Director's Message

Dear Colleagues,

This week we thanked two outstanding colleagues, each for their own wonderful dedication to our teaching and research communities. It was lovely to see so many recognise Ms Siobhan Carson and Dist/Prof David McClelland at their special morning teas. Siobhan has been a central figure for our undergraduates and for our PEC team. We have indeed been fortunate to work with her over the past seven years and we wish her all the very best in her new role in the Australian Public Service. David handed the reins for CGA over to Prof Robert Ward last week. After almost four decades, David has been (and will continue to be) a tour de force in gravitational astrophysics. Some heartfelt words were contributed by colleagues, thanking Siobhan and David each for enriching our school in their own ways.

The Australia India Strategic Research Fund Round 16 call for applications is now open and the closing date is April 11th. A Q&A Session with Australian and Indian funding departments as an outreach activity to address scope, eligibility, and application process will be held on Wednesday 19th March, at 0945 to 1130 hrs (IST) & 1515 to 1700 hrs (Canberra time).

Also, a reminder that the Strategic Exploration of Research and Development is open to first stage contributions until April 11th. Departments may be a natural place to formulate commentary and feedback for this important process. I plan to make two short submissions on the importance of technical workshops, and the absence in the Australian context of an analogous entities like JPL, APL, etc. Happy to discuss these with anyone keen to contribute.

Finally, don’t forget the Focus (PDR) process is due soon.

Have a great weekend,
Tim

"On The Quest To Understand The Origin Of Animals: Tales Of Undying Sponges, Hypnotising Corals And Confusing Comb Jellies"
Professor Maja Adamska, Group Leader (BSB), Head of Biology Teaching and Learning Centre

Date: Monday 17 Mar 2025
Time: 11:30am
Location: Eucalyptus Seminar Room, RN Robertson Building (46) or via Zoom

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Mathematical Data Science Centre Seminar - Mon 17 March

"From Set To Lattice Operator Representation Via Mathematical Morphology"
Diego Marcondes

Date: 17 Mar 2025
Time: 1:00pm
Location: Seminar Room 1.33, Hanna Neumann Bldg 145

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The challenge with detecting dark matter is that the signal will probably be incredibly small – perhaps only a couple of particles per day. So it would be really easy to be fooled by some other signal, such as lead-210, which is radioactive.

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Quantum Science and Engineering Fellowships

The EPFL QSE Center has the pleasure to launch its second call for QSE postdoctoral fellowships. This fellowship offers motivated young researchers from Switzerland and abroad the opportunity to carry out their research in collaboration with the EPFL QSE community on cutting-edge topics in quantum science and quantum engineering.

The submission deadline is 18 March 2025 and the earliest project start is August 2025.

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Oliphant Bldg. Meeting Rooms - Closed

All Oliphant (Bldg. #60) Meeting rooms will be closed from 12/12/24.

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College Hot Desking In Physics

Finance, HR & RM Teams
Thursday Mornings
^{Lv2 Tearoom, Bldg 160}

EVENTS

Departmental seminars

Dr Samuel Poincloux - 12 March
Frictional troubles in knit mechanics
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Professor Saman Aryana - 14 March
A Multiscale Perspective on Flow in the Subsurface
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