Workshop: “Looking for Nuggets in Massive Data Streams”

Students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are invited to attend a Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS) half-day short course entitled:

“Looking for Nuggets in Massive Data Streams”
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
9:00am – 12:30pm
Hameetman Auditorium, Cahill Building

This short course is being held in conjunction with the KISS study “Digging Deeper: Algorithms for Computationally-Limited Searches in Astronomy.”

This series of talks will review some of the tools and techniques used for detection and classification on transient signals in massive data streams in astronomy, e.g., searches for gravitational wave sources, or transient events in synoptic sky surveys.  The focus of this short course is on advanced data mining and statistical techniques and algorithms.

Speakers include:

09:15 – 10:15  Signal analysis and parameter estimation in gravitational wave astronomy, Badri Krishnan (AEI)
10:15 – 10:45  Keynote talk:  New Developments in Time Series Analysis, Jeff Scargle (NASA Ames)
10:45 – 11:15  Coffee break
11:15 – 11:45  Automated Classification of Transients, Ashish Mahabal (Caltech)
11:45 – 12:15  Machine Learning applications in Time Domain Astronomy, Pavlos Protopapas (CfA)

The short course will be videotaped and made available on the KISS website within two weeks after the workshop is completed.

Seating is limited and is available on a first come, first served basis – and no registration is required. An informal lunch is provided for all short course attendees.

Please see http://www.kiss.caltech.edu for more details.