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	== Personal Info ==		== Personal Info ==
−	Dakota Sullivan is a Computational Mathematics major at Marquette University.	+	Dakota Sullivan is a Computational Mathematics and Social Welfare and Justice double major at Marquette University.
	== Research Topic ==		== Research Topic ==
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	== Milestones ==		== Milestones ==
		+
		+	Weekly milestones can be found on our main project page, [[Using_Gaussian_Stochastic_Processes_(GaSP)_for_Hazard_Mapping#Milestones|located here]].
		+
		+	== Daily Log ==
	=== Week 1 (6/1 - 6/5) ===		=== Week 1 (6/1 - 6/5) ===
−	* Read about statistical surrogates	+	==== Monday, June 1====
−	* Plot test function	+	* Attended introductory session; learned about REU program
−	* Find optimization routine in Python	+	* Met with [http://www.mscs.mu.edu/mscs/faculty/spiller.html Dr. Spiller] and research group members
−	* Become comfortable with LaTeX	+	* Attended Systems lab orientation with [[User:Brylow|Dr. Dennis Brylow]]
		+	* Took pre-REU NSF survey
		+	* Began introductory reading on Gaussian Stochastic Process
		+
		+	==== Tuesday, June 2====
		+	* Toured campus
		+	* Filed paperwork with HR
		+	* Attended library resources orientation with [http://www.marquette.edu/library/about/bio/james.php Heather James]
		+	* Met with Dr. Spiller
		+
		+	==== Wednesday, June 3====
		+	* Installed Python
		+	* Met with Dr. Spiller to review Gaussian Stochastic Process
		+	* Met with Dr. Brylow to learn about Marquette email and time keeping
		+	* Tested optimization routines in Python
		+
		+	==== Thursday, June 4====
		+	* Determined routine for plotting in Python
		+	* Attended talk by Dr. Factor
		+	* Met with Dr. Spiller
		+	* Determined research goals and project timeline
		+	* Continued developing optimization routine and plotting algorithms
		+
		+	==== Friday, June 5====
		+	* Met with research group to finalize optimization algorithm
		+	* Reviewed objectives of project
		+	* Documented Goals and Milestones
		+	* Downloaded LaTex
	=== Week 2 (6/5 - 6/12) ===		=== Week 2 (6/5 - 6/12) ===
−	* Complete eading on storm surges
−	** Technical paper from Dr. Spiller
−	** Non-technical, independent research
−	* Use optimization routine to find parameters to fit
−	=== Week 3 (6/15 - 6/19) ===	+	==== Monday, June 8 ====
		+	* Met with Dr. Spiller
		+	* Created methods to begin modeling maximum likelihood equation
		+	* Developed a plot of our approximation in Python
		+
		+	==== Tuesday, June 9 ====
		+	* Created maximum likelihood function
		+	* Worked through difficulties with singularity in our matrices
		+	* Plotted approximation of theta optimization
		+
		+	==== Wednesday, June 10 ====
		+	* Corrected errors in the maximum likelihood function
		+	* Determined optimal theta value
		+	* Modified maximum likelihood equation to optimize multiple variables
		+
		+	==== Thursday, June 11 ====
		+	* Developed variance function
		+	* Listened to sample presentation by Dr. Factor
		+	* Met with Dr. Spiller, updated her on our progress and discussed paper by [http://www.unc.edu/ims/luettich/jbikman/05_16_2012/Literature/A%20Basin%20to%20Channel-Scale%20Unstructured%20Grid%20Hurricane%20Storm%20Surge%20Model.pdf Westerink et al.]
		+
		+	==== Friday, June 12 ====
		+	* Modified code to account for all approximated variables
		+	* Tested our approximation methods for other functions
		+	* Began reading Westerink et al.
		+
		+	=== Week 3 ===
		+
		+	==== Monday, June 15 ====
		+	* Read through research paper (Westerink et al.)
		+
		+	==== Tuesday, June 16 ====
		+	* Met with Dr. Spiller
		+	* Introduced to additional notes on GaSP
		+	* Attended talk by Dr. Brylow
		+
		+	==== Wednesday, June 17 ====
		+	* Compared previous and new maximum likelihood equations
		+	* Began developing a least squares model for our approximation
		+	* Met with Dr. Spiller to discuss new maximum likelihood equation
		+
		+	==== Thursday, June 18 ====
		+	* Completed Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) training
		+	* Began implementing new maximum likelihood equation
		+	* Integrated least squares model into maximum into approximation
		+
		+	==== Friday, June 19 ====
		+	* Finalized implementation of least squares model
		+	* Tested approximation with multiple functions and inputs
		+	* Added reference prior to maximum likelihood equation
		+	* Met with Dr. Spiller
		+	* Watched RCR training videos
		+
		+	=== Week 4 ===
		+
		+	==== Monday, June 22 ====
		+	* Modified approximation function to allow multiple dimensions
		+	* Developed algorithm to import test data
		+	* Updated personal wiki page
		+
		+	==== Tuesday, June 23 ====
		+	* Tested import algorithm
		+	* Met with Dr. Spiller
		+	* Searched for errors in code
		+	* Modified m(x) and v(x)
		+
		+	==== Wednesday, June 24 ====
		+	* Began optimizing theta for multiple dimensions
		+	* Created algorithm for n-1 linear regressions
		+
		+	==== Thursday, June 25 ====
		+	* Met with Dr. Spiller
		+	* Attended talk by Dr. Spiller
		+	* Modified Linear Regression
		+	* Plotted new approximation
		+
		+	==== Friday, June 26 ====
		+	* Tested various functions with approximation
		+	* Cleaned/commented code
		+	* Began optimization for n dimensions
		+
		+	=== Week 5 ===
		+
		+	==== Monday, June 29 ====
		+	* Tested n-dimensional case with three parameters
		+	* Outlined presentation
		+
		+	==== Tuesday, June 30 ====
		+	* Met with Dr. Spiller
		+	* Worked on presentation
		+
		+	==== Wednesday, July 1 ====
		+	* Worked on presentation
		+	* Read “A Framework for Validation of Computer Models”
		+
		+	==== Thursday, July 2 ====
		+	* Finalized presentation
		+	* Attended presentations
		+
		+	=== Week 6 ===
		+
		+	==== Monday, July 6 ====
		+	* Met with Dr. Spiller
		+	* Read through Step 5 of “A Framework for Validation of Computer    Models”
		+	* Identified unknowns in process
		+
		+	==== Tuesday, July 7 ====
		+	* Planned out MCMC example solution
		+	* Programmed MCMC solution
		+
		+	==== Wednesday, July 8 ====
		+	* Worked on MCMC Weibull Example
		+	* Read through “Posterior Models and MCMC”
		+	* Worked on Beetle Mortality Example
		+
		+	==== Thursday, July 9 ====
		+	* Met with Dr. Spiller
		+	* Altered Code for Weibull Example
		+	* Plotted posterior function against MCMC histogram
		+
		+	==== Friday, July 10 ====
		+	* Attempted to use GaSP Approximation to determine bias function
		+	* Obtained estimate for bias
		+	* Finished Weibull Example
		+
		+	=== Week 7 ===
		+
		+	==== Monday, July 13 ====
		+	* Updated Wiki
		+	* Completed RCR quizzes
		+	* Identified problems in current code
		+	* Met with Dr. Spiller
		+	* Attempted to remove noise from function approximation
		+
		+	==== Tuesday, July 14 ====
		+	* Completed thinning algorithm
		+	* Verified accuracy of MCMC method
		+	* Searched for errors within bias function
		+	* Met with Dr. Spiller
		+
		+	==== Wednesday, July 15 ====
		+	* Searched for cause of high variance
		+	* Adjusted minpoint method
		+	* Printed all variance values
		+	* Plotted optimization function
		+	* Verified that problem exists within the maxprior function
		+
		+	==== Thursday, July 16 ====
		+	* Met with Dr. Spiller
		+	* Plotted approximation without prior
		+	* Tested x matrix as a vector of ones
		+	* Attended work lunch and presentation
		+
		+	==== Friday, July 17 ====
		+	* Determined correct alpha values
		+
		+	=== Week 8 ===
		+
		+	==== Monday, July 20 ====
		+	* Met with Dr. Spiller
		+	* Tested alpha values for approximation and bias functions
		+	* Started outline for poster
		+
		+	==== Tuesday, July 21 ====
		+	* Reviewed Bayari paper
		+	* Worked on presentation
		+
		+	==== Wednesday, July 22 ====
		+	* Met with Dr. Spiller
		+	* Fixed maximum likelihood equation
		+	* Created MCMC algorithm
		+
		+	==== Thursday, July 23 ====
		+	* Worked on latin hypercube algorithm
		+	* Work lunch and talk
		+	* Modified MCMC algorithm to work with two dimensions
		+
		+	==== Friday, July 24 ====
		+	* Modified MCMC algorithm for n dimensions
		+	* Worked on presentation
		+
		+	=== Week 9 ===
		+
		+	==== Monday, July 27 ====
		+	* Worked on presentation
		+
		+	==== Tuesday, July 28 ====
		+	* Worked on presentation
		+	* Outlined research paper
		+
		+	==== Wednesday, July 29 ====
		+	* Finalized presentation
		+	* Worked on abstract
−	* Play around with reading data files from computer experiment	+	==== Thursday, July 30 ====
−	** Hopefully storm surge data – maybe move to Week 4	+	* Worked on research paper
−	* Implement optimization of model posterior (∴)	+	* Submitted abstract
		+	* Met with Dr. Spiller
		+	* Continued to work on research paper
−	=== Week 4 (6/22 – 6/26) ===	+	==== Friday, July 31 ====
−	* Continue on (∴)	+	* Worked on presentation
−	* Play around with reading data files and plotting outputs	+	* Worked on research paper
−	* Reading about Monte Carlo calculations	+	* Tested MCMC algorithm
−	* Regroup and discuss plan for July	+
−	=== Week 5 (6/29 – 7/3) ===	+	=== Week 10 ===
−	* '''Mini-presentation on July 2nd'''	+
−	* Work on applying surrogate to storm surge model (♦)	+
−	* Identify challenges in doing so	+
−	=== Week 6 (7/6 – 7/10) ===	+	==== Monday, August 3 ====
−	* Continue to work on (♦)	+	* Met with Dr. Spiller
−	* Use surrogate in probability calculation (∗)	+	* Worked on presentation
−	* Discuss possible scenario model	+	* Tested MCMC algorithm
−	=== Week 7 (7/13 – 7/17) ===	+	==== Tuesday, August 4 ====
−	* Work on (♦) and (∗)	+	* Met with Dr. Spiller
		+	* Worked on presentation
		+	* Attended poster presentations
−	=== Week 8 (7/20 – 7/24) ===	+	==== Wednesday, August 5 ====
−	* Work on (♦) and (∗)	+	* Finalized presentation
		+	* Attended presentations
−	=== Week 9 (7/27 – 7/30) ===	+	==== Thursday, August 6 ====
−	* '''Posters due July 29th'''	+	* Attended presentations
		+	* Worked on MCMC algorithm
−	=== Week 10 (8/3 – 8/7) ===	+	==== Friday, August 7 ====
−	* '''Finish presentations and papers'''	+	* Took post-REU Survey
		+	* Attended final meeting with Dr. Spiller

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Latest revision as of 18:13, 19 August 2015

Personal Info

Dakota Sullivan is a Computational Mathematics and Social Welfare and Justice double major at Marquette University.

Research Topic

Using statistical surrogates to estimate the behavior of storm surge during a hurricane or tropical storm. See here for more details.

Milestones

Weekly milestones can be found on our main project page, located here.

Daily Log

Week 1 (6/1 - 6/5)

Monday, June 1

• Attended introductory session; learned about REU program
• Met with Dr. Spiller and research group members
• Attended Systems lab orientation with Dr. Dennis Brylow
• Took pre-REU NSF survey
• Began introductory reading on Gaussian Stochastic Process

Tuesday, June 2

• Toured campus
• Filed paperwork with HR
• Attended library resources orientation with Heather James
• Met with Dr. Spiller

Wednesday, June 3

• Installed Python
• Met with Dr. Spiller to review Gaussian Stochastic Process
• Met with Dr. Brylow to learn about Marquette email and time keeping
• Tested optimization routines in Python

Thursday, June 4

• Determined routine for plotting in Python
• Attended talk by Dr. Factor
• Met with Dr. Spiller
• Determined research goals and project timeline
• Continued developing optimization routine and plotting algorithms

Friday, June 5

• Met with research group to finalize optimization algorithm
• Reviewed objectives of project
• Documented Goals and Milestones
• Downloaded LaTex

Week 2 (6/5 - 6/12)

Monday, June 8

• Met with Dr. Spiller
• Created methods to begin modeling maximum likelihood equation
• Developed a plot of our approximation in Python

Tuesday, June 9

• Created maximum likelihood function
• Worked through difficulties with singularity in our matrices
• Plotted approximation of theta optimization

Wednesday, June 10

• Corrected errors in the maximum likelihood function
• Determined optimal theta value
• Modified maximum likelihood equation to optimize multiple variables

Thursday, June 11

• Developed variance function
• Listened to sample presentation by Dr. Factor
• Met with Dr. Spiller, updated her on our progress and discussed paper by Westerink et al.

Friday, June 12

• Modified code to account for all approximated variables
• Tested our approximation methods for other functions
• Began reading Westerink et al.

Week 3

Monday, June 15

• Read through research paper (Westerink et al.)

Tuesday, June 16

• Met with Dr. Spiller
• Introduced to additional notes on GaSP
• Attended talk by Dr. Brylow

Wednesday, June 17

• Compared previous and new maximum likelihood equations
• Began developing a least squares model for our approximation
• Met with Dr. Spiller to discuss new maximum likelihood equation

Thursday, June 18

• Completed Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) training
• Began implementing new maximum likelihood equation
• Integrated least squares model into maximum into approximation

Friday, June 19

• Finalized implementation of least squares model
• Tested approximation with multiple functions and inputs
• Added reference prior to maximum likelihood equation
• Met with Dr. Spiller
• Watched RCR training videos

Week 4

Monday, June 22

• Modified approximation function to allow multiple dimensions
• Developed algorithm to import test data
• Updated personal wiki page

Tuesday, June 23

• Tested import algorithm
• Met with Dr. Spiller
• Searched for errors in code
• Modified m(x) and v(x)

Wednesday, June 24

• Began optimizing theta for multiple dimensions
• Created algorithm for n-1 linear regressions

Thursday, June 25

• Met with Dr. Spiller
• Attended talk by Dr. Spiller
• Modified Linear Regression
• Plotted new approximation

Friday, June 26

• Tested various functions with approximation
• Cleaned/commented code
• Began optimization for n dimensions

Week 5

Monday, June 29

• Tested n-dimensional case with three parameters
• Outlined presentation

Tuesday, June 30

• Met with Dr. Spiller
• Worked on presentation

Wednesday, July 1

• Worked on presentation
• Read “A Framework for Validation of Computer Models”

Thursday, July 2

• Finalized presentation
• Attended presentations

Week 6

Monday, July 6

• Met with Dr. Spiller
• Read through Step 5 of “A Framework for Validation of Computer Models”
• Identified unknowns in process

Tuesday, July 7

• Planned out MCMC example solution
• Programmed MCMC solution

Wednesday, July 8

• Worked on MCMC Weibull Example
• Read through “Posterior Models and MCMC”
• Worked on Beetle Mortality Example

Thursday, July 9

• Met with Dr. Spiller
• Altered Code for Weibull Example
• Plotted posterior function against MCMC histogram

Friday, July 10

• Attempted to use GaSP Approximation to determine bias function
• Obtained estimate for bias
• Finished Weibull Example

Week 7

Monday, July 13

• Updated Wiki
• Completed RCR quizzes
• Identified problems in current code
• Met with Dr. Spiller
• Attempted to remove noise from function approximation

Tuesday, July 14

• Completed thinning algorithm
• Verified accuracy of MCMC method
• Searched for errors within bias function
• Met with Dr. Spiller

Wednesday, July 15

• Searched for cause of high variance
• Adjusted minpoint method
• Printed all variance values
• Plotted optimization function
• Verified that problem exists within the maxprior function

Thursday, July 16

• Met with Dr. Spiller
• Plotted approximation without prior
• Tested x matrix as a vector of ones
• Attended work lunch and presentation

Friday, July 17

• Determined correct alpha values

Week 8

Monday, July 20

• Met with Dr. Spiller
• Tested alpha values for approximation and bias functions
• Started outline for poster

Tuesday, July 21

• Reviewed Bayari paper
• Worked on presentation

Wednesday, July 22

• Met with Dr. Spiller
• Fixed maximum likelihood equation
• Created MCMC algorithm

Thursday, July 23

• Worked on latin hypercube algorithm
• Work lunch and talk
• Modified MCMC algorithm to work with two dimensions

Friday, July 24

• Modified MCMC algorithm for n dimensions
• Worked on presentation

Week 9

Monday, July 27

• Worked on presentation

Tuesday, July 28

• Worked on presentation
• Outlined research paper

Wednesday, July 29

• Finalized presentation
• Worked on abstract

Thursday, July 30

• Worked on research paper
• Submitted abstract
• Met with Dr. Spiller
• Continued to work on research paper

Friday, July 31

• Worked on presentation
• Worked on research paper
• Tested MCMC algorithm

Week 10

Monday, August 3

• Met with Dr. Spiller
• Worked on presentation
• Tested MCMC algorithm

Tuesday, August 4

• Met with Dr. Spiller
• Worked on presentation
• Attended poster presentations

Wednesday, August 5

• Finalized presentation
• Attended presentations

Thursday, August 6

• Attended presentations
• Worked on MCMC algorithm

Friday, August 7

• Took post-REU Survey
• Attended final meeting with Dr. Spiller