Two-Day Undergraduate Workshop - October 29-30, 2010
Workshop Information
October 29, 2010 - 9:00am - October 30, 2010 - 1:00pm
General Information
As part of its Education and Outreach Program for 2010-2011, the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) offered 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
- Complex Networks
was covered in some depth. This workshop was held on October 29-30, 2010 at SAMSI. Participants arrive on Thursday evening and are able to begin their return home by 12 noon on Saturday.
SAMSI does reimburse appropriate travel expenses as well as provide food and lodging.
Schedule
Friday, October 29, 2010
NISS/SAMSI Building
| 8:15 AM | Shuttle from Radisson to SAMSI (Group #1) |
| 8:35 | Shuttle from Radisson to SAMSI (Group #2) |
| 9:15-9:30 | Welcome and Introduction Pierre Gremaud, N.C. State University and SAMSI |
| 9:30-10:20 | Rick Durrett, Duke University and SAMSI What are Graphs and Why are they Important? |
| 10:20-10:50 | MATLAB demonstration Yi Sun, SAMSI |
| 10:50-11:10 | Break |
| 11:10-12:00 | David Sivakoff, SAMSI Random Graph |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-1:50 | Mauro Maggioni, Duke University Graphs, High-Dimensional Data, and Visualization |
| 1:50-2:20 | Hongziao Zhu, SAMSI R demonstration |
| 2:20-2:50 | Break |
| 2:50-3:40 | Joshua Mendelsohn, Duke University Using R for Scientific Research |
| 3:40-4:40 | Joshua Mendelsohn, Duke University R Lab |
| 4:40-5:00 | Career Options Pierre Gremaud, N.C. State University and SAMSI |
| 5:00 | Shuttle to Radisson (Group #1) |
| 5:20 | Shuttle to Radisson (Group #2) |
| 6:00 | Dinner at Radisson Hotel |
Saturday, October 30, 2010
NISS/SAMSI Building
| 8:00 AM | Shuttle from Radisson to SAMSI (Group #1) |
| 8:20 AM | Shuttle from Radisson to SAMSI (Group #2) |
| 9:00-9:50 | David Banks, Duke University A History of Network Modeling |
| 9:50-10:40 | Bruce Rogers, SAMSI Mandi Traud, N.C. State University Graph Clustering with Random Walks |
| 10:40-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-12:00 | MATLAB Related to Rogers and Traud's Presentation |
| 12:00 PM | Adjournment and Departure 12:00 - Shuttle from SAMSI to RDU (Group #1) 12:30 - Shuttle from SAMSI to RDU (Group #2) |