NZ students also receive airfares and a 50% accommodation subsidy (pandemic dependent). Please encourage your undergraduate students to apply, and share this email far and wide. Applications close on the 21st of August. Studentships are expected to begin on the 23rd of November, and will consist of ten weeks work and a two-week (paid) Christmas break, finishing up on the 12th of February. Dates and timing can be flexible for successful students. More details, including an indicative list of projects and the application form can be found at www.icrar.org/studentships Please also see the attached poster for further information. Public announcements have now been made on social media, if you would like to share those. Thank you! Kind regards, Jess Broderick on behalf of the ICRAR summer studentship coordination team -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Jess Broderick Senior Research Fellow International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (CIRA) Curtin University 1 Turner Avenue, Bentley WA 6102, Australia P: +61 8 9266 3929 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Thank-you to those who provided input. The ASA Council has collated the suggestions, and the Treasurer Yeshe Fenner has formed a base model. Scope of support The fund supports ?research-enabling? activity within the current COVID-affected environment. In all cases, priority is for members for whom their institution does not provide such funding, and justification of all requests is required. We want to ensure that the funds genuinely go to those with the highest needs. Funds are available for the following (not-exhaustive) list of costs: * Payment of online conference fees * Childcare-associated, or daycare, costs while attending conferences and meetings * Support for professional and career development activities ? especially if it is diversifying skills beyond research/astronomy * Other expenditure, demonstrated to be enabling research (justification required). Prioritisation of individuals Students and ECRs (within five years FTE of PhD) will be strongly prioritised. More senior members with a very compelling case may also be considered. Deadline and cycle Initial deadline: Friday August 14, 2020 The first call will be followed by a rolling call for funding support, until the fund is exhausted. Funding level Individual payments, up to $1,500, with the expectation that most requests would be substantially less than this amount. Members can apply in more than one funding round, if funds are available, but the total integrated funding per individual is capped at $1,500. Expenses are those incurred from July 1, 2020 onwards, to allow for reimbursement of recent activities within this financial year. Accessing funds Please fill the online form at https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/slmuCr81nyt9ZoRWI736T_?domain=forms.gle 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 matthew.colless at anu.edu.au Sat Jul 25 07:18:44 2020 From: matthew.colless at anu.edu.au (Matthew Colless) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 21:18:44 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Fwd: ESO Special Announcement In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Begin forwarded message: From: ESO Electronic Newsletter Date: 25 July 2020 at 02:58:31 AEST To: "esoenews at eso.org" Subject: ESO Special Announcement ? View in browser [https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/4VyZCwV1vMfp45g5fq49go?domain=eso.org] European Southern Observatory Special announcement 24 Jul 2020 [https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/ZqiKCyojxQTnQGAGcRHhe7?domain=eso.org] Possible suspension of P107 Call for Proposals 24 Jul 2020: The exceptional global conditions due to the Covid-19 pandemic have deeply affected science operations at ESO observatories, causing an unprecedented backlog of observations for high-priority programmes, including Large Programmes. ESO is studying a variety of measures to complete those programmes at the earliest possible time once operations are resumed, which may require the exceptional suspension of the Call for Proposals for Period 107 (April-October 2021). While the decision is not firm yet, researchers preparing or planning to submit proposals for Period 107 should take into account that such suspension is a real possibility. 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