SAMUEL S.P. SHEN

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510 Buchanan Road Dept. of Mathematical and Statistical Sci.

Edmonton, Alberta University of Alberta

Canada T6R 2B5 Edmonton, AB T6G 2G1

Tel: (780) 437-7516 Tel: (780) 492-0216

Fax: (780) 437- 7561 Fax: (780) 492-6826

E-mail: samshen@climate.gsfc.nasa.gov or shen@ualberta.ca

Homepage: http://www.ualberta.ca/~shen

PERSONAL DATA

Canadian citizen since 1994, born in China, August 12, 1960, married, one child.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics (1987), University of Wisconsin-Madison

M.A. in Applied Mathematics (1985), University of Wisconsin-Madison

B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics (1982), Nanjing Univ. of Sci. & Tech.

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

Optimal Detection of Climate Change, Climate Observation Designs, Error Estimate,

Fluid Dynamics, Nonlinear Waves, Computational Mathematics, Stochastic Models,

Seasonal Forecasting of Precipitation, Agroclimatic Data Analysis, Spatial Statistics,

Analysis of Data from Nonlinear and Non-stationary Processes, Optimal Analysis of Satellite Data, Computer Simulations, and Graphic Visualization

EXPERIENCE

2003-2005: Vice-President of Canadian Mathematical Society

2002-2005: Adjunct Professor of Environmental Science, University of Maryland

2001-2006: Adjunct Professor of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2001-2003: President of Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society

2000-2000: Associate Chairman of Mathematical Sciences Dept., Univ. of Alberta

1999-2003: Associate Director of Inst. of Geophysical Research, Univ. of Alberta

1999-2002: US NRC Senior Fellow at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

1999 (July-Sept.): NOAA Visiting Scientist, US National Climatic Data Center

1997-present: Professor of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta

1996 (Mar.-Sept): UCAR Scientific Visitor, NOAA National Weather Service

1995 (May-Oct.): Visiting Associate Professor, University of Tokyo

1993-1997: Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Alberta

1991 – 1993: Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Alberta

1989 – 1991: Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Saskatchewan

1987 – 1989: Visiting Assistant Prof. of Mathematics, Texas A&M University

HONORS AND AWARDS

1. 2005: Member of Advisory Board of the China Meteorological Administration.

2. 2005: McCalla Professor of the University of Alberta.

3. 2004: Honorary Professor of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

4. 2004: Conceptual Designer of the Canadian National Agroclimatic Information System (under the Ministry of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada). The system is one-seventh of the Canadian National Land and Water Information Service.

5. 2004: Member of the Advisory Group of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China. This group of 10 members consists of outstanding overseas Chinese scientists from top academic institutions such as MIT and Berkeley. On March 31, 2004, CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) radio aired a 12-minute exclusive interview on me for being the only Canadian appointed to the group.

6. 2003: Fifteen-minute exclusive interview by the China Central TV on December 6, 2003, about my research and my opinions on the future development of China’s education and research.

7. 2002: NASA Goddard Space Fight Center’s Top Story Press Release on January 15, 2002 about a “New Method Greatly Improves U.S. Seasonal Forecasts.” The release described the significance of the new method developed by KM Lau, KM Kim and myself. The method had raised the bar for predicting seasonal precipitation by 10 to 20 percent for all seasons in the United States. http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/20020115forecast.html

8. 2001: Well-known Overseas Chinese Scholar. This is an honor given by the Chinese Academy of Sciences to overseas Chinese scholars from the Mainland China. Altogether 9 professors were honored, among whom five are mathematicians (J. Li of Stanford, F. Lin of NYU, S. Shen of Alberta, G. Tian of MIT, and S. Zhang of Columbia).

9. 2001: Advisory Panelist of the Overseas Chinese Scholars for Innovation Projects. Altogether 11 outstanding Chinese scientists from around the world were selected for this panel. The panel visited China in September 2001 and was received by Vice Premier Li Lanqin of the State Council and President Lu Yongqiang of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The panel’s activities were well covered by more than 20 major Chinese media outlets, including China Central TV.

