Schedule of Events

5/20Sunday
7:00Welcoming Reception in Sullivan Hall TV Lounge
5/21Monday
8:30Meet participants at Sullivan Hall. Transport to SAMSI.
9:10 Intro. to SAMSI. Presentations follow.
9:15SAMSI Talk: Computational Models (graphics not included) Dr. G. Vernieres
10:00SAMSI Talk: Computational ModelsDr. C. Kaufman
— Computational Model: EBM.XLS
10:45Break
11:00SAMSI Talk: Random MatricesDr. E. Spiller
11:45 Lunch at SAMSI
12:30Vans transport participants to Harrelson Hall.
1:15Intro. and BackgroundDr. R. C. Smith
1:45Intro. to the Forward Problem: Solving the Harmonic Oscillator System Dr. G. White
2:45Break-Drinks and Refreshments available in HA 326
3:00Brief Introduction to the Computing System and MATLAB K. DeVault
— Problems and Solutions
4:30Vans take participants to Lake Crabtree
5:00Dinner at Lake Crabtree
5/22Tuesday
9:00 Linear Inverse Problems: A MATLAB TutorialDr. A. Cintron-Arias
— Exercises
— lin_inv_ex7.m
— lin_inv_prb_data1.mat
— lin_inv_prb_data2.mat
— lin_inv3.m
10:30Break-Drinks and Refreshments available in HA 326
10:45 Basic Statistical Concepts and Some Probability Essentials D. Sharma
— heights.xls
— hist_pie.m
— hist_pie_exercise.m
12:15Lunch
1:15Introduction to Statistical Inference Dr. J. Pal
— example1.m
— example2.m
— likelihoodplot.fig
2:45Break-Drinks and Refreshments available in HA 326
3:15Statistical View of Linear Least Squares: A MATLAB Tutorial. Dr. J. Crooks and S. Lunagomez
— lab1.m
— smoke.txt
— smoke_desc.txt
5/23Wednesday
8:45Transport from Sullivan Hall to Centennial Campus
9:00Rotating Sessions
Vibrating beam Data Collection at CRSC Lab
—J. David
—Dr. R.C. Smith
Graduate School Panel
—Jennifer Joyce, Mathematics Department, UNC-CH
—Dr. Ernie Stitzinger, Mathematics Department, NCSU
—Dr. Kim Weems, Statistics Department, NCSU
Career Panel
—Dr. G. Gordon Brown, Research Triangle Institute
—Dr. Kristen Foley, Environmental Protection Agency
—Dr. Julia Kimbell, CIIT Centers for Health Research
12:00Box Lunches from Bear Rock Cafe and then return to Harrelson
1:15Reflection on the Data Collection and Modeling Experiences Dr. G. White & Dr. B. Rajaratnam
— Questions
2:15Break-Drinks and Refreshments available in HA 326
2:30Solving the Vibrating Beam: Inverse Problem Dr. W. LeFew
— cost_beam.m
— inv_beam.m
— ode_model.m
— data1.mat
— data2.mat
— data5.mat
3:00Solving the Vibrating Beam: OptimizationK. Sutton
— gd.m
— newton.m
— direct_ex.m
— gradient_ex.m
4:00Teams Work on Inverse Problem
5/24Thursday
9:00Statistical Analysis for the Vibrating Beam Inverse Problem Dr. J. Pal and H. Cao
— ode_model.m
— cost_beam.m
— costminanalysis.m
— costplot.fig
10:00Break-Drinks and Refreshments available in HA 326
10:15Alternative Beam ModelDr. R. C. Smith
—beam_model_demo.m
—beam_model.m
—beam_simulation.m
—bevaluate_beam.m
—costfunc.m
—force_beam.m
—gauss_weights.m
—gauss_points.m
—interp.m
—matrix_construct_beam.m
—yprime_beam.m
—input.mat
11:15Teams Work on Inverse Problem
12:30Lunch
1:30What could we do better? Alternative models/statistical methods: Method 1 and Method 2Dr. J. Crooks and X. Qiao
— chol_band5.m
— cost2_beam.m
— cost_beam2.m
— data1.mat
— inv_band5.m
— inv_beam.m
— ode_model.m
— plotresidual.m
— smu_CV.m
— smu_spline.m
— solve_band5.m
— splineplot.m
— weighted-analysis.m
2:30Break-Drinks and Refreshments available in HA 326
3:00Teams Work on Inverse Problem; Begin to Prepare Reports
5:00Participants Return to Sullivan Hall; Get Dinner
6:30Bowling
5/25Friday
9:00Presentations and Discussion
— Group 1 Presentation
— Group 2 Presentation
— Group 3 Presentation
10:30Break-Drinks and Refreshments available in HA 326
10:45Presentations and Discussion
— Group 4 Presentation
— Group 5 Presentation
— Group 6 Presentation
11:45Closing Remarks & Workshop Evaluation Dr. R. C. Smith
12:00Lunch
1:00 Participants Depart for Home


Schedule in .PDF Format (as of 5/17/2007)