The Cosmostatistics Initiative
The Cosmostatistics Initiative (COIN) is an international network which aims to create an interdisciplinary environment where collaborations between astronomers, statisticians and machine learning experts can flourish. The group utilizes a management model which can find parallel in technological start-ups: based on a dynamic, non-hierarchical and people-centric approach.
The LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration
The LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC) is an international collaboration preparing for a variety of cosmological analyses with the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) data. In advance of LSST’s first observations, DESC will help prepare for LSST science analysis, make synergistic connections with ongoing cosmological surveys and provide the dark energy community with state of the art analysis tools.
RESSPECT
The REcommendation System for SPECTroscopic follow-up (RESSPECT) is a collaboration between COIN and LSST-DESC which aims to adapt active learning strategies for the construction of optimized training samples for supernova photometric classifcation in the context of LSST.
The team is formed by researchers from both collaborations who are working together in the development of a recommendation system which will enable informed decisions regarding the allocation of spectroscopic follow-up resources and consequent optimized scientific results from purely photometric samples.
This event is the first face to face meeting of the REESPECT team.
The logistic of this meeting was inspired in the COIN Residence Programs where tasks and discussions are agreed upon by the team before the meeting. There are no scheduled talks or any kind of formal presentation.
This meeting will be followed by a traditional workshop on Optimizing spectroscopic samples for Supernova photometric classification.
Organizers
Location
Clermont-Ferrand is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, with a population of 141,569 (2012). It is the prefecture (capital) of the Puy-de-Dôme department and sits on the plain of Limagne in the Massif Central, surrounded by a major industrial area. The city is known for the chain of volcanoes, the Chaîne des Puys surrounding it, including the dormant volcano Puy de Dôme (10 kilometres (6 miles), one of the highest, topped by communications towers, and visible from the city.
Clermont-Ferrand’s most famous public square is Place de Jaude, on which stands a grand statue of Vercingetorix sitting imperiously on a horse and holding a sword. The inscription reads: J’ai pris les armes pour la liberté de tous (I took up arms for the liberty of all). This statue was sculpted by Frédéric Bartholdi, who also created the Statue of Liberty.
The city also hosts the Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA) and the Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC) with a dynamic type Ia SN astronomy group working on LSST, ZTF, SNFactory and COIN.
Code of Conduct
RESSPECT is composed of members from around the globe with a diverse set of skills, personalities, and experiences.
We require participants to follow these guidelines which help steer our interactions and strive to keep this an enlightening experience for all members involved.
This event will be a harassment-free environment for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, physical appearance, body size, race, ethinicity, religion (or lack thereof) or technology choices.
Participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the meetnig at the discretion of the conference organisers.
Directives:
Behave professionally. Exclusionary or offensive comments or jokes related to personal attributes are not appropriate.
Be receptive to constructive comment and criticism, as the experiences and skill sets of other members contribute to the whole of our efforts.
Be thoughtful when addressing the efforts of others, keeping in mind that often times the labour was completed simply for the good of the group.
Be good and respectful to each other.
This is a strictly non-smoking event. Smoking is not allowed anywhere inside the venue.
Unacceptable behavior includes, but is not limited to, sustained disruption of talks or other events, unwelcome physical contact, sexual attention or innuendo, intimidation, stalking, and recording of an individual without consent.
Communicate appropriately. Aim for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds. Sexual language and imagery are not acceptable.
based on policies from COIN Residence Program and LSST DESC
Schedule
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
9:30h - 10:00h
Breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast
10:00h - 11:00h
Review on previous telecon
Evaluation of Monday's goals
Report on feature extraction
11:00h - 12:30h
Division of tasks
Hands-on
Reports on metrics and classifiers
12:30h - 14:00h
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30h
Hands-on
Hands-on
Report on active learning strategies
15:30h-17:00h
Hands-on
Hands-on
Plan for next steps
17:00h-19:30h
19:30h-22:00h
Group dinner
Participants
- Alberto Krone-Martins - U. Lisbon (Portugal), Alex I. Malz - New York U. (USA), Anais Moller - CNRS/UCA (France), Ben Moews - U. Edinburgh (UK), Bruno Quint - SOAR Telescope (Chile), Connor Sheere - U. Toronto - Canada, Emille E. O. Ishida - CNRS/Universite Clermont Auvergne (France), Kara Ponder - SLAC (USA), Lluis Galbany - U. Pittsburgh (USA), Mi Dai - Johns Hopkins U. (USA), Rafael S. de Souza - U. North Carolina (USA), Ricardo Vilalta - U. Houston (USA), Robert Beck - ELTE (Hungary), Sreevarsha Sreejith - CNRS/UCA (France), Tina Peters - U. Toronto - Canada
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