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June 1, 2009 (Monday)
7:45 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Registration, continental breakfast, and computer accounts
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Opening remarks
(Daniel Larson, Dean, Eberly College of Science)
8:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Probability I
(David Hunter)
Break
10:20 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Overview of Astrostatistics & Summer School
(Eric Feigelson & G. Jogesh Babu)
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Probability
II (David Hunter)
Lunch Break
1:45 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. Inference I
(James Rosenberger)
Break
3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Introduction to R (Arnab
Chakraborty)
L
4:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Exploratory Data Analysis
(Arnab Chakraborty)
L
June 2, 2009 (Tuesday)
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Inference II
(James Rosenberger)
Break
10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Testing and Estimation
(Arnab Chakraborty)
L2
Lunch Break
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Regression
(Mosuk Chow)
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Linear
Regression Issues in Astronomy (Eric Feigelson)
Break
3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Regression Analysis
(Arnab Chakraborty)
L
June 3, 2009 (Wednesday)
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Multivariate Analysis
(James Rosenberger)
Break
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Cluster Analysis
(Debashis Ghosh)
Lunch Break
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Cluster Analysis
(Arnab Chakraborty)
L
Trip to
Penns Cave
5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Picnic at Penn State Stone Valley Civil Engineering Lodge (moved from Professor William Harkness's home due to rain)
June 4, 2009 (Thursday)
8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Bayesian
Analysis (Thomas Loredo)
Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Spatial Statistics
(Murali Haran)
Lunch Break
1:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. MCMC (Murali Haran)
L2
Break
3:50 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Principal Component Analysis, Micsellaneous Concepts
(Arnab Chakraborty)
L2
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Dinner at The Nittany Lion Inn (Assembly Room)
June 5, 2009 (Friday)
8:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Nonparametric Statistics
(Thomas Hettmansperger)
Break
10:30 p.m. - 12:15 p.m. Model Selection
(David Hunter)
Lunch Break
1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Bootstrap,
Goodness of Fit using Bootstrap
(G. Jogesh Babu)
Break
3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Simulation and Bootstrapping (Arnab
Chakraborty)
L
June 6, 2009 (Saturday)
8:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Non-parametric Methods for Probing Astronomical Populations
(Martin Hendry)
Break
10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Time Series
(Eric Feigelson)
Lunch & End of the School
INSTRUCTORS:
G. Jogesh Babu, Mosuk Chow, Debashis Ghosh, David Hunter, Murali Haran, Thomas
Hettmansperger, and James Rosenberger (Statisticians, Penn State).
Eric Feigelson (Astronomer, Penn State).
Martin Hendry (Astronomer, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom).
Thomas Loredo (Astronomer, Cornell University).
Arnab Chakraborty (Statistician, India). Duy Quang Vu and Scott Roths
(Graduate Students, Penn State).
LOCATIONS:
- Registration & continental breakfast: Lobby of 102
Chemistry Building
- Classroom sessions: 102 Chemistry Building
- Hands-on computer sessions: 004 Life Sciences Building (designated L) and 64 Willard Building
(designated L2)
BOOKLET OF LECTURE NOTES
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