ASTRO: Time Series Analysis for Synoptic Surveys and Gravitational Wave Astronomy: March 20-23, 2017

Participation by invitation only.

Location:

This workshop will take place at the International Center for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Bengaluru, India.

Description:

This workshop, co-sponsored by ICTS (India), is part of the SAMSI year-long program on Statistical, Mathematical and Computational Methods for Astronomy (ASTRO) and the primary goal of this mid-program workshop is to further enrich the SAMSI ASTRO program by including international researchers in the area of synoptic time domain surveys and time series analysis of gravitational wave data. The participants of the workshop will focus on advancing the current understanding of the above stated research topics by incorporating expertise of researchers from India and the U.S. who are working on Electromagnetic (EM) counterparts to Gravitational Wave (GW) sources.

In essence, this workshop would enable U.S. researchers to learn from the expertise of Indian researchers (at leading institutions in India) and also enable U.S. researchers to exchange and share the methodologies developed by two of the five working groups of the SAMSI ASTRO program.

The workshop will begin with a few overview lectures designed to familiarize attendees with current trends in time domain astronomy and modern methodologies in statistics and applied mathematics. The subsequent part of the workshop will follow with specialized research lectures on the existing subgroups, panel discussions about collaboration possibilities between different groups with specific end-points in mind through collaborative research sessions.

Questions: For those interested in participating or for further details, please contact one of the organizers or the SAMSI directorate liaison listed on the right. For more information about this program, visit the Time Series Analysis for Synoptic and Gravitational Wave Astronomy page at ICTS.

Schedule and Supporting Media

Participants

Blog Posts

ICTS ContributionKaustubh Vaghmare: When Astronomy Met Statistics
SAMSI ContributionJackeline Moreno: Drexel PhD Candidate Gains Perspective on Big Data in Astronomy at International Workshop


Monday, March 20, 2017
International Center for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Bengaluru, India

Description Speaker Slides Videos
ICTS Welcome Parameswaran Ajith, ICTS pdf
SAMSI Deputy Director’s Welcome Sujit Ghosh, SAMSI pdf
Scientific Aims Ashish Mahabal, CalTech pdf video
Challenges for Real-time and Archival Time domain astronomy Ashish Mahabal, CalTech pdf video
GW astronomy: Overview Archana Pai, IISER Trivandrum pdf video
Statistics in astronomy & the SAMSI ASTRO Program Jogesh Babu, Penn State pdf video
Panel and discussions James Long, Texas A&M pdf
Building a training set for an automatic LSST light curve classifier Rafael Martinez Galarza, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics video
Searching for ultraviolet transients with UNIT Koshy George, India Institute of Astrophysics pdf video
Structure Function & CARMA Analysis of QSO Light curves Jackeline Moreno, Drexel pdf
Feature selection and classification methods for CRTS (Panel Discussion) N Sajeeth Philip, David Jones & Sujit Ghosh pdf

Tuesday, March 21, 2017
International Center for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Bengaluru, India

Description Speaker Slides Videos
Issues in time domain astronomy Matthew Graham, Washington State pdf video
Challenges in Source Parameter Estimation in GW Astronomy Rajesh Nayak video
Statistical Challenges in time domain astronomy James Long, Texas A&M pdf video
Panel and Discussion David Stenning & Hyungsuk Tak, SAMSI pdf
Anand Sengupta, Indian Institue of Technology Gandhinagar pdf

Wednesday, March 22, 2017
International Center for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Bengaluru, India

Description Speaker Slides Videos
Compact binaries, sky localization & all that Sukanta Bose, Washington State University pdf
Observing facilities in India Varun Bhalerao, IIT Bombay pdf video
Finding counterparts in X-ray data: The Search for Electromagnetic Counterparts to GW sources Varun Bhalerao, IIT Bombay video
Panel and Discussion Ashish Mahabal, CalTech pdf
Kuntal Misra, Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) pdf
Transient noise in the LIGO detectors Jessica McIver, LIGO pdf video
The physical, statistical and computational challenges of Pulsar Timing Justin Ellis, CalTech pdf video
Robust inference via a mixture of Gaussian and t-type error distributions Hyungsuk Tak, SAMSI pdf video
Lightning talks related to posters pdf

Thursday, March 23, 2017
International Center for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Bengaluru, India

Description Speaker Slides Videos
Gamma Ray Bursts & Associated Supernovae Kuntal Misra, Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) pdf video
Redshift distribution of short duration GRBs L. Resmi, Indian Institute of Space & Technology (IIST) NOT AVAILABLE
Hybrid geometric-stochastic GW template banks Anand Sengupta, Indian Institue of Technology Gandhinagar video
Bayesian model selection of population synthesis models of CBCs Sumit Kumar, ICTS-TIFR pdf video
Bayesian identification of strongly lensed GW events M. K. Haris, ICTS pdf