Name: 2020 Joint Statistical Meetings
Start: 2020-08-02T07:00:00+00:00
End: 2020-08-06

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11 *	Mon, 8/3/2020, 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM	Virtual
Statistical Inference for Solar and Geophysical Data — Invited Papers
Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, Section on Nonparametric Statistics, Astrostatistics Special Interest Group
Organizer(s): Gwendolyn M Eadie, University of Toronto
Chair(s): David van Dyk, Imperial College London
10:05 AM	Multitaper Analysis of High-Q Spectral Peaks and Non-Stationarity in the Geomagnetic Field Over the 400-4000 µHz Band Alan Chave, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
10:30 AM	Hitting a Moving Target: Modeling Non-Stationary Relationships in Geomagnetism David Riegert, Queen's University; David J Thomson, Queen's University; Glen Takahara, Queen's University
10:55 AM	Solar Flare Prediction with Machine Learning Yang Chen, University of Michigan
11:20 AM	Effect of Systematic Uncertainties on Density and Temperature Estimates in Coronae of Capella Xixi Yu, Imperial College London; David van Dyk, Imperial College London; David Stenning, Imperial College London; Vinay Kashyap, Center for Astrophysics \| Harvard & Smithsonian; Giulio Del Zanna, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge
11:45 AM	Floor Discussion

220197	Mon, 8/3/2020, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Virtual
Astrostatistics Interest Group Business Meeting — Other Cmte/Business
Astrostatistics Special Interest Group
Chair(s): Vinay Kashyap, Center for Astrophysics \| Harvard & Smithsonian
Agenda and Zoom connection information will be announced at http://astrostat.org/jsm2020/index.html#aig-business-meeting Contact email for AIG is aigamstat@gmail.com

253 * !	Tue, 8/4/2020, 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM	Virtual
Innovations in AstroStatistics on Exploring Large Public Data — Invited Papers
Astrostatistics Special Interest Group, Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Quality and Productivity Section
Organizer(s): Hyungsuk Tak, Pennsylvania State University
Chair(s): Hyungsuk Tak, Pennsylvania State University
1:05 PM	Handling Model Uncertainty via Smoothed Inference Sara Algeri, University of Minnesota
1:30 PM	Improving Exoplanet Detection Power: Multivariate Gaussian Process Models for Stellar Activity David Edward Jones, Texas A&M University; David Stenning, Imperial College London; Eric B Ford, Penn State University; Robert L Wolpert, Duke University; Thomas J Loredo, Cornell University; Xavier Dumusque, Observatoire Astronomique de l'Universite de Geneve
1:55 PM	Disentangling Stellar Activity and Planetary Signals Using Bayesian High-dimensional Analysis Bo Ning, Yale University; Jessi Cisewski-Kehe, Yale University; Allen Davis, Yale University; Parker Holzer, Yale University; Debra Fischer, Yale University
2:20 PM	Floor Discussion

265 *	Tue, 8/4/2020, 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM	Virtual
Innovations in Statistics for Astronomy and Space Physics — Topic Contributed Papers
SSC (Statistical Society of Canada), Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, Astrostatistics Special Interest Group, Quality and Productivity Section
Organizer(s): Gwendolyn M Eadie, University of Toronto
Chair(s): Aaron Springford
1:05 PM	The Photometric LSST Astronomical Time Series Classification Challenge (PLAsTiCC) Renee Hlozek, University of Toronto
1:25 PM	Gibbs Point Process Model for Objects in the Star Formation Complexes of M33 Dayi Li, Western University; Pauline Barmby, Western University; Ian McLeod, Western University
1:45 PM	Likelihood-Free Inference of Chemical Homogeneity in Open Clusters Aarya Patil; Jo Bovy, University of Toronto
2:05 PM	Bayesian Inference and Computation for Old Star Clusters Gwendolyn M Eadie, University of Toronto; Jeremy Webb, University of Toronto; Jeffrey Rosenthal, University of Toronto
2:25 PM	Incorporating Computer Simulations into Astrostatistical Analyses David Stenning, Imperial College London
2:45 PM	Floor Discussion

