The Cosmostatistics Initiative
The Cosmostatistics Initiative (COIN) is a worldwide endeavor aimed to foster interdisciplinary collaborations to solve data-driven scientific challenges.
The group is co-lead by Rafael S. de Souza (U. Hertfordshire, UK), Alberto Krone-Martins (UC Irvine, USA) and Emille E. O. Ishida (CNRS, France).
Researchers willing to join are welcome to contact any of the chairs!
COIN Residence Programs
An unstructured meeting, offering opportunities for collaborative research, learning, and transference of skills.
The CRPs are composed by young and senior researchers from astronomy, statistics, computer science and related disciplines alike.
The group utilizes a management model somewhat similar to technological start-ups. Our dynamic, non-hierarchical, and people-centric approach enables innovation in scientific research, while helping its members to enhance their career paths.
A complete report of COIN projects, results and previous meetings can be found in the Projects page.
Location
Armação dos Búzios is a municipality located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is 173 km east of the city of Rio de Janeiro.
The city remained almost unknown until 1964, when the French actress Brigitte Bardot visited the small village. The town eventually grew to be an international tourist destination.
The peninsula’s west coast beaches offer calm, clear waters while the east coast ones, facing the open sea, are more wild and draw surfers and water sports enthusiasts. It has a tropical climate and temperatures in the southern hemisphere tend to fluctuate between 20 C – 30C from May to September.
Source: Wikipedia
After a decade of activities, we could not be more proud to bring COIN to Brazil! The country embodies almost perfectly our philosophy of science as human expression. We have no doubt incredible science will result from this meeting.
Code of Conduct
COIN is composed of members from around the globe with a diverse set of skills, personalities, and experiences. This is one of the characteristics which makes it unique and fruitful.
We require participants to follow these guidelines which help steer our interactions and strive to keep the CRPs an enlightening experience for all members involved.
The official language of CRP#8 is English.
Important:
CRP #8 will be a harassment-free environment for everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, nationality or religion.
Please bring any issues to the confidential attention of the workshop organizers.
Directives:
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.
Given the informal nature of the program, be perceptive about eventual help needed in the organization and maintenance of the household tasks. Remember that there is no room service or catering. Keeping things clean and organized is up to the group itself.
CRP #8 is a strictly non-smoking event. Smoking is not allowed anywhere inside the venue or around the pool area.
Participants sharing a room should pay attention to tidiness, personal hygiene, sleeping hours and noise. In the common areas, there is no time limit and you can keep working through the night, if you wish to.
Publication and authorship:
The mere participation in one of the CRPs does not guarantee authorship in COIN papers.
Publications developed during the CRPs are led by volunteer participants who commit to the implementation of all stages of the project during and after the meeting.
All participants who contribute to development of a project will be included in the author list. The order of the authors is decided by the project leader, in common agreement with the chairs, once the paper is finalized.
Reference: Adapted from Python Code of Conduct
Application guidelines
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- Researchers working on academia or industry are welcome to apply, regardless of their career stage, though preference will be given for those with at least one year into the PhD or with equivalent experience.
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- The format was design to be more effective for small groups. As a consequence, we have a very limited number of places available (maximum a dozen per edition). Selection is based in optimizing the group dynamics and expertise, and does not reflect individual merit.
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- Online participation is not supported.
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- Partial participation is not supported. All participants are required to check-in on Monday, 8 September, and check-out on Monday, 15 September, at any time of the day. September 8th is reserved to allow great flexibility and no scientific activities are programmed, thus enabling all participants to be on-site once activities start.
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- Thanks to our sponsors, accommodation (in a shared bedroom) will be covered for everyone. However, participants should arrange for their own travel and food expenses.
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- Participation in COIN events is not limited to the week of the event. The commitment include a few preparatory online meetings (before the event) and subsequent work necessary to bring results up to publication standards (after the event).
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- If you have additional questions, do not hesitate to contact us at contact@cosmostatistics-initiative.org.
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