DRAFT PROGRAM (All times Central US time)
Friday Nov 14 - “Systematic and Statistical Errors”
8:25 - 8:30 Welcome
8:30-9:00 L. Lyons (invited, virtual): “Setting the Scene”
9:00-9:45 David van Dyk (review, virtual): “Two astro-statistical methods to account for systematics”
9:45-10:10 J. Hakkila (invited) - “Gamma-Ray Burst Pulses as a Case Study for Systematic Uncertainty”
10:10-10:45 COFFEE BREAK
10:45-11:30 V. Kashyap (review) - “Propagating atomic data uncertainties”
11:30:11:45 J. Audenaert: “Systematic uncertainties in space-based astronomical observations”
Noon-2:00pm LUNCH
2:00-2:45 M. Bonamente (review) - “Models for systematic errors in count data”
2:45-3:10 Peter Craig (invited): “Uncertainties in Combining Multi-Wavelength Datasets for Classical Novae”
3:10-3:35 (invited) X. Li: “Boosting C-statistics in Astronomy: Higher-order Asymptotics for Improved Goodness-of-fit Testing”
3:25-3:50 COFFEE BREAK
3:50-4:15 H. Fu (invited): “Mitigating biases in Extragalactic distance measurements”
4:15-4:30 D. White: “Joint X-ray and SZ Analysis of Filamentary Gas around Abell 3391/3395”
4:45-5:00 S. Li: “JWST, Distance Measurements, and the JAGB and TRGB”
7:00pm at US Space and Rocket Center: Cocktails & Cosmos with a talk on “Aliens”
Saturday Nov 15 - “Machine Learning and AI”
9:00 - 9:45 Michela Negro (review) “Application of machine learning for scientific data analysis”
9:45-10:00 E. Hayati: - “Leveraging Machine Learning to Correct Observational Biases in Galaxy Property Measurements”
10:00-10:25 D. Muthukrishna (invited): “Systematic modeling with generative AI”
10:25-10:50 COFFEE BREAK
10:50-11:15 D. Whiteson (invited, virtual): “Fast Estimation of Neutron Star Interiors and Uncertainty”
11:15-11:30 A. Ghosh: “Uncertainty Quantification and Mitigation: With ML and For ML”
11:30-11:45 M. Boroumand: “COSI-SL: Data-Driven Source Locator for γ-ray Point Sources with Neural Networks”
11:45-noon P. Jalan: “ FLAME: Fitting LyAlpha Absorption lines using Machine Learning”
Noon-2:00pm LUNCH
“Astrophysical Applications I”
2:00-2:15 Prashant Baruwal: “Analyzing Solar Wind Dynamics Using Linear Mode Decomposition During Radial Spacecraft Alignment”
2:15-2:30 Prashrit Baruwal: “Application of Linear Mode Decomposition in solar wind”
2:30-2:45 N. Madam Subashchandar: “Parallel and perpendicular diffusion of energetic particles in the near-Sun solar wind observed by Parker Solar Probe”
2:45-3:00 R. Harvey: “Wavelet Analysis as a Method for Investigating Magnetic Flux Ropes”
3:00-3:15 H. Saxena: “The Impact of Triaxiality and Orientation of Galaxy Clusters on the Planck SZ Cluster Selection”
3:15-3:45 COFFEE BREAK
3:45:4:00 M. Sharma: “A novel method to trace the dark matter density profile around supermassive black holes with AGN reverberation mapping”
4:00-4:15 J. Morales: “Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Classification using Extreme Gradient Boosted Trees”
4:15-4:30 S. Berger: “JWST overestimates early universe black hole host stellar masses”
4:30-4:45 E. Porto: “Joint Extremes of Solar Irradiance and Air Density: an EVT and Copula Approach to Tail Uncertainty”
Sunday Nov. 16 - “Bayesian Methods and Simulations”
9:00-9:45 T. Enslin (review, virtual) “Bayesian basics”
9:45-10:10 . Binger (invited) “Bayesian Modeling Lessons from Adaptive Learning: Fast Inference, Structured Uncertainty, and Predictive Calibration”
10:10-10:25 TBD
10:25-11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00-11:25 E. Burns (invited): “Statistics Problems in Gamma-ray Bursts”
11:25-11:40 J. Carzon: “Trustworthy Scientific Inference for Inverse Problems with Generative Models”
11:40-11:55 S. Das: “Extended Bayesian Estimation for In-flight Calibration of Space-based Instruments”
11:55am-2:00pm LUNCH
2:00-2:45 Rachel Ivie (review): “Data to Improve Equity in Physics and Astronomy”
2:45-3:00 E. Silich: “Statistical methods for comparing multi-probe galaxy cluster merger observables to hydrodynamical simulations”
3:00-3:15 TBD
3:15-3:40 COFFEE BREAK
“Astrophysical Applications II”
3:40-3:55 A. Gavidia: “Obtaining Constraints on the Non-Thermal Pressure Support within Galaxy Clusters in the Physically Allowed Region”
3:55-4:10 H. Garcia Escudero: “Testing ΛCDM with statistical methods: The Role of Neutrinos in Modern Cosmology”
4:10-4:25 S. Johnson: “Sequential Analysis for Poisson Counting Data”
4:25-4:40 S. Grunblatt: “Improving the Robustness of Inferred Exoplanet Population Statistics from Multiple Detection Methods”
6pm at US Space and Rocket Center: Private Visit and Conference Dinner
Monday Nov. 17 “Future Directions”
9:00:9:25 A. Gagliano (invited): “When the Simulator is the Systematic: Model Misspecification in Simulation-Based Inference”
9:25-9:50 TBD
9:50-10:05 A. Banerjee: “Semi Parametric Signal Detection Under Unknown Background”
10:05:10:20 J.Ingram: “Systematic Errors in Solar Flare Statistics: When Poisson Assumptions Lead to Underestimated Uncertainties”
10:20:-10:45 COFFEE BREAK
10:45-noon PANEL DISCUSSION
V. Kashyap: Future directions for astrostatistics and data science
D. Muthukrishna: Statistics, ML and generative AI: a chicken-and-egg problem?
MB: Navigating the new (and old) publication environment
Aneta/Vinay: Involvement with ASA’s AIG
Noon-2:00pm LUNCH
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