ACASA 2008
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This page is for planning the events of the ACASA for 2008.
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[edit] Annual Meeting
[edit] Date
Fall, Friday October?
- Actions
- UNM semester sched: RF10/16-17.
- Los Alamos sched
- Sandia sched
- Intel
- Considerations
- when speakers are available
[edit] Location
- Action
- Location Options: current cost and services
Glorieta Conference Center map
Glorieta Conference Center PO Box 8 11 State Road 50 Glorieta, NM 87535 IH 25 Glorieta Exit 299, Glorieta, NM 87535 (15 minutes east of Santa Fe) 505-757-4220 sent email to Dora dora.gallegos@lifeway.com, 505-757-4209 E-9/24 she is sending contract available 10/10, 10/31? $150 room, $9.50 lunch in dining hall (2 entrees, veg, starch, salad, dressing, drink, dessert, seconds) ** about $23/person
Sunrise Springs
505-471-3600 http://www.sunrisesprings.com/ $300 room $20 lunch buffet $35 gallon coffee/tea $23/dozen pasteries food + 21% service fee projector screen comes with room available 10/31, (not 10/10) Donna Romero 428-3611 (E-9/24) ** about $45/person
The BISHOP'S LODGE Ranch Resort & Spa
1297 Bishop's Lodge Road Santa Fe, NM 87501 USA Cynthia 505-992-3925 Fiona Palmer 505-992-3922 Convention & Catering Services Manager Direct Tel. 505-992-3925 Fax. 1-505-983-0832 E-mail: acauldwell@bishopslodge.com, Website: http://www.bishopslodge.com rooms http://www.bishopslodge.com/meetings_and_special_Events/floor_plans_capacity.cfm $300/day ($50 AV screen) 6am-5:30pm Buffee-style lunch based on quantities we select **Waiting for call back E-9/24**
Hilton
505-986-6412 http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/SFEHIHF-Hilton-Santa-Fe-Historic-Plaza-New-Mexico/index.do 7am-6pm 10/10 single section of ballroom $1000 room ($500 with $1000+ of food/beverage), $120 AV cart and screen, $24/per lunch, breaks ** too expensive E-9/24 **
Hotel Santa Fe
1501 Paseo De Peralta Santa Fe, NM 87501 800-825-9876 x2, 3 http://www.hotelsantafe.com/ http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1501+Paseo+de+Peralta,+Santa+Fe,+NM+87501,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=image 1/3 ballroom $300/day, $50 projector screen menu http://www.hotelsantafe.com/group_business/CateringMenus.doc have parking F 10/10 not available, 10/31 is available (E-10/24)
Santa Fe Woman's club
1616 Old Pecos Trl Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 983-9455, auditorium and a 2000 sq ft room. 25-50 people: Room for the day is 290 50-75 people: Room for the day is 370 $200 damage deposit which is returned. They have tables and chairs. They ask us to do the set-up as we want it and take down, clean-up. We can also hire someone for this part or pay grad students! We can use any caterer we want or bring our own food. This room has a kitchen. Projection: They have a 6 ft X 6 ft screen. Parking: plenty, they have their own lot.
[edit] Menu
Typically 2 choices and 1 vegetarian.
[edit] Theme
Defining a theme may help us choose speakers and help them focus on a talk.
[edit] Speakers
A few theme speakers and a few technical talks.
8 so far...
[edit] Valerie Peters, (Dan Briand,) Tammy Brown
--Erik
Can't do on Friday 10/10 or 24. can do 10/31
"Statistics without information."
Abstract:
Assessing reliability, readiness, and logistics in the absence of plentiful information is a key challenge for systems and system-of-systems modeling. Although data may not always be scarce, frequently good information is. In order to best evaluate decision tradeoffs early in a design process, incomplete and even non-existent information simply cannot be a barrier to useful analysis. This is particularly true for future systems and/or systems in the design or prototype phases, where complete information is, by definition, lacking.
Three types of scenarios are analyzed and discussed. These represent various stages in project and data system maturity:
- Future systems with almost no traditional data
- Existing systems with lots of data, but sometimes minimal information
- Prototype systems with available, but limited, data
[edit] Dave Collins
-- Erik
UNM student working with Aparna at LANL.
