Interdisciplinary Workshop for Undergraduate Students - May 14-18, 2012
Workshop Information
This week long workshop will provide an introduction to the field of uncertainty quantification (UQ) to students from the mathematical and statistical sciences. The overall goal of the workshop is to illustrate to need for and power of quantitative methods to confront the very hardest and most important data- and model-driven scientific challenges.
The students will work on controlling specific stochastic dynamical systems. At the end of the workshop, it is expected that they will have a working knowledge of variational techniques within the above framework, simple Kalman filters and Monte Carlo approaches. Emphasis will be put on practical issues and implementation. The students will work in groups of three under the supervision of SAMSI researchers and postdocs.
The deadline to apply is April 20, 2012.
Due to space considerations, participation is restricted and will be offered to approximately 30 individuals selected from the applicant pool. Participants are expected to arrive for the workshop on Sunday, May 13, 2012 and remain in continuous attendance until 12:00 pm on Friday, May 18, 2012.
Upon acceptance for the program, individuals must confirm by email within three days their intention to participate (otherwise their place will be given to another applicant). Accepted participants will be advised regarding airfares and will need to purchase plane tickets with a three-week advance fare.
Please send questions to: ugworkshop@samsi.info
Schedule
Sunday, May 13, 2012
N.C.State University
| 6:00 pm | Welcome reception (Avent Ferry Guest Facilities, 1st floor) |
Monday, May 14, 2012
SAMSI
| 8:15 | Participants meet at dorm. Transport to SAMSI |
| 9:00 | Continental Breakfast at SAMSI |
| 9:30 | Announcements and Introduction to SAMSI Cammey Cole Manning, Meredith College; Pierre Gremaud, NCSU/SAMSI |
| 10:00 | Project overview Juan Restrepo, University of Arizona |
| 10:30 | Break |
| 11:00 | MATLAB James Nance, N.C. State University |
| Noon | Lunch |
| 1:30 |
Basic Statistics |
| 3:00 | Break |
| 3:30 |
Linear Algebra I height_weight.m; least_squares_worksheet.pdf; simple_example.m |
| 5:00 | Dinner at Lake Crabtree (weather permitting) or SAMSI |
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
N.C. State University
| 8:30 | Continental Breakfast at NCSU, SAS Hall, Room 2202, Undergrad Lounge |
| 9:00 | ODEs Andreas Aristotelous, SAMSI; Esteban Chavez, Duke University ode_analytic_numeric_solver.m; Oscillator.m; Rhs.m |
| 10:00 | Break |
| 10:30 |
Introduction to Bayesian Statistics |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 1:30 | Linear Algebra II and Kalman filters Nate Burch, SAMSI; Bevin Maultsby, Duke University;Mami Tonoe, N.C. State University Moving Vehicle.zip |
| 2:45 | Break |
| 3:15 |
Monte Carlo |
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
N.C. State University
| 8:30 | Continental Breakfast at NCSU, SAS Hall, Room 2202, Undergrad Lounge |
| 9:00 | Graduate Panel |
| 10:15 | Break |
| 10:45 | Career Panel |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 1:30 |
"Warm-up" Problems |
Thursday, May 17, 2012
N.C. State University
| 8:30 | Continental Breakfast at NCSU, SAS Hall, Room 2202, Undergrad Lounge |
| 9:00-12:00 | Group Work Supervised by Andreas Aristotelous, Alex Chen |
| 12:00-1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30-5:00 | Group Work Supervised by Jenny Brynjarsdottir, Ying Sun |
Friday, May 18, 2012
N.C. State University
| 8:30 | Continental Breakfast at NCSU, SAS Hall, Room 2202, Undergrad Lounge |
| 9:00 | Group presentations and discussions |
| 10:30 | Break |
| 11:00 | Group presentations and discussions |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00 | Participants depart for home |