samsi spotlight programs continued from page 1 Summer 2006 A year ago James Lynch stepped down synergy between deterministic, statistical and physical as chair of the Statistics Department at the analysis necessitates a concerted collaboration between University of South Carolina to return to applied mathematicians, statisticians, engineers, geolo- fulltime teaching and research. As the duties gists, and material scientists. . of a department chair can be all-consuming, Environmental Sensor Networks: This spring 2008 info he looked for a means to reconnect with the program will consider wireless sensor networks. These excitement of research. pose unique challenges for environmental modeling: volume 1 • issue 1 • the newsletter of the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute The SAMSI program on National Defense a complex system is being observed by a dynamical and Homeland Security looked right for him; network. This presents an opportunity to organize the his interest in reliability statistics drew him sensor system so that a local or micro event can trigger Programs for to the working groups on anomaly detection a broad or macro observation - or conversely, a macro and data confidentiality. While teaching in observation can trigger highly detailed local data gath- 2007-08 finalized the fall of 2005 he participated in the NDHS ering. Success in modeling and optimizing this network group activities via a weekly phone connection. Others in the group from will require a collaborative effort by statisticians, math- n May, the programs for the 2007-08 the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta and the Department of Homeland ematicians, computational scientists and environmental Iyear were finalized. As usual, SAMSI Security in Washington DC also called in. With a second-semester scientists. will have a full range of educational and sabbatical, he moved into a SAMSI office in January and stayed until May. Dynamic Treatment Regimes and Multistage Deci- outreach programs for graduate students, While here, Lynch quickly teamed up with Francisco Vera, a SAMSI sion-Making: This summer program (June 18-29, 2007) undergraduate students and members of postdoctoral scientist from Ecuador who had been Lynch’s doctoral student will consider development of “dynamic treatment re- underrepresented groups. The approved at South Carolina. He also worked closely with David Dickey, one of the gimes’’ or “adaptive treatment strategies’’ which are ex- scientific programs are the following: NDHS program leaders. The three of them have drafted a paper on anomaly plicit, operationalized series of decision rules specifying Risk Analysis, Extreme Events and detection, and Lynch is working on one or two other papers. how treatment level and type of treatment should vary Decision Theory: This full-year SAMSI The state of South Carolina, like some others, is setting up what the over time for individual patients. Clinicians routinely program will address fundamental issues CDC calls a “Syndromic Surveillance System” such as one in operation in in risk analysis, as well as associated New York City. It receives real-time clinical data from hospitals and serves and freely tailor treatment to the characteristics of the individual patient, based on instincts and experience. problems associated with extreme events as a rapid detection system for potential epidemic outbreaks or acts of and decision theory. The program will bioterrorism. Lynch’s experience with anomaly detection and previous work The goal of this program is to develop an evidence- based process for assisting in these decisions. engage researchers from the statistical sci- on reliability of data analysis may lead to collaboration with this project. ences, applied mathematical sciences and James Lynch came to SAMSI to revitalize his scientific career. He says it See the SAMSI website for information as to how to participate in these programs. decision sciences, including operations worked and calls it “very rewarding.” research. The goal is to produce genuine photo by Thomas Lehman impact on the practice of risk analysis CAARMS attendees Etienne Ogoubi, Stephanie Somersille, Irene Moshesh and and assessment, as well as on theory and program workshops Luke Stewart were honored for their research poster presentations. methodology for extreme events and deci- Development, Assessment High Dimensional Inference High Dimensional Inference High Dimensional Inference sion theory. Related policy concerns direct and Utilization of Complex and Random Matrices and Random Matrices and Random Matrices attention not only to the dramatic risks for Computer Models Opening Workshop and Tutorials Bayesian Focus Week Transition Workshop African-American mathematicians huge numbers of people associated, for Opening Workshop and Tutorials Sept. 17-20, 2006 Oct. 30 - Nov. 3, 2006 April 10-13, 2007, at AIM, Palo example, with events of the magnitude Sept. 10-14, 2006 (Radisson Hotel RTP) (Radisson RTP) Alto, California meet for annual research conference of Hurricane Katrina or bioterrorism, but (Radisson Hotel RTP) also to “small-scale” risks such as drug AMSI and the Mathematics pathogenesis, DNA dynamics, modeling For more information about SAMSI programs and workshops, visit SAMSI’s Web site at http://www.samsi.info or call 919-685-9350. interactions driven by rare combinations Department of University of national economic growth, analysis of genetic