Introduction for the Climate Program and overview of SAMSI to participants at workshop.

1. CLIMATE PROGRAM OPENING WORKSHOP
Richard L. Smith, Director of SAMSI
The Statistical and Applied
Mathematical Sciences Institute

2. What is SAMSI?
 One of 8 NSF funded Math institutes
 A NSF grant awarded to Duke, NC State, and
UNC
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3. What is SAMSI?
 Established in 2002
 Current NSF Funding Period: 2017 - 2020
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4. SAMSI’s Mission
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 Forge a synthesis of the statistical
sciences and the applied mathematical
sciences with disciplinary science to
confront the very hardest and most important
data – and model – driven scientific
challenges

5. SAMSI News
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 Renewal of SAMSI NSF Grant confirmed for
funding period 2017 – 2020
 Elvan Ceyhan has joined SAMSI a new Deputy
Director. Director search still ongoing.
 Move to a new facility completed in July 2017

6. SAMSI Directorate
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Richard Smith
Director
Elvan Ceyhan
Deputy Director
Ilse Ipsen
Associate Director
Gordon Campbell
Operations Director
Leslie McClure
Diversity Director

7. What can SAMSI do for you?
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#SAMSIDoes
 Research
- Year-Long Programs
- Summer Programs (1-3 weeks)
- Topical Workshops
 Education & Outreach
- Graduate Student Modeling Workshop
- Undergraduate Workshops

8. Research Programs
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 Year-long collection of focused research activities
- Working Groups (remote access)
- Research Workshops
- Summer Schools
- Participants
○ Visitors (from a few days to a year in length)
○ SAMSI Postdocs & Graduate Fellows
○ National & International Participants

10. Mathematical and Statistical Methods for
Climate & Earth

11. Quasi-Monte Carlo & High Dimensional
Sampling Methods for Applied Mathematics

13. “Supporting Education and Research in Statistics and Applied Mathematics to innovate the Future”
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 2018 – 2019:
- Model Uncertainty: Mathematical & Statistical
- Precision Medicine
 2019 – 2020:
- Under discussion

14. Education and Outreach
Program 2017-18
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 Two-day Undergraduate Workshops
 October 23-24, 2017
 February 26-27, 2018
 Five-day Undergraduate Modeling Workshop
 May 21-25, 2018
 Graduate Students IMSM Workshop
 July 15-25, 2018
 Participation in Inter-Institutes Diversity Activities
 Modern Math Workshop (at SACNAS), October 18-19, 2017
 Field of Dreams./Math Alliance, November 3-5, 2017

15. “Supporting Education and Research in Statistics and Applied Mathematics to innovate the Future”
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2018 Industrial Mathematical & Statistical
Modeling Workshop (IMSM), July 15-25
 Explores challenging and
exciting real-world projects
arising in government and
industrial laboratories
 Students experience peer
teamwork development and the
opportunity to work with world-
class scientists and engineers
Application Deadline: To Be Determined
Program Organizer: Mansoor Haider
Program Email: IMSM@samsi.info

16. Proposing a SAMSI Program
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https://www.samsi.info

17. SAMSI Sponsors Program
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 We NEED your support!
- See a letter for your department chair in your welcome
packet
+ =
Advancing Applied
Mathematical
&
Statistical Research
for the Future!

18. SAMSI Staff
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Sue McDonald
Sr. Workshop Coordinator
Karem Jackson
Workshop Specialist
Thomas Gehrmann
NCSU Program Asst.
Rita Fortune
Financial Analyst
Rick Scoggins
Communications Manager

19. “Supporting Education and Research in Statistics and Applied Mathematics to innovate the Future”
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Communications & Marketing Minute!
 We NEED you to help tell the SAMSI Story!
 SAMSI Social Media Platforms:
 SAMSI Blog:
 Take plenty of pictures and enjoy this event!
 Communications questions: communications@samsi.info
#SAMSI Does
https://twitter.com/SAMSI_Info
https://www.facebook.com/SAMSI.Info
https://samsiatrtp.wordpress.com/

20. Climate Program Organizers
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 Program Leaders: Amy Braverman, Peter Challenor,
Doug Nychka, Michael Wehner, Mary Lou Zeeman
 Local Faculty: Chris Jones, Brian Reich
 SAMSI Advisory Committee: Michael Stein,
Habib Najm
 SAMSI Directorate Liaison: Richard Smith
 Opening Workshop Organizers: Chris Jones, Doug
Nychka, Brian Reich, Richard Smith

21. Plan for Opening Workshop
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 Overview Lectures: Vipin Kumar, Kristie Ebi,
Leonard Smith, Michael Wehner, Ken Kunkel
 Research Sessions: Remote Sensing, Ice Dynamics, Climate
Informatics, Climate and Health, Stochastic Parameterizations
 Special Sessions: Panel Discussions,
Poster Session and Reception
 Working Group Formation Session
 Computational Workshop: Doug Nychka, Dorit
Hammerling, Nathan Lenssen

22. Planned Working Groups
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Remote Sensing: Amy Braverman, Jessica Matthews
Parameter Estimation: Peter Challenor
Data Assimilation: Chris Jones, Erik Van Vleck
Data Analytics: Doug Nychka, Vipin Kumar
Climate Prediction: Leonard Smith
Extremes: Dan Cooley, Richard Smith
Stochastic Parameterizations: Adam Monahan
Climate and Health: Brian Reich
Food Systems: Hans Kaper and Mary Lou Zeeman
Ice Dynamics: Chris Jones, Alberto Carrassi, Murali Haran
Detection and Attribution: Dorit Hammerling, Matthias Katzfuss
Risk & Coastal Hazards: Brian Blanton, Slava Lyubchich, Richard Smith
Statistical Oceanography: Michael Stein, Mikael Kuusela

23. Future Program Workshops
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 Remote Sensing: At Caltech with support from JPL
Dates TBD, likely Feb-Mar 2018
 Climate Extremes: At Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Dates TBD
 Turing Institute One-day Meeting: London,
March 26, 2018
 Newton Institute UQ Workshop: Cambridge, March 27-
29, 2018
 Transition Workshop: At SAMSI, likely May 7-9 or May 14-
16, 2018

24. SAMSI Graduate Courses
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 Fall Course: Statistics for Climate Science, led by Doug Nychka,
Brian Reich and Richard Smith
 Spring Course: Data Assimilation for Climate, led by Chris
Jones, Amit Apte and Erick van Vleck

25. Education/Outreach Activities
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 October 23-24: Two-Day Undergraduate Workshop on Climate
Extremes
 May 21-25: Undergraduate Modeling workshop on theme of
Climate Datasets, coordinated by Chris Jones and Doug Nychka
 October 9: Public Lecture by Kerry Emanuel

26. SOME THINGS ARE MORE
PREDICTABLE THAN THE CLIMATE ..
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27. Organizational Issues
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 Lunch (for registered participants only) will be
provided each day
 Tuesday Reception will include food and drinks
 If you are receiving reimbursements, please use
the provided claim form and return all receipts
immediately after workshop

28. Enjoy the Workshop!
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