Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics Annual Report August 1, 2012 – July 31, 2013 Jill Pipher, Director Jeffrey Brock, Deputy Director Jan Hesthaven, Deputy Director Jeffrey Hoffstein, Consulting Associate Director Govind Menon, Associate Director, Special Projects (VI-MSS) Bjorn Sandstede, Associate Director Table of Contents Mission ........................................................................................................................ 5 Core Programs and Events ........................................................................................... 5 Virtual Institute of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (VI-MSS) .............................. 6 Participant Summaries by Program Type ..................................................................... 8 ICERM Funded Participants ................................................................................................................................... 8 All Participants (ICERM funded and Non-ICERM funded) ....................................................................... 9 All Speakers (ICERM funded and Non-ICERM funded) .......................................................................... 11 All Postdocs (ICERM funded and Non-ICERM funded) ........................................................................... 12 All Graduate Students (ICERM funded and Non-ICERM funded) ....................................................... 13 ICERM Funded VI-MSS Attendees .................................................................................................................... 14 Additional Participant Data ................................................................................................................................ 15 Length of Visits ......................................................................................................................................................... 15 Primary Field of Interest ...................................................................................................................................... 15 Academic Breakdown: .......................................................................................................................................... 16 Applied Attendees VS Invited Attendees ....................................................................................................... 16 Female Applied Attendees VS Female Invited Attendees ....................................................................... 17 Semester Programs .................................................................................................... 17 Semester Program Process ................................................................................................................................. 17 1. Solicitation of Proposals ................................................................................................................................. 17 2. Proposal Selection ............................................................................................................................................. 18 3. Selection of Long-term Visitors/Research Fellows .............................................................................. 19 4. Offers to Research Fellows ............................................................................................................................. 19 5. Semester Workshops ......................................................................................................................................... 19 6. Application Process ........................................................................................................................................... 19 7. Applicant Selection ............................................................................................................................................ 19 Financial Decisions for Semester Programs ................................................................................................ 19 Opening, “Middle” and Closing Events ........................................................................................................... 20 2012-2013 Semester Programs .................................................................................. 21 Fall Semester 2012: Computational Challenges in Probability ........................................................... 21 Workshop 1: Bayesian Nonparametrics ....................................................................................................... 21 Workshop 2: Uncertainty Quantification ..................................................................................................... 23 Workshop 3: Monte Carlo Methods in the Physical and Biological Sciences ................................ 24 Workshop 4: Performance Analysis of Monte Carlo Methods ............................................................. 25 All Visitors to Fall 2012 Semester Program ................................................................................................ 26 Spring Semester 2013: Automorphic Forms, Combinatorial Representation Theory and Multiple Dirichlet Series ....................................................................................................................................... 35 Workshop 2: Whittaker Functions, Schubert calculus and Crystals ................................................. 37 Workshop 3: Combinatorics, Multiple Dirichlet Series and Analytic Number Theory ............. 38 All Visitors to Spring 2013 Semester Program .......................................................................................... 39 Topical Workshops .................................................................................................... 45 1. Solicitation of Topical Workshop Proposals .......................................................................................... 46 2. Proposal Selection ............................................................................................................................................. 46 3. Recommendation of Speakers ...................................................................................................................... 46 4. Invitations to Speakers .................................................................................................................................... 46 2 5. Application Process ........................................................................................................................................... 46 6. Applicant Selection ............................................................................................................................................ 47 Financial Decisions for Topical Workshops ................................................................................................ 47 Topical Workshops in 2012-2013 ............................................................................... 47 Topical Workshop 1: Heterostructured Nanocrystalline Materials .................................................. 47 Participants (Heterostructured Nanocrystalline Materials) ............................................................... 48 Topical Workshop 2: Research Experiences for Undergraduate Faculty (REUF) ...................... 49 Participants (REUF) .............................................................................................................................................. 49 Topical Workshop 3: NSF/CBMS Conference: Finite Element Exterior Calculus (FEEC) ........ 50 Participants (FEEC) ............................................................................................................................................... 50 Topical Workshop 4: Bridging Scales in Computational Polymer Chemistry ............................... 52 Participants: Bridging Scales in Computational Polymer Chemistry .............................................. 53 Topical Workshop 5: Reproducibility in Computational and Experimental Mathematics ..... 54 Participants: Reproducibility in Computational and Experimental Mathematics .................... 55 VI-MSS Workshops .................................................................................................... 58 VI-MSS Topical Workshop #1: Computational Aspects of Neural Engineering ........................... 58 VI-MSS/ICERM-Funded Participants (Computational Aspects of Neural Engineering) ......... 59 VI-MSS Topical Workshop #2: Limit Theorems in Probability ........................................................... 59 VI-MSS/ICERM-Funded Participants (Limit Theorems in Probability) .......................................... 59 VI-MSS Research Visits to India 2011-2013 ................................................................................................ 60 Program Promotions ................................................................................................. 60 Organization/Infrastructure ....................................................................................... 61 Board of Trustees (BOT) ...................................................................................................................................... 61 Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) ....................................................................................................................... 61 Education Advisory Board (EAB) ....................................................................................................................