MU Statistics Department Past Colloquia
MAY 2007
Title: Statistical Modeling in Expression Genomics for Biological Pathway Analysis Speaker: Mike West, PhD, Arts and Sciences Professor of Statistics and Decision Sciences, ISDS, Duke University
APRIL 2007
Title: Adaptive Randomization in Clinical Trials Speaker: Dr. Feifang Hu, University of Virginia
Title: Validating clusters with the lower bound for sum-of-squares error Speaker: Dr. Doug Steinley, University of Missouri-Columbia
Title: Levene's Family of Tests for Equality of Variances: historical perspective, impact and modifications Speaker: Dr. Yulia Gel, University of Waterloo, Canada
MARCH 2007
Title: Computationally efficient estimation for data with partitioning structure Speaker: Prof. Nan Lin, Washington University in St. Louis
Title: Finding Low Dimensional Structure in High Dimensional Data Speaker: Dr. Edward George, University of Pennsylvania
FEBRUARY 2007
Title: Bayesian Functional Data Analysis for Computer Model Validation Speaker: Fei Liu, Duke University
Title: Optimal Inferences for Proportional Hazards Model with Parametric Covariate Transformations Speaker: Chunpeng Fan, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Title: Spatial Panel Data Analysis via Bayesian Hierarchical Modeling Speaker: Yanbing Zheng, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Title: Spatial Dependence Estimation and Prediction for Max-stable Random Fields Speaker: Dan Cooley, Colorado State and National Center for Atmospheric Research
Title: Bayesian Hidden Markov Modeling of Array-CGH Data Speaker: Subharup Guha, Harvard School of Public Health
JANUARY 2007
Title: Frequentist and Bayesian approaches to high dimensional testing Speaker: Dan Spitzner, Virginia Tech
Title: The Nested Dirichlet Process Speaker: Abel Rodriguez, Duke University
Title: Hierarchical Bayesian Markov Switching Models with Application to Predicting Spawning Success of Shovelnose Sturgeon Speaker: Dr. Ginger Davis, Department of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Virginia
DECEMBER 2006
Title: Veriable selection in semiparametric regression modeling Speaker: Dr. Runze Li, Department of Statistics, Pennsylvania State University
NOVEMBER 2006
Title: Bounds on the error rate in general order estimation problems Speaker: Dr. Judith Rousseau, Universite Paris Dauphine, France
Title: Joint Modeling of Progression of HIV Resistance Mutations Measured with Uncertainty and Failure Time Data Speaker: Dr. Chengchen Hu, Harvard University
OCTOBER 2006
Title: Count data, zero-inflation and some Bayesian solutions Speaker: Dr. Gauri S. Datta, University of Georgia
Title: Some Statistical Issues in Evaluating Hospital Utilization Speaker: Dr. X. Joan Hu, Simon Fraser University, Canada
SEPTEMBER 2006
Title: Whither social science statistics? Speaker: Dr. Stas Kolenikov, University of Missouri - Columbia
Title: Applications of Optimal Design Ideas to Biomedical Problems Speaker: Dr. Weng Kee Wong, University of California at Los Angeles
Title: Regression Analysis of Longitudinal Data in the Presence of Informative Observation and Censoring Times Speaker: Dr. Tony Sun, University of Missouri - Columbia
APRIL 2006
Title: Estimation, Testing, and Robustness in Multilevel Modeling Speaker: Dr. Peter Bentler, Department of Statistics, UCLA
Title: Estimation of Ordered Mean Residual Life Functions Speaker: Dr. Musie Ghebremichael, Division of Biostatistics, Yale University
Title: Evaluation and Comparison of Gene Clustering Methods in Microarray Analysis Speaker: Dr. Indranil Mukhopadhyay, Department of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh
MARCH 2006
Title: Parameter Estimation, Model Selection, and Inferences in L1-based Linear Regression Speaker: Jinfeng Xu, Department of Statistics, Columbia University
Title: How to Improve Upon t-tests or F-tests for a Large Number of Hypotheses? - by Shrinking Both the Means and Variances Speaker: Dr. J. T. Gene Hwang, Department of Mathematics, Cornell University
Title: Estimation of ROC Curves when there is No Perfect Reference Test Speaker: Chong Wang, Department of Statistics, Cornell University
Title: Generalized Polya Urn Models with Applications in Clinical Trials Speaker: Dr. Jose Moller, Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Public University of Navarra, Spain
Title: Invertibility and Spectrum of Random Matrices Speaker: Dr. Mark Rudelson, Department of Mathematics, University of Missouri - Columbia
FEBRUARY 2006
