2012 Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers

2012年天文学家统计暑期学校; 2012年6月4日至8日;宾夕法尼亚州立大学，学院公园天文学研究通常涉及成像，测光和光谱调查的天空，产生TB到PB的数据库和十亿对象目录。 随着新一代强大的望远镜和各种天文数据集的联合，这种研究将在不久的将来取得成果。 虽然前景很好，但实现科学目标关键取决于使用统计推断提取有用的知识，特别是使用先进的统计方法。 因此，观测天文学家面临着比以往任何时候都更广泛的统计挑战，而不幸的是，大多数美国天文学家没有受过良好的统计训练，只能通过物理科学家编写的书籍学习基本方法。 这些卷通常只处理范围很窄的问题，在数理统计方面提供的概念基础不足，在高级应用统计方面的指导很少。统计是一种现有技术，必须加以利用，以促进天文学和天体物理学的需要，为期五天的2012年青年天文学家统计推断暑期学校将利用经验丰富的教员和创新的课程，介绍中级概念和方法。这是2005年由宾夕法尼亚州立大学的小组发起的为期一周的天文学家统计学暑期学校系列中的最新一期。如果保持稳定，这些暑期学校将培训全国约10%的年轻天文学家，填补美国科学劳动力的关键空白。

2012 Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers; June 4-8 2012; Pennsylvania State University, College ParkAstronomical research often involves imaging, photometric and spectroscopic surveys of the sky that produce terabyte to petabyte databases and billion-object catalogs. This type of research will be coming to fruition in the near future with a new generation of formidable telescopes and the federation of diverse astronomical datasets. While the promise is great, achieving the scientific goals depends critically on extraction of useful knowledge using statistical inference, and especially the use of advanced statistical methods. Observational astronomers are thus confronting a wider range of statistical challenges than ever before, while unfortunately most U.S. astronomers are not well trained in statistics, learning only elementary methods through books written by and for physical scientists. Such volumes usually treat only a narrow range of problems, providing inadequate conceptual foundations in mathematical statistics and little guidance in advanced applied statistics. Statistics is an available technology that must be tapped to advance the needs of astronomy and astrophysics.The five-day 2012 Summer School for young astronomers in statistical inference will present concepts and methodologies at an intermediate level, using experienced instructors and an innovative curriculum. This is the latest in the series of intensive week-long Summer Schools in Statistics for Astronomers, initiated in 2005 by the group at Pennsylvania State. If maintained at a steady state, these Summer Schools will train about 10% of the nation's young astronomers, filling a critical lacuna in the US scientific workforce.