SCREMS

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA

Investigators

Abstract

The Department of Statistics at Carnegie Mellon University will purchase a cluster of computers dedicated to the support of statistical research in a number of applied and theoretical areas. In addition to advancing science in the applied areas, knowledge of how to use the parallel processing cluster for statistical research will disseminate through education of students and visitors and through postings of algorithms on StatLib, the public repository of data and software. The areas of application include estimating uncertainty about the cosmic microwave background radiation, estimating the signal from in vivo neuroimages, identifying which genes are related to complex diseases, and learning how neurons control movement to help develop brain-controlled prosthetics. Each of these areas is currently being pursued by faculty and students in the Department, and they will all benefit from the increased computing capabilities provided by the new cluster. The statistical research directed toward each of the applications will produce methodology that will be useful in other areas of science as well.