Title: On Tail Classification of Probability Distributions, Utilizing the Extreme Spacing Speaker: Dr. Richard Ott, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri - Columbia
Title: Academic Integrity at MU Speaker: Dr. James Devine, School of Law, University of Missouri - Columbia
Title: Joint Modeling of Survival and Longitudinal Data Speaker: Jimin Ding, Department of Statistics, University of California, Davis
Title: Bayesian Multiscale Modeling Speaker: Dr. Marco Ferreira, Department of Mathematics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
JANUARY 2006
Title: Nonparametric Regression for Correlated Failure Time Data Speaker: Zhang-sheng Yu, Harvard School of Public Health
Title: Parameter Estimation for Computationally Intensive Nonlinear Regression with an Application to Climate Modeling Speaker: Dr. Dorin Drignei, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Title: High Dimension, Low Sample Size Data Analysis Speaker: Jeongyoun Ahn, Department of Statistics and Operations Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title: The Optimal Confidence Region for a Random Parameter Speaker: Dr. Hajime Uno, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University
DECEMBER 2005
Title: Some Aspects of Hierarchical Generalized Linear Models Speaker: Dr. Zhongzhan Zhang, Department of Statistics, Columbia University
NOVEMBER 2005
Title: Resampling Based Empirical Prediction: An Application to Small Area Estimation Speaker: Dr. Taps Maiti, Center for Survey Statistics and Methodology, Iowa State University
Title: Penalized Binary Choice Estimators with Improved Predictive Fit Speaker: Dr. Douglas Miller, Department of Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia
Title: Optimal Experimental Designs When Some Independent Variables are not Subject to Control: Application to Lung Cancer Surgery Speaker: Dr. Jesus Fidalgo, Department of Statistics, University of Valladolid
Title: Statistics and Statistical Opportunities in the Pharmaceutical Industry Speaker: Dr. Qiming Liao, Senior Manager, GlaxoSmithKline
OCTOBER 2005
Title: A Nonparametric Test for Assessing Spectral Peaks Speaker: Dr. Tucker McElroy, United States Census Bureau
Title: Statistical Issues in Proteomics Speaker: Dr. Wade Davis, Department of Health Management and Informatics, University of Missouri - Columbia
Title: Developing the Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education: CAUSEweb.org Project Speaker: Dr. Roger Woodard, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University
Title: Latent Variable Models Under Misspecification: Two Stage Least Squares (2SLS) and Full Information Maximum Likelihood (FIML) Estimators Speaker: Dr. Kenneth Bollen, Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina
SEPTEMBER 2005
Title: Heirarchical Bayesian Record Linkage with One-to-One Constraints Speaker: Dr. Mike Larsen, Department of Statistics and Statistical Laboratory, Iowa State University
Title: On K. Pearson's Original Chi-squared Statistic Applied in Linear Models, Two-way Tables, and Logistic Regression Speaker: Dr. Lynn LaMotte, Department of Experimental Statistics, Louisiana State University
Title: Weak Convergence of Non-Measurable Functions Speaker: Dr. John L. Fresen, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri-Columbia
APRIL 2005
Title: Monte Carlo Inference for Semiparametric Models Speaker: Michael R. Kosorok, Professor of Statistics and Biostatistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Title: Ancillary Statistics: A Review Speaker: Malay Ghosh, Distinguished Professor of Statistics, University of Florida
FEBRUARY 2005
Title: Crossover design for comparing test treatments with a control treatment: optimality, efficiency, and robustness Speaker: Min Yang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Title: Semiparametric estimators for the regression coefficients in the linear transformation competing risks model with missing cause of failure Speaker: Guozhi Gao, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University
Title: A modification of the EM algorithm with applications to spatio-temporal modeling Speaker: Stanislav Kolenikov, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Title: Gaussian process models for the sphere Speaker:Margaret Short, Los Alamos National Laboratory
JANUARY 2005
Title: Multiclass Cancer Diagnosis Using Bayesian Kernel Machine Models Speaker: Sounak Chakraborty, University of Florida
