Seminars

Monday, January 10, 2000
Sharon Browning, Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University
"The relationship between count-location and stationary renewal models for the chiasma process."
Smith 205 at 3:30 P.M.

Wednesday, January 12, 2000
(Joint with CSSS)
Peter Hoff, Department of Statistics and Biostatistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"The Marriage Model: A Two Sided Model of Opportunity and Choice."
Savery 209 at 12:30 P.M.

Thursday, January 13, 2000
Peter Hoff, Department of Statistics and Biostatistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Constrained Nonparametric Estimation via Mixtures, with an Application in Cancer Genetics."
Smith 205 at 3:30 P.M.

Monday, January 24, 2000
Matthew Stephens, Department of Statistics, University of Oxford
"Computationally-Intensive Inference in Molecular Population Genetics."
Smith 205 at 3:30 P.M.

Thursday, January 27, 2000
(Joint with CSSS, School of Social Work)
Jennifer Hill, Department of Statistics, Harvard University
"NY School Choice: An example of the link between observational studies and randomized experiments."
School of Social Work, 4101 15th Ave NE, Room 306 A/B at 12:30 P.M.

Wednesday, February 2, 2000
(Joint with CSSS, School of Social Work)
Daniel Cork, Department of Statistics Carnegie Mellon University
"Crack markets and the diffusion of guns among youth."
School of Social Work, 4101 15th Ave NE, Room 26/30 at 12:30 P.M.

Thursday, February 17, 2000
David Denison, Department of Mathematics, Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, London
"Bayesian partition modeling."
Kane 120 at 12:30 P.M.

Thursday, February 24, 2000
Tony Cai, Department of Statistics, Purdue University
"Analysis of Spectral Data via Wavelets and a Functional Linear Model."
Balmer 304 at 11.30 A.M.

Wednesday, February 25, 2000
(Joint with CSSS)
Jennifer Hill, Department of Statistics, Harvard University
"Classification by Opinion-Changing Behavior: A Mixture Model Approach."
Padelford C-301 at 3:30 P.M.

Monday, February 28, 2000
Robert E. Kass, Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
"Curve Fitting and Neuron Firing Patterns."
Smith 205 at 3:30 P.M.

Wednesday, March 1, 2000
(Joint with CSSS)
Pedro Domingos, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington
"Why Do Model Ensembles Work?"
Savery 209 at 12:30 P.M.

Thursday, March 2, 2000
(Joint with Computer Science)
Marina Meila, Department of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
"Efficient Unsupervised Learning in High Dimensions with Trees and Mixtures"
Sieg 134 at 3:30 P.M.