factors. SNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill of social networks, protein structure Random Media: This full-year program co-hosted this year’s Conference for prediction, involutions of simplectic will address a number of fundamental is- African American Researchers in the groups and optimization of nurse/patient sues pertaining to random media including Mathematical Sciences (CAARMS). ratios in hospitals. scattering theory in highly discontinuous 19 T.W. Alexander Drive P.O. Box 14006 and random media, time reversal, model Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-4006 A total of 68 attendees registered for The banquet speaker, Professor the event, held June 20-23 in the UNC Johnny Houston of Elizabeth City (North development, analysis, and numerical Mathematics Department and at SAMSI. Carolina) State University, stressed the approximation for interface methods, and Eleven invited lecturers gave research importance of international organizations imaging in random media. The inherent reports on widely varied topics. In an of mathematicians and urged the opening lecture on “Gravity, Light and audience to include Africa in their global see PROGRAMS, page 4 Mathematics,” Arlie Petters, professor perspective. His campus has a program to of Mathematics and Physics at Duke provide learning materials for Senegal. also in this issue... University, included career guidance based Many conference attendees have gone on his own experience. His concern for to previous CAARMS meetings, so the Summer program tackles the group’s younger members continued in annual event has a strong social as well as conversations after the lecture. mathematical dimension; networking was multiplicity Other speakers, coming from North on the minds of many participants. Carolina, Maryland and Florida, spoke Spring program looked at on measurement error, solitons, HIV see CAARMS, page 2 Astrostatistics From the director... Summer program tackles multiplicity samsi.info t is great to see the long-planned allowing volume 1 • issue 1 summer program on Multiplicity “treatment effect” SAMSI newsletter come to fruition. individuals who and Reproducibility in Scientific in some subgroup. The newsletter will be published are not free during Joanna R. Worrell I Studies began on July If one looks at Editor quarterly, with the dual purpose of the academic year A 10 and continued through July 28. More enough subgroups, reporting on what has happened at SAMSI to visit SAMSI for than 60 participants – from clinical an apparent – but and what is going to happen. My thanks to an intensive period Thomas Lehman Joanna Worrell and Thomas Lehman for of research during researchers to statistical analysts – studied not real – effect can SAMSI Reporter putting together an excellent first edition! the summer. fundamental questions such as why the be found just by Summer is a good time to reflect On the edu- results from so many scientific studies do chance. The statistical on the past year at SAMSI. The three cation front, the not stand up to further scrutiny. challenge is thus to directorate Program leaders were Peter Westfall, of devise methodology research programs from last year have highly popular James O. Berger James O. Berger finished, ending on a high note with the Industrial Texas Technical University, chair; Peter that can allow for Duke University Astrostatistics closing workshop at Penn Workshop for Graduate Students was Mueller, of the M.D. Anderson Cancer adjustment of such Director State (joint with the Astrostatistics Center held at the end of July, and another new Center in Houston; and Juliet Shaffer, of apparent effects to there). It was a joy to see the way that initiative, a Summer School, was held in the Department of Statistics, UC-Berkeley. reflect the looks at Christopher Jones modern statistics and mathematics have mid-August. The Summer School was Stan Young, of NISS, was the local many subgroups, and The University of North Carolina taken hold in astronomy and astrophysics. on statistical and applied mathematical scientific coordinator. was the focus of this at Chapel Hill One of the exciting developments this issues involved in development and use of Research reproducibility, subgroup working group. Associate Director past year was the opportunity for people complex computer models, and is a lead- analysis, and massive multiple testing A related problem photo by Thomas Lehman who were not resident at SAMSI to in to next year’ s program on that topic. were scrutinized by working groups. The is that of massive Stan Young, Julie Shaffer and Peter Mueller, leaders of Alan F. Karr participate in the research working groups. Information about these upcoming 2006-07 working group on research reproducibility multiple testing, as the current Multiplicity and Reproducibility in Scientific National Institute of Statistical Indeed, 25 individuals from around the programs and the 2007-08 programs can sought to identify the characteristics of arises in huge genomic Studies program. Sciences world regularly participated from afar in be found at the SAMSI Web site, as well scientific studies whose results do not data sets; if thousands badly misled by the false conclusions Associate Director the weekly meetings and research of the as information about opportunities for reproduce, with the hope of significantly of genes are separately tested for possible that emerge. The working group on working groups