Seminars in the Department of Statistics and at the University of Toronto, 2004-5

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Department of Statistics Colloquium Speakers

NOTE: Usual time and place (except if otherwise noted) is:
Thursdays, 4:10 - 5:00 pm, Room 1074, Sidney Smith Bldg.

Week

Speaker

Title (Local Host)

Sept 16 TA orientation session
Sept 23 David Andrews, University of Toronto Statistical Inference in Complex Problems: Specifying Real Uncertainty
Sept 30 James Stafford,
University of Toronto
ICE: Iterated Conditional Expectations
Oct 7 Bill Strawderman,
Rutgers University
Improved Estimation of a Mean Vector (Muni Srivastava)
Oct 14 Sam Roweis,
University of Toronto
Multiple Alignment of Continuous Time Series
Oct 21 Galin Jones,
University of Minnesota
Fixed-Volume Output Analysis for Markov Chain Monte Carlo (Jeff Rosenthal)
Oct 28 Thierry Duchesne,
Universite Laval
Regression Models for Lifetime Given the Usage History(Jeff Rosenthal)
Nov 4 Radu Craiu,
University of Toronto
Estimation and Model Selection for the Competing Risks Model with Masked Causes of Failure
Nov 11 Liqun Wang
University of Manitoba
Estimation of nonlinear models with Berkson-type measurement errors (Jamie Stafford)
Nov 18 Student seminar day
Schedule
Nov 25 Charmaine Dean,
Simon Fraser University
Problems in the Analysis of Spatial Longitudinal Data (Jamie Stafford)
Dec 2 Angelo Canty,
McMaster University
Finding Differentially Expressed Genes from Microarray Data (NR)
Jan 6
Jan 13 Jianqing Fan,
Princeton University
Likelihood Ratio Tests: Old and New (NR)
Professor Fan is also speaking at York University on Friday (see below)
Jan 20 Mu Zhu,
University of Waterloo
A Computationally Efficient Method for Statistical Detection (NR)
Jan 27
Feb 3 Tom Hurd,
McMaster University
New models for default risk and pricing credit derivatives (Sebastian Jiamungal)
Feb 10 Raphael Gottardo,
University of Washington
Bayesian Robust Inference for Differential Gene Expression (Keith Knight)
Monday
Feb 14

11:00 AM SS1074
Anil Ghosh,
Institute of Statistical Science, Academica Sinica
Multi-scale Smoothing in Nonparametric Classification (Keith Knight)
Monday
Feb 21

4:00 PM SS2108
Yi Lu,
Concordia University
On periodic and Markovian non-homogeneous Poisson processes with application to risk theory (Keith Knight)
Tuesday
Feb 22

4:00 PM SS1072
Mikyoung Jun,
University of Chicago
Models for Space-time Processes and Their Application to Air Pollution (Keith Knight)
Thursday
Feb 24
Nicholas Hengartner,
Los Alamos National Laboratory
The challenges of passive muon tomography (Jamie Stafford)

Nick is also speaking on Friday afternoon at the Public Health Sciences Research Day (see link below)
Friday
Feb 25

2:00 PM SS2110
Julia Brettschneider,
University of California, Berkeley
Quality measures for microarray gene expression data (Keith Knight)
Thursday
Mar 3
Jon N K Rao,
Carleton University
Some Problems and Issues in Small Area Estimation (Muni Srivastava)
Friday
Mar 4

2:00 PM
Sebastian Jaimungal,
University of Toronto
Equity linked (re)insurance products with Levy processes. (Keith Knight)
Wednesday
Mar 9

4:00 PM
Theo Koulis,
University of Waterloo
Stochastic population dynamics approaches to sea ice modelling (Keith Knight)
Thursday
Mar 10
Andrei Badescu,
University of Waterloo
Risk Processes Analyzed as Fluid Queues (Keith Knight)
Tuesday
Mar 15

4:00 pm
Wai-Sum Chan,
A Study of the Lead-lag Relationship Between the Cash Market and Stock Index Futures Market Using Threshold Regression Model (Keith Knight)
Thursday
Mar 17
Dan Nicolae,
University of Chicago
Quantifying Relative Information (Radu Craiu)
Mar 24
3.30 pm to 5.30 pm
Student seminar day Schedule
Mar 31 Wendy Lou,
University of Toronto
Biomedical Applications of Runs and Patterns and their Distributions
Apr 7 Virginia Young,
University of Michigan
Minimizing the probability of lifetime ruin under borrowing constraints(Sheldon Lin)
Apr 21 Michael Akritas,
Penn State University
Nonparametric Covariate Adjustment (NR)
Apr 28
Munk Centre, Campbell Conference Facility
1 Devonshire Place
Don Fraser,
University of Toronto
Why a Prior?
To be followed by a reception at Massey College, 5.00 to 8.00 pm; hope to see you there!


Selected other Seminars of Interest

This is where I collect various campus seminars of potential interest.
Suggestions always welcome!

Week

Speaker

Location/Notes

Sept 14 Sir David Cox Fields Institute DLSS, 3.30
Sept 15 Sir David Coxdfsd Fields Institute DLSS, 3.30
Sept 27 David Binder
Statistics Canada
Ramsay Wright, Room 117
11.30 - 12.50 (refreshments to follow)
Abstract

RSVP to Susan Murphy, RDC

Oct 25 Steve Fienberg
Carnegie-Mellon University
12.45 pm ,
Fields Institute, Room 230

Fields day for new Fellows of the RSC
Nov 30 Ursula Franklin
University of Toronto
7.30 pm ,
George Ignatieff Theatre, 15 Devonshire Place

University Professor Lecture Series
Dec. 8 Dr. Arthur Carty
Science Advisor to the Prime Minister
12.30 pm ,
Wallberg 116, 200 College Street

Lectures at the Leading Edge
Dec. 10 Dr. Jianhong Wu
York University, Math and Stats
3.10 pm ,
SS 5107A (Sidney Smith)

Challenges in modeling emerging infectious diseases.
Jan. 14 Dr. Jianqing Fan
Princeton University
10.30 pm ,
N 638 Ross

High dimensional semilinear model for analysis of microarry data.
Feb. 7 PRMIA Risk Management Seminar
Register
Rotman School, Fleck Atrium
5.00 to 8.00 pm ,
105 St. George St.

The current and future state of credit risk.
Feb. 25 Public Health Sciences Research Day 8.30 to 4.00 pm ,
Fitzgerald Building, Room 103
Agenda
Mar. 3
12 noon - 1 pm
Michael Muller, St. Michael's Hospital Clinical Epidemiology Rounds
2 Bond Assembly Hall, 2nd floor Bond Wing, St. Michael's Hospital
Propensity Scores: magic bullet or total b-l s-t?
Apr. 21
12 noon - 1 pm
Damon Scales, St. Michael's Hospital Clinical Epidemiology Rounds
Paul Marshall Lecture Theatre, St. Michael's Hospital
Searching for unreasonably large effect sizes in critical care research
Apr. 22
2.30 - 4 pm
Ken Krzywicki , Trans Union
RSVP
22nd SORA Seminar

Stratum Canada Clustering System
BCE Place, 22nd Floor (SAS Canada)
181 Bay Street
Apr. 28
12 noon - 1 pm
Pamela Udak, University of Toronto Clinical Epidemiology Rounds
2 Bond Assembly Hall, St. Michael's Hospital
A Tale of Two Methods: The Potential of Mixed-Methods Research
May 6
7.30 - 9 pm
Stephen Lewis Medical Sciences Auditorium
Deciphering Our World

Suggestions are welcome! Please E-mail reid@utstat.toronto.edu