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June 4, 2012 (Monday)
7:45 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Registration and computer accounts in the Lobby of 100 Life Sciences Building
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Welcome
(Donald Schneider, Head, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics)
8:45 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.
Introduction
to the Summer School
(G. Jogesh Babu &
Eric Feigelson)
9:20 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. Probability I
(David Hunter)
Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Probability II
(David Hunter)
Lunch Break
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Inference I
(James Rosenberger)
Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Introduction to R
(Arnab Chakraborty)
LAB
June 5, 2012 (Tuesday)
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8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Inference II
(James Rosenberger)
Break
10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Regression
(Chad Schafer)
Lunch Break
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
R session for Astronomy
(Arnab Chakraborty)
LAB
3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Linear regression
issues in astronomy (Eric
Feigelson)
Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. R session for Astronomy
(Arnab Chakraborty),
LAB
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Introduction to the Virtual Astronomical Observatory
(Joseph Lazio & Omar Laurino),
LAB
7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Virtual Astronomical Observatory tutorial
(Joseph Lazio & Omar Laurino),
LAB
June 6, 2012 (Wednesday)
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Nonparametrics
(Chad Schafer)
Break
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon Multivariate Analysis
(T. Krishnan)
Lunch Break
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Bootstrap
(G. Jogesh Babu)
LAB
Break
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. R session for Astronomy
(Arnab Chakraborty)
LAB
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Dinner at
The Nittany Lion Inn (Faculty Staff Club)
June 7, 2012 (Thursday)
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Model Fitting and Model Selection
(G. Jogesh Babu)
Break
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Cluster Analysis
(T. Krishnan)
Lunch Break
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Clustering & Classification
(Arnab Chakraborty & Eric Feigelson)
LAB
Trip to Penn's Cave
5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Picnic
June 8, 2012 (Friday)
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Spatial Statistics
(Murali Haran)
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Bayesian
Analysis I (Thomas Loredo)
Break
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Bayesian
Analysis II (Thomas Loredo)
Lunch Break
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Time Series
(Eric Feigelson)
LAB
Break
3:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
MCMC
(Murali Haran)
LAB
End of the School
INSTRUCTORS:
G. Jogesh Babu, David Hunter, Murali Haran, and James Rosenberger (Statisticians, Penn State).
Chad Schafer (Statistician, CMU).
Eric Feigelson (Astronomer, Penn State). Arnab Chakraborty (Statistician,
Indian Statistical Institute).
Omar Laurino (Astronomer, Harvard-Smithsonian CfA). Joseph Lazio (Astronomer, JPL NASA).
Thomas Loredo (Astronomer, Cornell University).
T. Krishnan (Statistician, Mu Sigma Business Solutions). Marcus Nunes (Graduate Student, Penn State).
LOCATIONS:
- Registration: Lobby of 100 Life Sciences Building
- Classroom sessions: 100 Life Sciences Building
- Computer LAB sessions: 64 Willard Building
BOOKLET OF LECTURE NOTES
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