Statistics / Applied Statistics Seminar Schedule

Fall 2007 Seminar Series Where: Room 199, Cupples I, Washington University at St.Louis When: Tuesdays 4:30 - 5:30 pm. (Snacks served after seminars)
Date	Speaker	Institution	Title and Abstract
September 13 (Thursday) combined with math colloquim	Prof. Jiming Jiang	Department of Statistics University of Califorina, Davis	Fence Methods for Mixed Model Selection
September 18	Prof. Nan Lin	Department of Mathematics Washington University in Saint Louis	Introduction to microRNA target prediction    Abstract: "MicroRNAs" are single-stranded noncoding RNA molecules regulating gene expression . In this talk, we will review recent development in microRNA target predictions.
September 27 (Thursday) combined with math colloquim	Prof. Fang Yao	Department of Statistics University of Toronto	Modeling Sparse Generalized Longitudinal Observations with Latent Gaussian Processes
October 2	Prof. Jimin Ding	Department of Mathematics Washington University at St. Louis	Discussion: Parameter Estimation for Differential Equations (Paper by Ramsay, Hooker, Campbell and Cao, 2007 JRSSB)
October 9	Ms. Xiao Huang	Department of Mathematics Washington University at St. Louis	Discussion: Analaysis of Longitudinal Data with Semiparametric Estimation of Covariate Function. (Paper by Jianqing Fan, Tao Huang and Runze Li, 2007, JASA)
October 23	Mr. Chunlin Fan	Department of Mathematics Washington University at St. Louis	Inference on quantile regression and autoregression process
October 30	Dr.Adam Hafdahl	Department of Mathematics Washington University at St. Louis	Random-effects meta-analysis of correlation matrices: Refinements and evaluation
November 6	Prof. Jeff Gill	Department of Political Science Washington University at St. Louis	Nonparametric Priors For Ordinal Bayesian Social Science Models: Specification and Estimation
November 13	Mr. Qing Li	Department of Mathematics Washington University at St. Louis	A two-way model for the normalization and inference of microarrays
November 27	Mr. Ruibin Xi	Department of Mathematics Washington University at St. Louis	Bayesian Model Selection Using SSVS
November 29	Prof. Yoonkyung Lee	Department of Statistics Ohio State University	A Bahadur Representation of the Linear Support Vector Machine
December 4	Prof. Yun Ju Sung	Division of Biostatistics, School of Medicine Washington University at St. Louis	Markov-equivalent classes of Bayesian network
Past semesters: Spring 2006 schedule Fall 2006 schedule