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Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers XI (June 1-5, 2015)   Pictures     Link to Photos by Tiit Sepp     Map     Restaurants

June 1, 2015 (Monday)   7:45 a.m. -   8:30 a.m.    Registration and computer accounts (Lobby of 100 Life Sciences Building)   8:30 a.m. -   8:45 a.m.    Welcome address ( Dr. Nicholas Jones, Executive Vice President and Provost,                                           The Pennsylvania State University)   8:45 a.m. -   9:30 a.m.    Astrostatistics: Past, Present & Future (Eric Feigelson)     9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.    Probability I (David Hunter) Break 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.    Probability II (David Hunter) Afternoon Session at 64 Willard Building   2:00 p.m. -   3:30 p.m.    Inference I (Kwame Kankam)   Break   3:45 p.m. -   5:30 p.m.    Introduction to R   [R code 1] [Rmd Files] (Derek Young)   LAB June 2, 2015 (Tuesday)   8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.    Inference II (Kwame Kankam) Break 10:30 a.m. - 12:15 a.m.    Introduction to Regression (Chad Schafer) Afternoon Session at 64 Willard Building   1:45 p.m. -   3:45 p.m.    Bootstrap, Model Fitting and Model Selection (G. Jogesh Babu)   Break   4:00 p.m. -   5:30 p.m.    R session for Astronomy   [R code 2] (Derek Young)   LAB   6:30 p.m. -  8:30 p.m.    Reception and Dinner at The Nittany Lion Inn   June 3, 2015 (Wednesday)   8:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.    Nonparametric Statistics (Jessi Cisewski)   Break 10:45 a.m. -   1:00 p.m.    Multivariate Analysis, Clustering & Classification (Jessi Cisewski) Afternoon Trip                      2:00 p.m.     Trip to Penn's Cave   5:30 p.m. -   8:00 p.m.   Picnic at Tudek Memorial Park, 400 Herman Drive, State College    June 4, 2015 (Thursday)   8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.    Introduction to Bayesian Analysis I (Thomas Loredo)         Resources, Supplementary Material Break 10:30 a.m. - 11:45 p.m.    Introduction to Bayesian Analysis II (Thomas Loredo) The afternoon session is also at 100 Life Sciences Building   1:30 p.m. -   3:00 p.m.    Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC)    [MCMC Notes]   (Murali Haran) Break   3:30 p.m. -   5:45 p.m.    R session for Astronomy   [R code 3]   [Solutions] (Derek Young)   June 5, 2015 (Friday)   8:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.    Convergence Diagnostics for MCMC (Eric Ford) Break 10:40 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.    Spatial Models: A Quick Overview (Murali Haran) Afternoon Session at 64 Willard Building   2:00 p.m. -   3:30 p.m.    Time Series Analysis (Eric Feigelson)  Break   4:00 p.m. -   5:30 p.m.    Multivariate Clustering & Classification with R, R code (Eric Feigelson)   Information on Bayesian Blocks End of the 11th Summer School BOOKLET OF LECTURE NOTES FOR SUMMER SCHOOL XI INSTRUCTORS: G. Jogesh Babu, Murali Haran, David Hunter, and Kwame Kankam (Statisticians, Penn State); Eric Feigelson, Eric Ford (Astronomers, Penn State); Jessi Cisewski (Statistician, Yale University); Chad Schafer (Statistician, Carnegie Mellon University); Derek Young (Statistician, University of Kentucky); Thomas Loredo (Astronomer, Cornell University); Gabriel Caceras (Graduate Student, Penn State). LOCATIONS: (Classroom & Computer LAB Sessions) Registration: Lobby of Berg Auditorium (100 Life Sciences Building) Morning Class Sessions (June 1-5): 100 Life Sciences Building LAB Sessions (June 1-5): 64 Willard Building