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2009-10 Education and Outreach ProgramSAMSI Two-Day Undergraduate WorkshopFebruary 26-27, 2010
General Information
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General InformationAs 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
This workshop will be held on February 26-27, 2010 at SAMSI. The program will begin at 9:30 AM on Friday, February 26, and will be completed by 12 noon on Saturday, February 27. 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 22, 2010, will receive full consideration.
SAMSI will reimburse appropriate travel expenses as well as provide food and lodging.
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Schedule
Friday, February 26, 2010
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8:20 AM | Shuttle from Radisson to SAMSI (Group #1) |
8:40 | Shuttle from Radisson to SAMSI (Group #2) |
9:00 | Shuttle from Radisson to SAMSI (Group #3) |
9:15-9:30 | Welcome and Introduction Pierre Gremaud, NCSU and SAMSI |
9:30-10:20 | Scott Schmidler, Duke University Markov chains, networks, and molecules |
10:20-10:50 | Introduction to R Xueying Wang, SAMSI |
10:50-11:10 | Break |
11:10-12:00 | John McSweeney, SAMSI Epidemics on graphs |
12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
1:00-2:00 | R lab related to McSweeney's application |
2:00-2:50 | Avanti Athreya, SAMSI Random walks and Brownian motion |
2:50-3:20 | Break |
3:20-4:10 | Oliver Diaz, SAMSI |
4:10-4:40 | MATLAB demo Xueying Wang, SAMSI |
4:40-5:00 | Pierre Gremaud, N.C. State University and SAMSI 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 |
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 | Cindy Greenwood, Arizona State University Why Stochastic Dynamics? |
9:50-10:40 | Bruce Rogers, SAMSI Random graphs and linear algebra |
10:40-11:00 | Break |
11:00-12:00 | MATLAB lab related to Rogers' application |
12:00 PM | Adjournment and Departure |
12:00 | Shuttle to Radisson (Group #1) |
12:30 | Shuttle to Radisson (Group #2) |
1:00 | Shuttle to Radisson (Group #3) |
Please send questions to [email protected]
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