Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy VIII 

June 12-16, 2023

hosted by Penn State’s Center for Astrostatistics

http://scma8.org

Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy (SCMA) VIII will be held in person at Penn State University, June 12 to 16, 2023. The SCMA conference series has been the premier forum for astronomers and statisticians since 1991 to discuss advanced methodology and further our understanding of the Universe.

The SOC is working to construct a program with a strong mix of expertise from all relevant challenges facing modern astronomical data analysis, and hence is inviting researchers from both astronomy and data science to join the program, by contributing talks and/or posters.

Contributions are welcome on important, data-related problems in astronomy, on advances in methods for analyzing data that may be relevant to astronomy, and on recent results achieved with sophisticated data analysis methods.

In the tradition of prior SCMA conferences, the program is designed to be broad and contributions from all areas are welcome. We have a specific goal to broaden participation in the conference, with individuals from all career stages and from institutions traditionally less well-represented at such conferences.

Please visit the SCMA VIII website for abstract submission, invited speakers and more information: http://scma8.org. The deadline for submitting an abstract is Feb 1, 2023. Decisions on the final program will be announced by Mar 1, 2023. Registration and local information will be forthcoming.

Organizers (SOC):

Chad Schafer (Carnegie Mellon University), co-chair

Hyungsuk Tak (Pennsylvania State University), co-chair

Ashley Villar (Pennsylvania State University), co-chair

Emille Ishida (Universite Clermont-Auvergne, co-chair

Joel Leja (Pennsylvania State University)

Francois Lanusse (CNRS)