Center for Astrostatistics
Past Summer Schools and Programs (2005 – 2022)
2023
Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers XVIII (June 5 – 9, 2023) was held at the Pennsylvania State University
Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy VIII (June 12 – June 16, 2023) was held at the Pennsylvania State University
2022
Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers XVII (June 6 – 10, 2022) held via zoom
Summer School in Astroinformatics II (June 13 – 17, 2022) held via zoom
2021
Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers XVI (June 1 – 5, 2021) held via zoom
Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy VII (June 7 – 10, 2021). Virtual research conference via zoom
2019
Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers XV was held during (June 3 – 7, 2019) at the Pennsylvania State University (Photographs).
2018
Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers XIV (May 29 – June 2, 2018) and Summer School in Astroinformatics (June 4 – 8, 2018) were held at Pennsylvania State University (Week 1 Pictures, Week 2 Pictures).
2017
Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers XIII was held during (June 5-9, 2017) at the Pennsylvania State University (Photographs).
TIARA Summer School on Astrostatistics and Big Data (September 4-8, 2017) Poster.
2016-17 Program on Statistical, Mathematical and Computational Methods for Astronomy (ASTRO)
Opening Workshop (August 22-26, 2016)
Time Series Analysis for Synoptic Surveys and Gravitational Wave Astronomy (March 20-23, 2017)
Talks at the International Center for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS)
Astrophysical Population Emulation and Uncertainty Quantification (April 3-7, 2017)
Transition Workshop (May 8-10, 2017)
Gravitational Wave Astronomy, Astronomers’ New Sense.
2016
Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy VI was held during (June 6-10, 2016) at Carnegie Mellon University.
Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers XII was held during (May 31 – June 4, 2016) at the Pennsylvania State University (Photographs).
2015
Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers XI was held during (June 1-5, 2015) at the Pennsylvania State University (Photographs).
2014
Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers X (June 2-6, 2014), Statistical Modeling of Cosmic Populations (June 9-10, 2014), and Bayesian Computing for Astronomical Data Analysis (June 11-13, 2014) were held at the Pennsylvania State University (Photographs).
2013
The 4th IIA-Penn State Astrostatistics School (July 22-29, 2013): The Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) and the Center for Astrostatistics have jointly organizing the fourth school in statistics for practicing astrophysicists at the Vainu Bappu Observatory, located near the village of Kavalur in the Javadi Hills.
Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers IX was held during (June 3-7, 2013) at the Pennsylvania State University (Photographs).
The First International Meeting of Astrostatistics in Valparaíso was held during May 6-10, 2013 at Casa Central of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, “Salón Quinto Centenario”, Valparaíso, Chile.
2012
SAMSI Astrostatistics Workshop (September 19-21, 2012) was held at Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute as part of Statistical and Computational Methodology for Massive Datasets. As part of Astrostatistics subprogram four Working Groups: MD Discovery & Classification in Synoptic Surveys, MD Inference & Simulation in Complex Models, MD Stochastic Processes and Astrophysical Inference, MD Graphical Models & Graphics Processors formed to meet on a regular schedule at SAMSI and via WebEx.
Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers VIII was held during June 4-8, 2012 at the Pennsylvania State University (Photographs).
2011
2011 Astrostatistics Course at The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI).
September 27, 2011: Foundations of Probability, Probability Distribution Functions
October 3, 2011: Introduction to Astrostatistics, Introduction to R, An R tutorial
October 11, 2011: Inference I, Inference II
October 18, 2011: Multivariate Analysis, Regression
October 25, 2011: Bootstrap, Model Selection
November 14, 2011: R Tutorials 1, R Tutorials 2
Three astrostatistical events were held at the Pennsylvania State University in June 2011.
Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers (June 6-10, 2011)
Pre-conference tutorials (June 11-12, 2011)
Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy V ( June 13-17, 2011)
2010
The 3rd IIA-Penn State Astrostatistics School (July 19-27, 2010): The Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) and the Center for Astrostatistics have jointly organizing the third school in statistics for practicing astrophysicists at the Vainu Bappu Observatory, located near the village of Kavalur in the Javadi Hills.
Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers VI was held during June 7-12, 2010 at the Pennsylvania State University (Schedule and Lectures, Photographs). This was followed by a supplementary program on Statistics and Computation for Astronomical Surveys (June 12-14, 2010) (Schedule and Lectures). Participant contributed photographs.
2009
Astrostatistics: III INPE Advanced Course on Astrophysics, São José dos Campos – SP – Brazil, September 14 -18, 2009.
Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers V was held during June 1-6, 2009 at the Pennsylvania State University (Schedule and Lectures, Pictures).
2008
The 2nd IIA-Penn State Astrostatistics School (July 9-16, 2008): The Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) and the Center for Astrostatistics have jointly organized the second school in statistics for practicing astrophysicists at the Vainu Bappu Observatory, located near the village of Kavalur in the Javadi Hills. Pictures.
Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers IV was held during June 9-14, 2008 at the Pennsylvania State University (Schedule and Lectures, Pictures).
2007
The IIA-Penn State Astrostatistics School (July 2-7, 2007): The Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) and the Center for Astrostatistics have jointly organized a 6-day school in statistical inference for practicing astrophysicists and physicists affiliated with Indian institutions. The school is based on the curriculum developed for the Summer Schools in Statistics for Astronomers at the Center for Astrostatistics. The school was held on the picturesque campus of the Vainu Bappu Observatory, a field station of the IIA, located near the village of Kavalur in the Javadi Hills, about 175 km south-east of Bangalore. Pictures.
Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers III (June 4-9, 2007): Schedule and Lectures, Pictures). It received the Mid-Atlantic Region University Continuing Education Association award for exemplary non-credit program development.
2006
Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy IV (June 12-15, 2006): The fourth in a series of interdisciplinary international research conferences (Conference Program, Photographs, Conference Poster).
Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers and Physicists II was held during June 6-10, 2006 at the Pennsylvania State University (Schedule and Lectures, Photographs).
SAMSI Astrostatistics Program (January – May, 2006): A semester long research program on Astrostatistics was held at Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute. The program started with tutorials followed by Opening Workshop (January 23-25, 2006). Many Working Groups met throughout the semester, focusing on research areas determined by the opening workshop.
Opening Workshop: The Astrostatistics Opening Workshop was held during January 23-25, 2006. Five workshop sessions (Exoplanets, Surveys and Population Studies, Statistics Issues in Particle Physics, Source Detection and Feature Detection, Gravitational Lensing) were organized to review the key astronomical/astrophysical issues and current methodological practice, and to identify promising directions for astrostatistical research.
TUTORIAL 1. Bayesian Astrostatistics (January 18-20, 2006), Tom Loredo (Cornell) – Leader.
This three-day session will include lectures and several practicum classes on the basic theory and practice of Bayesian statistics, using examples from astronomy.
TUTORIAL 2. Nonparametric Statistics and Machine Learning for Astronomers(January 21-22, 2006), Larry Wasserman (Carnegie-Mellon) – Leader.
This session will introduce astronomers to modern methods in nonparametric statistics. The tutorial will also include implementation details in the R language.>
TUTORIAL 3. Astronomy for Statisticians (January 21-22, 2006), William Jeffreys (UTexas) and Eric Feigelson (Penn State) – Leaders.
This session will review the modern understanding of our universe spanning planetary systems, stars, the Milky Way Galaxy, extragalactic astronomy and cosmology. Statistical issues underlying the astronomical studies will be emphasized and discussed.
2005
Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers and Physicists (June 5-17, 2005)
Statistical inference for astronomers (June 5-10, 2005)
Spatial processes and image analysis (June 12-14, 2005)
Computational algorithms for astrostatistics (June 15-17, 2005)