Research Experiences for Undergraduates 2014-Schedule

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The program will be held from June 3 to August 16, 2014

Please note that dormitories will be available from June 3 to August 16, 2014

For a list of local happenings in Santa Fe visit: http://www.santafe.com/

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• • Please note that, with the exception of Week 1, you are expected to work at SFI Monday through Friday from approximately 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    

• • Unless noted otherwise, lunch will be provided 12:00-1:00 p.m. at SFI. and Tea Time is at 3:00p.m.
    

• • All program activities will be at SFI unless noted otherwise
    

Time	Activity
	Sunday, June 8
	All events at St. John's College Unless Otherwise Noted
11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Registration and check-in at St. John's College in the Peterson Student Center.
5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.	Welcome Reception & Dinner in Peterson Student Center (upstairs) in Junior Commons Room
	Monday, June 9
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.	Welcome and Introduction by CSSS Director Sander Bais @ SJC in the Great Hall
9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.	Melanie Mitchell - Introduction to Complexity @ SJC in the Great Hall
10:45 - 11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 am - 12:15 pm	Melanie Mitchell - Introduction to Complexity @ SJC in the Great Hall
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Program Orientation
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	REU Welcome Tea
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Set Up Desks
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Geoffrey West Talk
5:00 - 6:30 p.m.	Dinner @ SJC
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.	Evening Lecture -Sander Bais, Symmetry Breaking @ SJC
	Tuesday, June 10
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m.	Orientation
10:15 - 10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 am - 12:00 p.m.	Intro to SFI Science - Jennifer Dunne
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Aaron Clauset, Networks I @ SJC
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Tea Time
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Evandro Ferrada Talk
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Tanmoy Bhattacharya Talk
	Wednesday, June 11
9:00 am - 10:00 a.m.	SFI rules and regulations - Ronda Butler-Villa
10:45 am - 12:00 p.m.	Aaron Clauset, Networks II @ SJC
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch @ SJC
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.	Aaron Clauset, Networks III @ SJC
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Tea Time
4:00 p.m. -5:00p.m.	Journaling Time
	Thursday, June 12
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m.	Aaron Clauset - Networks IV @ SJC
10:15 - 10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 am - 12:00 p.m.	Marcus Hamilton Talk
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.	Paula Sabloff Talk
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Tea Time
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Introduction to Programming with Sam Scarpino
	Friday, June 13
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m.	Ethics Training
10:15 - 10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 am - 12:00 p.m.	Ethics Training
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.	Aaron Clauset - Networks V @ SFI in Noyce
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Tea Time
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	David Wolpert Talk
5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.	BBQ at SFI
	Saturday, June 14
9:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m.	Unofficial trip to Bandelier National Monument
	Monday, June 16
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m.	MatLab Tutorial - Eric Libby
10:15 - 10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 am - 12:00 p.m.	MatLab Tutorial - Eric Libby
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Meeting with Jerry Sabloff
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Tea Time
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Meetings with Potential Mentors
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Meetings with Potential Mentors
	Tuesday, June 17
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m.	Eric Libby - @ SJC
10:15 am - 5:00 p.m.	Meetings with Potential Mentors
	Wednesday, June 18
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m.	R Tutorial - Sam Scarpino
10:15 - 10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 am - 12:00 p.m.	R Tutorial - Sam Scarpino
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Time to work on projects
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Tea Time
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Journaling Time
7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.	Luis Bettencourt Public Lecture at the James A. Little Theater
	Thursday, June 19
