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Upcoming General Exam (2010-02-10, 3:30 p.m.)
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Bayesian Inference of Exponential-family Models for Social Networks
Ranran Wang
EEB 403
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Upcoming Seminar (2010-02-22, 3:30)
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Statistics 100, "Numbers and Reasons": A new undergraduate introduction to statistical science
Fred L. Bookstein
SIG 134
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Meeting on Social Networks, Whistler
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Adrian Dobra is co-hosting a summer school/workshop on June 20-27th at Whistler B.C.
Summer school: Modeling and Computation for Social Networks
Workshop: Modeling and Computation for Social Networks: A student’s perspective
Registration
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New Acting Chair
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Jon Wakefield will be the acting chair of Statistics until August 31st, 2010
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Senior Faculty Position in eScience
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The UW is looking to hire a faculty member in e-science. Details can be found at the eScience website
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Statistics alumni Chris Volinsky a winner of the Netflix Prize!
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Chris Volinsky (Statistics, 1999) has been awarded the Netflix Prize as part of BellKor's Pragmatic Chaos team. Congratulations to Chris!
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ASA Founders Award
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Congratulations
to June Morita
who is an ASA Founders Award recipient
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U.S. Supreme Court brief cites work
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A U.S. Supreme Court brief cites Bookstein, Sampson, Streissguth regarding the application of morphometrics to the study of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
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National Academy of Sciences
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Congratulations to
Adrian Raftery
who has been elected as a member of the
National Academy of Sciences
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Funding Opportunities for Graduate Students
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Available funding opportunities
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Winter Quarter Courses
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220,
221,
311,
341,
390,
517,
538,
542,
582,
590
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