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2006-07 Education and Outreach Program

SAMSI Two-Day Undergraduate Workshop

November 17-18, 2006

General Information
Application
Schedule

General Information

As part of its Education and Outreach Program for 2006-2007, 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 following topic will be covered in some depth:

  • Random Matrices, Dynamical Systems, and Complex Computer Models

This workshop will be held on November 17-18, 2006 at SAMSI. The program will begin at 9:30 AM on Friday, November 17, and will be completed by 12:00 PM on Saturday, November 18. Participants are urged to arrive on Thursday evening and will be able to begin their return home by 12:00 PM on Saturday.

SAMSI will reimburse appropriate fares as well as provide food and lodging.

Application

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

Schedule


TBA

Friday, November 17, 2006
NISS-SAMSI Building, Room 104

9:15 AM Charlene's Safe Ride departs Studio Plus (2504 NC Hwy 54)
9:30-10:00 Arrival at SAMSI and Hot Breakfast
10:00-10:10 Welcome and Introduction to SAMSI
Ralph Smith, North Carolina State University
Associate Director of CRSC and SAMSI
10:10-11:10 Riemannian Geometry, Random Walks and the Statistical Analysis of Multivariate Time Series
Makram Talih, Hunter College-CUNY and SAMSI
11:10-12:00 Statistical Models for Climate Change
Serge Guillas, Georgia Tech and SAMSI
12:00-1:00 PM Lunch
1:00-3:00 Numerical Experiments in Random Matrix Theory
Raj Rao, MIT and SAMSI
3:00-3:15 Tea and Coffee Break
3:15-4:15 Regularization and High-Dimensional Inference
Eitan Greenshtein, NCSU and SAMSI
4:15-4:30 Review Session
Ralph Smith, NCSU and SAMSI
4:30 Charlene's Safe Ride back to Studio Plus
5:20 Charlene's Safe Ride to restaurant
5:30-7:30 Dinner Party at Park Diner (5410 NC Hwy 55 South, Greenwood Commons)
7:30 Charlene's Safe Ride back to Studio Plus

Saturday, November 18, 2006
NISS-SAMSI Building, Room 104

8:30 AM Charlene's Safe Ride departs Studio Plus
8:45-9:15 Arrival at SAMSI and Continental Breakfast
9:15-10:00 Some Uses of Random Matrix Theory in Statistics
Noureddine El Karoui, UC-Berkeley and SAMSI
10:00-11:00 Rare Events in Nonlinear Lightwave Systems
Elaine Spiller, Duke University and SAMSI
11:00-11:15 Tea and Coffee Break
11:15-12:00 Random Matrices in Multivariate Statistical Analysis
Donald Richards, Penn State University and SAMSI
12:00 PM Adjournment and Departure

Charlene's Safe Ride will depart SAMSI for the airport. If you need transportation to return to the hotel, please see a member of the SAMSI staff.

Please send questions to [email protected]






 
 

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