Affiliates Update: August, 2003

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NISS Affiliates Program

NISS/SAMSI University Affiliates Program

Update: August, 2003

1. INAUGURAL APDF AWARDS. At the NISS/SAMSI JSM 2003 reception, I had the pleasure of announcing the first two awards from the Affiliates Proposal Development Fund (APDF):

Kimberly Sellers (Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University) and Elizabeth Arnold (Mathematics, Texas A&M University): Getting Something from Nothing--Assessing Information Gain from Lack of Information Due to Cell Suppression
Yehuda Vardi (Statistics, Rutgers), Lorraine Denby (Avaya Labs), Jean Meloche (Avaya Labs) and Donald Smith (Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill): Validation of Network Tomography

A number of excellent proposals were received, and I look forward to next year's APDF competition.

2. JSM AFFILIATES LUNCH. More than 40 people attended the meeting, at which NISS and SAMSI plans for 2003-04 were presented and discussed.

Presentations and a meeting summary are available on the Affiliates web site, at http://www.niss.org/affiliates/jsmmeeting20030803/summary.html

3. NISS STRATEGIC VISION. The Board of Trustees has undertaken development, over the next several months, of a strategic vision for NISS for the next 3-5 years. Reflecting the centrality of the affiliates program to NISS, at several points in the process, Affiliates will be asked for their feedback and input to the process. We hope that you will respond to these requests, because this is an important opportunity to help chart the character and activities of NISS.

4. 2003-04 SAMSI WORKSHOPS

Data Mining and Machine Learning
* Tutorials and Opening Workshop
September 6-10, 2003
* Closing Workshop
May 20-22, 2004
* Mini-workshops TBA
Network Modeling for the Internet
* Measurement and Modeling
September 18-19, 2003
* Congestion Control and Heavy Traffic Modeling
September 19-20, 2003
* Internet Tomography
October 13-14, 2003
* Sensor Networks
October 14-15, 2003
Multiscale Model Development and Control Design
* Tutorials and Opening Workshop
January 17-21, 2004
* Multi-Scale Phenomena in Soft-Matter, Nano-Materials:
February 15-17, 2004
* Fluctuations and Continuum Equations in Granular Flow
April 15-17, 2004

For more information, see the SAMSI Web site: http://www.samsi.info/200304/programs200304.html

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