From luke.j.davies at uwa.edu.au Tue Oct 13 13:10:51 2026 From: luke.j.davies at uwa.edu.au (Luke Davies) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 02:10:51 +0000 Subject: [ASA] =?windows-1252?q?Data_Central=A0User=92s=A0Committee_-_fee?= =?windows-1252?q?dback?= Message-ID: Dear all, The Data Central User?s Committee will be meeting soon to discuss aspects related to community feedback of Data Central services and functionality, and to provide recommendations based off this feedback to the Data Central Strategic Advisory Committee. As chair of the User?s Committee, I am putting out a general call to the community to provide feedback on any aspect of Data Central usage that you would like to be raised at the Users Committee meeting. This is your chance to provide specific input into Data Central usage and services, so if you have any comments or feedback, please feel free to share them with me. Please either email your comments to me directly or let me know and we can arrange a more detailed face-to-face discussion. Regards, Luke (as chair of the Data Central User?s Committee) ????????????????????????????????????????? Associate Professor Luke J. M. Davies Principle Research Fellow International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) WAVES Project Scientist - wavesurvey.org DEVILS P.I. - devilsurvey.org Tel: (+61) 08 6488 7750 Email: luke.j.davies at uwa.edu.au Web: https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/-P10C1WLPxcOvz4mQUXsp1sVaNY-?domain=icrar.org ICRAR - https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/cI-5C2xMQzi6nlYGDI9t3ws59IkS?domain=icrar.org M468, UWA, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kovi.rose at sydney.edu.au Wed Oct 14 09:24:55 2026 From: kovi.rose at sydney.edu.au (Kovi Rose) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 22:24:55 +0000 Subject: [ASA] How To: ECR Career Workshop Series Message-ID: Dear ASA Community, The ASA ECR Steering Committee is bringing back the "How To" Series, designed to answer pressing questions from early-career researchers. Join us as experts walk through essential skills, from writing proposals to navigating job applications, and help you build your path forward. These talks are open to everyone! For this year, we have five talks scheduled: 1. Dr. Jane Kaczmarek TITLE: Telescope Operations Is a (admittedly niche) Career Path DATE AND TIME: Monday 26th October 2026, 2:30PM AEST 2. Dr. Liana Rauf TITLE: Making Your Mark in Astronomy: Collaborations, Leading Observing Proposals, and Career Development DATE AND TIME: Monday 2nd November 2026, 2:30PM AEST 3.Dr. Anastasia Shavrova TITLE: How to write a CV that gets you shortlisted DATE AND TIME: Monday 9th November 2026, 2:30PM AEST 4. Dr. Dougal Dobie TITLE: Scientific Writing: From Blank Page to Final Draft DATE AND TIME: Monday 16th November 2026, 2:30PM AEST 5. Diana Haikal TITLE: How to Network Without Feeling Like You?re Networking DATE AND TIME: Monday 23rd November 2026, 2:30PM AEST Please fill in this form to find out more about the speakers and their talks, and to submit any questions you might have beforehand. If you cannot think about anything now, no worries, you will be able to ask your question on the day of the workshop too! -> https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/Fw0tCYW8NocgGB9gAT9iJgsxntkt?domain=forms.gle You can also send your CV, a piece of writing, or even an awkward networking situation to ovidalvelazquez at swin.edu.au. These will be anonymised and could be used as examples during the workshops to keep the sessions interactive! Although the sessions are free, we ask that you register via TryBooking: https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/RMg0CZY1NqixOBjxQSysVAsBXWYG?domain=trybooking.com Registering helps us estimate attendance and, most importantly, ensures you will receive the Zoom link and a calendar invitation, so you won't miss the sessions. You can also subscribe to the ASA ECR Google Calendar to keep up with upcoming events: https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/c86UC1WLPxcOvWZOqhYtp1sVQrZw?domain=calendar.google.com We hope you will join us for another "How To" series, we are looking forward to seeing you online! Best, Kovi (On behalf of the ASA ECR Steering Committee) ????????????????? "Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur" ????????????????? PhD Candidate Kovi Rose (he/him) OzGrav Research Assistant | Sydney Institute for Astronomy | School of Physics | Faculty of Science LAMBDA Commissioning Scientist | Space & Astronomy | CSIRO THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Rm 360D, Physics Building A28 W kovirose.github.io E kovi.rose at sydney.edu.au / kovi.rose at csiro.au G https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/EjjOC6XQ4LfMQwWMyhjI71s53s7Z?domain=github.com My work hours may differ from yours as I work across multiple time zones and have sent this email at a time that suits me. 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AAL is looking to appoint: * Five members of the AAL Science Advisory Committee (ASAC) * Four members of the AAL Project Oversight Committee (APOC) * Two members of the AAL Industry Engagement Advisory Committee (IEAC) * Three members of the AAL-eROSITA_DE Management Committee * Two members of the AAL Astronomy Supercomputer Time Allocation Committee (ASTAC) * One member of the Astronomy Data and Computing Services Time Allocation Committee (ADACS TAC) * Up to four members of the AAT Time Allocation Committee (ATAC) * An Australian-based Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Science Lead * An Australian-based member of the Giant Magellan Telescope Science Advisory Council (GMT SAC) * An Australian-based Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Science Lead * One member of the Astronomy-Space Coordinating Committee (ASCC) Applications for all positions close on Thursday, 5th November 2026 9:00 AM AEDT. If vacancies remain after all applications received by the deadline have been considered, late applications will be accepted. Regards Brent (on behalf of AAL) Dr Brent Groves (He/Him) Program Manager Astronomy Australia Ltd (Perth Office) https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/swnBC5QPXJiRq7D5NfOhqGskeTMz?domain=astronomyaustralia.org.au [/Users/00102515/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Outlook/Data/tmp/Content.MSO/DEB4697C.tmp] AAL endeavours to be an environmentally sustainable organisation built upon equity, diversity and mutual respect for its staff and stakeholders. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Regards Brent Dr Brent Groves (He/Him) Program Manager Astronomy Australia Ltd (Perth Office) https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/aE9nCXLW2mUGpArJEUVhLGsWsimM?domain=astronomyaustralia.org.au [/Users/00102515/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Outlook/Data/tmp/Content.MSO/DEB4697C.tmp] AAL endeavours to be an environmentally sustainable organisation built upon equity, diversity and mutual respect for its staff and stakeholders. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Simon O?Toole AAO Head of Research Data & Software Level 3, 9 Wally?s Walk Macquarie University From: ASA on behalf of Simon O'Toole Date: Thursday, 8 October 2026 at 17:25 To: ASA Mailing List Cc: Arianna Ranabhat Subject: [ASA] Data Central Cloud scheduled downtime: 16-19 October As part of significant upgrades across the Data Central Science Platform, we have the following scheduled downtime: What: Data Central Cloud, https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/-ZD4CJyBrGfy54LGRhVf3psy73Zx?domain=cloud.datacentral.org.au When: 15:00 16 October to 13:00 19 October. All times are AEDT. This downtime will affect the Cloud web portal and WebDAV services. ContainerSSH and JupyterHub services and their access to team data shares will not be affected. We are migrating from the legacy ownCloud platform to a more modern and secure nextCloud system. This should see improved performance and enhanced functionality. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. 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