10. 2001: Overseas Assessor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The award is given to outstanding senior overseas Chinese scientists to evaluate research programs of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

11. 1999: US National Research Council Senior Fellowship Award. This award is advertised in American Mathematical Society Notices and is similar to the Alfred P. Sloan award, but given to more senior people.

12. 1996: NOAA University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Scientific Visitor Fellowship Award. This award is given to outstanding meteorologists and oceanographers at both junior and senior levels. It is similar to the Humboldt Research Fellowship, but is more selective.

13. 1995: University of Tokyo Research Fellowship Award. This award is given to outstanding researchers to conduct independent research at the University of Tokyo and is similar to the Humboldt Research Fellowship.

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

1. Geostatistics: Estimation of spatial and temporal sampling errors, nonlinear filtering, and noise analysis.

2. Climate data analysis (in collaboration with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, NOAA National Climatic Data Center, NOAA Climate Prediction Center, U.K. Meteo. Office Hadley Center, Alberta Agriculture, Texas A&M University and Harvard University): Multivariate regression for forecasting, Bayesian OA algorithms, climate models, nonlinear and non-stationary data analysis, data mining, detection of climate changes, reconstruction of climate data, design of optimal observation systems, agroclimatic data analysis, and ground validation for satellite observations.

3. Fluid dynamics and forced nonlinear waves: Mathematical modeling, asymptotic analysis, numerical simulations, and laboratory experiments for a flow over an obstacle.

4. Visualization and software development: GIS applications, automatic generation of weather maps, and soil quality monitoring.

RESEARCH FUNDING IN THE LAST SIX YEARS (1999-present)

1. NASA Lab of Atmosphere: Changes of extreme climate and climate modeling, US$13,000, 2005.

2. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada: Climate Informatics, $122,500, 2004-2009.

3. Canada Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems: Climate signal analysis, $60,000, 2003-2004.

4. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada: Conceptual design of the Canadian National Land and Water Information Service, $24,000, 2004-2004.

5. Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development: Alberta drought monitoring and risk management, $90,000, 2003-2005

6. Canadian Foundation for Innovation Equipment: $350,000, 2002-2005 (shared with Michael Li and Bin Han).

7. NOAA Office of Global Change Program: Error analysis, design and creation of optimal observational network for monthly temperature and precipitation, US$300,000, 2002-2005.

8. NOAA Office of Global Change Program: Detecting climate change with respect to both mean and variance, US$309,000, 2002-2005.

9. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada: Statistical climatology, $84,000, 2000-2003.

10. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Equipment: $35,688, 1998-2001.

11. US National Research Council: Optimal algorithms for US seasonal prediction. $210,000, 1999-2002.

12. US NCDC/NOAA: Seed fund for global change research, $20,000, 2001.

13. University of Alberta for the Information Research Lab: $28,720, 2001.

14. Environment Canada: A review of climate change detection, $16,800, 2001.

15. Alberta Information Circle for Research Excellence: Seed fund, $10,500, 2001.

16. Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development: Climate data interpolation, drought indices and soil quality models, $138,300, 1998-2002.

17. Atmospheric Environment Services, Canada: Optimal detection of climate changes, $26,500, 1998-2000.

18. Alberta Environmental Protection: Optimal estimation of Alberta climate change and UVB variation, $21,900, 1998-1999.

19. Chinese Academy of Sciences: Overseas Well-known Scholars Program, RMB1,000,000 (approximately $160,000), 2002-2005.

20. Chinese Academy of Sciences: Overseas Assessors Program, RMB500,000 (approximately $80,000), 2001-2004.

LECTURES

1. Invited to lecture on over 100 occasions in more than 10 countries. The lecture topics include climate change, spatial statistics, nonlinear waves, education reform, and computer software development.

