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2009-10 Education and Outreach Program

SAMSI Two-Day Undergraduate Workshop

October 30-31, 2009

General Information
Application
Schedule

General Information

As part of its Education and Outreach Program for 2009-2010, 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

Space-Time Analysis for Environmental Mapping, Epidemiology and Climate Change

will be covered in some depth.

This workshop will be held on October 30-31, 2009 at SAMSI. The program will begin at 9:30 AM on Friday, October 30, and will be completed by 12 noon on Saturday, October 31. 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, September 25, 2009, will receive full consideration.

SAMSI will reimburse appropriate travel expenses as well as provide food and lodging.

Application

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. CAPACITY HAS BEEN REACHED

Schedule

Friday, October 30, 2009
NISS/SAMSI Building

8:15 AM	Shuttle from Radisson to SAMSI (Group #1)
8:35	Shuttle from Radisson to SAMSI (Group #2)
8:55	Shuttle from Radisson to SAMSI (Group #3)
9:15-9:30	Welcome and Introductions - Pierre Gremaud, NCSU / SAMSI
9:30-10:20	Murali Haran, Penn State University Statistical models for environmental science and climate change research
10:20-10:50	Benjamin Shaby, SAMSI R demonstration
10:50-11:10	Break
11:10-12:00	Veronica Berrocal, SAMSI Downscaling Outputs from Computer Models
12:00-1:00	Lunch
1:00-2:00	R Lab Related to Berrocal's Applicaation
2:00-2:50	Martin Tingley,SAMSI Paleoclimatology! Reconstructing Past Temperatures using Natural Thermometers
2:50-3:20	Break
3:20-3:50	Jun Zhang, SAMSI MATLAB Demonstration
3:50-4:30	MATLAB Lab Related to Tingley's Application
4:30-5:00	Pierre Gremaud, NCSU / SAMSI Graduate School and Career Options
5:00	Shuttle to Radisson (Group #1)
5:20	Shuttle to Radisson (Group #2)
5:40	Shuttle to Radisson (Group #3)
6:00	Dinner at Radisson Hotel

Saturday, October 31, 2009
NISS/SAMSI Building

8:00 AM	Shuttle from Radisson to SAMSI (Group #1)
8:20 AM	Shuttle from Radisson to SAMSI (Group #2)
8:40 AM	Shuttle from Radisson to SAMSI (Group #3)
9:00-9:50	Susie Bayarri, University of Valencia, Spain Where To Go When the Volcano Blow
9:50-10:40	Howard Chang, SAMSI
10:40-11:00	Break
11:00-12:00	R Lab Related to Chang's Application
12:00 PM	Adjournment and Departure

Please send questions to ugworkshop200910@samsi.info

Local Information (Hotels, etc.)

2009-10 Education and Outreach Program Page