Statistics Seminars, University of Toronto, 2007-2008

Unless otherwise noted, seminars in the Department of Statistics are from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. on Thursdays, preceded by delightful refreshments at 3:10, all in Sidney Smith Hall room 1084 (Fall semester) or 1085 (Winter semester). All are welcome -- 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.

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[See also the Toronto Probability Seminar and the Actuarial & Finance Seminar.]



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.


September 6, 2007: Rajendra Bhansali (University of Liverpool) [AF]

September 13, 2007: No seminar (TA orientation)

September 20, 2007: Barry Rowlingson (Lancaster University, U.K.) [WL]

September 27, 2007: No regular seminar (TA training)
Persi Diaconis speaking Sept 27 & 28 at 4:00 at Fields Institute

Friday, September 28, 2007, 11:00 a.m. [note non-standard day and time]: Susan Holmes (Stanford University) [NR]

October 4, 2007: Duncan Murdoch (University of Western Ontario) [JR]

October 11, 2007: Jean-François Plante (University of Toronto) [NR]

October 18, 2007: Galin Jones (University of Minnesota) [JR]

October 25, 2007: Malay Ghosh (University of Florida) [NR]

November 1, 2007: Yali Amit (University of Chicago) [JR]

November 8, 2007: Jim Hobert (University of Florida) [JR]

November 15, 2007: Ye Sun (University of Toronto) [NR]

November 22, 2007: Jonathan Taylor (Université de Montréal) [JR]

November 29, 2007: Jerry Lawless (University of Waterloo) [NR]

December 6, 2007: Graduate student talks (Zi Jin, Christine Lim, Gun Ho Jang) [SL]


January 10, 2008: Ed Furman (York University) [SB]

[Seth Sullivant speaking in Math Dept on Monday January 14 and Tuesday January 15.]

January 17, 2008: Radford Neal (University of Toronto)

January 24, 2008: Grace Yun Yi (University of Waterloo) [NR]

January 31, 2008: Tom Harris (Queen's University, Chemical Engineering) [NR & DF]

Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 3:30pm, SS 2117 [note non-standard day and room]: Melissa Dobbie (CSIRO, and SSC Auscan scholar) [NR]

February 7, 2008: Vali Asimit (University of Toronto)

February 14, 2008: Mahmoud Zarepour (University of Ottawa) [KK]

February 21, 2008: No seminar (Reading Week)

February 28, 2008: David Landriault (University of Waterloo) [AB]

March 6, 2008: Xihong Lin (Harvard University) [LS]

March 13, 2008: Jiashun Jin (Purdue Unviersity) [LS]

March 20, 2008: Ben Kedem (University of Maryland) [AF]

March 27, 2008: Radu Craiu (University of Toronto)

April 3, 2008: Chunming Zhang (University of Wisconsin, Madison) [FY]

April 10, 2008: Jose Garrido (Concordia University) [AB]