Annual Report 2008.pdf - SAMSI

supported by this dual-mentor system and by both particular mentors in their personal
evaluations.
2007-08 SAMSI Postdocs
Guang Cheng (Ph.D., Statistics, 2006, Univsersity of Wisconsin-Madison)
SAMSI Program: Risk Analysis, Extreme Events, Decision Theory
Research Mentor: Richard Smith
Administrative Mentor: Nell Sedransk
Cari Kaufman (Ph.D., Statistics, 2006 Carnegie Mellon University)
SAMSI Programs: Development, Assessment and Utilization of Complex Computer
Models,
High Dimensional Inference and Random Matrices
Research Mentors: Derek Bingham, Jonathan Rougier
Administrative Mentor: Jim Berger
Yongku Kim (Ph.D., Statistics, 2007, Ohio State University)
SAMSI Programs: Risk Analysis, Extreme Events, Decision Theory
Environmental Sensor Networks
Research Mentor: Jim Clark
Administrative Mentor: Jim Berger
Vared Madar (Ph.D., Statistics and Operations Research, 2007, Tel-Aviv University)
SAMSI Program: Risk Analysis, Extreme Events, Decision Theory
Research Mentor: Dipak Dey
Administrative Mentor: Nell Sedransk
Xuanlong Nguyen (Ph.D., Computer Science and Statistics, 2007, UC Berkeley)
SAMSI Program: Environmental Sensor Networks
Research Mentors: Alan Gelfand and Jim Clark
Administrative Mentor: Jim Berger
Jayanta Pal (Ph.D., Statistics, 2006, University of Michigan)
SAMSI Program: Risk Analysis, Extreme Events, Decision Theory
Research Mentor: Diapk Dey
Administrative Mentor: Michael Minion
Jesus Rios (Ph.D., Statistics and Operations Research, 2006, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos)
SAMSI Program: Risk Analysis, Extreme Events, Decision Theory
Research Mentor: David Rios
Administrative Mentor: David Rios
Elaine Spiller (Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, 2006, Northwestern University)
SAMSI Program: Random Media
Research Mentor: Bruce Pitman