From: Amara Graps (amara@amara.com)
Date: Thu Jul 17 2003 - 10:02:40 MDT
I heard of this conference and it looks really interesting...
Amara
http://www-conf.slac.stanford.edu/phystat2003/
[PHYSTAT2003]
SLAC, Stanford, California :: 8th - 11th September The aim of the
Conference is to discuss advanced statistical techniques as used in
experimental analyses of data in Particle Physics, Astrophysics and
Cosmology.
This Conference concentrates on the statistical issues related to
both measurements and searches. It follows on from the Workshops on
Limits at CERN and at Fermilab in 2000, and the Conference at Durham
in 2002. However it differs from the earlier meetings in that we
plan to have much more significant participation of Astro-Particle
Physicists and Statisticians at this Conference.
Topics of relevance include:
* Signal significance
* Setting limits
* Systematics
* Non-parametric estimation
* Spatial data
* Unfolding convolution
* Blind analyses
* Multivariate classification
* Machine Learning
* Variability of sources
* Hypothesis testing
* Goodness of fit
* Cluster analysis
There will be invited talks and submitted contributions. We do not
intend to include the reporting of current experimental results or
standard statistical analyses.
The following is a list of invited speakers and titles:
* Roger Barlow: "Introduction to statistical
issues in Particle Physics"
* Persi Diaconis: "A place for Philosophy?
Bayesian Statistics in 2003"
* Seth Digel: "Statistical Issues in
High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy for GLAST"
* Jonathan Dorfan: Welcome
* Brad Efron: "Bayesians, Frequentists, and
Physicists (Keynote address)"
* Eric Feigelson: "Statistical challenges in
Modern Astronomy"
* Jerry Friedman: "Modern Developments in
Machine Learning"
* Christopher Genovese: "Doing Cosmology with
balls and envelopes"
* Fred James: "Unified Approach to
Understanding Statistics"
* Bob Nichol: "Data mining cosmological data
sets: the need for fast and efficient
algorithms"
* Frank Porter: "Statistical issues in
Particle Physics: a view from BaBar"
* Harrison Prosper: "Multivariate Analysis"
* Nancy Reid: "Likelihood based inference
with nuisance parameters"
* John Rice: "Conference Summary"
* Pekka K. Sinervo: "The mysteries of
systematic uncertainties: theory and
practice "
* Philip Stark: "Using what we know:
inference with physical constraints"
* Daniel Stump: "Statistical and theoretical
uncertainties of parton distribution
functions"
* David van Dyk: "Hierarchical models, data
augmentation and Markov Chain Monte Carlo"
* Licia Verde: "Statistical challenges of
WMAP cosmic microwave background analysis"
Scientific Committee:
* Bill
Murray
* Roger * Vahe
Barlow Petrosian
* Bob * Frank
Cousins Porter
* Glen Cowan * John Rice
* Seth Digel * Jeffrey
* Brad Efron Scargle
* Jerry * Peter
Friedman Shawhan
* Fred James * Pekka
* Dean Sinervo
Karlen * Diego
* Jim Torres
Linnemann * Guenther
* Tom Loredo Walther
* Louis * Steve
Lyons Yellin
* Harrison
Prosper
Local Organizing Committee
* Richard Mount - Chairman
* Arla LeCount
* Joseph Perl
The meeting will take place in the Auditorium at SLAC. About 100
rooms have been reserved on a `first come first served' basis in the
new SLAC Guest House.
The fee for the Conference is $175 if paid before June 30th, or $225
afterwards. This does not include accommodation or meals. Payment
can be made online via this web-site. We are also planning to have a
welcoming reception and barbeque.
For questions not dealt with on this web-site, contact
phystat2003@slac.stanford.edu
-- Amara Graps, PhD Istituto di Fisica delle Spazio Interplanetario (IFSI) Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Roma, ITALIA Amara.Graps@ifsi.rm.cnr.it
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