2012 Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers

2012年天文学统计暑期学校；2012年6月4日至8日；天文学研究通常涉及对天空的成像、光度和光谱调查，这些调查产生了tb到pb的数据库和数十亿个天体的目录。在不久的将来，随着新一代强大的望远镜和各种天文数据集的联合，这种类型的研究将取得成果。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在统计方面没有受过良好的训练，他们只从物理学家撰写的或为物理学家撰写的书籍中学习基本的方法。这类卷通常只涉及范围狭窄的问题，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。统计是一种可用的技术，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年统计推断青年天文学家暑期学校将使用经验丰富的教师和创新的课程，介绍中级水平的概念和方法。这是由宾夕法尼亚州立大学的研究小组于2005年发起的一系列为期一周的天文学家统计学暑期课程中最新的一项。如果保持稳定的状态，这些暑期学校将培养大约10%的美国年轻天文学家，填补美国科学劳动力的一个关键空白。

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.