401 *	Wed, 8/5/2020, 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM	Virtual
Astrostatistics Interest Group: Student Paper Award — Topic Contributed Papers
Astrostatistics Special Interest Group
Organizer(s): Gwendolyn M Eadie, University of Toronto
Chair(s): Chad Schafer, Carnegie Mellon University
1:05 PM	Photometric Biases in Modern Astronomical Surveys Presentation Joshua Speagle, Harvard University
1:25 PM	Trend Filtering: A Modern Statistical Tool for Time-Domain Astronomy and Astronomical Spectroscopy Presentation Collin Politsch, Carnegie Mellon University; Jessi Cisewski-Kehe, Yale University; Larry Wasserman, Carnegie Mellon University; Rupert Croft, Carnegie Mellon University
1:45 PM	Galaxy Cluster Mass Estimation Using Deep Learning Matthew Ho, McWilliams Center for Cosmology; Markus Michael Rau, McWilliams Center for Cosmology; Michelle Ntampaka, Center for Astrophysics; Arya Farahi, Michigan Institute for Data Science; Hy Trac, McWilliams Center for Cosmology; Barnabás Póczos, School of Computer Science
2:05 PM	Inferring Galactic Parameters from Chemical Abundances: A Multi-Star Approach Presentation Oliver Philcox, Princeton University; Jan Rybizki, Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy
2:25 PM	Multiband Probabilistic Cataloging: A Joint Fitting Approach to Point Source Detection and Deblending Presentation Richard Feder, California Institute of Technology
2:45 PM	Floor Discussion

431 * !	Thu, 8/6/2020, 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM	Virtual
Astronomical(Ly) Big Data for Statisticians — Invited Papers
Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, Astrostatistics Special Interest Group, Section on Statistical Consulting, Quality and Productivity Section
Organizer(s): Vinay Kashyap, Center for Astrophysics \| Harvard & Smithsonian
Chair(s): Gwendolyn M Eadie, University of Toronto
10:05 AM	The Astrophysics Data Access Infrastructure Presentation Peter Kelsey George Williams, Center for Astrophysics \| Harvard & Smithsonian
10:25 AM	X-Ray Data and Its Many Challenges Kristin Madsen, Caltech
10:45 AM	Gaia Data: Challenges for the Exploitation of a Large and Complex Dataset Presentation Xavier Luri, Universitat de Barcelona; Frederic Arenou, GEPI, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS
11:05 AM	Solar (Data) Explosion: Challenges in Using Large Astrophysical Imaging Data Sets Katharine Reeves, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
11:25 AM	Discussant: Xiao-Li Meng, Harvard University
11:45 AM	Floor Discussion

539 *	Thu, 8/6/2020, 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM	Virtual
Challenging Signal Detection Problems in Astronomy — Topic Contributed Papers
Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, Astrostatistics Special Interest Group, Quality and Productivity Section
Organizer(s): Eric Feigelson, Pennsylvania State University
Chair(s): Vinay Kashyap, Center for Astrophysics \| Harvard & Smithsonian
1:05 PM	Challenges for Detecting Gravitational Wave Signals Jess McIver, Univ of British Columbia
1:25 PM	Experimental Design and Discovery of Unknown Unknowns with the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time Federica Bianco, University of Delaware
1:45 PM	Statistical Opportunities and Challenges of Multiepoch Photometric Surveys Tamas Budavari, The Johns Hopkins University
2:05 PM	A Multivariate Damped Random Walk Process for Irregularly-Spaced Multi-Filter Light Curves with Heteroscedastic Measurement Erros Hyungsuk Tak, Pennsylvania State University; Zhirui Hu, Harvard University
2:25 PM	Discussant: Eric Feigelson, Pennsylvania State University
2:45 PM	Floor Discussion

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