Location
This workshop took place at the Institute of Advanced Analytics (IAA) on the NC State University Centennial Campus, Raleigh, NC.
Description
The mathematical sciences, particularly through applied mathematical and statistical research, facilitate understanding of the world around us and the prediction of future conditions. This is nowhere more true than in assessing and anticipating the shifts in our planet’s environment as the climate changes. This workshop will expose students to the research process involved in applying mathematics and statistics to climate science questions. Besides gaining familiarity with the research process, students will also learn about the Earth’s climate system, gain skill in handling large data sets and insight into modeling, and will also have fun working with peers on a group project.
Students will work in small groups on specific problems drawn from the geosciences. There will be freedom to try new ideas and the investigations will be guided by the instructors. A specific aim will be to promote awareness of the key points in the research process from problem formulation to the articulation of results and their distillation into tools for training future students. Each day will begin with an overview giving the appropriate background, motivation, and context for the day’s activity. For the rest of the day, there will be ample time for group work which will be punctuated with group reports and short presentations by SAMSI early career mathematical scientists recounting their own experiences in carrying through a research project.
Problem topics will include: rainfall in the Gulf coast and extreme events like Hurricane Harvey, predicting the motion of sea-ice in the Arctic, representing currents and temperature in the deep ocean, estimating the risk of hurricanes, and assessing the biomass of Alaskan forests. Based on each group’s expertise we expect that computing will be carried out using either Matlab or R.
Schedule and Supporting Media
Printable Schedule
Project Abstracts
Monday, May 21, 2018
Institute of Advanced Analytics (IAA) (Roanoke Room); NC State University Centennial Campus
Description | Speaker | Slides |
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Introduction and Overview of SAMSI | Elvan Ceyhan, Deputy Director, SAMSI | |
Setting the Scene: The Influence and Importance of Climate Change Research | Doug Nychka, (NCAR) and Chris Jones, (UNC-Chapel Hill) | |
The Climate System | Doug Nychka, (NCAR) | |
Why do Mathematical Scientists Need to be at the Climate Table? | Chris Jones, (UNC-Chapel Hill) | |
Discussion about Analytics Opportunities and Programs at IAA | Michael Rappa, Founder and Director, Institute of Advanced Analytics (NCSU) | |
Creation of Working Groups and initial meetings | ||
Project I: Arctic Sea-Ice | Group Leader: Christian Sampson | |
Project II: Air Quality | Group Leader: Yawen Guan | |
Project III: Ocean Temperature | Group Leader: Mikael Kuusela | |
Project IV: Southeastern US Rainfall | Group Leader: Whitney Huang | |
Project V: Vegetation | Group Leader: Maggie Johnson | |
Project VI: Forest Cover | Group Leader: Huang Huang | |
Project Group Meetings – Problem Formulation and Group Structure | ||
Group Reports – Present Problem and Group Structure | ||
Introduction to ‘R’ Lab |
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Institute of Advanced Analytics (IAA) (Roanoke Room & Breakout Rooms); NC State University Centennial Campus
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Institute of Advanced Analytics (IAA) (Roanoke Room & Breakout Rooms); NC State University Centennial Campus
Description | Speaker | Slides |
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Recap of Announcements – Goal for the Day | Elvan Ceyhan, Deputy Director, SAMSI; Doug Nychka, (NCAR) and Chris Jones, (UNC-Chapel Hill); and Thomas Gehrmann, (NCSU) | |
Group Meetings | ||
Group Progress Reports and Feedback | ||
Group Meetings | ||
SAMSI Graduate Fellow Poster Session |
Thursday, May 24, 2018
Institute of Advanced Analytics (IAA) (Roanoke Room & Breakout Rooms); NC State University Centennial Campus
Description | Speaker | Slides |
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Recap of Announcements – Goal for the Day | Elvan Ceyhan, Deputy Director, SAMSI; Doug Nychka, (NCAR) and Chris Jones, (UNC-Chapel Hill); and Thomas Gehrmann, (NCSU) | |
Group Meetings | ||
Group Progress Reports and Feedback | ||
Group Meetings | ||
Open Group Work Time |
Friday, May 25, 2018
Institute of Advanced Analytics (IAA) (Roanoke Room & Breakout Rooms); NC State University Centennial Campus
Description | Speaker | Slides | Videos |
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Group Presentations and discussions | |||
Project I:Arctic Sea-Ice | Group members: Madeleine Braye, Yasmin Eady, Nicole Jacobs, Jesse Liu, Ryan Norlinger, Jose San Martin | video | |
Project II: Air Quality | Group members: Meixi Chen, Vincent Gonzales, Alan Ji, Chandni Malhotra, Hongyu Mao, Sharon Sung | video | |
Project III: Ocean Temperature | Group members: Ahmet Hatip, Alex Hayes, Alexa Maxwell, Joseph Struzeski, Ingrid Tchkaoua, Wenbo Wang | video | |
Project IV: Southeastern US Rainfall | Group members: Lin Ge, Jianan Jang, Jessica Robinson, Erin Song, Seth Temple, Adam Wu | video | |
Project V: Vegetation | Group members: Samuel Hood, Zhihan Lu, Rita Pradhudesai, Thomas Rechtman, Meghana Tatneni, Ganlin Ye | video | |
Project VI: Forest Cover | Group members: Richard Groenwald, Mehmut Hatip, Katrina Lewis, Jennifer Soter, Astride Tchkaoua, Sylvester Wieb | video | Meeting Adjourns and Participants leave NCSU |
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