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m.	Python Tutorial - Ruben Andrist
10:15 - 10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 - 12:00 p.m.	Python Tutorial - Ruben Andrist
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Time to Work on Projects
	Friday, June 20 Must turn in abstract and chosen mentor
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m.	Sam Scarpino - Infectious Disease @ SFI in the Noyce
10:15 - 5:00 p.m.	Time to Work on Projects
	Sunday, June 23
Evening - Santa Fe Opera Field Trip	Santa Fe Opera - Dr. Sun Yat-sen
	Monday, June 23
9:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m.	All Day - work on Projects
	Tuesday, June 24
9:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m.	Data Visualization - Ben Althouse
12:15 p.m - 1:15 p.m.	Seminar - Margaret Werner-Washburne
1:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Time to Work on Projects
	Wednesday, June 25
9:00 a.m - 4:00 p.m.	Time to Work on Projects
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.	Journaling Time
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.	Geoffrey West - Cities @ SJC
	Thursday, June 26
9:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m.	Science Careers Outside of Academia - Matt Kohler
12:00 - 5:00 p.m.	Time to Work on Projects
	Friday, June 27
9:00a.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Time to Work on Projects
	Saturday, June 28
8:00 p.m - 12:00 a.m.	2013 CSSS Dance with Breadloaf workshop in St. John's College Coffee Shop
	Monday, June 30
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m.	Cris Moore - Algorithms and Landscapes @ SJC
10:15 - 10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 am - 12:00 p.m.	Cris Moore - NP-Completeness and the P vs. NP Question @ SJC
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.	Cris Moore - Monte Carlo Algorithms and Phase Transitions @ SJC
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Come back to SFI
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Work on Projects
	Tuesday, July 1
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m.	Cris Moore - The Power of Randomness @ SJC
10:15 - 10:45 a.m.	Come back to SFI
10:45 am - 12:00 p.m.	Time to Work on projects
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Project Time
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	How to Write a Scientific Paper - Cris Moore
	Wednesday, July 2
9:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m.	Monte Carlo Simulations - Ruben Andrist
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.	Cris Moore , Quantum Computation @ SJC
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Come Back to SFI
3:00 p.m. - 4:05 p.m.	Tea Time
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Journaling
	Thursday, July 3
9:00 a.m - 5:00pm	Project Day
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.	CSSS Farewell BBQ at SFI
	Friday, July 4
SFI CLOSED	HOLIDAY
	Monday, July 7
9:00-12:00	Random Walks - Sid Redner
12:00-5:00	Work on Projects
	Tuesday, July 8
9:00 - 12:00	TeX Tutorial - Cris Moore
12:00 - 5:00	Work on Projects
	Wednesday, July 9
9:00 - 4:00	Work on Projects
4:00 - 5:00	Journaling Time
	Thursday, July 10
All Day	Work on Projects
	Friday, July 11
9:00 - 4:00	Work on Projects
4:00 - 5:00	Check-In and Project Discussion
	Monday, July 14
All Day	Work on Projects
	Tuesday, July 15
9:00 - 12:00	Mathematica Tutorial - Cris Moore
12:00 - 5:00	Work on projects
	Wednesday, July 16
9:00 - 4:00	Work on Projects
4:00 - 5:00	Journaling Time
	Tuesday, July 15
9:00 - 12:00	Grant Writing - Elisabeth Johnson and Lori Kam
12:00 - 5:00	Work on Projects
	Friday, July 18
All Day	Work on Projects
	Monday, July 21
All Day	Work on Projects
	Tuesday, July 22
9:00 - 12:00	Work on Projects
12:00 - 5:00	Work on Projects
	Wednesday, July 23
9:00 - 4:00	Work on Projects
4:00 - 5:00	Journaling Time
	Thursday, July 24
9:00 - 12:00	How to pick/get into grad school - John Miller
12:00 - 5:00	Work on Projects
	Friday, July 25
All Day	Work on Projects
	Monday, July 28
All Day	Work on Projects
	Tuesday, July 29
9:00-12:00p.m.	Work on Projects
12:00-5:00p.m.	Work on Projects
	Wednesday, July 30
9:00 - 4:00	Work on Projects
4:00 - 5:00	Journaling Time
	Thursday, July 31
9:00 - 12:00	Networks - Cris Moore
12:00 - 5:00	Work on Projects
	Friday, August 1
All Day	Work on Projects
	Monday, August 4
All Day	Work on Projects
	Tuesday, August 5
9:00 - 12:00	Intro to Graphical Models - Pan Zhang
12:00 - 5:00	Work on Projects
	Wednesday, August 6
9:00 - 4:00	Work on Projects
4:00 - 5:00	Journaling Time
	Thursday, August 7
9:00 - 12:00	How to give a talk at SFI - Sam Bowles
12:00 - 5:00	Work on Projects
	Friday, August 8
All Day	Work on Projects
	Monday, August 11
All Day	REU Final Presentations
	Tuesday, August 12
9:00-10:15	Work on Prokects
10:45 - 5	REU Final Presentations
	Wednesday, August 13
9:00-10:15	Work on Prokects
10:45 - 5	REU Final Presentations
	Thursday, August 14
All Day	REU Final Presentations
	Friday, August 15
All Day	Finishing Up Paper
5:00pm	Final Papers are Due
	Saturday, August 16
10:00am	Check Out of SJC Dorms (don’t forget to return your keys)