Title: Covariance Tapering for Interpolation of Large Spatial Datasets Speaker: Reinhard Furrer, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Title: Role of Statistical Science in US Presidential Elections Speaker: Fritz Scheuren, University of Chicago, President, American Statistical Association
DECEMBER 2004
Title: Functional Generalized Linear Models with Application to Brain Imaging Speaker: Dr. Todd Ogden, Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University
NOVEMBER 2004
Title: Nonparametric Bayesian Modeling for Multivariate Ordinal Data Speaker: Dr. Peter Mueller, Univ of Texas, Anderson Cancer Center, Dept of Biostatistics
Title: Inequalities; Some Probabilistic, some Matrix and some both Speaker: Dr. Ingram Olkin, Department of Statistics, Stanford University
Title: The Sandwich Variance Estimator: Properties and Applications in multistage and instrumental variables models Speaker: Dr. James Hardin, University of South Carolina, Center for Health Services and Policy Research, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
OCTOBER 2004
Title: Generalized Linear Models For Covariance Matrices Speaker: Dr. Moshen Pourahmadi, Northern Illinois University, Division of Statistics
Title: Simultaneous inference for prevalence using pooled assessments Speaker: Dr. Mindy McCann, Oklahoma State University, Dept. of Statistics
SEPTEMBER 2004
Title: The intersection between spatial, multilevel, and epidemiological models Speaker: Dr. Mario Schootman, Washington University School of Medicine
Title: Quantile Volcano Plots for Identifying Significant Genes in Microarray Data Speaker: Dr. Bill Shannon, Washington University School of Medicine
MAY 2004
Title: Nonparametric Bayes Methods for Repair Speaker: Dr. Myles Hollander, Department of Statistics, Florida State University
APRIL 2004
Title: State-Space Approach to Modelling Brain Dynamics from fMRI Data Speaker: Moon-ho Ringo Ho, Department of Psychology, McGill University
MARCH 2004
Title: Analysis of Aberant Crypt foci (ACF) in colon carcinogenesis Speaker: Tatiyana V. Apanasovich, Department of Statistics, Texas A & M University
FEBRUARY 2004
Title: Bootstrapping the Sample Quantile of a Weakly Dependent Time-Series Speaker: Shuxia Sun, Department of Statistics, Iowa State University
Title: Time Series Exponential Models: Theory and Methods Speaker: Scott Holan, Department of Statistics, Texas A & M University
Title: Gene Environment Interactions in Genetic Epidemiology Speaker: Christine Spinka, Department of Statistics, Texas A & M University
Title: Sharp Simultaneous Intervals for the Means of selected populations with Application to Microarray Data Analysis Speaker: Jing Qiu, Department of Statistics, Cornell University
Title: 1) Modes and Clustering for Time-Warped Gene Expression Profile Data and 2) Random Forest-based Pre-validation Applied to Tissue Microarray Data Speaker: Xueli Liu, Department of Statistics, University of California, Los Angeles
Title: Low-Level Analysis of High-Density Oligonucleotide Microarray Data Speaker: Ben Bolstad, Division of Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley
DECEMBER 2003
Title: Empirical Tests of Complex Voting Models with Uncertainty Speaker: Dr. Jeff Gill, Department of Political Science, University of Florida
NOVEMBER 2003
Title: The distribution of P-values in microarray experiments Speaker: Dr. Gary Gadbury, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Missouri - Rolla
Title: Nonparametric Bayes Estimation of Survival Functions for Doubly-Interval Censored Data Speaker: Dr. Mai Zhou, Department of Statistics, University of Kentucky
Title: Forecast Accuracy and the Choice of Observation Window Speaker: Dr. Michael W. McCracken, Department of Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia
Title: Predicting cumulative incidence probability: Marginal and Cause-Specific Modelling Speaker: Dr. Mei-Jie Zhang, Division of Biostatistics, Medical College of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
OCTOBER 2003
Title: Bayesian Evaluation of Marker Surragacy Speaker: Kate Cowles, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, The University of Iowa
Title: Geometric Finite Mixtures for Capture-Recapture Estimation of Closed Population Size Speaker: Dr. Mike Wallendorf, Missouri Department of Conservation
Title: Validation of Computer Simulators Speaker: Dr. Susie Bayarri, Department of Statistics and Operational Research, University of Valencia, Spain
MARCH 2003
