Final Program
\nVersion 3.5 – 26 Aug 2014
\nHotel San Mart\u00edn, Vi\u00f1a del Mar
\nValpara\u00edso Region, CHILE
\nAugust 25-29, 2014<\/p>\n
Santiago Airport -> Vi\u00f1a del Mar, Valpara\u00edso Region Hotel Check-in Registration Opening Remarks and Introduction Inaugural Session Welcome Reception (everyone invited) Session 1 <\/strong>Knowledge Discovery Tools Coffee Break<\/strong> Session 2 <\/strong>Time domain: transient phenomena, supernova, \u2026 Lunch Break<\/strong> Session 3 <\/strong>Machine Learning Coffee Break<\/strong> Session 4 <\/strong>Time domain: variable objects, time series, \u2026 Dinner <\/strong> Session 5 <\/strong>Statistics Coffee Break<\/strong> Session 6 <\/strong>Astronomy Applications Lunch Break<\/strong> Session 7 Virtual Observatory Coffee Break<\/strong> Session 8 Optional Parallel Activities Conference Dinner (everyone invited) Session 9 Astronomy Applications Coffee Break<\/strong> Session 10 <\/strong>Cross-disciplinary Research Initiatives Lunch Break<\/strong> Session 11 Connecting Research, Education & Outreach Coffee Break<\/strong> Session 12 Review of Unsolved Problems & Wrap-up Special Parallel Evening Activity (Chair: Mauricio Solar, UTFSM, Chile) Hotel Check-out Valparaiso Tour Valparaiso -> Casablanca Wine Valley Farewell Lunch Casablanca Wine Valley -> Santiago Airport Santiago Airport -> downtown Santiago<\/strong><\/p>\n 18:00-18:30 by chartered bus (2nd stop for those staying extra days in downtown Santiago hotels)<\/p>\n downtown Santiago -> Santiago Oriente (Providencia – El Golf) Final Program Version 3.5 – 26 Aug 2014 Hotel San Mart\u00edn, Vi\u00f1a del Mar Valpara\u00edso Region, CHILE August 25-29, 2014 Mon 25 Santiago Airport -> Vi\u00f1a del Mar, Valpara\u00edso Region Official Public transport (Buses\/Vans\/Cars) available at exit lobby on-demand at your own arrival time: about 90 minutes drive Hotel Check-in 12:00 onwards (early check-in, if … Continue reading Program<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Official Public transport (Buses\/Vans\/Cars) available at exit lobby on-demand at your own arrival time: about 90 minutes drive<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>12:00 onwards (early check-in, if possible depending on hotel availability)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>14:00-16:00 (Conference Hall, 1st<\/sup> Floor)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>16:00-16:30 Authorities & Co-Chairs Eduardo Vera, George Djorgovski and Giuseppe Longo
\nMAS Director Mario Hamuy, Millennium Scientific Initiative Director Claudio Wernli<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>16:30-18:30 \u201cContext and Background of the Astroinformatics Conference\u201d
\nDan Fay, Microsoft Research, USA (IT Overview of Massive Data Driven Science<\/a>)
\nR. Chris Smith, AURA Observatory in Chile (LSST: From Photons to Petabytes<\/a>)
\nJorge Ibsen, Joint ALMA Observatory, Chile (ALMA\u2019s new Frontiers<\/a>)
\nFernando Liello, GARR, Italy (Infrastructure for e-Science<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>18:30-20:00 (Conference Hall, 1st<\/sup> Floor)<\/p>\nTue 26<\/h2>\n
\nChair:<\/strong> Jorge Ibsen<\/strong>
