Flatiron Wide Autumn Meeting (FWAM)

 
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

TimeTopicSpeaker
9:30 AM-9:45 AMWelcome
9:45 AM-10:45 AM[NLA + HPC] Getting the most out of FFTs, BLAS, and LAPACKRobert 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 readJeff 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 systemsBarry Smith, Senior Research Scientist, Flatiron Institute, CCM
11:45 AM-12:15 PMCoffee Break
12:15 PM-12:45 PM[NLA + HPC] An Introduction to Parallel Distributed Memory Linear Algebra SoftwareJenny 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 applicationsOlivier Parcollet, Senior Research Scientist, Flatiron Institute, CCQ
1:15 PM-2:15 PMLunch
2:15 PM-2:45 PMDirector Updates - CCN and CCQEero 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 statisticsBob Carpenter, Senior Research Scientist, Flatiron Institute, CCM
3:45 PM-4:00 PMCoffee Break
4:00 PM-4:30 PM[Comp Stats + Bayesian] The Fourier view of Gaussian processesPhilip Greengard, Associate Research Scientist, Flatiron Institute, CCN
4:30 PM-5:00 PM[Comp Stats + Bayesian] Fitting Hierarchical Models with Selection Effects in AstronomyWill Farr, Group Leader, Flatiron Institute, CCA

October 24, 2024

TimeTopicSpeaker
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 AstronomyWill Farr, Group Leader, Flatiron Institute, CCA
10:45 AM-11:15 AMDirector Updates- CCA and CCMJulianne Dalcanton, Scientific Director, Flatiron Institute, CCA and Leslie Greengard, Scientific Director, Flatiron Institute, CCM
11:15 AM-12:15 PMCoffee Break
12:15 PM-1:15 PM[ML] Scaling and Generalizing Approximate Bayesian InferenceDavid Blei, Visiting Scholar, Professor of Statistics and Computer Science, Flatiron Institute, CCM
1:15 PM-2:15 PMLunch
2:15 PM-3:15 PM[ML] The Bayesian Heart of Neural Networks: a practical introduction to deep learningHelen 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 dataSurya Maddu, Flatiron Research Fellow, Flatiron Research Fellow, Flatiron Institute, CCB
3:45 PM-4:00 PMCoffee Break
4:00 PM-4:30 PMDirector Updates - CCB and SCCMichael 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 ScientistsLucy Reading-Ikkanda, Senior Graphic Designer, Simons Foundation
5:00 PM-6:30 PMReception and End of FWAM Celebration!

Past Meetings

2023 FWAM

2022 FWAM

2021 FWAM

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