of the National Defense participation in SAMSI activities. improving scientific practice. effects, a seemingly significant result will Ralph C. Smith multiplicity pursued methodology that and Homeland Security and Astrostatistics We are very pleased to welcome Sue One likely cause of a lack of arise sooner or later due to random chance. North Carolina State University programs. Technology at SAMSI is being McDonald to the SAMSI staff. Sue joined correctly adjusts the possible effects, reproducibility is the all-too-frequent Scientists that are not trained in statistics Associate Director continually improved to further enhance us in April and has made a very positive allowing more effective determination of practice of looking through subgroups can be misled by such results teased out the capability for remote participation. impact. Many of you will likely interact those that are real. of subjects in a study, searching for a of a large data set, and society can be This summer was a busy time at with Sue in your visits or afterwards. SAMSI. We co-sponsored the 12th I look forward to the opportunity to Annual Conference for African-American contribute to this newsletter every quarter samsi alumni: Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences and, even more, look forward to the SAMSI’s spring program focuses on Astrostatistics Do you have news you want to share with from June 20-23, and had the first SAMSI opportunity to see many of you at SAMSI ore than 100 surveys and population particle physics, and will conclude its other SAMSI fellows, visitors and fac- summer research program, from July 10- in the future. scientists studies, gravitational work this summer in a transition workshop ulty? E-mail us at alumni-news@samsi. 28, on Multiplicity and Reproducibility in James O. Berger info and we’ll include it in a future “News Scientific Studies. Summer programs will Director Mparticipated in lensing and source and developed by the Banff International from the SAMSI family” column. be a regular feature of SAMSI henceforth, the SAMSI Program on feature detection, engaged Research Station. Astrostatistics, which began 45 people, many of them SAMSI exists to bring scientists in with tutorials and workshops through the entire spring several disciplines together to collaborate continued from page 1 in January of 2006 and semester. on problems that are larger than any caarms ended with a workshop All members of working one discipline. Thus all working groups at Pennsylvania State groups were at SAMSI for contained both statistical/mathematical This was evident as 15 young scientists attendees to understand the types of Massey, the Edwin S. Wilsey Professor University in June. part of the program; weekly scientists and astronomers/physicists. presented posters and drew much educational preparation and resources that of Operations Research and Financial G. J. Babu, professor of teleconferences enabled For Prof. Babu, his contact with Duke discussion in an early evening session prepare African-Americans for Ph.D.s Engineering at Princeton University. Statistics and director of the scientists who were not University’s Arlie Petters has drawn Center for Astrostatistics able to remain here for him to a new interest in gravitational and dinner reception. Posters were judged in the mathematical sciences. A great Patrick Eberlein, chair of the UNC-CH G. J. Babu with the following results. Best algorithm majority attended public schools, and 42% Mathematics Department, and Chris at Penn State, served as the Program Leader the entire program to lensing. Babu summarizes his work as - Etienne Ogoubi, Université de Montréal; attended a historically black college or Jones, Associate Director of SAMSI and program leader. continue their participation. Astrostatistics Program Leader as “a great best modeling - Abdoul Kane, University university. Half of them were supported Guthridge Professor of Mathematics Tutorials and workshops designed to These working groups, now officially experience.” of Toronto; best presentation - Stephanie by a government fellowship for graduate at UNC-CH, provided local leadership deliver a common base of concepts to ended, have produced several ongoing He would like SAMSI to reconvene the Somersille, University of California at study. This report to the conference in its throughout the meetings. The National people from different disciplines drew collaborative projects. Astrostatistics core in one or two years to Berkeley; best theory - Irene Moshesh, final hour led participants to challenge Security Agency augmented the support nearly 80 attendees. The program working A related working group, led by Louis see what impact the program has had on Howard University; honorable mention: each other to create conditions that make of UNC-CH, SAMSI, and NSF with its groups – on exoplanets, astronomical Lyons, dealt with statistical issues in others. Luke J. Stewart, Duke University. scientific careers accessible to gifted major annual gift to CAARMS. Additional Throughout the conference Derrick students, whatever their backgrounds. support came from the Mathematical To learn more about SAMSI and its affiliated programs and workshops, Raphael, a new bachelor’s-degree graduate This was the twelfth annual CAARMS Sciences Research Institute of Berkeley, of Princeton University, interviewed meeting, under the leadership of William California. visit us on the Web at http://www.samsi.info