Statistics / Applied Statistics Seminar Schedule

Spring 2008 Seminar Series
Where: Room 199, Cupples I,
Washington University at St. Louis
When: Tuesdays
4:30 - 5:30 pm. (Snacks served before seminars)

Date

Speaker

Institution

Title and Abstract

Feb. 5

Prof. Jimin Ding

Dept. of Mathematics,

Washington University at St. Louis

      Discussion on the paper by Song and Wang (2008+, Biometrics)

 “Semiparametric Approaches for Joint Modeling of Longitudinal and Survival Data with Time-Varying Coefficients”

Feb. 12

Prof. Nan Lin

Dept. of Mathematics,

Washington University at St. Louis

Overview of clustering data stream

Feb. 19

Ms. Haley Abel

Dept. of Mathematics,

Washington University at St. Louis

Monte Carlo estimation of effective population size using a forward-backward algorithm

Feb. 26

Mr. Andrew Womack

Dept. of Mathematics,

Washington University at St. Louis

Bayesian Analysis of One-Way Layouts

Mar. 4

Dr. Gang Shi

Division of Biostatistics, School of Medicine

Washington University at St. Louis

Quantitative Trait Linkage Analysis in the Presence of Gene-age

Interactions in Genetic Effects

Mar. 18

Ms. Christina Chen

Center for Genome Sciences

Washington University at St. Louis

Function elements in the mammalian genomes

Mar.25

Prof. William Shannon

Division of Biostatistics, School of Medicine

Washington University at St. Louis

Computational Discrete Mathematics and Statistics for Molecular Array Data

April 8

Prof. Chengjie Xiong

Division of Biostatistics, School of Medicine

Washington University at St. Louis

Discriminant Analyses in Biomedical Studies

April 15

Prof. Dongchu Sun

Department of Statistics,

University of Missouri, Columbia

Objective Bayesian Analysis for the Multivariate Normal Model

April 22

Prof. Werner Ploberger

Department of Economics,

Washington University at St. Louis

Optimal Test for Markov Switching

April 29

Prof. Robert Walker

Department of Political Science

Washington University at St. Louis

Measuring Marginal Rates of Policy Substitution with Heterogeneity: Uses of Force and Sanctions by U. S. Presidents (The methods)

Past semesters:
Fall 2007 schedule
Spring 2007 schedule
Fall 2006 schedule