IASC-ERS Summer School Codacourse 2014 1. General INFO
IASC-ERS Summer School CoDaCourse 2014
1. General INFO
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Dept. Informàtica, Matemàtica Aplicada i Estadística Universitat de Girona Campus Montilivi, EPS-4 E-17071 Girona (Spain) [Coord: 41°57’46.97’’N 2°49’54.69’’E] [email protected]
INFO
• Organized by: Research Group on on Statistical MEthods in resTRICted spaceS (METRICS) from the Computer Science, Applied Mathematics and Statistics Department of the University of Girona (UdG). The CoDaCourse is accredited by the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (www.iamg.org) and supported by the European Regional Section of the International Association for Statistical Computing (http://www.iasc-isi.org).
• Dates/Timetable: 2014 July 7-11; 5 days from 9:00-17:00, including coffee- breaks and lunches (i.e. 30 class room hrs).
• Language: English.
• Instructors from METRICS research group: J.J. Egozcue, V. Pawlowsky, C. Barceló, J. Daunis, J.A. Martín and G. Mateu. Support staff: M. Comas, I. Galván, and M. Vives.
• Contents/Programme: Hypothesis underlying statistical data analysis. The Aitchison geometry of the simplex. Coordinate representation; distributions on the simplex. Exploratory analysis. Linear processes in the simplex; regression. Analysis of irregular data. Introduction to multivariate analysis: manova, cluster and discriminant. For more details, have a look on the “Programme INFO” document.
• Material: PDF files, data files, and paper copy of slides and lab exercises will be provided.
• Software: Exercises are mainly done with the freeware CoDaPack 2.01 [http://ima.udg.edu/codapack/]. The CoDa-R-packages robCompositions and zCompositions are also used for more demanding statistical techniques, as well as other general R packages: MASS, mvoutlier or HardyWeinberg. For more details, have a look on the “Software INFO” document.
• Practicals: Attendants are strongly encouraged to bring their own laptops for practicals with the software previously installed. If some assistant is unable to bring any laptop or has troubles to install the software, please contact us at [email protected].
• Open seminar sessions: Assistants are encouraged to bring their own data sets and state those questions that would like to be answered during the course. Some of these proposals will be selected for a detailed open discussion. More information in “Case study INFO” document.
• Certificate: Attendance certificate will be provided.
• Internet connection: free wi-fi connection will be available.
• Emergency phone number: +34 660918016 (J.A. Martín).
• Location: room "Sala Actes", ground floor of the building P-4 (Politècnica 4), in Campus Montilivi of the UdG. Googlelise the coordinates: 41°57'46.97"N 2°49'54.69"E or click http://goo.gl/maps/Q5oa
[Map of Girona: Campus Montilivi]
[Campus Montilivi map and bus stop: lines 8 and 11]
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[Residencia map and bus stop: line 1]
• Venue:
• How to get to Girona: information at the UdG website How to get to Girona !
• From GIRONA AIRPORT to GIRONA CENTRE:
Girona Costa Brava Airport is located 11 km away from the city of Girona, 90 km from the catalan capital Barcelona and 30 km from the mediterrean sea, the Costa Brava. Most of the flights to Girona are operated by Ryanair (www.ryanair.com) where the Girona airport is called “Barcelona Girona” airport.
• BUS Airport - Girona: Journey duration: 30 minutes. Timetable: - from the airport [outside the terminal turn right towards the bus parking lot; 50meters], every hour from 5:30am to 0:30am. - from Girona Bus station, every hour from 5:00am to 0:00am. Price: approx. € 2.5 http://www.girona-tourist-guide.com/en/airport/girona-airport-bus.html
• TAXI: expensive, approx. € 25
• From BARCELONA AIRPORT to BARCELONA CENTRE: Barcelona Airport is located south-west of the city of Barcelona (approx. 12Km). There are two terminals T1 and T2. Most of the low-cost companies operate in terminal T2.
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• TAXI: expensive, approx. € 30.
