 Past Colloquia 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. 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). 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, 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 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 Title: Boundary Corrected
Smoothing Splines Title: Dynamic Models for
Spatio-Temporal Data Title: Complex Elliptical
Distributions with Applications in Shape Analysis 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 Title: Saddlepoint
Approximation as Smoothers Title: An Asymptotically
Efficient Wavelet Estimation of the Partial Linear Model OCTOBER 2000 Title: Regression
Analysis of Data with Small Sample Sizes, but Large
Numbers of Variables Title: Current Progresses
of Statistical Methods in Plant QTL Analysis Title: A Regression Model
Selection Criterion Based On Bootstrap Bumping SEPTEMBER 2000 Title: Multistate Models
in Survival Analysis AUGUST 2000 Title: Model Selection
Criteria Based on Kullback-Leibler Information for
Multiple Linear Regression JULY 2000 Title: Model Selection
Criteria Based on Kullback Information Measures For
Weibull, Logistic, and Nonlinear Regression Frameworks 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 Title: Robustness of
Bayesian Estimation and Prediction Under Common Loss
Functions Title: Modeling Collision
Frequency and Cost Title: Modeling Resource
Utilization and Evaluating Injury Severity Scores Based
on Missouri Trauma Patient Records Title: A Likelihood-based
Approach to Linkage Detection Adaptive to Linkage
Disequilibrium Title: Bayesian Analysis
for Avian Nest Survival Models Title: Statistical
Properties of Instruments for Measuring Dietary Intakes,
and the Breast Cancer and Fat Controversy Title: Variance Change
Point Analysis in Normal Models MARCH 2000 Title: Causal Inference
and Longitudinal Interventions Title: Analysis of Viral
Eradication Studies Title: A Diffusion Model
of Human Decision Making in Perceptual Tasks FEBRUARY 2000 Title: Spatial Modeling
of Breeding Bird Survey Data Title: Methods for
Generating Samples From the Limiting Distribution of a Title: Is sperm count
declining? Statistical and Epidemiological Issues Title: The Nature of
Statistical Evidence JANUARY 2000 Title: Evaluating
Multiple Treatment Courses in Clinical Trials Title: Measuring
Association Between Survival Times Title: Bayesian
Estimation and Testing for Fieller's Problem DECEMBER 1999 Title: Bayesian Analysis
for Various Order Restricted Problems Title: Model Selection
Criteria for Weibull Regression Based on NOVEMBER 1999 Title: Hierarchical
Mixtures-of-Experts for Generalized Linear Models: Title: Nonparametric
Likelihood Goodness-of-Fit Tests for Survival Data OCTOBER 1999 Title:Computational
Algorithms Title: Development,
Validation and Transportability of the Framingham
Coronary Heart Disease Risk Prediction Functions Title: A Comparison of
Power Calculation Techniques for Group Randomized Trials
with Dichotomous Outcomes SEPTEMBER 1999 Title: Personal Lines
Insurance Pricing - Past, Present, & Future Title: Generating
Activities for Computer Simulated Traffic 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
JANUARY 1998 Title: An Approximate Wavelet MLE of Short and Long Memory Parameters Speaker: Mark J. Jensen, Department of Economics, University of Missouri |