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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   SESSION 1 - PRIORS


Bayesian Statistics
Jim Berger, Duke University

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Bayes and the Cosmic Distance Scale
Tom Barnes, University of Texas at Austin

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A Bayesian Approach to Star Clusters
Ted von Hippel, University of Texas at Austin

astro-ph/0411009



SESSION 2 - QUATERNIONS


Solar System Dynamics
E. Myles Standish, NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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How Asteroids Become NEA's
Judit Györgyey Ries, University of Texas at Austin

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Galaxy Dynamics
Gene Byrd, University of Alabama

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SESSION 3 - RESIDUALS


Astronomy in 3-D: Astrometry & RV
Barbara McArthur, University of Texas at Austin

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Beta Cancri  [ ]  22MB
Red Shift  [ ]  12MB



Parallaxes with HST
Fritz Benedict, University of Texas at Austin

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Reflections
Bill Jefferys, University of Texas at Austin