Title: Inference for Autocorrelations for Heteroskedastic Time Series Speaker: Dr. Lori Thombs, Department of Statistics, University of South Carolina
Title: Model Selection Between Polynomial Regression Models and Regression Spline Models Speaker: Dr. Yongsung Joo, Department of Statistics, University of Florida
Title: Bayesian Inference of Population Structures from Dominant Markers Speaker: Dr. Rongwei (Rochelle) Fu, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut
FEBRUARY 2003
Title: Filtering and Parameter Estimation for some Stochastic Processes with Discrete Observations Speaker: Dr. Oleg V. Makhnin, Department of Statistics, West Virginia University
Title: The Additive Genetic Gamma Frailty Models for Genetic Linkage and Association Analysis Speaker: Dr. Xiaoyun Zhong, Department of Statistics, University of California-Davis
Title: Inference of multiple pedigree relationships based on genotypic data Speaker: Dr. Anthony Almudevar, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Title: Simulation Based Inference in Computationally Intensive Inverse Problems Speaker: Dr. David Higdon, Los Alamos National Laboratory
JANUARY 2003
Title: Estimation of Volatility of Stock Price Fluctuations Using the High Low and Closing Prices Speaker: Dr. Michael Taskar, Department of Mathematics, University of Missouri-Columbia
DECEMBER 2002
Title: Precedence Tests and Some Nonparametric Alternatives Speaker: Dr. N. Balakrishnan, McMaster University
NOVEMBER 2002
Title: Affect of Surgery on Hearing Loss Using the Log Normal Distribution in the Presence of Interval Censoring Speaker: Dr. Byron Gajewski, University of Kansas Medical Center
Title: Partial Information Reference Priors: Derivation, Interpretation, Implications Speaker: Dr. Bertrand Clarke, University of British Columbia
OCTOBER 2002
Title: Bayesian Model Selection in Semiparametric Mixture Models Speaker: Dr. Sanjib Basu, Northern Illinois University
Title: Using a Mixture Model for Finding Informative Genes in Microarray Studies Speaker: Dr. Jing Qin, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Title: A Java System for MCMC Analysis of Arbitrary Models Speaker: Dr. Todd Graves, Los Alamos National Laboratory
APRIL 2002
Title: Analysis of masked failure data under competing risks Speaker: Dr. Ananda Sen, Oakland University at Michigan.
Title: Design Considerations and Outcome Measures for Clinical Trials in Parkinson's Disease Speaker: Dr. David Oakes, Department of Biostatistics, University of Rochester.
Title: An Asymptotic Theorem for Semiparametric M-Estimator Speaker: Dr. Ying Zhang, University of Central Florida.
Title: Speaker: Dr. Mike Daniel, Department of Statistics, Iowa State University.
FEBRUARY 2002
Title: Birth and Death Urn Designs Speaker: Nancy Flournoy, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, American University
JANUARY 2002
Title: Bayesian Inference and Decision Theory -- A Coherent Framework for Decision Making in Natural Resource Management Speaker: Dr. Robert M. Dorazio, United States Geological Survey
Title: Discrepancy-Based Model Selection Criteria using Cross Validation, Comprehensive Exam Speaker: Simon Davies, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri-Columbia
DECEMBER 2001
Title: Bayesian Analysis of Capture-recapture Sampling for a Closed Population, Comprehensive Exam Speaker: Xiaoyin Wang, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri-Columbia
NOVEMBER 2001
Title: The Drug Development Process: Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry Speaker: David A. Kramer, Director of Biostatistical Services at PRA International
Title: Correlation of Gene Expression Levels with Clinical Covariates in Microarray Experiments Speaker: William Shannon, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics in Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine
Title: Design and Interim Analyses of Clinical Trials Using Sequential Conditional Probability Ratio Test Speaker: Ming Tan, Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Title: The Day-of-the-week Effect, Asymmetry and Conditional Heteroscedasticity in the Shanghai Stock Exchange Index Speaker: Dr. Xingqiu Zhao, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri-Columbia
OCTOBER 2001
Title: GEE-Based EM Algorithms with Applications to Mixed Effects Speaker: Dr. Yiliang Zhu, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Florida
Title: General Prediction Theory and the Role of R2 Speaker: Dr. Ronald Christensen, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New Mexico.
