From krzysztof.bolejko at utas.edu.au Mon Dec 7 11:19:27 2020 From: krzysztof.bolejko at utas.edu.au (Krzysztof Bolejko) Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2020 00:19:27 +0000 Subject: [ASA] ASA Prizes open for nomination - CLOSING DATE 15th February, 2021 Message-ID: Nominations are now open for the following ASA prizes: * Bok Prize for outstanding research in astronomy by an Honours or eligible Masters student, * Charlene Heisler Prize for the most outstanding PhD thesis in astronomy or closely related field, * Louise Webster Prize for outstanding research by a scientist early in their post-doctoral career, * Anne Green Prize for a significant advance or accomplishment by a mid-career scientist, * David Allen Prize for the best contribution, or series of contributions which portrays an astronomical theme in an exciting and educative way. CLOSING DATE for all prizes is Monday 15th February 2021. The ASA is strongly committed to improving the representation and status of women in astronomy. The Society expects that female candidates should comprise at least 25% of the nominations for each prize and acknowledges the support of institutions for helping to achieve this goal. The fraction of female candidates nominated for each prize across the previous years is included below. Bok Prize - Closing Date: Monday 15th February 2021 For most outstanding Honours/Masters thesis in astronomy or a closely related field. Eligible Masters students are those who have entered their Masters degree directly from a 3 year undergraduate degree (without undertaking an Honours year). All degree requirements must have been completed in 2020. A maximum of 2 nominations can be submitted by an Australian university and nominations must be endorsed by the Head of Department and submitted by the candidate?s supervisor. Percentage of female nominations in previous years: 38% (2020), 62% (2019), 0% (2018), 29% (2017), 50% (2016), 83% (2015), 50% (2014) Please follow the nomination guidelines at: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/_JTOC4QOPEiOR6o3HOpoHU?domain=asa.astronomy.org.au Charlene Heisler Prize - Closing Date: Monday 15th February 2021 For most outstanding PhD thesis in astronomy or a closely related field. The PhD thesis must have been accepted (but not necessarily conferred) by an Australian university during 2020. A maximum of 2 nominations can be submitted by an Australian university and nominations must be endorsed by the Head of Department and submitted by the candidate?s supervisor. Percentage of female nominations in previous years: 45% (2020), 38% (2019), 44% (2018), 43% (2017), 25% (2016), 40% (2015), 33% (2014) Please follow the nomination guidelines at: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/jPULC5QPXJi7wRv4iOauIS?domain=asa.astronomy.org.au Louise Webster Prize - Closing Date: Monday 15th February 2021 For outstanding research by a scientist early in their post-doctoral career, based on the scientific impact of a single research paper (within astronomy or a closely related field), which has the applicant as first author. The applicant is required to have been an ASA member for at least two years prior to nomination for the award and have had their PhD conferred within five years prior to the nomination deadline (acceptable leaves of absence from active research will be taken into consideration when determining eligibility). Percentage of female nominations in previous years: 50% (2020), 50% (2019), 100% (2018), 0% (2017), 0% (2016), 100% (2015), 33% (2014) Please follow the nomination guidelines at: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/nFNxC6XQ4LfvZMD8Im3Jsz?domain=asa.astronomy.org.au Anne Green Prize - Closing Date: Monday 15th February 2021 For a significant advance or accomplishment by a mid-career scientist, based on a nominated body of work that supports the scientific accomplishment and the subsequent impact of the research (within astronomy or a closely related field). The nominated body of work must have been published in refereed scientific journals, appearing in final published form within 5 years prior to the nomination deadline. The applicant is required to have been an ASA member for at least two years prior to nomination for the award and have had their PhD conferred 5 to 15 years prior to the nomination deadline (acceptable leaves of absence from active research will be taken into consideration when determining eligibility). Percentage of female nominations in previous years: 40% (2020), 40% (2019), 50% (2018) Please follow the nomination guidelines at: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/n3EZC71R2NTKnyqofNJRC3?domain=asa.astronomy.org.au David Allen Prize - Closing Date: Monday 15th February 2021 For the best contribution, or series of contributions which portrays an astronomical theme in an exciting and educative way. The scope of the activity can be quite broad such as public