Bayesian Inference for Cosmology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quTfKQJx7EI&list=PLP17kq19eP6AezxNp1JaNpoHoTPj9azQa
April 17-21, 2016
División de Ciencias e Ingenierías , Universidad De Guanajuato, Campus León, GuanajuatoThe main goal of this school is to prepare the next generation of students, postdocs, and researchers to perform statistical analysis over cosmological observations, such as present large scale surveys like BOSS and future as DESI, LSST, SCI-HI, etc.
The first part of each day will be devoted to lectures and tutorials providing the basis of statistics/bayesian inference tools. The rest of the day will be dedicated to hands-on sessions for developing projects. A set of projects will be pre-defined.
Invited Lecturers
- Alan Heavens (ICL,UK/ICIC Director )
- Licia Verde (U. de Barcelona, Spain/Radcliffe fellow 2015-2016)
- Raul Jimenez (U. de Barcelona, Spain/Radcliffe fellow 2015-2016)
- Jorge Peñarrubia (IfA, Royal Observatory, U. Eddinburgh)
- Antonio Cuesta (U. de Barcelona, Spain)
- Juan Carlos Hidalgo (ICF-UNAM, MX)
- Josue de Santiago (ICF-UNAM, MX)
- Jordan Mirocha (UCLA, US)
- Sebastien Fromenteau (CMU,US)
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Bayesian Statistics
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Parameter Inference Methods
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MonteCarlo Sampling Methods
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Forecasting Methods
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Hierarchical Modelling
PROJECTS:
- Constraints from LSS with BOSS
- MCMC codes for Cosmology
- Cosmology with 21cm HI at high redshift
- Testing modifications of gravity with LSS
- Galactic dynamics applications
Important Dates
Application for scholarships: January 27th-February 27th, 2016. CLOSED
Application Deadline: March 21th, 2016 . CLOSED
School: April 17th -21st, 2016 (Note you have to be in León since 16th at least)
Enquires to:
Organizing Committee
- Alma X. González-Morales (CONACYT/UGTO)
- Mariana Vargas-Magaña (IF-UNAM)
- Rodolfo Iván Rodríguez Montoya (INAOE)
- Gustavo Niz Quevedo
- Luis Ureña López
- Alberto Díez Tejedor
- Miguel Sabido
- Irvin Martinez (Student)
ACCEPTED PARTICIPANTS
UNDERGRADUATES
| Christian Nicanor Poveda Ruiz | Universidad de los Andes |
| Bruno villaseñor alvarez | IA-UNAM |
| Juan Salvador Tafoya Vargas | Facultad de Ciencias – UNAM |
| Johnatan Osvaldo Román Herrera | Unidad Académica de Física U.A.Z. |
| Braulio Farid Antonio Chi | Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM |
| Priscila Camacho Olachea | Universidad Autónoma de Baja California |
| Andres Aramburo Garcia | Universidad Autonoma de Baja California |
| Brenda Izamar Tapia Benavides | Facultad de Ciencias UNAM |
| Sandino Estrada Dorado | Universidad de Sonora |
| Andrea Muñoz Gutiérrez | Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM |
| Oscar Iván Robles Moreno | Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM |
| Marco Antonio Xoca Orozco | Universidad Autónoma de Baja California |
| Crhistian Alejandro Benitez Abarca | Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM |
| Carlos Miguel Garcia Rosas | IA-UNAM |
| Herrera Alcantar Hiram Kalid | Universidad Autónoma de Baja California |
| Claudia Zendejas Morales | Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM |
| Anaís Sotelo Burke | Universidad Autónoma de Baja California |
MSC
| Gabriela Alejandra Aguilar Argüello | IA-CU, UNAM |
| Patrocinio Perez Perez | FCFM-UNACH |
| Favio André Vázquez Prieto | ICN – UNAM |
| Haydee Olinca Hernández Aviña | INAOE |
| Oscar Nicolas Gomez Giraldo | UDEA |
| Miguel Angel de Icaza Lizaola | IA-UNAM. |
| Felipe Alejandro Salazar Vázquez | Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM |
| Aitor Carlos Robleto Orús | Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Guanajuato |
| Armando A. Roque Estrada | Universidad de Guanajuato, Campus León, División de Ciencias e Ingenierías. |
| Sebastián Camilo Morales Gutiérrez | Universidad de Guanajuato |
| Fidel Sosa Nuñez | Universidad de Guanajuato |
| Javier Israel Reynoso Córdova | Universidad de Guanajuato |
| Oleg S. Burgueño Gerardo. | Universidad de Guanajuato |
