| NSF Org: |
DMS Division Of Mathematical Sciences |
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| Initial Amendment Date: | July 28, 2017 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | October 3, 2022 |
| Award Number: | 1638521 |
| Award Instrument: | Continuing Grant |
| Program Manager: |
Henry Warchall
DMS Division Of Mathematical Sciences MPS Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences |
| Start Date: | September 1, 2017 |
| End Date: | August 31, 2022 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $9,291,999.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $9,291,999.00 |
| Funds Obligated to Date: |
FY 2018 = $3,097,333.00 FY 2019 = $3,097,333.00 |
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| Recipient Sponsored Research Office: |
104 AIRPORT DR STE 2200 CHAPEL HILL NC US 27599-5023 (919)966-3411 |
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| Primary Place of Performance: |
19 T.W. Alexander Drive Research Triangle Park NC US 27709-4006 |
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| NSF Program(s): | MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES RES INST |
| Primary Program Source: |
01001718DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT 01001920DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT |
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| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.049 |
ABSTRACT
The Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) is a national institute that merges statistical and mathematical thinking to create high impact theory and methodology for fundamental scientific and societal problems. It does so by catalyzing and nurturing collaborations both among its core disciplines -- statistics, probability, and applied mathematics -- and between those disciplines and the physical, social, and engineering sciences, as well as other quantitative disciplines such as computer science and operations research. SAMSI engages researchers at all career stages, from graduate students to postdoctoral fellows to senior international leaders, who take away from SAMSI expanded modes of thought, new vision and energy, and momentum enabling collaborations initiated there to persist. The spectrum of SAMSI's programs over the period 2017-2020 responds to national needs, impetus from the statistics and mathematics community, and scientific opportunities with potential high impact. Programs address massive datasets in contexts such as astrophysics and the environment, data-driven decisions in healthcare, identification of structure in high-dimensional data, as well as other topics to be identified. A broad range of education and outreach activities, focused especially on undergraduates, faculty in teaching institutions, and under-represented minorities, builds greater public awareness of the importance and achievements of the mathematical sciences.
SAMSI is a national institute that exists to advance science and society by catalyzing and supporting collaborations among statisticians, applied mathematicians, and researchers in the natural and social sciences. Its goal is to tackle the most challenging and far-reaching data-driven problems, as exemplified by its forthcoming programs on such topics as massive datasets in astrophysics and the environment, data-driven decisions in healthcare, identifying structure in high-dimensional data, and computational modeling in the social sciences. SAMSI operates by bringing together researchers at all levels -- students, postdoctoral fellows, and senior leaders -- into teams that both make substantial progress within SAMSI programs and form the basis of future collaborations. It stimulates people at all stages of their careers to think differently about the roles and power of applied mathematics and statistics in concert with one another. A vibrant education and outreach program uses SAMSI research to present the importance and achievements of the mathematical sciences to undergraduates, professors at teaching colleges, and the general public. SAMSI activities are permeated by efforts to increase the participation of under-represented minorities in mathematics, statistics, and other sciences.
PROJECT OUTCOMES REPORT
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SAMSI has had a profound impact over almost two decades of its existence as one of the NSF DMS Institutes. With respect to Intellectual Merit, SAMSI has been a catalyst for integration of the statistical sciences with the mathematical sciences. Much of the current theoretical and applied activity at the nexus of statistics, applied mathematics, and an enormous diversity of applications can be attributed to the decades of programs, workshops, conferences, students at all levels, postdoctoral scholars, faculty, and visitors hosted by SAMSI. Many new research and training directions in statistics and applied mathematics can be attributed to the activities hosted by SAMSI, an enormous contribution to both Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts. Literally hundreds of scholars were directly impacted by activities hosted by SAMSI. Perhaps most importantly, the Broader Impacts of SAMSI have been the enormous multiplier effects as undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, visitors from academia and the private and public sector took their experiences and learning from SAMSI back to their home institutions and work places. Advances in how we teach and do research in statistics and applied mathematics have been directly or indirectly impacted by SAMSI. The current international focus on data science is a natural outgrowth of the SAMSI focus on integration of statistics and applied mathematics through programs that developed fundamental advances, yet were always anchored in challenges across diverse application domains. These successful outcomes have impacted the careers of individuals, educational curricula at many institutions, and have influenced the approaches taken to solve challenges with a combination of statistical and applied mathematical tools. These contributions to intellectual merit and their broader impacts will forever be the legacy of SAMSI.
Last Modified: 12/30/2022
Modified by: M G Forest
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