** Application deadline was March 25, 2021 **
Virtual Workshop
Dates: May 16-18
Times: May 16: 1-4pm; May 17: 8:45-Noon; 1-3pm; May 18: 8:45-Noon.
All times are Eastern Daylight Time (New York)
Description
As part of its Education and Outreach Program for 2021, the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) will host a two-and-a-half-day undergraduate workshop on topics of current interest in statistics and applied mathematics. Topics covered will include data science in the social and behavioral sciences, mathematical biology, and other areas of interest in applied mathematics and statistics. The workshop will feature R software tutorials and introductory lectures on four projects. Hands-on illustrations will be presented and participants will present their work at the end.
U.S. citizens and permanent residents who attend are eligible for a small ($350) stipend after successfully completing the workshop.
Application
A letter of recommendation from a faculty member at your college/university must be submitted to [email protected] before the deadline of March 25, 2021.
Schedule and Supporting Media
(Note: with permission from speakers, talks will be recorded and posted in the schedule below)
Sunday, May 16, 2021
| Time | Description | Speaker | Slides |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1:00 | Welcome | David Banks, SAMSI | |
| 1:15 | Project Descriptions | Jaffer Zaidi at 1:15 Kate Pearce and Mansoor Haider at 1:35 |
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| 1:55 | Break | ||
| 2:05 | Project Descriptions (cont’d) | Pulong Ma at 2:05 Diego Fregolente at 2:25 |
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| 2:45 | Break | ||
| 2:55 | Panel on Graduate School in Applied Math and/or Statistics | Austin Ferguson (UNC, Applied Mathematics) Wesley Hamilton (UNC, Applied Mathematics) Miheer Dewaskar (UNC, STOR) Kate Pearce (NC State, Mathematics) |
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| 3:55 | Students Choose Projects | ||
| 4:00 | Adjourn |
Monday, May 17, 2021
| Time | Description | Speaker | Slides |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:45 | Welcome | ||
| 9:00 | Agent-Based Models | David Banks, SAMSI | |
| 9:45 | Break | ||
| 10:00 | Seminar on Project #1: Statistical Learning for Tropical Cyclones with Historical Storm Data | Pulong Ma | |
| 10:30 | Seminar on Project #2: Mathematical Modeling of the COVID-19 Pandemic | Kate Pearce and Mansoor Haider | |
| 11:00 | Break | ||
| 11:15 | Project Labs (parallel sessions) | Pulong Ma, Kate Pearce, and Mansoor Haider | |
| 11:55 | Lunch | ||
| 1:00 | Seminar on Project #3: Competition for attention in online social networks | Diego Fregolente | |
| 1:30 | Seminar on Project #4: Causal estimands in COVID-19 vaccine trials | Jaffer Zaidi | |
| 2:00 | Break | ||
| 2:15 | Project Labs (parallel sessions) | Jaffer Zaidi and Diego Fregolente | |
| 3:00 | Adjourn |
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
| Time | Description | Speaker | Slides |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:45 | Welcome | Emily Griffith, NSCU | |
| 9:00 | Panel Discussion on Careers in Math and/or Statistics | Claire Bowen, Urban Institute Mallory McMahon, Red Hat Ryne VanKrevelen, Elon University |
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| 9:45 | Break | ||
| 10:00 | Work in Groups | ||
| 11:00 | Student Presentations | ||
| 11:45 | Comments and Thank you | Emily Griffith, NCSU | |
| Noon | Adjourn |
Questions: email [email protected]