2. Selected invited conference lectures: Invited lecture at the North America Drought Monitoring workshop, 2004; plenary lecture at the Chinese-SIAM congress, 2000; special session on data reconstruction at American Statistical Society annual meeting, 1998; special session on detection of climate change and parameter estimation at American Geophysical Union annual meeting, 1997; special session on nonlinear wave equations at American Mathematical Society annual meeting, 1997; plenary lecture at Canadian Applied Mathematics Society annual meeting, 1995; plenary lecture at International Conference on Differential Equations and Control Theory, Wuhan, China, 1994; special session on boundary behavior in PDE at American Mathematical Society annual meeting, 1991; and Third International Conference on Precipitation Modeling, College Station, Texas, 1991.

3. Selected colloquium and seminar talks: National Ocean Service of NOAA, Harvard University, Columbia University, National Climatic Data Center of NOAA, Climate Prediction Center of NOAA, U.K. Meteorological Office, Institute of Atmospheric Physics (China), Iowa State University, University of Hawaii, University of Science and Technology of Hong Kong, University of Maryland, National Taiwan University, University of Technology of Malaysia, Beijing University, Fudan University, University of Tokyo, Japan Marine Sci. & Tech. Center, Canadian Climate Center, University of Toronto, University of Sci. and Tech. of China, and Geological Survey of Canada

GRADUATE TEACHING AND SUPERVISION

1. Taught graduate courses 16 times, including “Nonlinear Waves”, “Partial Differential Equations”, “Methods for Applied Mathematics”, “Mathematics for Scientific Data Analysis”, “Estimation Theory of Signal Analysis”, and “Detection Theory of Signal Analysis”.

2. Supervised 9 graduate students. Served as the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies and Research of the Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta, in 2000. Served on various graduate committees. Currently I am supervising 5 graduate students: two for Ph.D. and three for M.Sc.

3. Hosted 9 Research Associates and Visiting Professors from 3 countries.

4. Wrote a graduate textbook: A Course on Nonlinear Waves, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993, 327pp, ISBN 0-7923-2292-4.

SERVICES

1. Associate Editor of the Canadian Mathematical Society Books Series, 2005-2007.

2. Member of Editorial Committee of Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2004-2007.

3. Member of Editorial Board of Information, 2002-2007.

4. Member of the Planning Committee for Scientific Computing in the Fields Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Toronto, Canada, 2001-2002.

5. Member of the Grant Review Committee for Environment Canada, 2000.

6. Canadian Representative to the International Congress of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 1999-2000.

7. Coordinator of Industrial Internship Program (for Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of Alberta).

8. Elected to the Executive Committee of the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society (1994-1996, 1998-1999).

9. Refereed numerous research-grant proposals, papers for scientific journals and books.

10. Organized conferences for American Geophysical Union’s Annual Meeting, American Mathematical Society's Annual Meeting, Canadian Mathematical Society's Annual Meeting, Canadian Applied Mathematics Society’s Annual Meeting, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Annual Meeting, and Canadian Symposium on Fluid Dynamics.

11. Served in various committees within the department and university.

PARTICIPATION IN PROVINCIAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS

2004-2008: Ministry of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada: Provide the conceptual design, metadata requirements, and expertise in data analysis to the ministry’s development of the Canadian Digital Agriculture System.

1998-2001: Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change, World Meteorological Organization: Analyze the assessments of global warming from 1861 and estimate the errors in the optimal assessment.

1998-2003: Ministry of Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development: Provide the data process expertise to the ministry’s drought monitoring system, agroclimate atlas, and soil quality modeling.

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

1. Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society (Lifetime Member)

2. Canadian Mathematical Society (Lifetime Member)

3. Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society

4. American Mathematical Society (Lifetime Member)

5. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (Lifetime Member)

6. American Geophysical Union

7. American Meteorological Society

8. Chinese-American Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (Lifetime Member)

HOBBIES

Playing table tennis, dancing, swimming, cooking, and making friends.