FWAM (“Flatiron-wide Autumn Meeting”, previously “Flatiron-wide Algorithms and Mathematics”) is a two-day internal conference with the goal of introducing and reviewing scientific and computational tools of broad and significant usefulness to Flatiron researchers across all centers of the institute.

FWAM 2024
2024 Themes
- Numerical Linear Algebra/HPC Optimization
- Computational Statistics and Bayesian Inference
- Machine Learning
2024 Committee
Jason Kaye
Computational Center for Quantum Physics
Jennifer Coulter
Computational Center for Quantum Physics
Philip Greengard
Computational Center for Neuroscience
Philip Mocz
Center for Computational Astrophysics
Scott Weady
Center for Computational Biology
Dan Fortunato
Center for Computational Mathematics
Geraud Krawezik
Scientific Computing Core
Agenda
October 23, 2024
Time | Topic | Speaker |
9:30 AM-9:45 AM | Welcome | |
9:45 AM-10:45 AM | [NLA + HPC] Getting the most out of FFTs, BLAS, and LAPACK | Robert Blackwell, Senior Software Engineer, Flatiron Institute, SCC |
10:45 AM-11:15 AM | [NLA + HPC] Coding for Humans: best practices for writing software people can read | Jeff Soules, Senior Software Engineer, Flatiron Institute, CCM |
11:15 AM-11:45 AM | [NLA + HPC] Algebraic solvers and time-integrators for ODEs, PDEs, and related systems | Barry Smith, Senior Research Scientist, Flatiron Institute, CCM |
11:45 AM-12:15 PM | Coffee Break | |
12:15 PM-12:45 PM | [NLA + HPC] An Introduction to Parallel Distributed Memory Linear Algebra Software | Jenny Coulter, Flatiron Research Fellow, Flatiron Institute, CCQ |
12:45 PM-1:15 PM | [NLA + HPC] Learning functions with tensor networks: the tensor cross interpolation algorithm and some applications | Olivier Parcollet, Senior Research Scientist, Flatiron Institute, CCQ |
1:15 PM-2:15 PM | Lunch | |
2:15 PM-2:45 PM | Director Updates - CCN and CCQ | Eero Simoncelli, Scientific Director, Flatiron Institute, CNN, and Antoine Georges, Scientific Director, Flatiron Institute, CCQ |
2:45 PM-3:45 PM | [Comp Stats + Bayesian models and predictive inference in ML and statistics | Bob Carpenter, Senior Research Scientist, Flatiron Institute, CCM |
3:45 PM-4:00 PM | Coffee Break | |
4:00 PM-4:30 PM | [Comp Stats + Bayesian] The Fourier view of Gaussian processes | Philip Greengard, Associate Research Scientist, Flatiron Institute, CCN |
4:30 PM-5:00 PM | [Comp Stats + Bayesian] Fitting Hierarchical Models with Selection Effects in Astronomy | Will Farr, Group Leader, Flatiron Institute, CCA |
October 24, 2024
Time | Topic | Speaker |
9:45 AM-10:15 AM | [Comp Stats + Bayesian] For how many iterations should we run Markov chain Monte Carlo? | Charles Margossian, Flatiron Research Fellow, Flatiron Institute, CCM |
10:15 AM-10:45 AM | [Comp Stats + Bayesian] Fitting Hierarchical Models with Selection Effects in Astronomy | Will Farr, Group Leader, Flatiron Institute, CCA |
10:45 AM-11:15 AM | Director Updates- CCA and CCM | Julianne Dalcanton, Scientific Director, Flatiron Institute, CCA and Leslie Greengard, Scientific Director, Flatiron Institute, CCM |
11:15 AM-12:15 PM | Coffee Break | |
12:15 PM-1:15 PM | [ML] Scaling and Generalizing Approximate Bayesian Inference | David Blei, Visiting Scholar, Professor of Statistics and Computer Science, Flatiron Institute, CCM |
1:15 PM-2:15 PM | Lunch | |
2:15 PM-3:15 PM | [ML] The Bayesian Heart of Neural Networks: a practical introduction to deep learning | Helen Qu, Flatiron Research Fellow, Flatiron Institute, CCA and Sebastian Wagner-Carena, Flatiron Research Fellow, Flatiron Institute, CMB |
3:15 PM-3:45 PM | [ML] Inferring biological processes with intrinsic noise from cross-sectional data | Surya Maddu, Flatiron Research Fellow, Flatiron Research Fellow, Flatiron Institute, CCB |
3:45 PM-4:00 PM | Coffee Break | |
4:00 PM-4:30 PM | Director Updates - CCB and SCC | Michael Shelley, Scientific Director, Flatiron Institute, CCB and Ian Fisk, Co-Director, Flatiron Institute, SCC |
4:30 PM-5:00 PM | [Visual] Communicating Science Using Visuals: Tips for Scientists | Lucy Reading-Ikkanda, Senior Graphic Designer, Simons Foundation |
5:00 PM-6:30 PM | Reception and End of FWAM Celebration! |
2024 Videos
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[Comp Stats+Bayesian] Iterations of Markov chain Monte Carlo
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[NLA+HPC] ODEs, PDEs, and related systems
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[ML] Bayesian Heart of Neural Networks
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[Comp Stats+Bayesian] Hierarchical Bayesian Models With Selection Effects
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