\n09:00-09:30 “Immersive Visualization DIY\u201d<\/a>
\nCiro Donalek, Caltech, USA
\n09:30-10:00 \u201cScientific and Research Computing\u201d
\nJames Kinney, Amazon Web Services, USA
\n10:00-10:30 “Looking for structure in ALMA data with machine learning”
\nErzsebet Merenyi, Rice University, USA<\/p>\n
\n10:30-11:00 (Conference Hall, 1st<\/sup> Floor)<\/p>\n
\nChair: Eduardo Vera<\/strong>
\n11:00-11:30\u00a0\u201cExploration of the Time Domain: A Perfect Playground for Astroinformatics\u201d<\/a>,
\nGeorge Djorgovski, Caltech, USA
\n11:30-12:30\u00a0\u201cHITS: HIgh cadence Transient Survey at CMM \/ MAS\u201d<\/a>,
\nFrancisco F\u00f6rster, MAS\/CMM, University of Chile
\n12:00-12-30\u00a0\u201cFlexible and Scalable Methods for Time-Series Characterization\u201d<\/a>,
\nAndrew Becker, University of Washington, USA<\/p>\n
\n12:30-14:30 (on your own: free choice)<\/p>\n
\nChair: Pablo Est\u00e9vez<\/strong>
\n14:30-15:00\u00a0\u201cPhotometric redshifts with machine learning methods\u201d<\/a>,
\nGiuseppe Longo, S. Cavouti and M. Brescia, Universit\u00e0 Federico II, Napoli, Italy
\n15:00-15:30 \u201cRobust automatic classification of variable stars\u201d<\/a>
\nKarim Pichara, Catholic University of Chile
\n15:30-16:00\u00a0\u201cDe-biasing \u2018Gold Standard\u2019 Classification for Galaxy Morphologies\u201d<\/a>
\nChris Miller, University of Michigan, USA<\/p>\n
\n16:00-16:30 (Conference Hall, 1st<\/sup> Floor)<\/p>\n
\nChair: Andrew Becker<\/strong>
\n16:30-17:00 \u201cCorrentropy-based Spectral Methods for Detecting Periodic Variables\u201d<\/a>, Pablo Est\u00e9vez and Pablo Huijse, MAS\/DIE, University of Chile
\n17:00-17:30\u00a0\u201cProbing quasar variability with CRTS\u201d<\/a>, Matthew Graham, Caltech, USA
\n17:30-18:00 Pavlos Protopapas, IACS, Harvard University, USA<\/p>\n
\n20:00-> (on your own: free choice)<\/p>\nWed 27<\/h2>\n
\nChair: Mario Hamuy <\/strong>
\n09:00-09:30 \u201cBrain Informatics for Web Intelligence\u201d, Juan Vel\u00e1squez, DII, University of Chile
\n09:30-10:00\u00a0“Statistical Learning in the era of Petascale Astronomy”<\/a>, Robert Brunner [*], University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
\n10:00-10:30 “A mapping of the sky at high spatial and temporal resolution”, Andr\u00e9s Jordan, Catholic University of Chile<\/p>\n
\n10:30-11:00 (Conference Hall, 1st<\/sup> Floor)<\/p>\n
\nChair: M\u00f3nica Rubio<\/strong>
\n11:00-11:30 \u201cNew Facilities & Instruments: E-ELT\u201d<\/a>
\nFernando Comer\u00f3n, ESO Vitacura, Chile
\n11:30-12:00 “Machine Learning for SKA Radio Astronomy Challenges”<\/a>,
\nBruce Elmegreen and Alain Biem [*], IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, New York, USA
\n12:00-12:30 “The Millennium Institute of Astrophysics (MAS)”<\/a>
\nMario Hamuy, MAS\/DAS, University of Chile<\/p>\n
\n12:30-14:30 (on your own: free choice)<\/p>\n
\nChair: Mathew Graham<\/strong>
\n14:30-15:00\u00a0\u201cVOSA lessons learned and future work\u201d<\/a>, Amelia Bayo, University of Valpara\u00edso, Chile
\n15:00-15:30 “Envisioning a Chilean Virtual Observatory”<\/a>, Diego Mardones, DAS, University of Chile
\n15:30-16:00 “Astroinformatics Platform for Management and Intelligent Analysis of Big Data”, Mauricio Solar, Technical University Federico Santa Mar\u00eda (UTFSM), Chile<\/p>\n
