2018 Final Program

Core Faculty

Matthew Graham (MG) (Caltech) - Co-Chair
Amelia Bayo (AB) (U. de Valparaiso) - Co-Chair
Mauricio Cerda (MC) (U. Chile) - Co-Chair
Jocelyn Dunstan (JD) (U. Chile)
Francisco Förster (FF) (CMM/U. de Chile, MAS)
Mauro San Martín (MSM) (U. de La Serena)
Juan Carlos Maureira (JCM) (CMM/U. de Chile)
Ashish Mahabal (AM) (Caltech)
Mike Kuhn (MK) (Caltech)
Mauricio Araya (MA) (UTFSM)

BEFORE WE START

Please check out the software installation instructions on the 2018 Languages, Packages, and Software page!

 
SCHEDULE (subject to change/adaptation)

Regular school days begin at 9:00 and end at 18:30.

Sun Aug 19
Morning/afternoon: Student arrivals in La Serena

Mon Aug 20
09:00 - Welcome and brief introduction + logistics
09:15 - Intro to Data Science (AB)
10:00 - Statistics I (MG) - Inferencing - Notebook - Slides
10:45 - Coffee
11:15 - Statistics II (MG) - Bayes - Notebook - Slides
13:00 - Lunch
14:30 - Lab: Databases (MSM) - Compressed file
16:30 - Coffee
17:00 - Project time (intro session) - Projects : Descriptions
18:15 - Student report
18:30 - End of day

Tues Aug 21
09:00 - Intro to ML (MA) - Notebook - Slides
10:45 - Coffee
11:15 - HPC - Slides (JCM) - Slides
13:00 - Lunch
14:30 - HPC: Lab (JCM) - Slides - Examples
16:30 - Coffee
17:00 - Project time - Document : Statement of work
18:15 - Student report
18:30 - End of day

Wed Aug 22
09:00 - Supervised ML I (FF) - Compressed file
10:45 - Coffee
11:15 - Trees, Forest, boosting + bagging (JD) - Notebook Tree-based methods - Notebook Iris - Tree-based method R
13:00 - Lunch
14:30 - Lab: Unsupervised ML: visualization, dim. reduction, clustering (FF) - Compressed file
16:30 - Coffee
17:00 - Project time
18:15 - Student report
18:30 - End of day

Thurs Aug 23
09:00 - Supervised ML II (MA) - Notebook - Notebook solutions
10:15 - Coffee
10:35 - Deep learning: slides + lab (AM/MC) - Compressed file - Slides
11:50 - Lunch
12:30 - Depart to Pachón/Tololo
14:30 - Tour to Gemini
15:30 - Tour to LSST / Observe LSST site
16:30 - Departure from Cerro Pachón to Cerro Tololo
17:00 - 18:30 Dinner
19:00 - Tour to Blanco telescope (sunset at 19:31)
20:30 - 21:30 - Stargazing with small telescopes.
21:30 - Return to La Serena

Fri Aug 24
09:00 - Image Processing (MC) - Slides 1 - Slides 2 - Compressed file
10:45 - Coffee
11:15 - Gaussian Processes (MK) - Slides - Compressed file
13:00 - Lunch
14:30 - Lab: Time Series (AM) - Slides - Notebook - CSV catalog - Curves Compressed file
16:30 - Coffee
17:00 - Project time
18:15 - Student report
18:30 - End of day

Sat Aug 25
09:00 - Lab: Bio-related: (JD/MC) - Slides - Compressed file - Text file - CSV 1 - CSV 2 - WT Python Notebook - WT R Notebook - WL Notebook
10:45 - Coffee
11:15 - Project work time
13:00 - Lunch
14:30 - Project work time
18:15 - Student report
18:30 - End of day

Sun Aug 26
09:00 - Project work time
10:45 - Coffee
11:15 - Project work time
13:00 - Lunch
Afternoon: Free time

Mon Aug 27
09:00 - Project work time
10:45 - Coffee
11:15 - Project work time / Optional Lab: Science Platforms (MG)
13:00 - Coffee
14:30 - Project time / Optional Lab: Best Programming Practices (AM) - Slides
16:30 - Coffee
17:00 - Project work time

Tues Aug 28
09:00 - Project work time
10:45 - Coffee
11:15 - Project work time
13:00 - Lunch
14:30 - Project presentations
18:30 - Farewel Reception
21:30 - End of day

Wed Aug 29
08:30 - Checkout from cabanas
09:30 - Students arrive to recinto
09:45 - Student survey
10:30 - School closeout
Noon: Students flyout