{"id":12847,"date":"2018-12-17T18:33:43","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T22:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samsi.info\/?page_id=12847"},"modified":"2019-07-29T09:24:55","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T13:24:55","slug":"samsi-associates-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.samsi.info\/support-samsi\/samsi-associates-program\/","title":{"rendered":"SAMSI Associates Program"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) is a collaboration between Duke University<\/strong>, North Carolina State University<\/strong>, and the University of North Carolina <\/strong>at Chapel Hill<\/strong>. Our mission is to lead quantitative research on topics important to the world and\/or science. Most of our funding comes from the National Science Foundation<\/strong><\/a>, but SAMSI wants to aggressively expand its activity in machine learning and industry-relevant research.<\/p>\n To support that initiative, we are establishing the SAMSI Associates Program. It is an industry partnership, and participants contribute $10,000 per year to SAMSI.<\/strong><\/p>\n In return, partners receive:<\/p>\n The regular opportunity to define a research topic for a SAMSI working group related to an on-going research program (recent and upcoming programs include Climate Science, Monte Carlo Approximation, Precision Medicine, Uncertainty Quantification, Machine Learning, Games, Decisions and Risk Theory).<\/b><\/p>\n High-level overview lectures by clearly communicating thought leaders on topics of interest to industry partners, and more technical lectures for partners who want to know the details.<\/b> The Triangle universities provide a tremendously broad talent resource for this, and SAMSI can easily find the right people to address industry questions. Also, SAMSI has access and relationships with experts from non-local universities, and with some additional expense can facilitate access to these people.<\/p>\n Access to a list of curriculum vitae of graduate students in statistics, computer science, and applied mathematics who are interested in industry internships; the list is searchable by citizenship, programming languages, academic program, year in program, and technical specializations.<\/b><\/p>\n Reduced fees for SAMSI short courses, such as the recent course on programing in the Spark environment (essential for Big Data analysis; normally $990, but $760 for SAMSI Associates)<\/b>.<\/p>\n Biannual meetings with SAMSI leadership and relevant visitors to identify emerging research areas and establish one-off workshops on key topics.<\/p>\n
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