From the director... Summer program tackles multiplicity samsi.info t is great to see the long-planned allowing volume 1 • issue 1 summer program on Multiplicity “treatment effect” SAMSI newsletter come to fruition. individuals who and Reproducibility in Scientific in some subgroup. The newsletter will be published are not free during Joanna R. Worrell I Studies began on July If one looks at Editor quarterly, with the dual purpose of the academic year A 10 and continued through July 28. More enough subgroups, reporting on what has happened at SAMSI to visit SAMSI for than 60 participants – from clinical an apparent – but and what is going to happen. My thanks to an intensive period Thomas Lehman Joanna Worrell and Thomas Lehman for of research during researchers to statistical analysts – studied not real – effect can SAMSI Reporter putting together an excellent first edition! the summer. fundamental questions such as why the be found just by Summer is a good time to reflect On the edu- results from so many scientific studies do chance. The statistical on the past year at SAMSI. The three cation front, the not stand up to further scrutiny. challenge is thus to directorate Program leaders were Peter Westfall, of devise methodology research programs from last year have highly popular James O. Berger James O. Berger finished, ending on a high note with the Industrial Texas Technical University, chair; Peter that can allow for Duke University Astrostatistics closing workshop at Penn Workshop for Graduate Students was Mueller, of the M.D. Anderson Cancer adjustment of such Director State (joint with the Astrostatistics Center held at the end of July, and another new Center in Houston; and Juliet Shaffer, of apparent effects to there). It was a joy to see the way that initiative, a Summer School, was held in the Department of Statistics, UC-Berkeley. reflect the looks at Christopher Jones modern statistics and mathematics have mid-August. The Summer School was Stan Young, of NISS, was the local many subgroups, and The University of North Carolina taken hold in astronomy and astrophysics. on statistical and applied mathematical scientific coordinator. was the focus of this at Chapel Hill One of the exciting developments this issues involved in development and use of Research reproducibility, subgroup working group. Associate Director past year was the opportunity for people complex computer models, and is a lead- analysis, and massive multiple testing A related problem photo by Thomas Lehman who were not resident at SAMSI to in to next year’ s program on that topic. were scrutinized by working groups. The is that of massive Stan Young, Julie Shaffer and Peter Mueller, leaders of Alan F. Karr participate in the research working groups. Information about these upcoming 2006-07 working group on research reproducibility multiple testing, as the current Multiplicity and Reproducibility in Scientific National Institute of Statistical Indeed, 25 individuals from around the programs and the 2007-08 programs can sought to identify the characteristics of arises in huge genomic Studies program. Sciences world regularly participated from afar in be found at the SAMSI Web site, as well scientific studies whose results do not data sets; if thousands badly misled by the false conclusions Associate Director the weekly meetings and research of the as information about opportunities for reproduce, with the hope of significantly of genes are separately tested for possible that emerge. The working group on working groups of the National Defense participation in SAMSI activities. improving scientific practice. effects, a seemingly significant result will Ralph C. Smith multiplicity pursued methodology that and Homeland Security and Astrostatistics We are very pleased to welcome Sue One likely cause of a lack of arise sooner or later due to random chance. North Carolina State University programs. Technology at SAMSI is being McDonald to the SAMSI staff. Sue joined correctly adjusts the possible effects, reproducibility is the all-too-frequent Scientists that are not trained in statistics Associate Director continually improved to further enhance us in April and has made a very positive allowing more effective determination of practice of looking through subgroups can be misled by such results teased out the capability for remote participation. impact. Many of you will likely interact those that are real. of subjects in a study, searching for a of a large data set, and society can be This summer was a busy time at with Sue in your visits or afterwards. SAMSI. We co-sponsored the 12th I look forward to the opportunity to Annual Conference for African-American contribute to this newsletter every quarter samsi alumni: Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences and, even more, look forward to the SAMSI’s spring program focuses on Astrostatistics Do you have news you want to share with from June 20-23, and had the first SAMSI opportunity to see many of you at SAMSI ore than 100 surveys and population particle physics, and will conclude its other SAMSI fellows, visitors and fac- summer research program, from July 10- in the future. scientists studies, gravitational work this summer in a transition workshop ulty? E-mail us at alumni-news@samsi. 