presentations, popular writing, sustained media and outreach events, on-line activities and/or any innovative and creative activity that achieves astronomy outreach. The activity must have been undertaken in Australia, by an Australian citizen or permanent resident or an Australian institution, and have been published, performed or have occurred within three (3) years prior to the closing date of entries. Previous winners of the David Allen Prize are ineligible for nomination. Please follow the nomination guidelines at: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/bU44C81V0PT0BQrLio8Zic?domain=asa.astronomy.org.au Submissions should be emailed to the ASA Prizes and Awards Coordinator, Krzysztof Bolejko: krzysztof.bolejko at utas.edu.au Kind regards, Krzysztof Bolejko -- Krzysztof Bolejko Senior Lecturer in Physics School of Natural Sciences | College of Sciences and Engineering University of Tasmania Private Bag 37 Hobart TAS 7001 +61 3 6226 2234 utas.edu.au [Electronic Signature] CRICOS 00586B [cid:3f81b06d-7aa2-4a33-a20d-546d7e7ade8a] University of Tasmania Electronic Communications Policy (December, 2014). 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Following that will be short presentations about work that Australian researchers and their groups are currently involved in that relate to the LSST, the various LSST Science Collaborations, or that in some way will help add value to our LSST engagement. Workshop program Time (AEDT) Time (AWST) Speaker Title 12:00 09:00 Stuart Ryder (AAL) Welcome & housekeeping 12:05 09:05 Sarah Brough (UNSW) Australia & LSST Update 12:20 09:20 Yuan-Sen Ting (Princeton/ANU) Weak lensing & cosmology with LSST 12:35 09:35 Rachel Webster (U. Melbourne) Microlensing Quasars 12:50 09:50 Tara Murphy (U. Sydney) Radio transients in the LSST era 13:05 10:05 Karl Glazebrook (Swinburne) Strong lensing with LSST 13:20 10:20 Ilya Mandel (Monash) LSST transient observations as probes of binary evolution 13:35 10:35 Timothy Holt (USQ) Using Astrocladistics to analyse LSST Solar system objects 13:50 10:50 Break 14:00 11:00 Amanda Karakas (Monash) Theoretical rates of white-dwarf transients 14:15 11:15 Daniel Zucker (Macquarie) Stellar Streams in the Halo of the Milky Way 14:30 11:30 Krzysztof Bolejko (U. Tasmania) Studying dark matter with cosmic voids 14:45 11:45 Cristina Martinez-Lombilla (UNSW) Unveiling the diffuse light in galaxy groups with Hyper Suprime-Cam 15:00 12:00 Luca Casagrande (ANU) Photometric stellar parameters and stellar populations with LSST filters 15:15 12:15 Sarah Brough (UNSW) Workshop summary and plans for 2021 15:20 12:20 Workshop ends For details on how to join the meeting, please see the workshop web page. ______________________________ Dr. Stuart Ryder Program Manager (Mon, Wed, Fri) Astronomy Australia Ltd. T: +61 (02) 9372 4843 M: +61 (0419) 970834 E: stuart.ryder at astronomyaustralia.org.au W: www.astronomyaustralia.org.au O: c/o AAO, 105 Delhi Rd, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia [aal_logo_notext] 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... 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URL: From vkilborn at swin.edu.au Thu Dec 10 16:32:04 2020 From: vkilborn at swin.edu.au (Virginia Kilborn) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 05:32:04 +0000 Subject: [ASA] IAU OAE National Astronomy Education Coordinator (NAEC) team - Australia Message-ID: Dear ASA members, It's with great pleasure we announce the members of the inaugural IAU National Astronomy Education Coordinator team: *Dr Rob Hollow, CSIRO *Dr Jackie Bondell, Swinburne University of Technology/OzGrav *Matt Dodds, ANU These three educators have a breadth of experience in astronomy education, spanning K-12, university and astronomy outreach, and were selected from a very strong field of applicants following the call for EoI submissions earlier in the year. Congratulations Rob, Jackie and Matt on taking on this new role working with the IAU! Cheers, Virginia, on behalf of the National Committee for Astronomy Prof. Virginia Kilborn Dean | School of Science | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology Swinburne University of Technology | Hawthorn VIC 3122 AUSTRALIA T: +61 3 9214 4380 | E: vkilborn at swin.edu.au | www: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Wj7DCmO5glu34vvLIGoO6q?domain=bit.ly Executive Assistant to the Dean T: +61 3 9214 8504 CRICOS number 00111D I respectfully acknowledge the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation and pay respect to their Elders past, present and emerging who are the Traditional Custodians of the land on which Swinburne?s campuses are located. I also acknowledge all Aboriginal and Torres Strait nations across Australia, their Elders, Ancestors, cultures and heritage [cid:image001.jpg at 01D6CF08.73A305C0] Proud supporter of the WATTLE Women in Leadership Program -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: