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 75th Anniversary of Mathematics and Statistics at NIST
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Agenda

Note: (Eastern Time, UTC-4)

Tuesday
          Wednesday
          Thursday

**Tuesday, June 28**
  
11:30 -
      11:45am EDT (UTC-4)
    **Welcome & Opening Remarks**
  
  **Speaker(s)**
            Laurie Locascio,   Director, NIST
                                        Charles H. Romine,   Director, NIST Information Technology Laboratory
  
11:45am -
      12:00pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Conference Overview**
  
  **Speaker(s)**
            Ronald Boisvert,   Chief, NIST Applied and Computational Mathematics Division (ACMD)
                                        William Guthrie,   Chief, NIST Statistical Engineering Division (SED)
  
12:00 -
      1:00pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Virtual Lunch and Get-Together**
  In Gather Town

  
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1:00 -
      3:30pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Session 1**
  Moderator: Timothy Burns, NIST

Q&A Moderator: Danielle Brager, NIST

  
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1:00 -
      1:45pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **The Starting Point: National Bureau of Standards and the Mathematical Tables Project**
  
  **Speaker(s)**
            David Alan Grier,   George Washington University
  
1:45 -
      2:30pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Early History of the Statistical Engineering Division**
  
  **Speaker(s)**
            William Guthrie,   Chief, NIST Statistical Engineering Division (SED)
                                        James Filliben,   SED
  
2:30 -
      3:15pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **The Handbook of Mathematical Functions and the DLMF**
  
  **Speaker(s)**
            Bonita Saunders,   ACMD
  
3:15 -
      3:30pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Q&A**
  
3:30 -
      3:45pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Break**
  
3:45 -
      5:30pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Session 2**
  Moderator: Dennis Leber, NIST

Q&A Moderator: David Newton, NIST

  
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3:45 -
      4:15pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **SED People, Profession, and Remembrances**
  
  **Speaker(s)**
            Karen Kafadar,   University of Virginia
  
4:15 -
      4:45pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Sampler of Memorable Publications by NIST Statisticians**
  
  **Speaker(s)**
            Antonio Possolo,   SED
  
4:45 -
      5:15pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **A Cavalcade of Distinguished NIST Mathematicians and Statisticians**
  
  **Speaker(s)**
            Ronald Boisvert,   Chief, NIST Applied and Computational Mathematics Division (ACMD)
                                        William Guthrie,   Chief, NIST Statistical Engineering Division (SED)
  
5:15 -
      5:30pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Q&A**
  **Wednesday, June 29**
  
11:30am -
      12:30pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Virtual Lunch and Get-Together**
  In Gather Town

  
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12:30 -
      3:00pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Session 3**
  Moderator: Adam Pintar, NIST

Q&A Moderator: Mary Gregg, NIST

  
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12:30 -
      1:15pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Experimental Design**
  
  **Speaker(s)**
            James Filliben,   SED
  
1:15 -
      1:45pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Operations Research at NBS**
  
  **Speaker(s)**
            Douglas Shier,   Clemson University
  
1:45 -
      2:15pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Extreme Value Statistics at NBS/NIST: A Brief History**
  
  **Speaker(s)**
            Emil Simiu,   EL, NIST
  
2:15 -
      2:45pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **The Mathematics of Fire**
  
  **Speaker(s)**
            Kevin McGrattan,   NIST Fire Research Division
  
2:45 -
      3:00pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Q&A**
  
3:00 -
      3:15pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Break**
  
3:15 -
      5:15pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Session 4**
  Moderator: Amanda Koepke, NIST

Q&A Moderator: Angela Folz, NIST

  
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3:15 -
      4:00pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Case Studies in Statistics at NBS/NIST**
  
  

  
  James Filliben,   SED
                                        Andrew Rukhin,   SED
                                        Antonio Possolo,   SED
                                        Scott Glancy,   ACMD
  
4:00 -
      4:30pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Analytical, Software-Aided, and Solution-Verified Computational Mechanics**
  
  **Speaker(s)**
            Jeffrey Fong,   ACMD
  
4:30 -
      5:00pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Personal Memories of Statistical Work on SRMs**
  
  **Speaker(s)**
            Keith Eberhardt,   SED (retired)
                                        Susannah Schiller,   SED (retired)
  
5:00 -
      5:15pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Q&A**
  
7:30 -
      8:30pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Special Evening Program:**
  A Dramatic Insight into the Mathematical Tables Project

  
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  David Alan Grier,   George Washington University
  **Thursday, June 30**
  
11:30am -
      1:00pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Virtual Lunch and Poster Session**
  In Gather Town

  
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1:00 -
      3:00pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Session 5**
  Moderator: Michael Donahue, NIST

Q&A Moderator: Mingyu Hu, University of CO

  
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1:00 -
      1:30pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **75 Years of Statistical Methods for Interlaboratory Studies: From Youden to Infinity**
  
  **Speaker(s)**
            Mark Vangel,   Massachusetts General Hospital
                                        Andrew Rukhin,   SED
  
1:30 -
      2:00pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **The Origin and Development of Krylov Subspace Methods**
  
  **Speaker(s)**
            Yousef Saad,   University of Minnesota
  
2:00 -
      2:45pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Statistical Software**
  
  **Speaker(s)**
            Jim Filliben,   SED
                                        Antonio Possolo,   SED
                                        Blaza Toman,   SED
  
2:45 -
      3:00pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Q&A**
  
3:00 -
      3:15pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Break**
  
3:15 -
      5:15pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Session 6**
  Moderator: Anthony Kearsley, NIST

Q&A Moderator: Robert Dejaco, NIST

  
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3:15 -
      3:45pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Materials Modeling at NBS/NIST**
  
  **Speaker(s)**
            Geoffrey McFadden,   ACMD
  
3:45 -
      4:15pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **SED’s Recent Work in Forensic Science**
  
  **Speaker(s)**
            Steve Lund,   NIST
                                        Hari Iyer,   NIST
  
4:15 -
      4:45pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Quantum Computing, Cybersecurity, and the Next Big Thing**
  
  **Speaker(s)**
            Yi-Kai Liu,   ACMD
  
4:45 -
      5:00pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Q&A**
  
5:00 -
      5:15pm EDT (UTC-4)
    **Closing Remarks** ‹ 75th Anniversary of Mathematics and Statistics at NIST
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