Title: Statistical Methods for Numerical Weather Prediction Speaker: Dr. Thomas Bengtsson, Geophysical Statistics Project National Center for Atmospheric Research
Title: AUC-Based Tests for Nonparametric Functions with Longitudinal Data Speaker: Dr. Yanqing Sun Department of Mathematics The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Title: Bayesian Spatial Models For Small Area Estimation, Comprehensive Exam Speaker: Jake Oleson, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri-Columbia
Title: Advances in the Designs for Phase I Clinical Trials Speaker: Dr. Rick Chappell, Dept. of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin Medical School
SEPTEMBER 2001
Title: Multivariate Extensions of Univariate Life Distributions Speaker: Dr. S.P. Mukherjee, Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta
MAY 2001
Title: Hierarchical Spectral and Spatial Modeling for the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Speaker: Dr. David A. van Dyk, Department of Statistics, Harvard University
Title: Fitting Regression Models Using a Repeated Sampling Approach Speaker: Michael Smith, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri
APRIL 2001
Title: Sexual Networks and HIV Transmissoin Speaker: Dr. Martina Morris, Blumstein Jordan Professor of Sociology and Statistics, Department of Sociology, University of Washington. Featured speaker at the Second MU Applied Statistics Symposium, April 16-20, 2001
Title: Spatial Statistics and Environmental Science Speaker: Dr. Noel Cressie, Department of Statistics, The Ohio State University, Director, Program in Spatial Statistics and Environmental Sciences (SSES). Featured speaker at the Second MU Applied Statistics Symposium, April 16-20, 2001
Title: Resource Selection Studies: Examples from Fisheries Speaker: Professor Linda Young, Department of Biometry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Title: Capture-Recapture Models: An Overview of Current Methods Speaker: Dr. Kenneth Pollock, Professor of Statistics, Biomathematics, and Zoology, North Carolina State University. This talk represents one of three talks that Dr. Keneth Pollock gave. His presentations were sponsored by the Missouri Department of Conservation, Wildlife and Fisheries Department, and the Department of Statistics.
MARCH 2001
Title: Teaching Statistical Concepts Using an Interactive Approach Speaker: Dr. Mary Richardson, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota
Title: Multiple Imputation Approach to Regression Analysis for Doubly Censored Data with Application to AIDS Studies Speaker: Dr. Wei Pan, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota
Title: A Simulation Study on the Effect of Up and Down Method in the Logistic Regression Speaker: Minya Pu, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri
Title: Dynamic Paired Comparison Models with Stochastic Variances Speaker: Dr. Mark E. Glickman, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University
FEBRUARY 2001
Title: Objective Bayesian Analysis of Spatially Correlated Data Speaker: Victor De Oliveira, Department of Scientific Computing and Statistics, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela
Title: Boundary Corrected Smoothing Splines Speaker: Chunfeng Huang, Department of Statitics, Texas A&M University
Title: Dynamic Models for Spatio-Temporal Data Speaker: Jonathan Stroud, Department of Statistics, University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratories
Title: Complex Elliptical Distributions with Applications in Shape Analysis Speaker: Athanasios Micheas, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut
JANUARY 2001
Title: Statistical Prediction of Mutual Fund Returns Speaker: Dr. Robert K. Tsutakawa, Professor Emeritus, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri
DECEMBER 2000
Title: Applications of Bayesian Methods to Arthritis Researches Speaker: Jill (Jing-er) Chiu, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri
Title: Statistical Analysis for Interval-Censored and Truncated Survival Data Speaker: Hee-Jeong Lim, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri
NOVEMBER 2000
Title: Bayesian Analysis of Response Time Data Speaker: Duo (David) Zhou, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri
Title: Statistical Analysis of Missouri Assessment Program - Is there a Gender Difference in Columbia Public Schools? Speaker: Susan (Xianghuan) Li, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri
Title: The Complex Elliptical Distributions with Applications in Shape Analysis Speaker: Dr. Dipak Dey, Professor and Head, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut at Storrs
Title: Saddlepoint Approximation as Smoothers Speaker: Professor Suojin Wang, Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University
