The Opening Workshop for the SAMSI Program on Multiscale Model Development and Control Design will be held on Sunday - Tuesday, January 18-20, 2004, at the Radisson Hotel Research Triangle Park (formerly the Radisson Governors Inn) in Research Triangle Park, NC.  It will be preceded on Saturday, January 17 by tutorials on stochastic and deterministic techniques for multiscale model development and control design, and will conclude with initial meetings of the working groups that will form the core of the program.

The goal of the Opening Workshop is to initiate discussion focused on identifying avenues of multiscale analysis crucial for the success of advanced materials in present and projected transducer designs for fields ranging from quantum computing and nanopositioning to liquid crystal polymers and granular flows.  A prominent theme throughout both the workshop and program will be the necessity of exploiting the natural synergy between model development, numerical approximation, and control design utilizing a combination of deterministic and stochastic specifications to explain and achieve the performance capabilities of advanced materials.  Whereas the multiscale analysis is motivated by material applications, a broad range of stochastic and deterministic techniques will be considered to assess possibilities of advancing the state of knowledge for advanced material architectures.  An important component of the stochastic approaches will be the presentation of multilevel statistical modeling ideas to appropriately quantify uncertainty as well as multiscale modeling methodologies which have been successful in other fields.

 Programmatic perspectives and necessary research directions will be provided by 12 invited speakers and 6 moderators who will focus and initiate discussion between the invited speakers and attendees.  To stimulate engagement of all participants, attendees are encouraged to present posters which will be highlighted in both 3-minute summaries and evening sessions.  This will provide additional perspectives regarding symbiotic research directions to be pursued within the program.

Registration

The workshop is open to applied mathematicians, statisticians, material scientists, physicists, engineers and scientists from biology, health sciences and related fields, with interest in or research focus on multiscale analysis with potential application to advanced material architectures.  Young researchers (graduate students, postdocs, and faculty in the early stages of their careers) and members of underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.  

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

The final date to make reservations at the Radisson is December 26, 2003.  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.

Program

Saturday, January 17:  Tutorials

MCNC-RDI Auditorium (directions & transportation details)

Sunday, January 18

Radisson Hotel Research Triangle Park,  Room H

Monday, January 19

Radisson Hotel Research Triangle Park,  Room H

Tuesday, January 20

Radisson Hotel Research Triangle Park,  Room H

Local Arrangements

The Opening Workshop will be held in the Radisson Hotel Research Triangle Park (formerly the Radisson Governors Inn) near SAMSI.  Go to the SAMSI web page for housing and transportation information for information and links to local hotels.  Transportation to SAMSI-related events will be provided.

The final date to make reservations at the Radisson is December 26, 2003.  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.

Scientific Committee

Greg Forest (UNC), Doina Cioranescu (Universite Pierre et Marie Curie), Alan Gelfand (Duke; Co-Chair), David Schaeffer (Duke), Murti Salapaka (ISU), Ralph Smith (NC State; Chair), Christopher Wikle (University of Missouri), Margaret Wright (NYU)

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