SCREMS

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The Department of Statistics at Carnegie Mellon University willpurchase a cluster of computers dedicated to the support ofstatistical research in a number of applied and theoretical areas. In addition to advancing science in the applied areas, knowledge ofhow to use the parallel processing cluster for statistical research willdisseminate through education of students and visitors and throughpostings of algorithms on StatLib, the public repository of data andsoftware.The areas of application include estimating uncertainty about thecosmic microwave background radiation, estimating the signal from invivo neuroimages, identifying which genes are related to complexdiseases, and learning how neurons control movement to help developbrain-controlled prosthetics. Each of these areas is currently beingpursued by faculty and students in the Department, and they will allbenefit 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 scienceas well.