Location
This workshop will take place at the NC State University Campus, Raleigh, NC.
Description
This week long workshop will provide an introduction to applied mathematical and statistical research in the area of astronomy and optimization. Talks will be presented by statisticians and applied mathematicians who work with analyzing data arise in modern astronomical and space sciences research as well as on optimization methods with applications to energy and environment. For a good part of the week, students, in teams of 3 or 4, will use data from different sources to investigate a variety of questions related to several exciting and emerging area of research ranging from the data produced by both ground-based and space-based astronomical surveys at many wave-bands to cosmology, exoplanets, gravitational waves and synoptic surveys. The students will also explore the recent developments in optimization including semidefinite programming, Bayesian optimization and decision analysis, Mixed-integer PDE-constrained optimization etc. Finally, student teams will be prepared to make short presentations on the last day of the workshop, and have the option of having their final presentations reside on the SAMSI website.
While students from universities not in the U.S. are welcome to apply, please be aware that priority is given to students who are enrolled at U.S. schools. Applications received by Monday, March 27th, 2017 will receive full consideration.
SAMSI will reimburse pre-approved and appropriate travel expenses as well as provide food and lodging.
Supporting Media
Printable Schedule
Speaker Titles/Abstracts
NOTE: All participants must download R-software before arriving in order to participate in this workshop. Please CLICK HERE for instructions to download software. To download the “R-cheat sheet,” CLICK HERE.
Campus Information
Local Walking map
Centennial Campus Visitor Information
Campus Safety Escort Services
N.C. State Emergency Services (WolfAlert)
Sunday, May 14, 2017
N.C. State University – Centennial Campus – Valley Hall Wolf Ridge Apartments; NCSU Centennial Campus Food Court
Welcome Reception at “On the Oval Culinary Creations” on NCSU Centennial Campus.
| Description | Speaker | Slides | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Check-in at Valley Hall Wolf Ridge Apartments |
Monday, May 15, 2017
N.C. State University, Centennial Campus – Institute for Advanced Analytics, Suite 130, Brodie Auditorium
| Description | Speaker | Slides | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction and overview of SAMSI | Sujit Ghosh, Deputy Director, SAMSI | ||
| Plenary Talk:Communities in Networks | Peter Mucha, UNC-CH | ||
| Project I Overview: Lightcurve classification for periodically varying stars | David Jones, SAMSI | ||
| Project II Overview: Distributionally Robust Stochastic Programming for Financial Applications | Peter Diao, SAMSI | ||
| Project III Overview: Finding Exoplanets Using Radial Velocity Data | David Stenning, SAMSI | ||
| Project IV Overview: Automatic Genre Classification of Music Pieces |
Sercan Yildiz, SAMSI | ||
| Project V Overview: Time Delay Estimation for Gravitationally Lensed Light Curves |
Hyungsuk Tak , SAMSI | ||
| Project VI Overview: Data Assimilation for Numerical Weather Prediction |
Ahmed Attita , SAMSI |
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
N.C. State University, Centennial Campus – Institute for Advanced Analytics, Suite 130, Brodie Auditorium
| Description | Speaker | Slides | Videos | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recap and announcements from Day 1 | David Jones, SAMSI | |||
| Hands-on Introduction to R | David Stenning, David Jones, and Hyungsuk Tak (SAMSI) and Graduate Fellows | |||
| Hands-on Introduction to Python: | Ahmed Attita , SAMSI | |||
| CLICK HERE for Installation instructions for Python software | ||||
| CLICK HERE for Installation instructions for DATeS software | ||||
| Panel of Graduate Programs Directors | Donald Martin (NCSU, Stat), Pierre Gremaud (NCSU, Math), Surya Tokdar (Duke, Stat), Shu Lu (UNC, STOR) | |||
| Opportunities in Analytics | Michael Rappa, Institute of Advanced Analytics (NCSU) | |||
| Panel Members: Opportunities in Analytics | Rob Chew, RTI International Research Data Scientist | |||
| Melissa Nyeswander, Director of Data Science, Fidelity Investments | ||||
| Diego Malaver, MSA, NCSU Institute of Advanced Analytics | ||||
| Kaili Stevens, MSA, NCSU Institute of Advanced Analytics |
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
N.C. State University, Centennial Campus – Institute for Advanced Analytics, Suite 130, Brodie Auditorium
| Description | Speaker | Slides | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recap and announcements from Day 2 | Peter Diao , SAMSI | ||
| How to give effective presentation: creating slides and posters | Peter Diao , SAMSI |
Thursday, May 18, 2017
N.C. State University, Centennial Campus – Institute for Advanced Analytics, Suite 130, Brodie Auditorium
| Description | Speaker | Slides | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Updates from Student Group Leaders | |||
| Continue Group Work with Postdocs/Grads | |||
| Group presentation practice with Postdocs/Grads | |||
| Open Group Work time at each group’s discretion |
Friday, May 19, 2017
N.C. State University, Centennial Campus – Institute for Advanced Analytics, Suite 130, Brodie Auditorium
| Description | Speaker | Slides | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Announcements | Sujit Ghosh, SAMSI Deputy Director | ||
| Group presentations and discussions | |||
| Lightcurves Group Presentation | (Mentor: David Jones) Brooke Leverton, Kevin Multani, Rachel DeGardner, Rachel Zilinskas, and Yao Shi | ||
| Stochastic Programming for Financial Applications Group Presentation | (Mentor: Peter Diao) Adam Schmidt, Andrew Hutchins, Hanah Adams, Hao Wang, Nathan Miller, and William Pfeiffer | ||
| Finding Exoplanets Using Radial Velocity Data Group Presentation | (Mentor: David Stenning) Colleen Chan, Amrit Dhillon, Alyssa Farmer, Jennifer Soter, and Andrew Stuhr | ||
| Data Assimilation for Numerical Weather Prediction Group Presentation | (Mentor: Ahmed Attia) Diego Calderon, Maria Cesarini, Chris DeFiglia, Shuchi Goyal, Danielle Sykes, Qi Zhan, and Mingjun Zhou | ||
| Time Delay Estimation for Gravitationally Lensed Light Curves Group Presentation | (Mentor: Hyungsuk Tak) Luna Bozeman, Nicholas Christoffersen, Anthony Coniglio, Katia Lélé Lagmago, and Shenghao Wu | ||
| Automatic Music Genre Classification Group Presentation | (Mentor: Sercan Yildiz) Nathan Yonghoon Kwon, Ingrid Tchakoua, Matthew Pietrosanu, Freya Fu, Yue Wang, and Victoria Sabo | ||
| Adjourn |
Questions: email [email protected]