Affiliates Update:January, 2004

1. FUTURE AFFILIATES EVENTS

First Annual Affiliates Problem Day: Thursday, March 4, 2004, NISS Headquarters

2004 Planning Meeting: Friday, March 5, 2004, NISS Headquarters

Workshop on Overarching Issues in Risk Analysis: Thursday-Saturday, April 22-24, 2004, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Short Course on Validation of Mathematical Models and Computer Simulations for Product Development: Friday, April 30, 2004, Oakland University, Rochester, MI

2. AFFILIATES PROBLEM DAY. The inaugural Affiliates Problem Day will be held on Thursday, March 4, 2004, the day preceding the March 5 Affiliates Planning Meeting. There is still the opportunity to be a "problem presenter" at this exciting new event.

3. SAMSI PROGRAMS FOR 2004-05. SAMSI will conduct three programs next year

Computational Biology of Infectious Diseases (Fall 2004 - Spring 2005)

Latent (Hidden) Variable Models in the Social Sciences (Fall 2004 - Spring 2005)

Data Assimilation for Geophysical Systems (Spring 2005)

Numerous opportunities for participation include workshops, research visits and postdoctoral appointments. For further information, see http://www.samsi.info/200405/programs04-05.html

4. CO-SPONSORED EVENTS. Affiliates reimbursement accounts (ARAs) may be used to attend events co-sponsored by NISS, including:

2004 QPRC: 2004 Quality & Productivity Research Conference (May 19-21, Raleigh, NC), also sponsored by SAS, the Quality and Productivity Section of the ASA and other organizations

MMR 2004: Fourth International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Reliability Methodology and Practice (June 21-25, 2004 Santa Fe, New Mexico). Information is available at http://www.stat.lanl.gov/MMR2004/index.htm

5. POSTDOCTORAL APPOINTMENTS. NISS has project needs and funds to make at least two postdoctoral appointments between now and next summer. Areas include digital government, software engineering, Web site analysis and bioinformatics. As happened this year, involvement with SAMSI programs is possible. Please make students and young colleagues aware of these wonderful opportunities. Information and a downloadable announcement are available on the NISS Web site, at http://www.niss.org/postdoc_info.html

6. NISS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR. As an initial and crucial step in implementing its Strategic Vision, under which the scale, impact and community engagement in NISS will increase dramatically, NISS wishes to appoint an energetic, talented individual as Associate Director. This person will also serve as Associate Director of the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI), and may in addition hold a faculty appointment at one of the Research Triangle universities.

Principal and interacting responsibilities of the Associate Director are anticipated to be:

Expansion and diversification of the NISS research program. NISS research encompasses both cross-disciplinary projects and issues of national importance lying at interfaces between industry/government and academia. The Associate Director will play a leadership role in identifying problems by working with NISS affiliates and others, forming research teams, preparing proposals having strong participation from the community, and performing and managing the research.

Management of the NISS-SAMSI relationship, from science to logistics. This will require particular attention to the role of NISS in stimulating SAMSI programs. It may also involve significant leadership responsibility for the SAMSI and NISS postdoctoral programs, including recruitment, mentoring and research activities.

The Associate Director will also work closely with the Director and Assistant Directors in connection with the affiliates programs, community outreach and the continued development of NISS along multiple dimensions.

Applications and nominations should be sent to search04@niss.org. Both NISS Director Alan Karr (karr@niss.org) and search committee chair Vijay Nair (vnn@umich.edu) may be contacted with questions and inquiries.

This page updated on February 3, 2004 10:41 AM