Undergraduate Workshop - February 24-25, 2012
Workshop Information
General Information
As part of its Education and Outreach Program for 2011-2012, 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
• Applications of UQ
will be covered in some depth. This workshop will be held on February 24-26, 2012 at SAMSI. The program will begin at 9:30 AM on Friday, February 24, and will be completed by 12 noon on Saturday, February 25. Participants are urged to arrive on Thursday evening and will be able to begin their return home by 12 noon on Saturday. Applications received by Friday, January 27, 2012, will receive full consideration.
SAMSI will reimburse appropriate travel expenses as well as provide food and lodging.
Send questions to ugworkshop@samsi.info
Tentative Schedule
Friday, February 24, 2012
at SAMSI, Room 150
| 8:30 a.m. | Group #1 Shuttle from Radisson to SAMSI |
| 8:45 | Group #2 Shuttle from Radisson to SAMSI |
| 9:30-9:15 | Registration |
| 9:15-9:30 | Welcome and Introduction Pierre Gremaud, SAMSI |
| 9:30-10:20 | Numerical Integration Dongbin Xiu, Purdue University |
| 10:20-10:50 | MATLAB demo Chia Ying Lee, SAMSI |
| 10:50-11:10 | Break |
| 11:10-12:00 | From Richardson's Model to Cancer Growth Simulation Andreas Aristotelous, SAMSI |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-1:50 | Importance Sampling in Optical Communication Richard Moore, New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| 1:50-2:20 | R demo Jenny Brynjarsdottir, SAMSI |
| 2:20-2:50 | Break |
| 2:50-3:40 | Descriptive Statistics Ying Sun, SAMSI |
| 3:40-4:40 | R Lab related to Ying Sun's presentation |
| 4:40-5:00 | Career Options Pierre Gremaud, SAMSI |
| 5:10 | Group #1 Shuttle from SAMSI to Radisson |
| 5:30 | Group #2 Shuttle from SAMSI to Radisson |
| 6:00-8:00 | Dinner at the Radisson Hotel (Room F/G, 3rd Floor) |
Saturday, February 25, 2012
at SAMSI, Room 150
| 8:15 a.m. | Group #1 Shuttle from Radisson to SAMSI |
| 8:30 | Group #2 Shuttle from Radisson to SAMSI |
| 8:30-9:00 | Registration |
| 9:00-9:50 | Sensitivity Analysis Based Uncertainty Quantification Nate Burch, SAMSI |
| 9:50-10:40 | This Means War! Modeling Combat with Applications to Real Time Strategy Games Alex Chen, SAMSI |
| 10:40-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-12:00 | MATLAB Lab related to Alex Chen's presentation |
| 12:00 | Adjourn |
| 12:00 | Group #1 Shuttle from SAMSI to RDU Airport |
| 12:40 | Group #2 Shuttle from SAMSI to RDU Airport |