Programs and
 Activities

Past Activities (2008)

Current and up-coming

Past Activities

  2008

  2007

  2006

  2005

  2004

  2003

  2002

  2001

   
   

Call for Pre-Proposals for Thematic Programs

 

 Programs

 - Mathematical Imaging and Digital Media (5 May – 27 Jun 2008)
    Co-chairs of Organizing Committee:
- Tony Chan (University of California, Los Angeles,
                      The National Science Foundation)
- Zuowei Shen (National University of Singapore)
 - Data-driven and Physically-based Models for Characterization of Processes in
   Hydrology, Hydraulics, Oceanography and Climate Change
 (6 - 28 Jan 2008)
   ...  Jointly organized with Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences, UBC
    Co-chairs of Organizing Committee:
- Sylvia Esterby (University of British Columbia)
- Hans-Rudolf Künsch (ETH Zurich)
- Shie-Yui Liong (National University of Singapore)
 

Workshops, Conferences and Symposium

 - 7th World Congress in Probability and Statistics
   Jointly sponsored by the Bernoulli Society and the Institute of Mathematical
   Statistics
(14 - 19 July 2008) 
   ...  Jointly organized with Department of Statistics & Applied Probability and Department
   of Mathematics

    Chair of Scientific Program Committee:
- Ruth Williams (University of California, San Diego)
    Chair of Local Organizing Committee:
- Louis Chen (National University of Singapore) 
 - Symposium in Honor of Kiyosi Itô: Stochastic Analysis and Its Impact in
   Mathematics and Science
(10 - 11 Jul 2008)
   ...  Jointly organized with Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto
    Organizing Committee:
- Hans Föllmer (Humboldt-University of Berlin) (Co-chair)
- Masatoshi Fukushima (Osaka University) (Co-chair)
- Edwin Perkins (University of British Columbia)
- Yoichiro Takahashi (Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto)
 - Symposium on Pure and Applied Analysis (21 Apr 2008)
   ...  Jointly organized with Department of Mathematics  
    Organizing Committee:
- Louis Chen (National University of Singapore)
- Shih-Hsien Yu (National University of Singapore)
 - Workshop on Stein’s Method (31 Mar – 4 Apr 2008)
    Organizing Committee:
- Andrew Barbour (University of Zurich) (Chair)
 - Workshop on High-dimensional Data Analysis  (27 – 29 Feb 2008)
   ...  Jointly organized with Department of Statistics & Applied Probability
    Organizing Committee:
- Zhidong Bai (National University of Singapore)
- Arup Bose (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata)
- Sanjay Chaudhuri (National University of Singapore)
- Anthony Kuk (National University of Singapore) (Chair)
- Albert Lo (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

 - Fourth Asia Pacific Meeting of the Economic Science Association 2008
   incorporating a neuroeconomics symposium
 (22 - 24 Feb 2008)
   ...  Jointly organized with Department of Economics and Department of Marketing,
   National University of Singapore

    Co-chairs of Local Organizing Committee:
- Chong Juin Kuan (National University of Singapore)
- Sun Yeneng (National University of Singapore)
 

Summer Schools

 - Summer School in Logic  (30 Jun - 26 Jul 2008)
   ...  Jointly organized with Department of Mathematics
   Speakers – Theodore A. Slaman and W. Hugh Woodin,
                      University of California at Berkeley

 - Summer School on Mathematical Imaging and Digital Media (26 May - 6 Jun 2008)
   ...  Jointly organized with Department of Mathematics

 

 Public Lectures

 

... Jointly organized with Centre for Quantum Technologies, NUS
Partially supported by Lee Foundation and Faculty of Science, NUS

Date:

Wednesday, 27 Aug 2008

Venue:

LT31 , Faculty of Science
Block S16, Science Drive 1
National University of Singapore

6:30pm - 7:30pm

Are Quantum Computers The Next Generation Of Supercomputers?
Reinhard Werner, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany

 

... Jointly organized with Centre for Quantum Technologies, NUS
Partially supported by Lee Foundation and Faculty of Science, NUS

Date:

Wednesday, 13 Aug 2008

Venue:

LT31 , Faculty of Science
Block S16, Science Drive 1
National University of Singapore

6:30pm - 7:30pm

Knot or not Knot?
Burkhard Kümmerer, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany

 

 ...  Jointly organized with Department of Mathematics and Department of Statistics and Applied Probability
 ...  Sponsoring societies : Bernoulli Society and Institute of Mathematical Statistics

Date:

Wednesday, 16 July 2008

Venue:

LT27 , Faculty of Science
6 Science Drive 1
National University of Singapore

6:30pm - 7:30pm

Climate Past, Climate Present and Climate Future: A Tale from a Statistician
Douglas Nychka, US National Center for Atmospheric Research

 

Date:

Thursday, 24 April 2008

Venue:

LT31 , Faculty of Science
Block S16, Science Drive 1
National University of Singapore

6:30pm - 7:30pm

Data Mining with Modeling: Managing Diabetes
Larry Shepp, Rutgers University

 

 Colloquium Lectures


 

 ...  Jointly organized with Department of Mathematics and Department of Statistics and Applied Probability

Date:

Wednesday, 9 Jul 2008

Venue:

Colloquium Room A
S14, #03-10
Department of Mathematics
Faculty of Science
National University of Singapore

3:00pm - 4:00pm

From Statistics to Topology and Back Again
Robert Adler, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

 

 

 
... Jointly organized with Department of Statistics and Applied Probability

Date:

Wednesday, 23 Jan 2008

Venue:

Seminar Room, Block S16-06-118
Department of Statistics and Applied Probability
Faculty of Science
National University of Singapore

4:00pm - 5:00pm

Statistical Issues that Arise in Modeling and Regulating Air Pollution Fields
Jim Zidek, University of British Columbia


 

 Seminars

 

 ...  Jointly organized with Department of Mathematics and Department of Statistics and Applied Probability

Date:

Wednesday, 2 Jul 2008

Venue:

Seminar Room, Block S16-06-118
Department of Statistics and Applied Probability
Faculty of Science
National University of Singapore

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Invariance Principle for Random Walk in Dynamic Markovian Environment
Antar Bandyopadhyay, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi Centre

 

 

 ...  Jointly organized with Department of Mathematics and Department of Statistics and Applied Probability

Date:

Wednesday, 25 Jun 2008

Venue:

Seminar Room, Block S16-06-118
Department of Statistics and Applied Probability
Faculty of Science
National University of Singapore

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Preferential Attachment Random Graphs with General Weight Function
Krishna Athreya, Iowa State University, USA