28, on Multiplicity and Reproducibility in James O. Berger info and we’ll include it in a future “News Scientific Studies. Summer programs will Director Mparticipated in lensing and source and developed by the Banff International from the SAMSI family” column. be a regular feature of SAMSI henceforth, the SAMSI Program on feature detection, engaged Research Station. Astrostatistics, which began 45 people, many of them SAMSI exists to bring scientists in with tutorials and workshops through the entire spring several disciplines together to collaborate continued from page 1 in January of 2006 and semester. on problems that are larger than any caarms ended with a workshop All members of working one discipline. Thus all working groups at Pennsylvania State groups were at SAMSI for contained both statistical/mathematical This was evident as 15 young scientists attendees to understand the types of Massey, the Edwin S. Wilsey Professor University in June. part of the program; weekly scientists and astronomers/physicists. presented posters and drew much educational preparation and resources that of Operations Research and Financial G. J. Babu, professor of teleconferences enabled For Prof. Babu, his contact with Duke discussion in an early evening session prepare African-Americans for Ph.D.s Engineering at Princeton University. Statistics and director of the scientists who were not University’s Arlie Petters has drawn Center for Astrostatistics able to remain here for him to a new interest in gravitational and dinner reception. Posters were judged in the mathematical sciences. A great Patrick Eberlein, chair of the UNC-CH G. J. Babu with the following results. Best algorithm majority attended public schools, and 42% Mathematics Department, and Chris at Penn State, served as the Program Leader the entire program to lensing. Babu summarizes his work as - Etienne Ogoubi, Université de Montréal; attended a historically black college or Jones, Associate Director of SAMSI and program leader. continue their participation. Astrostatistics Program Leader as “a great best modeling - Abdoul Kane, University university. Half of them were supported Guthridge Professor of Mathematics Tutorials and workshops designed to These working groups, now officially experience.” of Toronto; best presentation - Stephanie by a government fellowship for graduate at UNC-CH, provided local leadership deliver a common base of concepts to ended, have produced several ongoing He would like SAMSI to reconvene the Somersille, University of California at study. This report to the conference in its throughout the meetings. The National people from different disciplines drew collaborative projects. Astrostatistics core in one or two years to Berkeley; best theory - Irene Moshesh, final hour led participants to challenge Security Agency augmented the support nearly 80 attendees. The program working A related working group, led by Louis see what impact the program has had on Howard University; honorable mention: each other to create conditions that make of UNC-CH, SAMSI, and NSF with its groups – on exoplanets, astronomical Lyons, dealt with statistical issues in others. Luke J. Stewart, Duke University. scientific careers accessible to gifted major annual gift to CAARMS. Additional Throughout the conference Derrick students, whatever their backgrounds. support came from the Mathematical To learn more about SAMSI and its affiliated programs and workshops, Raphael, a new bachelor’s-degree graduate This was the twelfth annual CAARMS Sciences Research Institute of Berkeley, of Princeton University, interviewed meeting, under the leadership of William California. visit us on the Web at http://www.samsi.info samsi spotlight programs continued from page 1 Summer 2006 A year ago James Lynch stepped down synergy between deterministic, statistical and physical as chair of the Statistics Department at the analysis necessitates a concerted collaboration between University of South Carolina to return to applied mathematicians, statisticians, engineers, geolo- fulltime teaching and research. As the duties gists, and material scientists. . of a department chair can be all-consuming, Environmental Sensor Networks: This spring 2008 info he looked for a means to reconnect with the program will consider wireless sensor networks. These excitement of research. pose unique challenges for environmental modeling: volume 1 • issue 1 • the newsletter of the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute The SAMSI program on National Defense a complex system is being observed by a dynamical and Homeland Security looked right for him; network. This presents an opportunity to organize the his interest in reliability statistics drew him sensor system so that a local or micro event can trigger Programs for to the working groups on anomaly detection a broad or macro observation - or conversely, a macro and data confidentiality. While teaching in observation can trigger highly detailed local data gath- 2007-08 finalized the fall of 2005 he participated in the NDHS ering. Success in modeling and optimizing this network group activities via a weekly phone connection. Others in the group from will require a collaborative effort by statisticians, math- n May, the programs for the 2007-08 the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta and the Department of Homeland ematicians, computational scientists and environmental Iyear were finalized. As usual, SAMSI Security in Washington DC also called in. With a second-semester scientists. will have a full range of educational and sabbatical, he moved into a SAMSI office