\n16:00-16:30 (Conference Hall, 1st<\/sup> Floor)<\/p>\n
\nChair: Jaime San Mart\u00edn<\/strong>
\n16:30-18:00 Activity-1<\/strong>: ChiVO (Chilean Virtual Observatory)
\nChair: Mauricio Solar, UTFSM, Chile
\n16:30-16:40 \u201cInitial remarks and roadmap\u201d, Mauricio Araya, UTFSM
\n16:40-17:00 \u201cChiVO Software Current Status\u201d, Jonathan Antognini, UTFSM
\n17:00-17:20 \u201cASYDO: Synthetic Spectral Data Generation\u201d, Mauricio Araya, UTFSM
\n17:20-17:40 \u201cDetection and classification of spectroscopic lines\u201d, Andr\u00e9s Riveros, PUC Chile
\n17:40-18:00 \u201cMolecular Lines Association Analysis\u201d, Nicolas Miranda, University of Chile
\n16:30-18:00 Activity-2<\/strong>: SPECIAL POSTER Session (student participation)
\nChair: Francisco F\u00f6rster, CMM\/MAS, University of Chile<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>19:15-19:45 Chartered Bus transport from Hotel San Mart\u00edn to downtown Valpara\u00edso
\n19:45-20:00 Cable-car (ascensor) to Cerro Alegre
\n20:00-22:30 Restaurant La Colombina, Cerro Alegre, Valpara\u00edso
\n22:30-23:00 Chartered Bus transport from Cerro Alegre to Hotel San Mart\u00edn<\/p>\nThu 28<\/h2>\n
\nChair: <\/strong> Pavlos Protopapas<\/strong>
\n09:00-09:30 \u201cVisualization Tools for ALMA\u201d<\/a>
\nJorge Ibsen, JAO Chile
\n09:30-10:00 “Beyond the CLEAN approach in image synthesis”<\/a>
\nPablo Rom\u00e1n and Sim\u00f3n Casassus, CMM\/AS, University of Chile
\n10:00-10:30 \u201cFourier Synthesis with application to reconstruction of astronomical images\u201d<\/a>
\nJaime Ortega, Gianfranco Liberona and Takeshi Asahi, CMM, University of Chile<\/p>\n
\n10:30-11:00 (Conference Hall, 1st<\/sup> Floor)<\/p>\n
\nChair: <\/strong>Chris Miller<\/strong>
\n11:00-12:30 Roundtable discussion or special case presentations:
\nChris Smith, Jaime San Mart\u00edn, Michel Cure,
\nChris Miller, Pavlos Protopapas, George Djorgovski, \u2026<\/p>\n
\n12:30-14:30 (on your own: free choice)<\/p>\n
\nChair: Giuseppe Longo<\/strong>
\n14:30-16:00 Panel-led discussion opened to all participants<\/p>\n
\n16:00-16:30 (Conference Hall, 1st<\/sup> Floor)<\/p>\n
\nChair: George Djorgovski<\/strong>
\n16:30-18:00 Panel-led discussion opened to all participants<\/p>\n
\n
\n<\/strong>18:00-20:00 Board Meeting of Astroinformatics FONDEF Project led by UTFSM, Chile, in joint collaboration with UChile, PUC, USACH, UdeC, REUNA and ALMA<\/p>\nFri 29<\/h2>\n
\n<\/strong>08:00-10:00<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>10:30-12:00 by chartered bus<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>12:00-13:00 by chartered bus<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>13:30-15:30 at Wine Vineyard, Estancia El Cuadro, Camino La Vinilla, Km 14, Casablanca<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>16:00-17:30 by chartered bus (1st stop for those departing in that evening\u2019s flights)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>19:00-19:30 by chartered bus (3rd stop for those staying extra days in Santiago Oriente hotels)<\/p>\n[*] remote presentation (skype connection)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"