2025 HDR Projects – Applications Closed
Applications for Higher Degree by Research projects for 2025 have now closed. Projects are advertised […]
CIRA Events
Below are examples of some past and future events which support the ICRAR Translation and Impact strategy.
Upcoming Events
Astrofest 2024
Astrofest is back in 2024 with an astronomically awesome event the whole family will enjoy!
Taking place at Curtin Stadium on Saturday 9th November 2023 this astronomy festival of epic proportions will be an engaging celebration of Australian science.
Past CIRA Events
Find out about the range of events we have produced. These are examples of our activity for impact in academia, industry, and society.
2024 Innovation and Space Panel Event
On the 18th of September 2024, Engineers Australia WA hosted an Innovation and Space Panel […]
Cosmic Echoes: a Shared Sky Indigenous Art exhibition
Cosmic Echoes, began as a vision by the SKA Observatory (SKAO) and its partners, the […]
Prime Minister visits Curtin
John Curtin Distinguished Professor Steven Tingay was delighted to welcome Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, the […]
Curtin astronomy leader honoured at Western Australian of the Year Awards
Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy Executive Director John Curtin Distinguished Professor Steven Tingay has been recognised for his immense contribution to the State at the 2024 Western Australian of the Year Awards.
MWA Project Meeting: Lausanne, 2024
This year, we are very excited to hold the MWA Project Meeting in Switzerland, the MWA Collaboration’s newest international collaborator.
Radio astronomers are invited to attend from Wednesday 28 August to Friday 30 August 2024 at SCITAS-EPFL in Lausanne.
Colloquium: Efficient and accurate dedispersion algorithm for fast transient searches
Dr Vivek Gupta, CSIRO, will discuss the algorithms used in fast transient search pipelines, such as Fast Dispersion Measure Transform (FDMT) and introduce an implementation of FDMT called the Efficient Summation of Arbitrary Masks (ESAM), which promises 100% recovery of the signal-to-noise for all desired and arbitrary pulse morphologies. Dr Gupta will discuss its computational cost and performance compared to other dedispersion algorithms.
ICRAR-Curtin Open Arvo
Interested to know how your Science or Engineering studies can be applied to support Radio Astronomy research?
The Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy (ICRAR) is hosting an Open Day for students of all Science or Engineering disciplines, where you can meet our staff, learn about our projects and research, tour our labs, and network with staff and past/current students over a light lunch.
MWA Project Meeting 2023
July 2023 is a significant milestone for the Murchison Widefield Array, marking a decade of operations for the telescope. To celebrate, ICRAR-Curtin is hosting an event to commemorate the science outcomes of the instrument with the MWA Collaboration.
Radio-astronomers are invited to attend Tuesday 25 July to Friday 28 July 2023 at Technology Park in Perth, Western Australia.
ICRAR – Curtin Careers Workshop
To stand out from the crowd with a targeted resume and LinkedIn profile it is important to know how to communicate your skills across platforms to different audiences. In this two-hour interactive workshop you will join other ICRAR students and learn how you can optimise your resume and LinkedIn to communicate your transferable skills to different audiences.
Women In Physics
To help build community for first year physics students and highlight the female role models in physics, this event aimed to create awareness of radio astronomy pathways and how CIRA will play a role in their undergraduate studies including astronomy courses and research projects.
Spearheaded by Dr Gemma Anderson, this event welcomed a small group of first year physics and engineering students to CIRA, where they heard from PhD students and staff who work in different roles at CIRA, including astronomy researchers, engineers, laboratory technicians and project managers.
ICRAR Student Industry Networking
A cross-node ICRAR T&I effort culminated in an in-person panel event for students of radio astronomy disciplines, with the dual aim of raising the profile of radio astronomy as a study pathway, and communicating the potential for non-academic career pathways beyond radio astronomy.
Students were invited to Engineers Australia’s (EA) premises on St Georges Tce to hear from an expert panel of industry professionals with backgrounds in radio-astronomy. The panel shared their career journeys, insights on transferring from academia to industry, and the relevance and application of their skills in a commercial context.