in January and stayed until May. Dynamic Treatment Regimes and Multistage Deci- outreach programs for graduate students, While here, Lynch quickly teamed up with Francisco Vera, a SAMSI sion-Making: This summer program (June 18-29, 2007) undergraduate students and members of postdoctoral scientist from Ecuador who had been Lynch’s doctoral student will consider development of “dynamic treatment re- underrepresented groups. The approved at South Carolina. He also worked closely with David Dickey, one of the gimes’’ or “adaptive treatment strategies’’ which are ex- scientific programs are the following: NDHS program leaders. The three of them have drafted a paper on anomaly plicit, operationalized series of decision rules specifying Risk Analysis, Extreme Events and detection, and Lynch is working on one or two other papers. how treatment level and type of treatment should vary Decision Theory: This full-year SAMSI The state of South Carolina, like some others, is setting up what the over time for individual patients. Clinicians routinely program will address fundamental issues CDC calls a “Syndromic Surveillance System” such as one in operation in in risk analysis, as well as associated New York City. It receives real-time clinical data from hospitals and serves and freely tailor treatment to the characteristics of the individual patient, based on instincts and experience. problems associated with extreme events as a rapid detection system for potential epidemic outbreaks or acts of and decision theory. The program will bioterrorism. Lynch’s experience with anomaly detection and previous work The goal of this program is to develop an evidence- based process for assisting in these decisions. engage researchers from the statistical sci- on reliability of data analysis may lead to collaboration with this project. ences, applied mathematical sciences and James Lynch came to SAMSI to revitalize his scientific career. He says it See the SAMSI website for information as to how to participate in these programs. decision sciences, including operations worked and calls it “very rewarding.” research. The goal is to produce genuine photo by Thomas Lehman impact on the practice of risk analysis CAARMS attendees Etienne Ogoubi, Stephanie Somersille, Irene Moshesh and and assessment, as well as on theory and program workshops Luke Stewart were honored for their research poster presentations. methodology for extreme events and deci- Development, Assessment High Dimensional Inference High Dimensional Inference High Dimensional Inference sion theory. Related policy concerns direct and Utilization of Complex and Random Matrices and Random Matrices and Random Matrices attention not only to the dramatic risks for Computer Models Opening Workshop and Tutorials Bayesian Focus Week Transition Workshop African-American mathematicians huge numbers of people associated, for Opening Workshop and Tutorials Sept. 17-20, 2006 Oct. 30 - Nov. 3, 2006 April 10-13, 2007, at AIM, Palo example, with events of the magnitude Sept. 10-14, 2006 (Radisson Hotel RTP) (Radisson RTP) Alto, California meet for annual research conference of Hurricane Katrina or bioterrorism, but (Radisson Hotel RTP) also to “small-scale” risks such as drug AMSI and the Mathematics pathogenesis, DNA dynamics, modeling For more information about SAMSI programs and workshops, visit SAMSI’s Web site at http://www.samsi.info or call 919-685-9350. interactions driven by rare combinations Department of University of national economic growth, analysis of genetic factors. SNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill of social networks, protein structure Random Media: This full-year program co-hosted this year’s Conference for prediction, involutions of simplectic will address a number of fundamental is- African American Researchers in the groups and optimization of nurse/patient sues pertaining to random media including Mathematical Sciences (CAARMS). ratios in hospitals. scattering theory in highly discontinuous 19 T.W. Alexander Drive P.O. Box 14006 and random media, time reversal, model Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-4006 A total of 68 attendees registered for The banquet speaker, Professor the event, held June 20-23 in the UNC Johnny Houston of Elizabeth City (North development, analysis, and numerical Mathematics Department and at SAMSI. Carolina) State University, stressed the approximation for interface methods, and Eleven invited lecturers gave research importance of international organizations imaging in random media. The inherent reports on widely varied topics. In an of mathematicians and urged the opening lecture on “Gravity, Light and audience to include Africa in their global see PROGRAMS, page 4 Mathematics,” Arlie Petters, professor perspective. His campus has a program to of Mathematics and Physics at Duke provide learning materials for Senegal. also in this issue... University, included career guidance based Many conference attendees have gone on his own experience. His concern for to previous CAARMS meetings, so the Summer program tackles the group’s younger members continued in annual event has a strong social as well as conversations after the lecture. mathematical dimension; networking was multiplicity Other speakers, coming from North on the minds of many participants. Carolina, Maryland and Florida, spoke Spring program looked at on measurement error, solitons, HIV see CAARMS, page 2 Astrostatistics