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             Sun, 8/8/2021,
                3:30 PM -
                5:20 PM 
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            Statistical Answers to Astrophysical Questions: A Vital Chapter in the Chase for New Discoveries — Invited Papers
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            Section on Statistical Computing, Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, Section on Nonparametric Statistics 
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            Organizer(s): Sara   Algeri, University of Minnesota
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            Chair(s): Sara   Algeri, University of Minnesota
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                            3:35 PM 
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                            Low-Hanging Fruit: Common Analysis Problems in Astronomy Without Statistically Principled Solutions
                            
                             
                            Vinay L. Kashyap, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian 
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                            3:55 PM 
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                            Hide-and-Seek: Finding Earth Analogs Hidden in Extreme Precision Radial Velocity Spectra
                            
                             
                            Jessi J. Cisewski-Kehe, University of Wisconsin-Madison 
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                            4:15 PM 
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                            Finding cosmic filament by the directional ridge finding algorithm
                            
                             
                            Yikun  Zhang, University of Washington, Seattle; Yen-Chi  Chen, University of Washington 
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                            4:35 PM 
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                            Advances in statistical learning for new physics searches when either the signal or the background is unknown
                            
                             
                            Mikael  Kuusela, Carnegie Mellon University; Purvasha  Chakravarti, Imperial College London; Larry  Wasserman, Carnegie Mellon University; Jing  Lei, Carnegie Mellon University; Tudor  Manole, Carnegie Mellon University; Patrick  Bryant, Carnegie Mellon University; John  Alison, Carnegie Mellon University 
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            4:55 PM
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            Discussant: David A van Dyk, Imperial College London
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        5:15 PM
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        Floor Discussion
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