• BUS: http://www.aerobusbcn.com/ Airport bus leaves both from terminal T1 and terminal T2 and goes directly to the centre of Barcelona. There are 4 main stops in the centre: Plaça Espanya, Urgell, Plaça Universitat and Plaça Catalunya. Upon leaving the airport, head straight to the bus stop and you will see a light-blue bus, with the word “Aerobús” on it. When you are travelling from Plaça Catalunya to the airport, make sure that you take the right bus. A1 will take you to terminal T1 and A2 will take you to terminal T2. The number of each bus is written on the front. The journey lasts around 25-30 minutes.
- Terminal T1 (Airport) - Plaça Catalunya (Barcelona) Timetable: From 05.35 h to 07.30 h every 10 min From 07.30 h to 22.25 h every 5 min From 22.25 h to 01.05 h every 10 min
- Terminal T2 (Airport) - Pl. Catalunya (Barcelona) Timetable: From 06.00 h to 07.00 h every 20 min From 07.00 h to 23.00 h every 10 min From 23.00 h to 01.00 h every 20 min
One way: approx. € 5.90
• TRAIN “Renfe”:
Renfe suburban train. Line R2 North Airport - Sant Celoni [http://www.aena-aeropuertos.es]
Train station at airport: The train station at the airport is situated opposite T2, and is connected to this terminal via an airbridge. There is also a bustransit service between the Renfe station and T1.
Recommended itinerary: Go from Airport to Barcelona "Sants" Station (3th stop). Most of the services continue to Sant Celoni station. Journey duration: from Airport station to Barcelona “Sants” station, 22minutes.
Timetable: From the airport, from 05:42 to 23:38. Every 30 minutes. Price: € 4.10 approx (2 Renfe zones)
• From BARCELONA CENTRE to GIRONA CENTRE:
5.1 BUS:
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Bus Station ''Barcelona Nord'' (Barcelona) to Girona: http://www.barcelonabus.com Timetable: 6:30; 8:45; 14:30; 17:30; 19:00. Journey: 1h:30min One way ticket: € 15 (on board the bus).
5.2 TRAIN: From Barcelona “Sants” station to Girona Timetable: http://www.renfe.com Three different trains: 1. “Regional”: stops in most of stations. Journey: 1:45min. Cheap: €8.40. 2. “MD”: stops only in few stations. Journey: 1:20min. About €12. 3. “AVE-AVANT”: no stops. Fast train. Journey: 38min. About €16. There are two classes: “AVE-class” or “first-class” is expensive, from €38. “Avant-class” or “Tourist-class”, cheaper, about €16.
• From GIRONA CENTER to Campus Montilivi:
• How to reach the Campus Montilivi or Residencia: info from the UdG website http://www.udg.edu • WALKING: 20min, from Plaça Catalunya (see maps below). • TAXI: Phone number +34 972222323 Journey: max. 10 minutes Price: € 7 approx. • BUS to Campus/Residencia (http://www2.girona.cat/): - From stop in “Train&Bus station” to Campus: Line number 8. Stop in front of station. Timetable: 7:45 every 30min. - From stop in Plaça Catalunya to Campus: Line number 11. Timetable: 7:23 every 15min. - From stop in Plaça Catalunya to Residencia: Line number 1. Timetable: from 7:30 to 21:30, every 15min. One way ticket: € 1.50 approx. on board the bus.
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Bus line number 8: Girona train/bus station – Campus Montilivi
Bus line number 11: Girona centre “Plaça Catalunya” – Campus Montilivi
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Bus line number 1: Girona centre “Plaça Catalunya” – Residencia
• Hotel accommodation (for students without accommodation):
In http://www.girona.cat/turisme, the "official" website of Girona, you can find in the menu “Plan your visit > Where to Stay” a lot of interesting places. Here, only a short list of suggested places:
1. Hotels: a. Hotel Peninsular *** http://www.hotel-peninsular.com/ b. Hotel Ultònia *** http://en.hotelultoniagirona.com/
2. Pensions: a. Pensió Bellmirall ** http://bellmirall.eu/
3. Hostels: a. The ALBERGUE CERVERI DE GIRONA of the Hostelling International net http://www.hihostels.com b. The Equity-Point hostel: http://www.equity-point.com/ 4. Apartments girona centre: http://www.gironacentre.com
http://girorooms.com
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• University housing (for students with accommodation): we made a reservation for you. The price is included in the Course fee. More information in RESIDÈNCIA UNIVERSITÀRIA "RESA" - "Campus de Montilivi" http://www.resa.es/
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