| Rebeca Martínez Carrillo | Universidad de Guanajuato |
| Sandra Guadalupe Bustamante González | INAOE – Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica y Electrónica |
| Andrea Alejandra Hidalgo Valadez | INAOE (Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica) |
PHD
| Metin Ata | Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam |
| Liliana Altamorano Devors | IA-UNAM (Ensenada) |
| Ana Luisa González Morán | INAOE |
| Hector Javier Hortua | Universidad Nacional de Colombia |
| EMMANUEL RÍOS LÓPEZ | INAOE |
| ramirez siordia victor hugo | IRyA UNAM |
| Mariana Jaber Bravo | UNAM |
| Jose Manuel Zorrilla Matilla | Columbia University |
| Judith BIERNAUX | University of Liège, BE |
| Bolivia Cuevas Otahola | INAOE |
| Luis Enrique Padilla Albores | CINVESTAV |
| Gabriela García Arroyo | IFM-UMSNH |
| Juan Francisco Flores Juárez | DCI-UGTO |
| Efrain Torres Lomas | DCI-UGTO |
| David Fernandez Arenas | INAOE |
| Jairo Andrés Alzate TRujillo | IRyA UNAM |
| Jorge Alberto Venzor Valdivia | CINVESTAV |
| Antonio Herrera Martin | University of Glasgow |
RESEARCHERS
| Axel de la Macorra | IF-UNAM |
| Jorge Luis Cervantes Cota | ININ |
| Gabriella Piccinelli Bocchi | Centro Tecnológico, FES Aragón, UNAM |
| Argelia Bernal Bautista | Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo |
| Miguel Angel García Aspeitia | CONACYT-Univerisda Autónoma de Zacatecas |
| Mario A. Rodríguez-Meza | ININ |
| Paulina Caballero | UAEMex |
| Javier Mauricio Antelis Ortiz | Tecnologico de Monterrey Campus Guadalajara |
| Claudia Moreno Gonzalez | Universidad de Guadalajara |
| Ulises Nucamendi | INSTITUTO DE FISICA Y MATEMATICAS, UMSNH |
| Alejandro Aviles Cervantes | Departameno de Matematicas, CINVESTAV |
| Alberto Hernandez Almada | IF-UNAM |
| Felipe Missael maya ordoñez | IPN |
| Tula Bernal Marín | Cinvestav |
| felipe missael maya ordoñez | ESFM-IPN |
| Dr. Thomai Tsiftsi | University of Bath |
| Jacqueline Barroso González | FES Acatlán UNAM |
| Ana Avilez | Cinvestav |
WE EXPECT TO MEET MOST OF THE STUDENTS ON SATURDAY 16th AT THE REGISTRATION DESK.
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES ARE BEING PLANNED FROM SUNDAY TO THURSDAY.
ALL THE EVENTS TAKE PLACE AT THE REAL DE MINAS POLIFORUM HOTEL.
LECTURES ARE AT THE “GOBERNADOR II” ROOM
Schedule
Lecture Program:
Sunday: Bayesian basics 1.
Sunday: Bayesian basics 2.
Monday: Random fields in cosmology .
Monday: Gaussians and other PDFs.
Tuesday: 1Sampling MCMC.
Tuesday: Sampling, & Fisher matrices.
Wednesday: Model Selection and Model Checking.
Wednesday: Bayesian Hierarchical Models & Advanced Topics.
Python: Introductory data handling with python –Iván Rodríguez Montoya–
PLENARY TALKS:
DR. AXEL DE LA MACORRA –PHYSICS INSTITUTE, UNAM–
Dynamics of Dark Energy from Large Scale Structure
DR. LUIS A. AGUILAR –ASTRONOMY INSTITUTE, UNAM, ENSENADA–
Through the looking glass: Assessing biases and completeness in large scale surveys. The Gaia case.
DR. ULISES NUCAMENDI —PHYSICS INSTITUTE, UIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA–
TBA
DR. LUIS UREÑA — DCI-UNIVERSIDAD DE GUANAJUATO–
TBA
Parallel meeting from the División de Ciencias e Ingenierías physics department
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Alan Heavens and Licia Verde
Lecture Videos
- Introduction to Bayesian Inference(Block 1)
- Cosmology (Block 2)
- Random Fields (Block 3)
- NonGaussian Likelihoods (Block 4)
- Sampling distributions (Block 5)
- Gibbs Sampling (Block 6)
- Fisher Matrices(Block 7)
- Fisher Matrices (Block 7b)
- Model Selection (Block 8)
- Hierarchical Modeling (Block 9)
- Central Limit Theorem
- Lighthouse example
- Population Mean
- Numerical Recipes book
- Download data from: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4q5nvv90j9xp38h/AADh76tHTYvPP67TUFRSMx0ma?dl=0
Ivan Rodriguez —Python tutorial-–
Projects
–Sebastien Fromenteu (Plenary talk)
–Juan Carlos Hidalgo (Plenary talk)
-Jordan Mirocha (Plenary talk)
–Antonio Cuesta (Plenary talk)
-Jorge Peñarrubia (Plenary talk and data project)
– Raul Jimenez (Plenary talk and data project)
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Event with CONACyT funding