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2006 Program on Development, Assessment and Utilization of Complex Computer Models

Joint SAMSI/MUCM Mid-Program Workshop

April 2-3, 2007

General Information
Application
Schedule

General Information

The main goal of this joint Mid-Program SAMSI and MUCM workshop is to report on the progress of ongoing Projects including the discussion of current bottlenecks, possible approaches for their solution, alternative approaches and related issues. Hence, the Workshop is primarily oriented to MUCM and SAMSI participants, especially (but not exclusively) to those in the Methodology and Engineering Methodology working groups (since the focus will be methodological).

The format will feature a series of talks, each followed by extended discussion of the issues highlighted by that, and previous, presentations. Selected outside experts in the field will be invited to attend to provide criticism and direction to those who will be presenting research discussions. The workshop will be accessible via WebEx and Teleconference for interested remote participants. Please contact Margaret Polinkovsky (margaret at samsi.info) if you are interested in remote participation.

Present list of confirmed speakers include Ariel Cintron-Arias (SAMSI), Jim Gattiker (National Oceanography Centre and MUCM), John-Paul Gosling (U. Sheffield and MUCM), Serge Guillas (Georgia Tech and SAMSI), Cari Kauffman (SAMSI), Herbie Lee (U.C.- Santa Cruz and SAMSI), Hugo Maruri-Aguilar (LSE and MUCM), Anthony O'Hagan (U. Sheffield and MUCM), Rui Paulo (Technical University of Lisbon and SAMSI), E. Bruce Pitman (U. Buffalo and SAMSI), Peter Reichert (EAWAG and SAMSI), Jonathan Rougier (U. Bristol, MUCM and SAMSI), Elaine Spiller (SAMSI), Gentry White (N.C. State and SAMSI), Henry Wynn (LSE and MUCM)

Present list of confirmed outside experts include Tom Loredo (Cornell University), Jerry Sacks (NISS), and Henry Wynn (LSE and MUCM).

Workshop Committee: Susie Bayarri (University of Valencia and SAMSI), Tony O'Hagan (University of Sheffield and MUCM), Peter Reichert (EAWAG and SAMSI), Tom Santner (Ohio State and SAMSI).

Application

Interested individuals should apply, using the ON-LINE APPLICATION FORM. This form also includes the application for financial support. You will be notified as soon as possible after your application if your participation will be possible; regrettably, limited seating will preclude acceptance of all applications. New researchers (graduate students, postdocs, and faculty in the early stages of their careers) and members of underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.

The application/registration deadline is March 5, 2007

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Please make reservations at the Radisson as soon as possible. The SAMSI room block for the Radisson is effective until March 19, 2007. After this date, there is no guarantee a room will be available. If you have a change in plans, individual room reservations must be cancelled 72 hours prior to arrival. Check-in is at 3:00 PM; check-out is 12:00 noon.

Schedule

Monday, April 2, 2007 at SAMSI (room 104)

Abstracts

8:45-9:15	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:15-9:30	Welcome Jim Berger, SAMSI
	Chair of Morning Session Henry Wynn, LSE ande MUCM
9:30-11:15	Serge Guillas, Georgia Tech and SAMSI Calibration of a 3-D Air Quality Model Jonathan Rougier, Univ. of Bristol, MUCM and SAMSI State-space modelling of soil-moisture
11:15-11:45	Break
11:45-12:30	Cari Kaufman, SAMSI Efficient Emulators of Computer Experiments Using Covariance Tapering
12:45-2:00	Lunch
	Chair of Afternoon Session Robert Wolpert, Duke and SAMSI
2:00-3:45	Herbie Lee, U.C.-Santa Cruz and SAMSI Global Optimization Using Pattern Search and Treed Gaussian Processes Jim Gattiker, National Oceanography Center and MUCM Hierarchical Calibration
3:45-4:00	Break
4:00-5:00	Elaine Spiller, SAMSI E. Bruce Pitman, Univ. of Buffalo and SAMSI Predicting Geological Mass Flows from Field Data

Tuesday, April 3, 2007 at SAMSI (room 104)

8:45-9:15	Registration and Continental Breakfast
	Chair of Morning Session Susie Bayarri, Univ. of Valencia and SAMSI
9:15-11:00	Peter Reichert, EAWAG and SAMSI Analysing Input and Structural Uncertainty of a Hydrological Model with Stochastic Time-Dependent Parameters Ariel Cintron-Arias, SAMSI
11:00-11:15	Break
11:15-1:00	John-Paul Gosling, Univ. of Sheffield and MUCM Emulation of Dynamic Computer Models Gentry White, N.C. State and SAMSI Bayesian Kalman Filter for Emulation of Complex Engineering Computer Models
1:00-2:15	Lunch
	Chair of Afternoon Session Tom Loredo, Cornell and SAMSI
2:15-4:00	Rui Paulo, Tecnical Univ. of Lisbon and SAMSI) An Alternative Approach to Modelling the Bias Term Anthony O'Hagan, Univ. of Sheffield and MUCM Cholesky decomposition - a tool with many uses
4:00-4:15	Break
4:15-5:00	Hugo Maruri-Aguilar, LSE and MUCM Generalised Aberration for Space Filling Designs

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