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PRESENTATIONS ON STATISTICAL METHODS IN ASTRONOMY:


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  1. Unified Analyses of Populations of Sources: Advantages of “Shrinkage Estimates” in Astronomy (2015). (Download pdf.)

  2. Science-Driven Models for Image Analysis in Astronomy and Solar Physics (2015). (Download pdf.)

  3. Advanced Statistical and Computational Methods for Emerging Challenges in Astronomy and Solar Physics ( Poster , 2014). (Download pdf.)

  4. Big Data, Big Challenges, and Big Ideas in 21st Century Astrostatistics (2014). (Download pdf.)

  5. Bayesian Analysis of Power Law Models in High-Energy Astrophysics and in Solar Physics (2014). (Download pdf.)

  6. Embedding the Big Bang Cosmological Model into a Bayesian Hierarchical Model (2014). (Download pdf.)

  7. Big Data: the Big Picture (2014). (Download pdf.)

  8. The Role of Statistics in the Discovery of a Higgs Boson (2013). (Download pdf.)

  9. Big Data and Complex Modeling: Challenges in Astronomy and Solar Physics (2013). (Download pdf.)

  10. Embedding Astronomical Computer Models into Principled Statistical Analyses (2013). (Download pdf for statistics version.) (Download pdf for astronomy version).)

  11. Accounting for Calibration Uncertainty in High Energy Astrophysics (2012). (Download pdf.)

  12. Computation Challenges Posed by Highly-Structured Models and Computer Models in Astrophysics (2012). (Download pdf.) (Download BIRS video.)

  13. Accounting for Calibration Uncertainty in High Energy Astrophysics via the Partially Collapsed Gibbs Samplers with MH updates (2012). (Download pdf.)

  14. Automatic Classification and Tracking of Solar Features (Poster, 2012). (Download pdf.)

  15. Embedding Astronomical Computer Models into Complex Statistical Models. (2011). (Download pdf.)

  16. Statistical Learning Challenges in Astronomy and Solar Physics (2011). (Download pdf.) (Download video.)

  17. Automatic Classification and Tracking of Solar Features (2011). (Download pdf.)

  18. Future Directions of Astrostatistics (2011). (Download pdf.)

  19. Discussion of Cosmological Bayesian Model Selection: Recent Advances and Open Challenges by R. Trotta (2011). (Download pdf.)

  20. Bayesian Inference for the White Dwarf Initial-Final Mass Relation (Poster, 2011). (Download pdf.)

  21. Using PyBLoCXS for a Fully Bayesian Analysis of Calibration Uncertainty in High Energy Spectral Analysis (Poster2011). (Download pdf.)

  22. A Statistician’s Approach to Setting Upper Limits, Computing Intervals, and Detection (2011). (Download pdf.)

  23. Embedding Computer Models for Stellar Evolution into a Coherent Statistical Analysis (2010). (Download pdf.)

  24. Summary of Statistical Issues Discussed in the Workshop (Workshop on Statistical Issues Relevant to Significance of Discovery Claims, Banff International Research Station, Canada, July, 2010).. (Download pdf.) (Download video.)

  25. Upper Limits (2010). (Download pdf.)

  26. Metropolis Hastings within Partially Collapsed Gibbs with Applications in High-Energy Astrophysics (2010). (Download pdf.)

  27. Coherent Statistical Calibration of High-Energy Photon Detectors (2009). (Download pdf.)

  28. Statistical Analysis of Stellar Evolution (2008). (Download pdf.)

  29. Statistical Analysis of Stellar Evolution (Poster, 2008). (Download pdf.)

  30. Spectral Analysis of Faint Astronomical Objects: Bayesian Modeling, Computation, and Inference. (Download pdf.)

  31. Statistics: Handle with Care (Hypothesis Testing) (2008). (Download pdf.)

  32. What is an Upper Limit? (Poster,2008 ). (Download pdf.)

  33. Fully Bayesian Analysis of Low-Count Astronomical Images (2007). (Download pdf.)

  34. Multi-Scale Image Reconstruction with Low-Count Poisson Data (2007). (Download pdf.)

  35. Fitting Narrow Spectral Lines in High Energy Astrophysics Using Incompatible Gibbs Samplers (Poster, 2006). (Download pdf.)

  36. Highly Structured Models in High Energy Astrophysics. (2004). (Download pdf.)

  37. Comments on ``How to Win With Non-Gaussian Data: Poisson Imaging Version'' by Alanna Connors (Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy IV, State College, Pennsylvania, June 2006). (Download pdf.)

  38. Detection Limits, Upper Limits, and Confidence Intervals in High-Energy Astrophysics (2006). (Download pdf.)

  39. Reconstructing of the Physical Enviornment of a Stellar Corona. (2005). (Download pdf.)

  40. Highly Structured Models and High Energy Astrophysics ( Poster , 2004). (Download pdf.)

  41. Two New Statistical Tools for Bayesian Analysis of Low-Count Spectra (2004). (Download pdf.)

  42. BEHR (Bayesian Estimation of Hardness Ratios): Computing Hardness Ratios with Poissonian Errors (Poster, 2004). (Download pdf.)

  43. Reconstructing Stellar DEMs from X-ray Spectra (Poster, 2004). (Download pdf.)

  44. Bayesian Estimation of logN-logS (BENS) (Poster, 2004). (Download pdf.)