This webpage provides information for the 4th Heidelberg Summer School
hosted by the
International Max Planck Research School for Astronomy and
Cosmic Physics at the University of Heidelberg (IMPRS-HD).
The topic of the IMPRS Summer School 2009 is
Statistical Inferences from Astrophysical Data.
Current School Information:
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Organization:
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IMPRS for Astronomy and
Cosmic Physics at the University of Heidelberg: Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics Astronomisches Rechen-Institut Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics Landessternwarte Koenigstuhl | ||
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Lecturers:
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David W. Hogg, New York University Ian McHardy, University of Southampton William H. Press, University of Texas, Austin | ||
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Assistents:
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Jo Bovy, New York University Dimitrios Emmanoulopoulos, University of Southampton Dustin Lang, University of Toronto | ||
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Background:
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The International Max Planck Research School for Astronomy and
Cosmic Physics at the University of Heidelberg (IMPRS-HD)
has been established 2005 as a graduate school for PhD studies.
Besides the yearly course program for graduate studies in astronomy
and astrophysics, IMPRS-HD is organizing an
annual Summer School on up-to-date scientific topics.
Internationally renowned scientists are invited as lecturers. Graduate students and early postdocs are particularly welcome to participate. | ||
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When & where:
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The 4th Heidelberg Summer School will take place August 10-14, 2009
at the "Max Planck Haus" (Max Planck House) in Heidelberg, Germany:
Deadlines: June 15st:........ Registration/application for participation, and travel support June 20th:......... Final decision for travel supports June 30th:........ Final selection of participants July 15th:........ End of hotel block reservation | ||
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Scope of the School:
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The goals of the IMPRS Summer Schools are to: The topic of this year's school, Statistical Inferences from Astrophysical Data, is of essential interest for almost all astronomical and astrophysical projects. Examples are huge dates sets from large-scale surveys, similar imformation from corresponding numerical simulations, the limit of sparse data coverage in time or space, incomplete data, the searching for periodicities in (unevenly) sampled data ... Topics to be covered by the main lecturers will include
Further topics will be Monte Carlo approaches, maximum likelyhood techniques, parametric tests, biases in censored/incomplete data, or Bayesian statistics applications. | ||
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School format:
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The IMPRS Summer School has four major components:
(1)
The lecturing program on general issues of Statistical Inferences is taught
by our invited lecturers
David W. Hogg, Ian McHardy, and William H. Press.
We do not have a regular poster session, but we will provide space for
posters of participants. There will be time during the coffee breaks to look
at the posters.
Please, download the preliminary
program of the school (as of August 8, 2009).
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Registration:
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** Registration for the IMPRS Summer School closes at June 15th **
There is no registration fee. The number of participants is limited. We will not be able to accept all registrations applying for participation. Preference will given to students or postdocs working in the field and registering early.
1) The first step in the registration procedure is to fill out the
registration form,
then print it, sign it, and send it to us preferably as scanned pdf by email
(however fax or postal mail is possible as well).
With your signature you will state that in order to be prepared for the
practical exercises, you will bring your own laptop
and that you have installed and tested certain software packages
prior to the school.
2) The second step is that we evaluate the incoming registrations (as we are usually oversubscribed). By the end of June at the latest you will be informed whether you may attend the IMPRS Summer School 2009. 3) You may then go ahead and take care of your accomodation (see below) either by booking yourself or via IMPRS by filling out the accomodation form.
4)
In order to be prepared for successful participation at the lab exercises
it is
required to bring your own laptop
and to
install certain software packages prior to the school.
We will prepare a local Wiki page with more information and advice soon
(access will be provided after registration and acceptance).
Please note that after having received this official confirmation and after
having booked your accommodation, a cancellation will be difficult and you will have
to cover all the costs which may incur.
We urge you to register and book your hotel as early as possible. Registration is essential as it necessary in order to schedule the scientific and social program. Please, tell us immediately if you have a problem with our registration schedule (e.g. if you have to apply for other funding). Please understand that for student and postdoc applications we request for the signature of a staff scientist on th eapplication form. Here is the current list of participants (as of August 8) who have been accepted to the school and have confirmed their participation. | ||
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Travel & arrival:
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The IMPRS Summer School will start Monday morning (August 10) and end on
Friday afternoon (August 14).
PLANE arrivals:
If you arrive by airplane, there are the following options: Frankfurt/Main (FRA): The easiest is to take the (direct) airport bus to Heidelberg which runs every hour. The bus is labeled "Lufthansa bus" but is currently run by a different company. The bus leaves very close to the exit gate B at Frankfurt airport. This link this link provide further information for reservations. Note that a reservation (3 days in advance) is highly recommended as the "bus" is actually a van with 9 seats only. The bus arrives very close to downtown Heidelberg, about 200 m away from the central bus station "Bismarck-Platz". There are also frequent train connections from the airport via Mannheim to Heidelberg (main station).
Frankfurt/Hahn (HHN): Many low-cost arrive at
Frankfurt/Hahn.
There is a direct airport bus to Heidelberg as well, however, arriving at
Heidelberg main station. (Be aware that in spite of its name this airport
is not close to Frankfurt!).
