Centrum Astronomiczne im. M. Kopernika -- Workshop on "Python and astro-statistics"

Workshop on: "Python and astro-statistics"
Institute of Physics NCU, Grudziądzka 5, Toruń
27-30 June, 2016

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the workshop on python and its applications for astronomical research, as well as on some aspects of astro-statistics. Preliminary program includes:

Introduction to Python for beginners
pandas, databases, astropy, rpy2, SciKits, theano for more advanced participants
Plotting astronomical data
Object Oriented programming
Key scientific packages: numpy, scipy, matplotlib, ...
pyNEB
Data management
Python GUIs, coding and interactive debug
Multivariate and Phylogenetic Classification of Galaxies
Time series

The final programme is given below.

Announcements

1st announcement

Programme

June 27 (Monday), 2016

09:00 - 10:30 Registration, welcome and logistic
10:30 - 11:00 coffee break
Group I 11:00 - 12:30 Introduction to Python (Krzysztof Katarzynski - Cris 1)
Group II 11:00 - 12:30 pandas, databases (Jean-Baptiste Marquette)
12:30 - 14:00 lunch
Group I 14:00 - 15:30 Introduction to Python (Cris 1)
Group II 14:00 - 15:30 astropy (Jean-Baptiste Marquette)
15:30 - 16:00 coffee break
Group I 16:00 - 17:30 exercises (Cris 1 + Bosco + Andres)
Group II 16:00 - 17:30 rpy2, SciKits, theano (Jean-Baptiste Marquette)

June 28 (Tuesday), 2016

09:00 - 10:30 Plotting astronomical data (Andres del Pino)
10:30 - 11:00 coffee break
11:00 - 12:30 Plotting astronomical data - excercise (Bosco Yung + Andres del Pino) Exercise 1 Exercise 2
12:30 - 14:00 lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Object Oriented programming (Christophe Morisset - Cris 2)
15:30 - 16:00 coffee break
16:00 - 17:30 pyNeb (Cris 2)
19:00 - 22:00 Conference dinner

June 29 (Wednesday), 2016

09:00 - 10:30 Multivariate and Phylogenetic Classification of Galaxies (Didier Fraix-Burnet)
10:30 - 11:00 coffee break
11:00 - 12:30 F2Py: wrapping fortran into Python (Alex Schwarzenberg-Czerny)
12:30 - 14:00 lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Making Python GUI" (based on PyQt or Tkinter) (Alex Schwarzenberg-Czerny)
15:30 - 16:00 coffee break
16:00 - 17:30 Creating, developing and debugging a project into PyCharm IDE (Jean-Baptiste Marquette)

June 30 (Thursday), 2016

Group I 09:00 - 10:30 Participants projects
Group II 09:00 - 10:30 Participants projects
10:30 - 11:00 coffee break
Group I 11:00 - 12:00 Participants projects
Group II 11:00 - 12:00 Participants projects
12:00 - 12:30 Workshop summary
12:30 - 14:00 lunch

Organization

The conference is organized under HECOLS (Polish-French collaboration in astrophysics) program, which is coordinated by prof. Paweł Haensel from N. Copernicus Astronomical Center (CAMK) and by dr. Jean-Baptiste Marquette from Institute d’Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), in collaboration with the Toruń Center for Astronomy (TCfA) directed by prof. Michał Hanasz. Technical support of the workshop provides Aleksander Jabłoński Foundation (FAJ). There will be 40 participants in total. In case of any questions please contact Natasza Siódmiak (alexan@ncac.torun.pl).

The Local Organizing Committee (LOC)

J. Borkowski (CAMK)
E. Kaszewska (FAJ)
N. Siódmiak (CAMK)
R. Szczerba (CAMK)

Participants

Adhikari Tek Prasad
Bankowicz Małgorzata
Bollimpalli Ananda Deepika
Drozd Katarzyna
Dutkowska Katarzyna
Fraix-Burnet Didier
Gałan Cezary
Gęsicki Krzysztof
Gładkowski Marcin
Gupta Maitrayee
Herzig Aleksander
Karczmarek Paulina
Katarzyński Krzysztof
Kiljan Aleksandra
Konorski Piotr
Kopczyński Oskar
Krupa Magdalena
Krzeszowski Krzysztof
Kubicki Dariusz
Kulczak-Jastrzębska Magdalena
Kuligowska Elżbieta
Kurcz Agnieszka
Litwicki Michał
Marchenko Volodymyr
Marquette Jean-Baptiste
Michał Marek
Miernik Sylwia
Miszuda Amadeusz
Morisset Christophe
Narożnik Mateusz
Netzel Henryka
Ogrodnik Mateusz
Pilecki Bogumił
del Pino Andrés
Ratajczak Milena
Roskowiński Carole
Sarniak Rafał
Schwarzenberg-Czerny Aleksander
Siódmiak Natasza
Słowikowska Agnieszka
Szczerba Ryszard
Średzińska Justyna
Taormina Monica
Tomov Toma
Wołowska Aleksandra
Yung Bosco
Zgirski Bartłomiej
Zieliński Paweł
Zocłońska Elżbieta
Żejmo Michał

Conference site and accomodation

The workshop will be held in the Institute of Physics NCU in Toruń, Grudziądzka 5. Each participant should find accommodation by himself. The nearby B&B hotel, Hotel Uniwersytecki and Student Dormitory DS 10 offer slightly reduced prices for the participants. Please use password “Python” during registration.

Ryszard Szczerba, Michał Hanasz & Jean-Baptiste Marquette

on behalf of Organizers

Presentations

A copy of presentations given during the conference is available at this link.