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2007-08 Education and Outreach Program

SAMSI Two-Day Undergraduate Workshop

February 29 - March 1, 2008

General Information
Application
Schedule

General Information

As part of its Education and Outreach Program for 2007-2008, 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

  • Random Media
  • Environmental Sensor Networks
will be covered in some depth.

This workshop will be held on February 29-March 1, 2008 at SAMSI. The program will begin at 9:30 AM on Friday, February 29, and will be completed by 12 noon on Saturday, March 1. 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 25, 2008, will receive full consideration.

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

Application

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

Schedule

Friday, February 29, 2008
NISS-SAMSI Building, Room 104

8:30 AM Shuttle from Radisson to SAMSI (Group #1)
8:45 Shuttle from Radisson to SAMSI (Group #2)
9:00 Shuttle from Radisson to SAMSI (Group #3)
9:15-9:30 Welcome and Introductions
9:30-10:15 Kazo Ito
Level Set Method and Applications
10:15-10:40 Kazo Ito
Central Voronoi Tesselation and Applications
10:40-11:00 Break
11:00-11:30 Martin Heller, Zhonghua Qiao and Qin Zhang: Matlab demonstration
11:30-12:15 Interactive Student Session
12:15-12:30 PM Summary of Experience
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-1:50 Kenji Yamamoto
Wireless Environmental Sensor Networks: An Introduction
1:50-2:20 Xuanlong Nguyen
Challenges of Large-Scale/High-Dimensional Datasets from Sensor Networks
2:20-2:45 David Bell
Ecological Questions and Statistical Answers
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-3:30 Yongku Kim
Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling
3:30-4:00 Michael Porter
Detecting Clusters in Geographic Networks
4:00-4:30 Interactive Student Session: Paul Flikkema
4:30-5:00 Ralph Smith: Discussion of Graduate School and Career Options
4:45 Shuttle to Radisson (Group #1)
5:00 Shuttle to Radisson (Group #2)
5:15 Shuttle to Radisson (Group #3)
6:00 Dinner at the Radisson

Saturday, March 1, 2008
NISS-SAMSI Building, Room 104

8:30 AM Shuttle from Radisson to SAMSI (Group #1)
8:45 AM Shuttle from Radisson to SAMSI (Group #2)
9:00-9:45 Hongkai Zhao
Wave Propagation
9:45-10:10 Hongkai Zhao
Imaging Using Waves
10:10-10:30 Break
10:30-11:00 Hongkai Zhao (with Zhilin Li, and Weigang Zhong)
Numerical Simulations
11:30-12:00 Interactive Student Session
12:00 PM Adjournment and Departure

Please send questions to [email protected]






 
 

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