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2008-2009 Education and Outreach Program

SAMSI/CRSC Undergraduate Workshop

May 18 - 22, 2009
at N.C. State University

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General Information

SAMSI will host a one week undergraduate workshop intended for college juniors and seniors focused on SAMSI research activities related to the statistical and applied mathematical modeling and analysis of experimental data.  During the first day, a summary of research activities in the 2008-2009 programs on Sequential Monte Carlo Methods, and Algebraic Methods in Systems Biology and Statistics will be presented. In days two through five, participants will be involved in a hands-on experience. They will use mathematical and statistical models to analyze experimental data they collect in the CRSC/Math Instructional Research Lab on the NC State University campus.

Tutorials on modeling, mathematical and statistical methodology and on the physical experiments being used will be given. Participants working together in small teams will collect data and analyze it using mathematical and statistical software provided.

Registration

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. WORKSHOP CAPACITY HAS BEEN REACHED.

Upon acceptance for the program, individuals must confirm by email within three days their intention to participate (otherwise their place will be given to another applicant). Accepted participants will be advised regarding airfares and will need to purchase plane tickets with a three-week advance fare.

Schedule

Sunday, May 17, 2009

6:00 p.m. Welcoming Reception (Location TBA)

Monday, May 18, 2009

8:15 a.m. Participants meet at King Village. Transport to SAMSI.
9:00 Breakfast at SAMSI
9:30 Announcements and Introduction to SAMSI
Dr. Pierre Gremaud
9:45 Talk - Dr. Christian Macaro
10:30 Break
10:45 Talk - TBD
11:30 Group Pictures
12 Noon Lunch at SAMSI
1:00 p.m. Introduction to the Forward Problem: Solving the Harmonic Oscillator System
Dr. Megan Owen
2:30 Break
2:45 Brief Introduction to the Computing System and MATLAB
Dr. Ioanna Manolopoulou
4:15 Vans take participants to Lake Crabtree
5:00 Dinner at Lake Crabtree

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

8:15 a.m. Participants meet at King Village. Transport to SAMSI.
9:00 Breakfast at SAMSI
9:30 Linear Inverse Problems: A MATLAB Tutorial
Wenjie Chen
11:00 Break
11:15 Basic Statistical Concepts and Some Probability Essentials
Sarah Schott
12:45 p.m. Lunch at SAMSI
1:45 Introduction to Statistical Inference
Dr. Saeid Yasamin
3:15 Break
3:30 Regression and Least Square: A MATLAB Tutorial
Baqun Zhang
5:00 Vans take participants to King Village

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

9:00 a.m. Rotating Sessions (Cox Hall, NCSU Campus)
  • Vibrating Beam Data Collection at CRSC Laboratory
    (Adam Attarian, Dr. Hien Tran, and Dr. Grace Kepler)
  • Graduate School Panel
    Dr. Ernie Stitzinger, Math Department, NCSU
    Dr. Kim Weems, Statistics Department, NCSU
  • Career Panel (Facilitator: Dr. Cammey Cole Manning)
    TBA
    TBA
12:00 Noon Lunch
1:00 Reflection on the Data Collection and Modeling Experiences
Dr. Sourish Das and Jason Yellick
2:00 Solving the Vibrating Beam: Inverse Problem
Jason Yellick
3:00 Break
3:15 Solving the Vibrating Beam: Optimization
Melanie Bain
4:15 Teams Work on Inverse Problem

Thursday, May 21, 2009

9:00 a.m. Statistical Analysis for the Vibrating Beam Inverse Problem
Dr. Sourish Das
10:00 Break
10:15 Alternative Beam Model
Dr. Pierre Gremaud
11:15 Teams Work on Inverse Problem
12:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 What could we do better? Alternative models/statistical methods
Chunlin Ji and Minghui Shi
2:30 Break
3:00 Teams Work on Inverse Problem; Begin to Prepare Reports
5:00 Dinner
6:30 Bowling

Friday, May 22, 2009

9:00 a.m. Presentations and Discussion
10:30 Break
10:45 Presentations and Discussion
11:45 Closing Remarks and Workshop Evaluation
Drs. Pierre Gremaud and Cammey Cole Manning
12:00 Noon Lunch
1:00 Participants Depart for Home

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