Lindley C. Graham

Research expertise Uncertainty quantification, scientific computations with Python, multifidelity Monte Carlo, stochastic inverse problems, parameter estimation, predictive modeling, scientific computing, fluid dynamics in shallow water systems and aerospace systems

Research interests Bayesian-based uncertainty quantification, exploiting cloud computing services for scientific computations, fluid dynamics in shallow water systems and aerospace systems, active subspaces for dimension reduction

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, June 2010

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Honors and Awards

Experience

Florida State University -- Dept. of Scientific Computing Tallahassee, FL Postdoctoral Research Associate September 2015 - Present Current research projects include adaptive and CVT based multifidelity Monte Carlo estimation and creating CVTs for climate science applcations. Refere for Scientific Communication class 2016 -- Reviewed student technical paper, resume, CV, and conducted mock group interviews.

Aurora Flight Sciences -- Research and Development Cambridge, MA Intern June 2009 - August 2009 Created a suite of MATLAB scripts to model NOx production using the ICAO engine emissions databank. Implemented a stochastic model of Global Hawk flight paths and integrated this model with legacy code from MIT Lincoln Laboratory to model manned aircraft and UAV encounters in the NAS. Assisted engineers with SBIRs concerning UAV operations in the NAS and balloon missions to Mars and Titan.

NASA Space Grant -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA Intern June 2008 - August 2008 Worked on a six-person team to expand the mission concept design for a future Earth observing satellite culminating in a final report, multi-hour design review, and presentation to the JPL Executive Council. Reviewed literature about past and present NASA data processing centers and contacted industry engineers in order to formulate a recommendation for the mission data processing plan.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Humans and Automation Lab Cambridge, MA Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program December 2007 - May 2008 Installation, operation and maintenance of eye and head tracking system. Conducted a brief literature review of eye tracking research. Complied the HAL ISCAN Eye and Head Tracker Quick Start Manual, a comprehensive twenty five page guide to get researchers started with the equipment and tips on how to expand and adapt its utility for the future.

Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program Cambridge, MA Participant October 2007 - May 2008 Member of an eight-person team lead by a mentor with industry experience. Yearlong co curricular professional development course with workshops and seminars emphasizing leadership, interpersonal communication, data analysis, decision-making and product design.

Build It Yourself Cambridge, MA Workshop Leader and Web Caster July 2007 - August 2007 Co-led various workshops of 12-19 children, ages 8 - 12 Fostered children's creativity and interests in robotics, web design, and videogame design. Evaluated and augmented effectiveness of courseware.

Presentations

• Measure-Theoretic Methods for Uncertainty Quantification, Applied Mathematics Colloquium, Columbia University, New York, NY, November 2016
• Measure Theoretic Parameter Estimation for Hurricane Storm Surge, ECCOMAS, Crete Island, Greece, June 2016
• Measure-Theoretic Augmentation of Multifidelity Monte-Carlo Estimation, SIAM Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, July 2016
• Measure-Theoretic Parameter Estimation for Hydrodynamic Models, 13th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, San Diego, CA, July 2015
• Adaptive Measure-Theoretic Parameter Estimation for Coastal Ocean Modeling, SIAM Conference on Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Geosciences, Stanford, CA, June 2015
• Adaptive Measure-Theoretic Inverse Techniques for High Dimensional Parameter Domains and Complex Multi-Scale Models, SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT, 2015
• Minisymposterium -- BET: Open Source Software for Stochastic Inverse Problems in a Measure-Theoretic Context (Chair), SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2015
• BET: Applications for an Open Source Inverse Problems Package (Poster), SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT, 2015
• Parameter Estimation within the Advanced Circulation (ADCIRC) Model: A Computational Framework (Poster), Challenges in 21st Century Experimental Mathematical Computation, Providence, RI, August 2014
• Spatially Heterogeneous Parameter Estimation Within the Advanced Circulation (ADCIRC) Model, SIAM Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, July 2014
• Stochastic Inverse Problems for Storm Surge, ICERT REU Computational Applications Seminar, Austin, TX, June 2014
• Inverse Sensitivity Analysis for Storm Surge Models(Poster), SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Boston, MA, February 2013
• Inverse Sensitivity Analysis for Storm Surge Models, XSEDE Scholars Program Webinar Series, Online, January 2013
• NSBE Graduate Student Panel, University of Texas at Austin NSBE Chapter Meeting, Austin, TX, October 2012

• Volunteer FSU XSEDE Student Challenge Judge, 2016
• Volunteer Judge for Capital Regional Science and Engineering Fair, February 2016
• Co-mentored visiting graduate student Scott Walsh during summer research, Austin, TX, Summer, 2015
• Member of organizing committee for the Rocky Mountain Summer Workshop on Uncertainty Quantifi- cation, Denver, CO, July 2015

Workshops and Conferences Attended

• Co-organized minisymposia Monte Carlo and ensemble methods for Uncertainty Quantification with Nan Jiang, Atlanta, GA, February 2017
• Co-organized minisymposia Computational Science and Statistics for Complex Models (part of the Workshop Celebrating Diversity) for SIAM Annual Meeting (SIAM funding), Boston, MA, July 2016
• Co-organized minisymposia MS 1013- Solution of large-scale inverse problems for European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, Crete Island, Greece, June 2016
• 13th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, San Diego, CA, July 2015
• SIAM Conference on Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Geosciences, Stanford, CA, June 2015
• Rocky Mountain Summer Workshop on Uncertainty Quantification, Denver, CO, July 2015
• SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT, 2015
• Challenges in 21st Century Experimental Mathematical Computation, Providence, RI, August 2014
• SIAM Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL July 2014
• International workshop on Multi-scale (Un)-structured mesh numerical Modeling for coastal, shelf, and global ocean dynamics, Austin, TX, September 2013
• SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Boston, MA, February 2013
• Uncertainty Quantification Summer School, Los Angeles, CA, August 2012
• Gene Golub SIAM Summer School, Monterey, CA, August 2012
• XSEDE12: Bridging from the eXtreme to the campus and beyond, Chicago, IL, July 2012
• SIAM Conference on Uncertainty Quantification, Raleigh, NC, April 2012
• Uncertainty Quantification for Complex Systems, Austin, TX, October 2011

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