Institute for Mathematical Sciences Event Archive
Mathematical Science of Understanding and Predicting Regional Climate: A School
( 28 Feb - 4 Mar 2011)
Jointly organized with National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA, Singapore-Delft Water Alliance,
Tropical Marine Science Institute, NUS
Venue: IMS Auditorium
Organizing Committee · Visitors and Participants · Overview · Poster · Activities · Venue · Funding for Students/Young Scientists
08:45am - 09:00am |
Registration |
09:00am - 10:30am |
Spatial data: An introduction Douglas Nychka, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA |
10:30am - 10:45am |
--- Coffee Break --- |
10:45am - 12:15pm |
Introduction to the R package |
12:15pm - 01:15pm |
--- Welcome lunch reception at IMS --- |
01:15pm - 02:45pm |
Exploratory data analysis using R for regional climate William Kleiber, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA Tamara Greasby, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA |
02:45pm - 03:00pm |
--- Coffee Break --- |
03:00pm - 04:30pm |
Matrix "Boot Camp" Matrices in R Matrix decompositions for statistics William Kleiber, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA Tamara Greasby, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA |
04:30pm - 05:00pm |
Sparse matrices and large data sets William Kleiber, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA Tamara Greasby, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA |
Tuesday,
1 Mar 2011 |
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08:45am - 09:00am |
Registration |
09:00am - 10:30am |
Estimating curves using regression with a penalty Douglas Nychka, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA |
10:30am - 10:45am |
--- Coffee Break --- |
10:45am - 12:15pm |
Spatial data analysis with smoothers Douglas Nychka, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA |
12:15pm - 01:15pm |
--- Lunch --- |
01:15pm - 02:45pm |
Spatial Processes Covariances Simulating a process William Kleiber, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA Tamara Greasby, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA |
02:45pm - 03:00pm |
--- Coffee Break --- |
03:00pm - 04:30pm |
Spatial data and the Multivariate normal William Kleiber, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA Tamara Greasby, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA |
04:30pm - 05:00pm |
What is Kriging? William Kleiber, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA Tamara Greasby, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA |
Wednesday,
2 Mar 2011 |
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08:45am - 09:00am |
Registration |
09:00am - 10:30am |
Basis functions and Kriging The recipe What is a spline? Douglas Nychka, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA |
10:30am - 10:45am |
--- Coffee Break --- |
10:45am - 12:15pm |
Estimating parameters for the covariance -the likelihood -the Bayesian connection Douglas Nychka, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA |
12:15pm - 01:15pm |
--- Lunch --- |
01:15pm - 02:45pm |
Applying spatial estimates to climate data William Kleiber, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA Tamara Greasby, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA |
02:45pm - 03:00pm |
--- Coffee Break --- |
03:00pm - 04:30pm |
Working with regional climate experiments Adding covariates Hierarchical models William Kleiber, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA Tamara Greasby, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA |
04:30pm - 05:00pm |
Questions/Discussion William Kleiber, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA Tamara Greasby, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA |
Thursday,
3 Mar 2011 |
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08:45am - 09:00am |
Registration |
09:00am - 10:30am |
Exploring an RCM experiment I Steve Sain, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA |
10:30am - 10:45am |
--- Coffee Break --- |
10:45am - 12:15pm |
Exploring an RCM experiment II Steve Sain, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA |
12:15pm - 01:15pm |
--- Lunch --- |
01:15pm - 02:45pm |
Interactions and functional ANOVA Steve Sain, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA |
02:45pm - 03:00pm |
--- Coffee Break --- |
03:00pm - 04:30pm |
Hierarchical models and PDFs Steve Sain, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA |
04:30pm - 05:00pm |
Questions/Discussions Steve Sain, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA |
Friday, 4 Mar 2011 |
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08:45am - 09:00am |
Registration |
09:00am - 10:00am |
Managing uncertainty in complex models: An introductory course - (I) Emulators and MUCM Tony O'Hagan, University of Sheffield, UK |
10:00am - 11:00am |
Managing uncertainty in complex models: An introductory course - (II) Building an emulator Tony O'Hagan, University of Sheffield, UK |
11:00am - 11:30am |
--- Coffee Break --- |
11:30am - 12:30pm |
Managing uncertainty in complex models: An introductory course - (III) Options and generalisations Tony O'Hagan, University of Sheffield, UK |
12:30pm - 02:00pm |
--- Lunch --- |
02:00pm - 03:00pm |
Managing uncertainty in complex models: An introductory course - (IV) Using an emulator Tony O'Hagan, University of Sheffield, UK |
03:00pm - 03:20pm |
--- Coffee Break --- |
03:20pm - 03:50pm |
Managing uncertainty in complex models: An introductory course - (V) Climate case study Tony O'Hagan, University of Sheffield, UK |
03:50pm - 04:15pm |
Discussion |
Organizing Committee · Visitors and Participants · Overview · Poster · Activities · Venue · Funding for Students/Young Scientists