Title: An Asymptotically Efficient Wavelet Estimation of the Partial Linear Model Speaker: Dr. Yanqin Fan, Department of Economics, University of Windsor; this talk was sponsored jointly with the Department of Economics
OCTOBER 2000
Title: Regression Analysis of Data with Small Sample Sizes, but Large Numbers of Variables Speaker: Dr. Jianguo (Tony) Sun, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri
Title: Current Progresses of Statistical Methods in Plant QTL Analysis Speaker: Pin Yue, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri
Title: A Regression Model Selection Criterion Based On Bootstrap Bumping For Use With Resistant Fitting Speaker: Dr. Joseph E. Cavanaugh, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri
SEPTEMBER 2000
Title: Multistate Models in Survival Analysis Speaker: Dr. John Klein, Professor and Head, Division of Biostatistics, Medical College of Wisconsin
AUGUST 2000
Title: Model Selection Criteria Based on Kullback-Leibler Information for Multiple Linear Regression Speaker: Simon Davies, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri
JULY 2000
Title: Model Selection Criteria Based on Kullback Information Measures For Weibull, Logistic, and Nonlinear Regression Frameworks Speaker: Hyun-Joo Kim, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri
JUNE 2000
Title: Some Long Tail Probability Having Applications in Teletraffic Theory Speaker: Dr. J. Medhi, Visiting Scholar, University of Missouri-Kansas City
APRIL 2000
Title: Time Series Discrimination, Signal Comparison Testing, and Model Selection in the State-Space Framework Speaker: Thomas Nils Gustav Bengtsson, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri
Title: Robustness of Bayesian Estimation and Prediction Under Common Loss Functions Speaker: Cuirong Ren, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri
Title: Modeling Collision Frequency and Cost Speaker: Lawrence Cranor, Department of Statistics and Department of Mathematics, University of Missouri
Title: Modeling Resource Utilization and Evaluating Injury Severity Scores Based on Missouri Trauma Patient Records Speaker: Gaixin (Sue) Jiang, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri
Title: A Likelihood-based Approach to Linkage Detection Adaptive to Linkage Disequilibrium Speaker: Dr. Jian Huang, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Iowa
Title: Bayesian Analysis for Avian Nest Survival Models Speaker: Yolande V. Tra, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri
Title: Statistical Properties of Instruments for Measuring Dietary Intakes, and the Breast Cancer and Fat Controversy Speaker: Dr. Ray Carroll, Distinguished Professor of Statistics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Nutrition, and Toxicology, Texas A&M University
Title: Variance Change Point Analysis in Normal Models Speaker: Dr. Jie Chen, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Missouri-Kansas City
MARCH 2000
Title: Causal Inference and Longitudinal Interventions Speaker: Dr. Babette Brumback, Biostatistics Department, University of Washington
Title: Analysis of Viral Eradication Studies Speaker: Dr. Steve Lagakos, Chair and Henry Pickering Walcott Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University
Title: A Diffusion Model of Human Decision Making in Perceptual Tasks Speaker: Dr. Jeff Rouder, Department of Psychology, University of Missouri-Columbia
FEBRUARY 2000
Title: Spatial Modeling of Breeding Bird Survey Data Speaker: Dr. Andy Royle, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Laurel, MD
Title: Methods for Generating Samples From the Limiting Distribution of a Markov Chain Speaker: Dr. Haiyan Cai, Department of Mathematics, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Title: Is sperm count declining? Statistical and Epidemiological Issues in Analyses of Global Trends Speaker: Dr. Shanna Swan, Family & Community Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia
Title: The Nature of Statistical Evidence Speaker: Dr. Bill Thompson, Professor Emeritus, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri
JANUARY 2000
Title: Evaluating Multiple Treatment Courses in Clinical Trials Speaker: Dr. Peter Thall, Biostatistics Department, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Title: Measuring Association Between Survival Times Speaker: Dr. Silivia Polettini, Universite di Roma, Italy
Title: Bayesian Estimation and Testing for Fieller's Problem Speaker: Dr. Brunero Liseo, Universite di Roma, Italy
DECEMBER 1999
Title: Bayesian Analysis for Various Order Restricted Problems Speaker: John Molitor, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri-Columbia
Title: Model Selection Criteria for Weibull Regression Based on Kullback Information Measures Speaker: Hyun-Joo Kim, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri-Columbia
NOVEMBER 1999
