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Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute
SAMSI Offers Two New Programs for 2014–2015
The Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) will offer two new programs in 2014–2015 to integrate applied mathematicians and statisticians with other scientific disciplines to further research in bioinformatics and ecology.
Statistics in Imaging Initiates Summer Workshop
The Section on Statistics in Imaging initiated a Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute summer two-week workshop on neuroimaging data analysis.
Post-doctoral Positions: A Path from Graduate School to Career
One way to ease the transition from graduate school to a new career is to take a post-doctoral position. Interviewed here by Jamie Nunnelly is George Luta, a post-doctoral fellow who benefited from such a program.
NISS Director Provides Update on Institute Activities
The National Institute of Statistical Sciences has been busy this year, with several new projects under way and an expanded presence, including new office space, in Washington, DC.
SAMSI Summer Program Gives In-Depth View of Neuroimaging Data Analysis
The Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute will hold a summer program on Neuroimaging Data Analysis (NDA) June 4–14 in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
SAMSI Director Participates in Climate Change Research, Policymaking
Richard Smith, director of the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute, is participating on the Committee on Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Social and Political Stresses for the National Research Council.
NSF Renews SAMSI for Five Years
The National Science Foundation recently renewed the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute’s (SAMSI) grant for five years, making this SAMSI’s second renewal.
SAMSI Announces 2013–14 Programs
Here, Richard Smith, director of the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute, talks about the two programs for the 2013–2014 year: Computational Methods in Social Science and Low-Dimensional Structure in High-Dimensional Systems.
Call for Proposals for SAMSI Summer Programs and Workshops
The Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) announces a new call for proposals to organize a 2013 summer program or workshop focused on a topic within the broad spectrum of new or recent research themes covered by SAMSI.