| Time EDT | Speaker | Presentation |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 – 8:30AM | Light breakfast Refreshments | Marcus Nanotechnology Research Center, Room 1117/1118 |
| 8:30 – 8:35am | David McDowell, Sigma Xi GT Chapter President | Welcome |
| 8:35 – 8:40am | Paul Kohl, Chair of the Monie A. Ferst Award Selection Committee | The Monie A. Ferst Award |
| 8:40 – 8:45AM | Edwin Romeijn | Remarks by the ISyE school chair |
| AM Session Chair: | ||
| 8:45 – 9:15am | Derek Bingham (remote) | Demystifying Deep Gaussian Processes for Computer Model Emulation |
| 9:15 – 9:45am | Devon Lin (remote) | Sequential Design of Computer Experiments with Quantitative and Qualitative Factors in Applications to HPC Performance Optimization |
| 9:45 – 10:15am | Rui Tuo | A novel Rapid Algorithm for Gaussian Process Regression |
| 10:15 – 10:30AM | Break | |
| 10:30 – 11:00am | Arman Sabaghi | Pouring New Wines From Old Bottles: Jeff Wu’s Contributions to the Design and Analysis of Fractional Factorials |
| 11:00 – 11:30am | Xinwei Deng | Embracing Experimental Design Thinking for Large-scale Statistical Analysis |
| 11:30 – 12:00am | Matthew Pratola | Influential Observations in Bayesian Regression Tree Models |
| 12:00 – 1:30PM | Lunch | |
| PM Session chair: | ||
| 1:30 – 2:00pm | Matthew Plumlee | Large Scale Kriging by Substituting Optimization for Inversion |
| 2:00 – 2:30pm | Simon Mak | Graphical Multi-Fidelity Modeling, with Applications to Heavy-Ion Collisions |
| 2:30 – 2:45PM | Break | |
| 2:45 – 3:15pm | Jing Li | Knowledge-Infused Machine Learning in Precision Medicine of Brain Cancer Using Neuroimages |
| 3:15 – 3:45pm | Yao Xie | Uncertainty Quantification and Active Learning for Matrix Completion — joint work with Simon Mak and Henry Yuchi Shaowu |
| 3:45 – 4:00PM | Break | |
| Award Presentation and Awardee Address | ||
| 4:00 – 4:10pm | David McDowell | Monie A. Ferst Award Presentation for C.F. Jeff Wu |
| 4:10 – 5:15pm | C.F. Jeff Wu | From Real World Problems to Esoteric Research: Examples and Personal Experience |