Title: Hierarchical Mixtures-of-Experts for Generalized Linear Models: Some Results on Denseness and Consistency Speaker: Dr. Wenxin Jiang, Northwestern University
Title: Nonparametric Likelihood Goodness-of-Fit Tests for Survival Data Speaker: Dr. Gang Li, University of California-Los Angeles
OCTOBER 1999
Title: Computational Algorithms Speaker: Dr. Robert Gentleman, University of Auckland
Title: Development, Validation and Transportability of the Framingham Coronary Heart Disease Risk Prediction Functions Speaker: Dr. Ralph B. D'Agostino, Sr., Boston University
Title: A Comparison of Power Calculation Techniques for Group Randomized Trials with Dichotomous Outcomes Speaker: Dr. Matthew S. Mayo, University of Kansas Medical Center
SEPTEMBER 1999
Title: Personal Lines Insurance Pricing - Past, Present, & Future Speaker: Dan Clapp, Shelter Insurance Companies
Title: Generating Activities for Computer Simulated Traffic Speaker: Dr. Paul Speckman
AUGUST 1999
Title: State-Space Discrimination Based on Kullback Information Measures Speaker: Thomas Bengtsson, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri
JULY 1999
Title: Bayesian Hierarchical Models for Hunting Success Rates Speaker: Roger Woodard, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri
Title: Bayesian Hierarchical Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Mortality Rates with Disease Mapping Speaker: Hoon Kim, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri
JUNE 1999
Title: An Adaptive, Robust and High Performance Clustering Method Speaker: Xiaohu Li, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri
APRIL 1999
Title: Large Sample Methods for Analyzing Longitudinal Data in Rehabilitation Research Speaker: Stacy Hoshaw-Woodard, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri
Title: The Statistical Evaluation of Trauma Scoring Systems Speaker: Ashley Sherman, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri
Title: AIDS Surveillance Data Analysis by Back Calculation Method Speaker: Nuoo-Ting (Jassy) Lin
Title: A Diagnostic For Assessing the Influence of Cases on the Prediction of Missing Data Speaker: Jacob J. Oleson, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri
Title: The Analysis of Repeated Measurements: Methods, Extensions, Comparisons, and Recommendations Speaker: Dr. Charles S. Davis, University of Iowa
Title: Inference in Frailty Measurement Error Models Speaker: Dr. Xihong Lin, University of Michigan
Title: Jobs in the Census Bureau Speaker: Dr. Bud Pautler, Census Bureau
MARCH 1999
Title: A Statistical Analysis of Tidal Data Speaker: Dr. Mike Sherman, Texas A&M University
Title: Survival Analysis and Lifetime Value: Using Survival analysis Methods in Business Environment Speaker: Dr. Nong Lin
Title: Models for the Gestation Length and Conception Dates for Bowhead Whales Speaker: Dr. James Calvin, Texas A&M University
FEBRUARY 1999
Title: Asymptotic Behavior in the Monotone Density and Related Problems Speaker: Mr. Christopher Carolan, University of Iowa
Title: Hierarchical Bayes Estimation of Hunting Success Rates Speaker: Dr. Chong Zhuoqiong He, Fishery & Wildlife Research Center, Missouri Department of Conservation
Title: Exact Bootstrap Moments of an L-Estimator Speaker: Prof. Michael Ernst, Division of Biostatistics & Department of Statistics, University of Florida
Title: Bayesian Inference in Neural Networks Speaker: Mr. Robert Paige (with Ronald Bulter), Department of Statistics, Colorado State University
Title: Today in ASA Speaker: Dr. Ray Waller
Title: A Proportional Hazards Model for the Subdistribution Speaker: Dr. Jason Fine, University of Wisconsin-Madison
JANUARY 1999
Title: On the Stochastic Increasing of the Maximum Likelihood Estimator Speaker: Dr. Gaoziong Gan, University of Missouri-Rolla
Title: Bayesian Analysis for Avian Nest Survival Models Speaker: Yolande Tra, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri
Title: Bayesian Analysis of Computational Methods for Solving Order-Restricted Problems Speaker: John Molitor, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri
DECEMBER 1998
Title: Multivariate Regression Trees Speaker: June-Hung (Issac) Chen, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri-Columbia
Title: Sample Size When The Alternative is Ordered and Other Multivariate Results Speaker: Matthew McIntosh, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri-Columbia
Title: Time Series Spectral Discriminants Based on Kullback Information Measures With an Application to Seismology Speaker: Kristin Hedberg, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri-Columbia
NOVEMBER 1998
Title: Function Estimation Via Wavelets in the Presence of Interval Censoring Speaker: Changyong Song, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri-Columbia
