This workshop is intended to explore the possibility of a semester of concentration in statistical and/or problem areas that would be addressed by issues arising in granular materials, to possibly take place at SAMSI in the year 2006-7. The workshop will limited to 25 participants. The main task will be to compile a list of open questions participants during the semester. Invited speakers will give a 30-minute lecture summarizing open questions from his/her area that might benefit from a statistics approach. There will also be planning sessions to address the structure of the possible program.  

Scientific Organizers:  Robert Behringer (Duke), Eric Clement (Université Pierre et Marie), Susan Coppersmith (Wisconsin), Michael Rotter (Edinburgh) and David Schaeffer (Duke)

Registration

Registration information, including requests for financial support, should be submitted as soon as possible. The registration deadline is April 5, 2004.

Please make reservations at the Radisson as soon as possible.  If you have a change in plans, individual room reservations must be cancelled 72 hours prior to arrival.  Check-in is 3:00pm, Check-out is 12:00pm.

Local Arrangements

This workshop will be held at SAMSI in the NISS building (19 T.W. Alexander Drive).  Go to the SAMSI homepage for directions and housing and transportation information for information and links to local hotels.  

Program

Friday - April 16, 2004

NISS-SAMSI Building, room 104

 

8:20 AM	Carolina Livery Shuttle will depart from the Radisson to bring guests to SAMSI
8:30-8:55 AM	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:55-9:00 AM	Opening Ceremonies
9:00-10:00 AM	First Session on Statistical Models Chair:  Robert Behringer, Duke University   "Granular Fluid Dynamics"         Mark Shattuck, City College of New York   "Network Approximation for Effective Properties of Highly Concentrated Random Suspensions"         Leonid Berlyand, Pennsylvania State University
10:00-10:45 AM	Coffee Break
10:45-12:15 PM	Session on Fluctuations and Translations Chair:  Eric Clement, University Pierre et Marie Curie   "Generalized Granular Temperature"         Lou Kondic, New Jersey Institute of Technology   "Granular temperature in Shear Granular Flows"         Anael Lemaitre, University of California-Santa Barbara   "Order Parameter Description of Dense Granular Flows"         Igor Aronson, Argonne National Laboratory
12:15-1:30 PM	Lunch
1:30-3:00 PM	Discussion Sessions *   10-minute description of semesters of concentration at SAMSI         H.T. Banks, NC State University & SAMSI
3:00-3:30 PM	Coffee Break
3:30-5:00 PM	Session on Related Systems Chair:  Michael Rotter, University of Edinburgh   Title TBA         Karin Dahmen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   "Erosion Patterns and Avalanche Flows on a Sediment Layer"         Eric Clement, University of Paris 6   "The Glass Transition In Hard Spheres and Beyond"         Matthias Sperl, Technical University of Munich
5:00-6:30 PM	Informal Reception
6:35 PM	Carolina Livery Shuttle will depart from SAMSI to take guests back to the Radisson

Saturday - April 17, 2004

NISS-SAMSI Building, room 104

 

8:20 AM	Carolina Livery Shuttle will depart from the Radisson to bring guests to SAMSI
8:30-9:00 AM	Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:00 AM	Session on Applications Chair:  Susan Coppersmith, University of Wisconsin   "The Implications of Fluctuations in Granular Forces and Flows in Silos"         J. Michael Rotter, University of Edinburgh   "Granular Flow in Silos - Observations and Comments"         Jorgen Nielsen, By og Byg (Danish Building and Urban Research)
10:00-10:45 AM	Coffee Break
10:45-12:15 PM	Second Session on Statistical Models Chair:  David Schaeffer, Duke University   "Modeling the Mechanical Behavior of Granular Materials"         James Jenkins, Cornell University   "Shear Banding In Granular Materials"         Stefan Luding, DelftChemTech   Title TBA         Robert Behringer, Duke University
12:15-1:30 PM	Lunch
1:30-2:59 PM	Discussion Sessions *
2:59-3:00 PM	Closing ceremonies
3:10 PM	Carolina Livery Shuttle will depart from SAMSI to take guests back to the Radisson

* During these discussion sessions, we expect to divide into two or more subgroups, presumably focusing on different aspects of planning for a semester of concentration at SAMSI.  Besides scientific issues, we might discuss whom should be invited, what related fields might enrich the program, and "the big one" -- do the potential rewards justify support of a program in granular materials by a statistics institute?

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