From caroline.foster at sydney.edu.au Tue Jan 19 07:49:56 2021 From: caroline.foster at sydney.edu.au (Caroline Foster) Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2021 20:49:56 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Fwd: Announcement regarding the start of the Hypatia Colloquium Series References: Message-ID: Begin forwarded message: From: Stella-Maria Chasiotis-Klingner > Subject: Announcement regarding the start of the Hypatia Colloquium Series Date: 17 January 2021 at 6:57:40 am AEDT To: Giacomo Beccari > Dear ESO Alumni, Please find below an announcement regarding the start of the Hypatia Colloquium Series. We would greatly appreciate it if you circulate this information to anyone who might be interested. Apologies if you receive this more than once. Kind regards, Giacomo Beccari on behalf of the Office for Science, Directorate for Science, ESO ************************************************************************************ ESO is pleased to announce the beginning of the Hypatia Colloquium Series, where early career scientists will have the opportunity of describing their research to a very broad audience. The seminars were selected after a very competitiveprocess following the reception of over 300 proposals by ESO. The detailed programme of the seminars, which are scheduled to take place online on Tuesdays at 3pm (Central European Time), is now available. Each event foresees two 20min talks followed by questions and discussion. The seminars will be live-streamed on the dedicated YouTube page and will remain available on the same channel on a playlist. All astronomers areinvited to remotely attend the talks. The participation to the web events can be done in two ways: **Registered participant**: you can register using the dedicated Registration Form. Registered participants will be able to attend the seminars and interact with the speakers via a Zoom meeting. You can choose to participate in a selection of events or to all. Registered participants will receive instructions on how to connect to the Zoom event 1 hr before the beginning of the talks. The number of registered participants is limited to 100 per event. **YouTube attendees**: everyone can attend the live events on the dedicated YouTube page. All YouTube attendees will be able to make questions during the live event using a dedicated chat. We encourage you to subscribe to the channel to get automatic notifications each time a new live event starts. Please feel free to contact us by sending an email to esohc (at) eso.org. 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Fields (Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois, USA) and Carlos Martins(CAUP, Porto, Portugal) Moderator: Cyril Pitrou (Institut d?Astrophysique de Paris, Paris, France) The duologue will take place on January 26 at 3pm CET. The event will be live-streamed on the dedicated YouTube channel. Started in 2020, the ESO Cosmic Duologue series aim at covering the current state of some of the biggest questions in astronomy in a lively way. For each duologue, ESO invites two speakers, who will present in short, dynamic talks, their side on a challenging scientific topic or related to the sociology of science. The duologue will be streamed live on the dedicated YouTube channel. All astronomers are invited to remotely attend the talks. All attendees will be able to make questions during the live event using a chat. Still,everyone is invited to send already their question(s) using thededicated form. Questioners have the option of staying anonymous. All questions and comments are reviewed by the Moderator of the session and the organisers. Best wishes, Giacomo Beccari and Henri M.J. Boffin (ESO; Organisers) [esoduo2020@eso.org] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From matt.owers at mq.edu.au Tue Jan 19 14:12:42 2021 From: matt.owers at mq.edu.au (Matt Owers) Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 03:12:42 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Australian/eROSITA_DE Joint Collaboration Workshop 2021 Message-ID: Dear colleagues, I would like to draw your attention to the AAL-hosted Australian/eROSITA_DE Joint Collaboration Workshop 2021, which will be held on 15-17th February 2021. Details can be found below and at the workshop website (https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/n6I9CWLVXkUB6QvQf6y60M?domain=astronomyaustralia.org.au). Workshop Details: * The primary aim of this online workshop is to bring together members of the Australian and German eROSITA (eROSITA_DE) communities to discuss the progress of ongoing collaborative projects, as well as to foster ideas for new projects. * In order to allow synchronous participation by both Australian and German parties, the workshop will be run between the hours of 6:30pm and 9pm AEDT (8:30am and 11am CET) from 15-17th February. * This is a free event, held via Zoom, that will include short contributed talks and offer an opportunity for discussions and networking (around 40 minutes at the end of each day) on the "Gather Town" platform. Access details will be provided to participants following registration. Registration and Abstract submission * There is no registration