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 Presentation Slides [ pdf | ps ] Bayes and the Cosmic Distance Scale Tom Barnes, University of Texas at Austin Presentation Slides [ pdf ] 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 Presentation Slides [ pdf ] How Asteroids Become NEA's Judit Györgyey Ries, University of Texas at Austin Presentation Slides [ pdf ] Galaxy Dynamics Gene Byrd, University of Alabama Presentation Slides [ pdf ] SESSION 3 - RESIDUALS Astronomy in 3-D: Astrometry & RV Barbara McArthur, University of Texas at Austin Presentation Slides [ pdf ] Beta Cancri [ ![]() Red Shift [ ![]() Parallaxes with HST Fritz Benedict, University of Texas at Austin Presentation Slides [ pdf ] Reflections Bill Jefferys, University of Texas at Austin |