2014-15: E&O: Undergraduate Workshop - February 26-27, 2015
Workshop Information
**Cancelled due to severe weather in the area.**
General Information
As part of its Education and Outreach Program for 2014-2015, the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) will offer a two-day undergraduate workshop on topics of current interest in statistics and applied mathematics. In addition to an overview of current and planned SAMSI Research Programs, the program topic
will be covered in some depth. This workshop will be held on Thursday, February 26, and Friday, February 27 at SAMSI.
Participants are urged to arrive on Wednesday evening and will be able to begin their return home by 12 noon on Friday. Applications received by Friday, January 9, 2015, will receive full consideration.
While students from universities not in the U.S. are welcome to apply, please be aware that priority is given to students who are enrolled at U.S. schools.
SAMSI will reimburse appropriate travel expenses as well as provide food and lodging.
Send questions to [email protected]
Schedule
Thursday, February 26, 2015
at SAMSI, Room 150
| 8:15-8:30 a.m. | Shuttle to SAMSI (Meet in the Hotel Lobby) |
| 8:30-9:00 | Registration Karem Jackson and Christopher Strickland |
| 9:00-9:15 | Welcome and Introduction Sujit Ghosh and Karen Poole, SAMSI/UNC-Chapel Hill |
| 9:15-10:15 | Lou Gross, University of Tennessee and NimBIOS Beer, Drugs, and Rock'n-Roll: What's Math got to do with it? |
| 10:15-11:15 | Maria Terres, STATMOS Postdoc, N.C. State University Spatial Patterns in Cherry Blossom Flowering Times |
| 11:15-12:00 | Group Photo and Lunch at SAMSI |
| 12:00-12:30 | Shuttle to NCSU Hunt Library - Meet in the SAMSI Parking Lot |
| 1:30-1:45 | Deanna Day, Lisa Ruth and Wendy Scott, NCSU Libraries Overview of the Hunt Library and Tour of Facilities |
| 1:45-2:15 | Shuttle back to SAMSI - Meet in front of the Hunt Library |
| 2:15-3:30 | Daniel Taylor-Rodriguez and Kimberly Kaufeld, SAMSI/NCSU Postdocs A tutorial on “Modeling ecological problems using R” |
| 3:30-4:30 | Alun Lloyd, N.C. State University Modeling Infectious Diseases |
| 4:30-5:45 | Christopher Strickland, Li Dong and Susheela Singh SAMSI Postdoctoral Fellow and Graduate Students Panel Discussion: Career in Mathematical Sciences |
| 5:45-6:45 | Dinner at SAMSI |
| 7:00 | Shuttle to the Sheraton Hotel |
Friday, February 27, 2015
at SAMSI, Room 150
| 8:15-8:30 a.m. | Shuttle to SAMSI (Check Out and Meet in the Hotel Lobby) |
| 9:00-9:15 | Recap: Sujit Ghosh, N.C. State University |
| 9:15-10:15 | Lea Jenkins, Clemson University Agricultural Math: Helping Farmers Persist Through Drought |
| 10:15-11:15 | Erin Schliep, Duke University Statistics: Collaboration Opportunities within the Environmental Sciences |
| 11:15-Noon | Adjourn, Box Lunch and Shuttle to RDU Airport |