June 25, 2024

Studio Villa Bosch, Heidelberg, Germany

ML4ASTRO



Machine Learning in Astrophysical studies



Overview

The workshop's theme is the application of machine learning to solve astrophysical problems. This event will be a one-day workshop and unconference, where we will discuss and learn from each other about applying techniques to solve very similar problems in various contexts. We hope this workshop could lead to some new collaborations or initial joint studies. We will dedicate a significant amount of time to unconference sessions and informal discussions.

Organizers

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  • Tobias Buck (IWR)
  • Morgan Fouesneau (MPIA)
  • Guillaume Guiglion (ZAH/LSW, MPIA)
  • Ralf Klessen (ZAH/ITA)
  • Annalisa Pillepich (MPIA)
  • Kai Polsterer (HITS)

Participants

The registration is closed. Use the following link to register.

Participants notified on May 30.

Participation confirmation by June 15.

  • There are no registration fees to participate in this workshop. (See logistics)

Any personal data you provide will be processed in accordance with the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy privacy policy.

We will later list here the participants of the workshop, and we will add a group picture.

Programme

The program is a template and will be updated soon.

Tuesday

08:30 - 09:00 Participants arrival
Registration, name tags, etc.
09:00 - 9:30 boot-up
Welcome and opening remarks
09:30 - 11:00 Pitch talks
Rapid presentations to set ML in the astronomy context
* Nikos Gianniotis: An Introduction to Machine Learning
* Rebecca Kuntz: Bayesian Statistics and Information Geometry
* William Oliver and Tristan Cantat: Clustering in Astrophysics
* Laura Martinez: Contrastive Learning for images
* Gregory Green and Guillaume Guiglion: ML for stellar spectra
* Giuseppe viterbo: simulation-based inference
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30 Rapid-fire discussions
Participants will be divided into small groups to discuss their research interests and potential collaborations.
12:30 - 13:50 Lunch break
13:50 - 14:00 Daily Unconference Planning
Unconference topic selection and room allocation
14:00 - 15:00 Unconference
two to three parallel sessions on topics
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 - 16:30 Unconference
two to three parallel sessions on topics
16:30 - 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 - 18:00 Wrap-up
Reports on the unconference sessions. Sharing results and feedback.

Venue

The event will be held at the Studio Villa Bosch in Heidelberg. The Villa Bosch is an historical building and the studio building located in the garden of Villa is a modern, barrier-free conference center.

Accessibility

The Studio is accessible to disabled persons, and dedicated parking spaces are available. Don't hesitate to contact us if you need any assistance or have any questions.

venue

Address

Tagungszentrum Studio Villa Bosch

Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33

69118 Heidelberg, Germany

Logistics

The Event will start at 09:00 on Tuesday, June 25 2025, and finish at 18:00.

Participants are responsible to reach the venue on their own.

Lunches & Coffee Breaks

The event provides lunch and coffee breaks at the venue. Vegetarian options will be available (no need to pre-order). If you have any additional dietary requirements (and may not have indicated so in your registration form), please email Kai Polsterer well in advance.

Accessibility

We are committed to providing an accessible environment for all participants. If you need help or arrangements, don't hesitate to contact the organizers (or provide information through the registration form).

Participants will pay attention not to leave out information for some people in your audience. Some of us might not be able to see well, hear well, move well, speak well, or understand information presented in some ways well or at all. Everyone at the event will be open to diversity in the audience and any accessibility issues. The Web Accessibility Initiative provides some information & directions.

Communications

This workshop is an in-person event only.

We will also use TBD to foster communication and collaboration among participants and beyond the event. We will provide more information on this in the coming weeks.

Code of conduct

During the event, we require participants to follow the code of conduct which can be found below. If you have any questions about the event, you can reach the organizing committee.

The organizers are dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment, abusive behavior, or intimidation of conference participants in any form. As such, we follow the European Astronomical Society Council (EAS) Ethics Statement and Guidelines for Good Practice and expect all participants to read and abide by their statements.

In addition to a general Code of Conduct and Ethics, all participants must agree with our collaboration policy: i.e., to openly share their ideas, expertise, code, and interim results. Project development will proceed out in the open among participants.

Participants are encouraged to change gears, start new collaborations, and drop or combine projects. Any participant contributing significantly to a project can expect appropriate credit vessels (e.g., co-authorship).

We pledge to help the entire community follow the code of conduct, and to not remain silent when we see violations of the code of conduct. We will take action when members of our community violate this code such as notifying a workshop organizer or talking privately with the person. This code of conduct applies to all community situations online and offline, including the conference itself, mailing lists, forums, social media, social events associates with the conference, and one-to-one interactions.

Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately. Attendees violating these rules may be asked to leave the event at the sole discretion of the conference organizers.