TRAIN arrivals:
Trains will arrive at Heidelberg main station ("Hauptbahnhof"), about
500 m away from either downtown Heidelberg of the Max-Planck-Haus.
After arrival in Heidelberg,
it will be convienient for you to buy a weekly pass for the
Heidelberg public transportation system ("Wochenticket", 18,50 Euro).
It is valid from Monday 00:00 till next Monday 12:00. Hotel IBIS is located just besides the main station. If you arrive by the Lufthansa bus, take a tram or a bus to the main station. The trams leave 100m from the Lufthansa bus stop. If you stay at the Max Planck Guesthouse at the conference center, you may take the trams 24 or 21 from the main station direction "Handschuhsheim" to stop "Jahnstrasse", or tram 21 or bus 32 from the main bus stop at "Bismarckplatz" direction "Handschuhsheim" to stop "Jahnstrasse". From stop "Jahnstrasse" it is a 100m walk to the guest house (along the tram tracks). Note that the guest house is in the same building as the conference center, however, it has another entrance (around the corner). The following schematic map shows the public transport system in Heidelberg (provided by the Heidelberg area public transportation system RNV, http://www.rnv-online.de/). Please, check the google map to find your way from main station to the conference center at "Gerhart-Hauptmannstrasse 36". The guest house entrance is around the corner at "Humboldtstrasse 13". Note that the map is not exact ... See also a map for the area between the train station / IBIS hotel, the Max Planck House, and the downtown area, are provided here as pdf file. | ||
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Travel support:
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Limited funds are available for partial travel support of participants.
If you are interested to apply for financial support, please mark your interest on
the application form.
The organizers will evaluate these requests as early as possible.
Our travel support is intended as partial reimbursement for your trip as a whole - to be used for either travel or accomodation costs (or for both). You have to your pay for your trip first and you will be (partially) reimbursed by us after arrival. We regret that only a limited number of participants can be financially supported. Please note that we hesitate to grant travel support, if your home institution is not participating in supporting your trip. | ||
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Accomodations:
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A number of rooms have been reserved
(block reservation from Saturday, August 8 - Saturday, August 15, 2009) at Hotel IBIS
and in the Max Planck Guest House (at the conference center).
We kindly ask you to take care of your accomodation as early as possible.
(1) We have made a block reservation of double and single rooms at
Hotel IBIS
Tel : +49-(0)6221-913-0 ; Fax : +49-(0)6221-913-300
The hotel is located right at the train station. The rooms are available at a special rate of 85 Euro per room (per night, incl. breakfast, corresponding to about 45 Euro per person) for two days prior to and two days after the summer school dates.
(2) We have made a block reservation of (very few!) guest rooms (mainly double rooms, one appartment for max. 3 people) at the conference center. The rooms are available at a rate of 30-40 Euro per room (no breakfast):
You are of course welcome to book your accomodation yourself.
Hotel IBIS also provides a
webpage
for reservations.
Please, refer to the password "IMPRS School". Another option could be the Heidelberg Youth Hostel which offers beds in 2-4 bed rooms for about 25 Euro incl. breakfast. The bus lines 31 or 31 connect the Youth hostel with the stops "Bunsengymnasium" of Jahnstrasse" close to the conference center. Information about accomodation of all participants can be found via our list of participants (coming soon). Please, check from time to time to find out about your place of accomodation. For further questions concerning accomodation in Heidelberg contact Mrs Heide Seifert (Phone: +49-(0)6221-528-220; Fax: +49-(0)6221-528-339). Please, check the google map to find your way from main station to the conference center at "Gerhart-Hauptmannstrasse 36". The guest house entrance is around the corner at "Humboldtstrasse 13". Note that the map is not exact ... See also a map for the area between the train station / IBIS hotel, the Max Planck House, and the downtown area, are provided here as pdf file. | ||
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Transportation in Heidelberg:
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Heidelberg has a fairly good public transportation system.
You may buy a weekly ticket after arrival in Heidelberg and
use it for the following days ("Wochenticket", 18,50 Euro).
It is valid from Monday 00:00 till next Monday 12:00. If you stay in the guestrooms close to the conference center, you may consider NOT to buy such a ticket, as you may walk to downtown Heidelberg within 15 min. You can buy the weekly pass in the "RNV service center" (RNV Verkaufsstelle) in the main station. The following schematic map explains the public transport system in Heidelberg (provided by the Heidelberg area public transportation system RNV, http://www.rnv-online.de/). The IBIS hotel is connected to the conference center (stops "Jahnstrasse" of Bunsengymnasium") by tram lines 21 and 24 and bus line 32. Each of the lines goes every then minutes during the week. You may check google map to find your way from main station to the conference center at "Gerhart-Hauptmannstrasse 36". The guest house entrance is around the corner at "Humboldtstrasse 13". Note that the map is not exact ... See also a map for the area between the train station / IBIS hotel, the Max Planck House, and the downtown area, are provided here as pdf file. | ||
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Contact information:
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For further information regarding the content
and scientific objectives of the meeting, please contact:
Christian Fendt (school coordinator)
For further information regarding logistics, please contact:
Heide Seifert (school secretary) | ||
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