"Nonparametric Estimation of First Passage Time Distributions in Flowgraph Models"
Statistical flowgraphs represent multistate semi-Markov processes using integral transforms (e.g., Laplace transforms) of transition time distributions between adjacent states, which are combined algebraically and inverted to estimate first passage time distributions between nonadjacent states. Previous flowgraph work has been based on parametric distribution families; in this talk we present an estimation method for flowgraphs using empirical transforms based on sample data, with no assumption of specific parametric probability models. Theoretical and computational issues are discussed, and the method is illustrated with an application to reliability data.
[edit] Laura Swiler
-- Curt
from Sandia can give a talk on "model calibration under uncertainty" (matching moments or percentiles from experimental data to corresponding statistics from simulation runs).
Oct. 20-23 will not work. Otherwise, she can probably make any other date
[edit] Cedric Sallaberry
-- Curt
re: Yucca mountain waste storage
Any Friday in Oct will work
[edit] Ron Wasserstein
--Erik
(currently ASA executive director)
(Aparna) I ran into Ron Wasserstein at the JSM (currently executive director at ASA) and he said that he would be willing to do a chapter visit to our chapter. He likes NM a lot. His expenses are paid by ASA so he won't cost us anything. If you guys want him as a speaker at our chapter meeting, pop him an email.
[edit] Ron Iman
-- Curt
Hurricane Forecasting
No known conflicts in Oct, except problems with Fridays in October in general.
[edit] Josh Poduska
-- Kevin
Building Split-Plot Designs in Statistical Software
Josh is available on Hallowe'en, and would like to present in the morning, if possible.
[edit] Kevin Anderson
-- Kevin (is this a recursion?)
On the Curse of Dimensionality: Can Scagnostics Help?
Kevin is available on Hallowe'en.
[edit] Elections
Pres: Kevin Anderson
VP: (new)
Sec/Treas: (new)
Rep: Curtis Storlie
[edit] Events
[edit] Judging Science Fairs
[edit] NMSEF
- New Mexico Science and Engineering Fair "Best Use of Statistics" (State at NM Tech)
- http://infohost.nmt.edu/%7Escience/fair/
- April 4-5, 2008
- Action
- Advertise Judging and get volunteers
- Plaques
- Dinn Trophy 1(800)628-9657 or 1(413)750-3466
- $143.70, free shipping if pay by credit card (2007 $139, 2006 $130, 2005 $270 since had to make logo engraving)
- ordered 3/11, order number #216115, should receive by 3/25th, Ashley x224
- Erik's customer number is 440320, order number 216115 (2007 order number #169226)
2008
KBL314B - Contemporary Plaque Engraving Cost: $4.80 Engraving Instructions: 1 of 3: NMSEF 2008 Best Use of Statistics First Place Presented by the Albuquerque Chapter of the American Statistical Association 2 of 3: NMSEF 2008 Best Use of Statistics Second Place Presented by the Albuquerque Chapter of the American Statistical Association 3 of 3: NMSEF 2008 Best Use of Statistics Third Place Presented by the Albuquerque Chapter of the American Statistical Association
2006-7
K7394B - Contemporary Plaque Engraving Cost: $4.00 Engraving Instructions: 1 of 3: NMSEF 2007 Best Use of Statistics First Place Presented by the Albuquerque Chapter of the American Statistical Association 2 of 3: NMSEF 2007 Best Use of Statistics Second Place Presented by the Albuquerque Chapter of the American Statistical Association 3 of 3: NMSEF 2007 Best Use of Statistics Third Place Presented by the Albuquerque Chapter of the American Statistical Association
- Cash prizes
- Allocate from chapter funds by secretary
- 100+75+50=$225 for 1st, 2rd, and 3rd place
(2007 winners: 1. Garcia, Francesca G; 2. Caldwell, Alexander S; 3. Wood, Suzannah R)
[edit] Other Fairs
- Central New Mexico Science and Engineering Research Challenge (CNMS&ERC)
- University of New Mexico Campus, Albuquerque, NM
- Special Awards Judging on Friday, March 21, 2008
- National American Indian Science & Engineering Fair (NAISEF)
- Albuquerque Convention Center, Albuquerque, NM
- Special Awards Judging on Friday, March 28, 2008
[edit] Stat Career Day
- Actions
- Get info on ASA-sponsored career day
- plan next actions
For Grad/UGrad students of stats
[edit] Short Course
- Actions
- raise $4000 to get Ingram Olkin from Stanford for short course on Meta Analysis
[edit] Mu Sigma Rho
- Actions
- Set up meeting of subcommittee
- Meeting of subcommittee to discuss
- Reconsider all MSR details
Reschedule application date to be before Spring Annual meeting.
