Annual Report 2008.pdf - SAMSI

If you have had experience in an industrial, national or other lab setting, how would you compare
that experience with your SAMSI experience?
No comments
9. Other Research while at SAMSI:
If you have spent considerable time during your appointment with some other research group,
please comment on the benefits and drawbacks of this experience. (e.g., if your appointment was
extended via an appointment at NISS, CRSC or elsewhere)
No
10. Other Issues:
Are there other issues or concerns you would like to bring up?
No
Elaine Spiller
Plans for 2008-10
I will join Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as an Assistant Professor of
Mathematics.
Future Research Plans
I will continue to collaborate with the research group in Working Group on Volcanos Risk.
Several of us (Bayarri, Berger, Calder, Pitman, Spiller, Wolpert) applied for and received a
Focused Research Group grant through the NSF
1. Program Involvement:
Computer Models – active research in new area
Risk/Extremes – attended workshops and carried over research project from Computer Models
program to active research in this field
Random Media -- attend/participate in the SPDE working group
Sensor Networks – attended opening workshop
2. Interactions with Other Institutions:
UNC – interact on a research project with two professors at UNC
Duke – regularly attend applied math seminars and have audited a few courses
3. High Points at SAMSI:
--the opportunity (time/resources/collaborators) to begin new research projects
--chances to meet/interact with expert mathematicians and statisticians
4. Suggestions for Improvement:
Computer support and access deficiencies:
--printers constantly jamming or not receiving print jobs
--lack of remote access renders the computers at SAMSI effectively useless for my research
needs