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Priors, Quaternions, and Residuals, Oh My! a scientific meeting in honor of retiring professor William H. Jefferys September 24, 2004 University of Texas at Austin ACES 2.302 Sponsored by the Department of Astronomy and the College of Natural Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin

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Speakers: Tom Barnes, University of Texas at Austin Fritz Benedict, University of Texas at Austin Jim Berger Duke University Gene Byrd, University of Alabama Dr. Byrd's Dept. Page Barbara McArthur, University of Texas at Austin Judit Györgyey Ries, University of Texas at Austin E. Myles Standish, NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory Ted von Hippel, University of Texas at Austin Scientific Organizing Committee: University of Texas at Austin Department of Astronomy Fritz Benedict, Chair Barbara McArthur Judit Györgyey Ries Tom Barnes Local Organizing Committee: Don Winget, Chairman Mary Lindholm, Executive Assistant Monica Kidd, Administrative Associate Traveling to Austin: If you are traveling to Austin for the meeting, you can find information on local accomodations from the Department of Astronomy Travel to Austin page.

Building Location: A.C.E.S. Building - Meeting Corner of 24th St. and Speedway St. Robert L. Moore Hall - Department of Astronomy Corner of Dean Keeton St. and Speedway St. Parking on campus for visitors is $7.00 per day. Parking lots are noted on the map on the corners of 24th and San Jacinto and 27th and Speedway.

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Schedule:
8:30 a.m.		Welcoming Remarks Peter Riley - Associate Dean for Research, College of Natural Sciences Don Winget - Chair, Department of Astronomy
		SESSION 1 - PRIORS Fritz Benedict, Chair
8:50 a.m.		Bayesian Statistics Jim Berger, Duke University
9:45 a.m.		Bayes and the Cosmic Distance Scale Tom Barnes, University of Texas at Austin
10:20 a.m.		Coffee Break
10:45 a.m.		A Bayesian Approach to Star Clusters Ted von Hippel, University of Texas at Austin
		SESSION 2 - QUATERNIONS Tom Barnes, Chair
11:20 a.m.		Solar System Dynamics E. Myles Standish, NASA /Jet Propulsion Laboratory
12:15 a.m.		Lunch Break
1:45 p.m.		How Asteroids Become NEAs Judit Györgyey Ries, University of Texas at Austin
2:20 p.m.		Galaxy Dynamics Gene Byrd, University of Alabama
3:15 a.m.		Coffee Break
		SESSION 3 - RESIDUALS Judit Györgyey Ries, Chair
3:40 p.m.		Astronomy in 3-D: Astrometry & RV Barbara McArthur, University of Texas at Austin
4:15 p.m.		Parallaxes with HST Fritz Benedict, University of Texas at Austin
4:45 p.m.		Reflections Bill Jefferys, University of Texas at Austin

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Participants:

Richard Abbot, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Anne Adkins, Austin Astronomical Society
Carlos Allende Prieto, University of Texas at Austin
Brian Banicki, Austin Astronomical Society
Tom Barnes, University of Texas at Austin
Frank Bash,University of Texas at Austin
William Beckner,University of Texas at Austin
G. Fritz Benedict, University of Texas at Austin
Jim Berger, Duke University
Art Bradley, Spacecraft System Engineering Services
Gene Byrd, University of Alabama
Linda S. Cartwright, Austin Astronomical Society
Ana Mireles Chandler, Austin Astronomical Society
Manasi Deshpande, University of Texas at Austin
Cecile Dewitt-Morette, University of Texas at Austin
Harriet Dinerstein, University of Texas at Austin
Raynor Duncombe, University of Texas at Austin
Jason Dzubinski, University of Texas at Austin
David Evans, University of Texas at Austin
Neal Evans, University of Texas at Austin
Joe Farley, Austin Astronomical Society
Otto Franz, Lowell Observatory
Jason Fry, Austin Astronomical Society
Tarsh Freeman, Bevill State Brewer Campus
Paul Harvey, University of Texas at Austin
Suzanne Hawley, University of Washington
Paul Hemenway, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Bill Jefferys, University of Texas at Austin
Mark Jefferys, Portland, Oregon
Tom Jefferys, University of Texas at Austin
Sunghwan Jung, University of Texas at Austin
Kelley Knight, Austin Astronomical Society
David L. Lambert, University of Texas at Austin
Hans Mark, University of Texas at Austin
Barbara McArthur, University of Texas at Austin
Peter Mueller, M.D. Anderston Cancer Center
Joseph Roy D. North, Austin, Texas
Bill Nowlin, McDonald Observatory Board of Visitors
Rick Pastor, University of Texas at Austin
Seth Redfield, University of Texas at Austin
Judit Györgyey Ries, University of Texas at Austin
Peter Riley, University of Texas at Austin
Cindy Roberts, University of Texas at Austin
Rob Robinson, University of Texas at Austin
John Dorian Ruder, Austin Astronomical Society
Judith Ruder, Austin Astronomical Society
Larry Shepley, University of Texas at Austin
Greg Shields, University of Texas at Austin
Elizabeth Jeffery, University of Texas at Austin
Martha Smith, University of Texas at Austin
Joan Smith, McDonald Observatory Board of Visitors
Clyde Springen, Northrop Grumman
E. Myles Standish, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Darrell Story, NASA HST
Harry Swinney, University of Texas at Austin
Robert G. Tull, University of Texas at Austin
William van Altena, Yale University
Ted von Hippel, University of Texas at Austin
Craig Wheeler, University of Texas at Austin
Don Winget, University of Texas at Austin
Ronald Wyllys, University of Texas at Austin

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