Statistics Seminars, University of Toronto, 2005-2006

Unless otherwise noted, seminars in the Department of Statistics are from 4:10 - 5:00 p.m. on Thursdays, in Sidney Smith Hall room 1074, preceded by cookies at 3:30 (all welcome), and a discussion with graduate students at 3:00. Please join us! The seminars are a great way to interact with other statisticians, and learn about research ideas. Graduate students are particularly encouraged to attend.

See the Upcoming Statistics Seminars.

[See also the Toronto Probability Seminar and the Statistics Seminars 2004-5.]


The list of dates below is for planning purposes. If you wish to invite a speaker (or speak yourself!), or if you have any questions/comments/suggestions, please contact the seminar coordinator, Jeffrey Rosenthal.

October 20, 2005: Arnaud Doucet (University of British Columbia) [JR]

October 27, 2005: Jacques Carriere (University of Alberta) [SL]

November 3, 2005: Fang Yao (Colorado State University) [RC]

Wednesday November 9 (3:30PM) & Thursday November 10 (11:00AM), 2005: Brad Efron at Fields Institute

November 10, 2005: Gordon Willmot (University of Waterloo) [JR]

November 17, 2005: Yves Atchadé (University of Ottawa) [JR]

November 24, 2005: Charmaine Dean (Simon Fraser University) [KK]

Friday, November 25, 2005, 2:10PM - 4:00PM: PhD Student Seminars! [AF]

December 1, 2005: Galin Jones (University of Minnesota) [RC & JR]

December 8, 2005: Lei Sun (University of Toronto)


January 12, 2006: Vanja Dukic (University of Chicago) [RC]

January 19, 2006: Michael Walker (University of Toronto Physics Dept) [SJ]

January 26, 2006: Nancy Reid (University of Toronto)

Tuesday, January 31, 2006, 7:30 pm: Nancy Reid at University Professor Lecture Series

February 2, 2006: Zeny Feng (Yale School of Medicine) [KK]

Monday, February 6, 2006, 4:00PM, SS 1083: Fang Yao (Colorado State University) [KK]

February 9, 2006: Giles Hooker (McGill University) [KK]

Friday, February 10, 2006, 2:00PM, SS 2108: Gopi Goswami (Harvard University) [KK]

February 16, 2006: Duncan Murdoch (University of Western Ontario) [RK & JB]

February 23, 2006: No seminar (Reading Week).

Monday, February 27, 2006, 4:00PM, SS 1083: Ronald Neath (University of Minnesota) [KK]

Wednesday, March 1, 2006, 4:00PM, SS 1083 (tentative): Armin Schwartzmann (Stanford University) [KK]

March 2, 2006: Paul Gustafson (University of British Columbia) [JS]

March 9, 2006: Adonis Yatchew (University of Toronto Economics Dept; see paper) [JR]

March 16, 2006: Florin Vaida (University of California, San Diego) [RC]

March 23, 2006: PhD Student seminars! [AF]

March 30, 2006: No seminar.

April 3 & 4, 2006, 4:00 p.m.: Elizabeth Thompson at Fields Institute

April 6, 2006: Jemila Hamid (University of Toronto) [MS]

April 13, 2006: Sam Cox (Georgia State University) [SB]


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