fee to attend the Workshop, however, please indicate your attendance via the following link to our registration page (https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/3dNLCYW8NocxDvPvf9IRM6?domain=eventbrite.com.au). The registration deadline is 5 February 2021. * Participants with existing Australia-eROSITA_DE collaboration projects are strongly encouraged to give a presentation on that work, while we also welcome presentations from participants with ideas for future Australia-eROSITA_DE collaborative projects. * Please submit the expression of interest in presenting at the workshop and provide a topic (and/or) abstract of the presentation by 31 January 2021 using the online form (https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/zTUHCZY1NqiN7wywty_lZl?domain=forms.gle). Late submissions will only be approved for the short (<5 minute) "idea" talks. Enquiries should be directed to Dr Lucyna Chudczer, AAL Program Manager: lucyna.chudczer at astronomyaustralia.org.au. Kind regards, Matt (on behalf of the AAL/eROSITA_DE Management Committee: Miroslav Filipovic, Duncan Galloway, Kirpal Nandra, Thomas Reiprich, Mara Salvato) Matt Owers eROSITA Australian Science Lead Senior Lecturer Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University ph: +61 2 9850 8910 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Cathryn.Trott at curtin.edu.au Wed Jan 20 14:26:03 2021 From: Cathryn.Trott at curtin.edu.au (Cathryn Trott) Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 03:26:03 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Science meets Parliament 2021 Scholarships | Applications Now Open In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear ASA Members, As a member of Science and Technology Australia, the ASA sends a small number of members each year to Science Meets Parliament. In addition to these, STA is offering 8 further scholarships for this year's virtual SmP, for which you are eligible as ASA members. Please see the email below for details. 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 ________________________________ From: Science & Technology Australia Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 10:50 AM To: Cathryn Trott Subject: Science meets Parliament 2021 Scholarships | Applications Now Open [https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/JfEDCROND2uLREngt9MtTk?domain=mcusercontent.com] Dear Cathryn, We are excited to announce that Science & Technology Australia is offering eight scholarships to the 21st anniversary Science meets Parliament, to be held virtually from 2 March to 1 April 2021. Two Scholarships are open to STEM practitioners in each of the following categories: * Indigenous STEM Scholarships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; * STEM Pride Scholarships for members of the LGBTQI community; * Regional STEM Scholarships for STEM practitioners who work in remote or regional Australia (greater than 150 kilometres from a major capital city); * Technology Scholarships for STEM practitioners working in the technologically based areas of engineering and information technology. Scholarships will cover full registration including the national gala dinner (if the recipient is located in one of the host cities), one-on-one mentoring from a previous delegate and attendance to the ?Becoming an online influencer? webinar ? an exclusive event for scholarship recipients and supporters. To be eligible for the scholarships you must be a member of, or employed by, an STA member organisation. 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Message-ID: Dear ASA members, University of Western Australia is looking to hire a full-time software engineer to work in the area of online gravitational wave detection and early warning. The position is initially for 1 year, with possibilities to extend up to 3 years. The role will be working with Prof Linqing Wen ( linqing.wen at uwa.edu.au) and a team of astrophysicists and high-performance computing scientists within the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav). Application deadline is Feb 18, 2021. Further details are here: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/mHO-Ck81N9tQ1mxMS2OHKo?domain=external.jobs.uwa.edu.au Feel free to share this with colleagues who may be interested. Cheers, Yeshe *Dr Yeshe Fenner, PhD | Chief Operating Officer ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) *Faculty of Science Engineering and Technology Swinburne University of Technology PO Box 218 Hawthorn Vic 3122 Ph +61 3 9214 8302 | Mobile: 0430 708 995 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jhurley at swin.edu.au Fri Jan 22 10:38:08 2021 From: jhurley at swin.edu.au (Jarrod Hurley) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 23:38:08 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Astronomy OpenStack Virtual Machines Training Session - Thursday January 28th (reminder and registration details) In-Reply-To: References: <46B300C9-7EA9-4A10-AC77-EDC06522D6FD@swin.edu.au>, <7A183B92-E15E-4685-90B4-17ECF1BD175F@swin.edu.au>, Message-ID: *** For anyone interested in utilising cloud computing resources *** Dear All, We would like to announce an upcoming training