CompMod -Granular Materials-Engineering Applications Working Group

Announcements

Meeting Time: Thursday 10:30 - 12:00
Location: NISS building, Room 203

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Meeting Activities

Date	Topics & Readings	Notes
4-19-07	We will meet today and discuss some plans. Also, Tony O'Hagan suggested this paper.

3-29-07	No meeting this week, but here is the working document with updates based on last Thursdays meeting.

3-22-07	A short chat to catch up and discuss a potential sampling problem.

2-22-07	Today we will discuss some possible sampling methods.

2-15-07	No meeting today, but here is some stuff about calibration from Vancouver: calibration talk and matlab code and examples.

2-8-07	Today we will touch base and look at effective friction.

1-18-07	Today we will look at some results from emulators and look at Kieth's notes on Bayes linear stuff. You can find Keith's notes here. Also, here are some pictures from a GASP emulator.

1-11-07	Today we will look at Montserrat Notes.

12-08-06	We plan to discuss flows from one valley at Montserrat Tar River Valley data and \pin down some specific tasks.

11-14-06	No meeting today, but here is a status report.

10-17-06	We plan to discuss Robert's notes on a pyroclastic flow model.

10-10-06	We plan to discuss details of applying some Bayes linear ideas to our granular flow models.

10-05-06	methodolgy working group	Michael Goldstein will be presenting next Monday (10-9-06) in the methodology working group meeting. Also, \links to reference articles on Bayes linear methods are available here.

9-27-06	Bayes linear strategies for matching hydrocarbon reservoir history	sorry this file is giant -- if you're local and want a copy, let me know

Group Members

Name	Affiliation	Email Address
Dorin Drignei	Oakland University	drignei (at) oakland.edu
Michael Goldstein	Durham University	michael.goldstein (at) durham.ac.uk
Jennifer Joyce	UNC-CH	jendjoy (at) email.unc.edu
Nancy Nichols	University of Reading	n.k.nichols (at) rdg.ac.uk
Abani Patra	University of Buffalo	abani (at) buffalo.edu
Luis Pericchi	University of Puerto Rico	luarpr (at) gmail.com
Bruce Pitman	Univ. of Buffalo	pitman (at) buffalo.edu
Michael Shearer	N.C. State	shearer (at) ncsu.edu
Elaine Spiller	SAMSI	spiller (at) math.duke.edu
Robert Wolpert	Duke	rlw (at) duke.edu
Susie Bayarri	SAMSI/Valencia	susie.bayarri (at) uv.es
Scott McKinley	Duke	mckinley (at) math.duke.edu