Schedule of Events

5/21Sunday
7:00Welcoming Reception in Sullivan Hall
5/22Monday
8:30 Meet at Sullivan Hall. Transport to SAMSI.
9:10 Intro. to SAMSI. Presentations follow.
9:15National Defense and Homeland SecurityA. Govan
10:00Financial MathematicsDr. J. Rodriguez & D. Vestal
10:45Break
11:00AstrostatisticsF. Bullard
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(.ppt version available)Dr. S. Dediu
2:45 Break
3:00Brief Introduction to the Computing System and MATLABD. Vestal
4:30Vans take participants to Lake Crabtree
5:00Dinner at Lake Crabtree
5/23Tuesday
9:00Linear Inverse Problems: A MATLAB TutorialJ. Sloan
10:45Break
11:00Basic Statistical Concepts and Some Probability EssentialsS. Heyward
12:15Lunch
1:15Introduction to Statistical InferenceF. Bullard
—MATLAB Inference Example 1 (inference_example_1.m)
—MATLAB Inference Example 2 (inference_example_2.m)
—MATLAB Inference Example 3 (inference_example_3.m)
—MATLAB Inference Example 4 (inference_example_4.m)
2:45Break
3:15Statistical View of Linear Least Squares: A MATLAB Tutorial.J. Ghosh
—Data (smoke.txt)
—Data Description (smoke_desc.txt)
—lab1.m
5/24Wednesday
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
—Dr. Kim Weems, Statistics Department, NCSU
—Dr. Ernie Stitzinger, Mathematics Department, NCSU
Career Panel
—Dr. Kevin Anstrom, Duke Clinical Research Institute
—Dr. Emily Lada, SAS
—Dr. Laura Potter, GlaxoSmithKline
12:00Lunch
1:00Reflection on the Data Collection and Modeling ExperiencesDrs. L. Denogean & M. Pemy
—Why Do We Need A Mathematical Model?(.ppt version)
—Handout
—Reflection and Discussion Presentation
—Reflection and Discussion Handout
2:15Break
2:30Solving the Vibrating Beam: Inverse ProblemA. Sinko
—cost_beam_anal.m
—cost_beam.m
—disp_data.mat
—inv_beam_2param_anal.m
—inv_beam_2param.m
—ode_model.m
—ols_construction.m
3:00Solving the Vibrating Beam: OptimizationA. Govan
—Presentation (.ppt version)
—gd.m
—gd2.m
4:00Teams Work on Inverse Problem
—inv_beam.m
—cost_beam.m
—ode_model.m
5/25Thursday
9:00Statistical Analysis for the Vibrating Beam Inverse ProblemS. H. Kim & L. Zhang
—Presentation in .pdf and .ppt formats.
—barCvec.m
—barKvec.m
—checkingassumptions.m
—cost_beam.m
—data1.mat
—estimateofsigma.m
—GetData.m
—input_C_K_vectors.m
—inv_beam_all.m
—inv_beam.m
—ode_model.m
—plotresidual.m
—RHSfunction.m
—sensitivity.m
10:00Break
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 methodsDrs. L. Denogean & C. Storlie
—smu_CV.m
2:30Break
3:00Teams Work on Inverse Problem; Begin to Prepare Reports
5:00Participants Return to Sullivan Hall; Get Dinner
6:30Bowling
5/26Friday
9:00Presentations and Discussion
—Combined Groups 1 and 4 Presentation
—Groups 2 Presentation
—Group 3 Presentation
10:30Break
10:45Presentations and Discussion
—Group 5 Presentation
—Group 6 Presentation
11:45Closing Remarks & Workshop Evaluation Dr. R. C. Smith
12:00Lunch
1:00 Participants Depart for Home


Data CollectionGraduate School PanelCareer Panel
9:00Coke HeadsGroup ΠPeople Doing Math
Impossible Matrix ForceThe Crystal Math AddictsPoisson's Posse
10:00People Doing MathCoke HeadsGroup Π
Poisson's PosseImpossible Matrix ForceThe Crystal Math Addicts
11:00Group ΠPeople Doing MathCoke Heads
The Crystal Math AddictsPoisson's PosseImpossible Matrix Force
Rotating Session Schedule

Schedule in .PDF format.

Note: Schedule in above table and .PDF file are subject to change.