session for prospective users of the NeCTAR Cloud network, in particular the resources dedicated for astronomy access on the Swinburne cell. The training session will be conducted via Zoom on Thursday January 28 between 12-1pm. It is targeted at users with little to no experience with cloud computing. It will involve: - a general introduction to cloud computing and OpenStack; - a demonstration on setting up a simple virtual machine (VM); - a brief overview of some other possible, more advanced, workflows, and; - time for questions. The resources available for dedicated astronomy use consist of 2,000 virtual CPUs, with attachable volume storage and advanced networking (e.g. DNS zones, floating IP addresses, virtual routers), utilised via the OpenStack cloud computing platform. VMs can be provisioned in a variety of different 'flavours' to accommodate a broad spectrum of workflows. Single VMs will typically comprise up to 8 or 16 virtual CPUs and 16 or 32 GB RAM (although larger sizes are possible upon request). It is envisaged that these resources will be of interest to small-job use cases that do not require the full blown infrastructure of a high-performance computing (HPC) facility and/or will benefit from the flexibility of working outside of a HPC environment. However, there is currently no restriction on use case and we are keen to see how this resource can be of benefit to a variety of astronomy workflows. This tutorial will be an opportunity for you to find out if cloud computing suits your needs. To register your interest please send an email to > noting your name and institution. Details for connecting to the event will be sent to those who have registered prior to the date. Regards, David Liptai & Jarrod Hurley This event is provided by Astronomy Data and Computing Services (ADACS). ADACS is a collaboration between Swinburne University of Technology and Curtin University. It is funded under the Astronomy National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) Program via Astronomy Australia Ltd (AAL). -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From matthew.colless at anu.edu.au Fri Jan 22 21:03:55 2021 From: matthew.colless at anu.edu.au (Matthew Colless) Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2021 10:03:55 +0000 Subject: [ASA] Fwd: GRAVITY+ Community Workshop , FEB 24 - 25, 2021 (virtual) References: <41058ec4-2ab5-e4ac-9acb-0537e866364f@fe.up.pt> Message-ID: <7D1C1741-56EA-4D0E-8226-66676263E83E@anu.edu.au> Begin forwarded message: From: "Paulo J. V. Garcia" > Subject: GRAVITY+ Community Workshop ,FEB 24 - 25, 2021 (virtual) Date: 22 January 2021 at 20:17:55 To: matthew.colless at anu.edu.au Cc: "S.Hoenig at soton.ac.uk" >, "Kreidberg, Laura" > Dear Matthew, We are organizing a Gravity+ community workshop, focused on A&A (not on instrumentation R&D). This has raised a lot of interest, with ~150 registrations, but Australia is still under-represent. Could you please circulate the announcement below in your community? Thanks a lot! Best, Paulo Dear colleagues, It is our pleasure to invite you to a virtual community workshop on the planned GRAVITY+ instrument upgrade. The workshop will take place on Zoom on two half-days on 24 - 25 February 2021. GRAVITY+ is the first new Very Large Telescope (VLT) instrument selected following the ?ESO in the 2030s? review. It will increase the sensitivity, sky coverage, and field of view of the VLT Interferometer (VLTI) to enable milliarcsecond imaging and microarcsecond astrometry in the infrared for a wide new range of Galactic and extragalactic science cases. GRAVITY+ constitutes a phased upgrade of the current, enormously successful GRAVITY instrument. With a final capability of fringe tracking down to K~15 mag, off-axis targets down to K~22 mag will be observable. By opening this new discovery space, the VLTI will become of broad interest to the European science community beyond the classical interferometry fields. The aim of the community workshop is to present the instrument to potential future users, highlight the major science cases, and present new ideas from the community on the use of the instrument. This ranges from the Galactic Centre, active galactic nuclei, supermassive black hole binaries, tidal disruption event and intermediate mass black holes to the characterisation of exoplanets, young and old stars, and microlenses. We aim for a wide participation of the ESO user base from Australia to Chile with one European afternoon session (24 February; Galactic science) and one morning session (25 February; Extragalactic science). Please register free of charge by 8 February 2021 using the Registration form. There are also a limited number of time slots available for new ideas for GRAVITY+ science from the community, so please also consider submitting an abstract. We look forward to welcoming you to the workshop! With best wishes, Laura Kreidberg and Seb Hoenig, on behalf of the SOC -- Paulo J. V. Garcia, Universidade do Porto - Faculdade de Engenharia; CENTRA research unit pgarcia at fe.up.pt, WhatsApp/Cell: +351.9.6323.5785 Postal address: Faculdade de Engenharia, Departamento de Engenharia F?sica, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: