The International Graduate Summer School on Statistics and Climate Modeling

Application Procedures

Please click here to apply online. Because lab space is limited, applicant will be competitively selected. Application submissions should include a supporting letter from a faculty advisor in the case of graduate student applicants, and a resumé that describes your educational background as well as current program of studies. In the covering email, briefly describe how attending this course would benefit you in your research or other learning objectives

All applications must be made by June 15, 2008

The summer school is sponsored in part by the The National Science Foundation Collaboration in Mathematical Geosciences as well as The Pacific Institute of Mathematical Sciences

Venue

The workshop will be held at the Mesa Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado 9 August - 13 August 2008.

Course Credits

Two credits for this course may be obtained through STAT 547 (2 Credits) at the University of British Columbia. That means in particular that students at Canadian PIMS universities should be able to obtain credit through existing inter-university credit sharing arrangements.
Evaluation: To obtain such credit on a pass – fail basis, a student will need to submit to one of the instructors, a report no longer than 5 pages in length (not counting figures and tables) no later than Aug 30, 2008. Details will be supplied at the Summer school.

Lecturer Websites

Stephan Sain, Geophysical Statistics Project, NCAR
Doug Nychka, IMAGe, NCAR
Claudia Tebaldi, Climate Central
Gerald Meehl, Climate and Global Dynamics Division, NCAR
Caspar Ammann, Climate and Global Dynamics Division, NCAR
Bo Li, Geophysical Statistics Project, NCAR and Department of Statistics, Pudue University
Richard Furrer, Colerado School of Mines

Financial Support

A number of competitive fellowships with stipends covering air travel, local transportation, lodging and meals are available for graduate students. Students are expected to be in residence for the entire week of the program. Applicants from underrepresented groups are especially encouraged.

Requirements

The Institute's summer course is aimed primarily at graduate students who will come from a wide array of disciplines including applied mathematics, statistics, computational science, atmospheric and oceanic science amongst others. However, Postdoctoral Fellows in these areas as well as young investigators are strongly encouraged to apply. Applicants should have a background in master’s level statistics including some familiarity with linear models, regression, Bayesian statistics and multivariate analysis. Familiarity with the R statistical language is strongly suggested and students will be required to bring a laptop computer that will support R to participate in the lab part of the school.

Students are encouraged to contact Doug Nychka (nychka@ucar.edu) for questions about the necessary background knowledge and skills.

IMAGe

The Institute for Mathematics Applied to Geosciences (IMAGe) is a group within the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) for the purpose of advancing mathematical theory and its application to all facets of NCAR and the geophysical community at large. IMAGe is substantially funded by the National Science Foundation. IMAGe is composed of four groups; the Data Assimilation Research Section, the Geophysical Statistics Project, the Turbulence Numerics Team, and the Computational Mathematics Group. For more information about IMAGe, including post-doc positions, please contact Doug Nychka.

NCAR

NCAR was formed in 1960 and has a broad interdisciplinary research program involving more that 1000 employees of which several hundred hold advanced scientific or engineering degrees. The NCAR scientific program includes nearly all aspects of the atmosphere including climate and weather, atmospheric chemistry, ecology, instrumentation, scientific computing, and economic and societal impacts of atmospheric processes.