ASTR 8070, Spring 2021, Vanderbilt University

Astrostatistics

Stephen R. Taylor

Syllabus

Schedule

• Lecture 1 (01/26/2021): Introduction To Class and Initial Setup
• Lecture 2 (01/28/2021): Introduction To Probability & Statistics: I
• Homework 1 (due 01/30/2021 @ 11.59pm CST) vu_astr8070_s21_hw1.ipynb
• Lecture 3 (02/02/2021): Introduction To Probability & Statistics: II
• Lecture 4 (02/04/2021): Introduction To Probability & Statistics: III
• Homework 2 (due 02/12/2021 @ 11.59pm CST) vu_astr8070_s21_hw2.ipynb
• Lecture 5 (02/09/2021): Classical/Frequentist Statistical Inference: I
• Lecture 6 (02/11/2021): Classical/Frequentist Statistical Inference: II
• Homework 3 (due 02/19/2021 @ 11.59pm CST) vu_astr8070_s21_hw3.ipynb
• Lecture 7 (02/16/2021): Classical/Frequentist Statistical Inference: III
• Lecture 8 (02/18/2021): Bayesian Statistical Inference: I
• Reading Day (02/23/2021)
• Lecture 9 (02/25/2021): Bayesian Statistical Inference: II
• Homework 4 (due 03/05/2021 @ 11.59pm CST) vu_astr8070_s21_hw4.ipynb
• Lecture 10 (03/02/2021): Bayesian Statistical Inference: III
• Lecture 11 (03/04/2021): Bayesian Statistical Inference: IV
• Lecture 12 (03/09/2021): Bayesian Statistical Inference: V
• Lecture 13 (03/11/2021): Data Mining & Machine Learning: Intro to Scikit-Learn
• Lecture 14 (03/16/2021): Density Estimation & Clustering
• No Class (03/18/2021)
• Homework 5 (due 03/27/2021 @ 11.59pm CDT) vu_astr8070_s21_hw5.ipynb
• Lecture 15 (03/23/2021): Dimensional Reduction: I
• Lecture 16 (03/25/2021): Dimensional Reduction: II
• Homework 6 (due 04/03/2021 @ 11.59pm CDT) vu_astr8070_s21_hw6.ipynb
• Lecture 17 (03/30/2021): Regression: I
• Lecture 18 (04/01/2021): Regression: II
• Homework 7 (due 04/10/2021 @ 11.59pm CDT) vu_astr8070_s21_hw7.ipynb
• Lecture 19 (04/06/2021): Classification: I
• Reading Day (04/08/2021)
• Homework 8 (due 04/17/2021 @ 11.59pm CDT) vu_astr8070_s21_hw8.ipynb
• Lecture 20 (04/13/2021): Classification: II
• Lecture 21 (04/15/2021): Deep Learning: I
• Homework 9 (due 04/24/2021 @ 11.59pm CDT) vu_astr8070_s21_hw9.ipynb
• Lecture 22 (04/20/2021): Deep Learning: II
• Lecture 23 (04/22/2021): Time Series Analysis: I
• Lecture 24 (04/27/2021): Time Series Analysis: II