First La Serena School for Data Science 2013: Applied Tools for Astronomy

The LA SERENA SCHOOL FOR DATA SCIENCE: Applied Tools for Astronomy is an intensive week of interdisciplinary lectures focused on applied tools for handling big astronomical data. Participants will be instructed in how astronomical data are processed, accessed and analyzed, including reduction pipelines, databases, and scientific programming.  The School will be taught by an international and interdisciplinary group of professors who will use real data and examples.  Participants will work on team-based projects and be provided training and access to the National Laboratory for High Performance Computing located at the University of Chile’s Center for Mathematical Modeling.

Lecture topics include:
– Astronomical Data Aquisition
– Processing pipelines
– Astronomical Databases
– Virtual Observatory
– High Performance Computing
– Statistical tools applied to Astronomy

The School will take place on August 12 -16, 2013 at the AURA Campus located in La Serena, Chile. Students from different disciplines are encouraged to participate, including (but not limited to) astronomy, computer science, statistics, and mathematics. There is no registration fee, but traveling and lodging expenses will need to be covered by the assistants. Nevertheless, a limited amount of scholarships will be available for these expenses.

Posted on Jul 12, 2013 in Events, Schools