Title: Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project: Challenges in Statistics Speaker: Dr. Steven L. Sheriff and Dr. Zhuoqiong He, Missouri Department of Conservation
Title: Regression Models with Arbitrarily Interval-Censored Observations Speaker: Dr. Linxiong Li
Title: Compound Insurance Risk Models Speaker: Dr. Jean Tao, Department of Math & Computer Science, Central Missouri State University
OCTOBER 1998
Title: State space models for Longitudinal Data Speaker: Dr. Peter Song, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, York University
Title: Structured Antedependence Models of Longitudinal Data Speaker: Dr. Dale Zimmerman, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Iowa
Title: Generalized Varying-coefficient Models and their Applications Speaker: Dr. Zongwu Cai, Department of Mathematics, University of Northern Carolina
Title: One-Sided Multivariate Test Speaker: Samruam Chongcharoen, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri-Columbia
Title: Statistical Methods for Computing and Comparing Reliabilities of Change Score Encounters in Rehabilitation Research Speaker: Stacy Hoshaw-Woodard, Department of Statistics University of Missouri-Columbia
SEPTEMBER 1998
Title: Some Statistical Issues in the Analysis of Interval-censored AIDS Data Speaker: Dr. (Tony) Jianguo Sun, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri-Columbia
Title: Cross-Sectional Tests of Asset Pricing Models: An Analytic Maximum Likelihood Approach Speaker: Dr. Guofu Zhou, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri; Joint Seminar with the Economics Department
Title: Multivariate Receptor Modeling from a Statistical Science Viewpoint Speaker: Prof. Spiegelman
JULY 1998
Title: Comparison of Spatio-Temporal Models for Disease Mapping : Lognormal vs. Gamma for Extra-Poisson Variations and AR vs. CAR for Spatial Correlations Speaker: Hoon Kim, University of Missouri-Columbia, Department of Statistics
Title: Estimating Hunting Success Rates via Bayesian Generalized Linear Models Speaker: Roger Woodard, University of Missouri-Columbia, Department of Statistics
MAY 1998
Title: Sample Sizes for Comparing Means of Two Multivariate Normal Populations when the Alternative is Ordered Speaker: Matthew J. McIntosh, University of Missouri-Columbia, Department of Statistics
APRIL 1998
Title: A Test for Global Maximum Speaker: Jiming Jiang, Case Western Reserve University & University of Nebraska
Title:Bootstrap Variants of the Akaike Information Criterion for Model Selection with Applications to Linear Regression Speaker: Hyun-Joo Kim, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri-Columbia
Title: Two-Sample Tests Based on Residuals Speaker: Jing-Er (Jill) Chiu, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri-Columbia
Title: Distribution Function Estimation via Wavelets for Interval Censored Data Speaker: Changyong Song, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri-Columbia
Title: Statistics in Human Brain Mapping: Analysis of functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) Data Speaker: Todd Ogden, Department of Statistics, University of South Carolina
MARCH 1998
Title: Stochastic Calculus and Option Pricing Speaker: Sheldon Lin, Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science, University of Iowa
Title: Multivariate One-Sided Tests Speaker: Samruam Chongcharoen, Department of Statistics, University of Missouri-Columbia
Title: Construction and Application of Conditionally Specified Models Speaker: Mark Kaiser, Department of Statistics, Iowa State University
Title: An Overview of Statistics in the Pharmaceutical Industry Speaker: Bob Ahlbrandt, PhD & Mike Mosier, PhD from Hoechst Marion Roussel Inc. Kansas City, Missouri
Title: Repricing and Employee Stock Option Valuation Speaker: Charles Corrado, Department of Finance, University of Missouri-Columbia
FEBRUARY 1998
Title: Hierarchical Bayesian Analysis of Longitudinal Data Speaker: Tapabrata Maiti, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Lincoln-Nebraska
Title: Bayesian Approaches to Variable Selection in Multivariate Regression Speaker: Marina Vannucci, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK
Title: Statistics and Dynamical Systems, Beyond Chaos Speaker: Barbara Bailey, Geophysical Statistics Project, NCAR
Title: Hierarchical Space-time Dynamic Models: Blending Tropical Ocean Surface Wind Fields Speaker: Christopher Wikle, Geophysical Statistics Project, NCAR
Title: Shape-Restricted Regression Speaker: Mary Meyer, Department of Statistics, University of Michigan
Title: Non-Nested Model Selection Procedures Speaker: Mitchell Watnik, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Missouri-Rolla
JANUARY 1998
Title: An Approximate Wavelet MLE of Short and Long Memory Parameters Speaker: Mark J. Jensen, Department of Economics, University of Missouri