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Feb
26

Statistics Colloquium

Dr. Marc Sobel and Sam Ackerman, Dep. of Statistics, Temple

Location

Mathematics/Psychology : 103

Date & Time

February 26, 2016, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Description

Title:  A Characterization of Shark Behavior using GPS Tracking Data Abstract: Animal behavior poses many challenges for statistical modelling. Biologists argue that this behavior can be...

Feb
19

Statistics Colloquium

Dr. Andrew Raim, U.S. Census Bureau

Location

Mathematics/Psychology : 103

Date & Time

February 19, 2016, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Description

Title:  An Extension of Generalized Linear Models to Finite Mixture Outcomes Abstract:   Finite mixture distributions arise in sampling a heterogeneous population, and data drawn from such...

Feb
12

Statistics Colloquium

Dr. Fan Li, Department of Statistical Science, Duke Univ.

Location

Mathematics/Psychology : 103

Date & Time

February 12, 2016, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Description

Title: Weighting beyond Horvitz-Thompson in Causal Inference Abstract: Covariate balance is crucial for unconfounded descriptive or causal comparisons. However, lack of balance is common in...

Feb
5

Statistics Colloquium

Dr. Dong-Yun Kim, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute

Location

Mathematics/Psychology : 103

Date & Time

February 5, 2016, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Description

Title:  Test of a Change Point in the Hazard Function with Staggered       Entry Data Abstract:  While change points occur in many scientific studies, statistical inference of a change point...

Oct
30

Statistics Colloquium

Stat Talk at UMBC

Location

Sondheim Hall : 105

Date & Time

October 30, 2015, 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Description

Speaker: Dr. Shanshan Ding  Assistant Professor Department of Applied Economics and Statistics University of Delaware Title:  Matrix-variate regressions and envelope models Abstract: ...

Oct
23

Statistics Colloquium

Stat Talk at UMBC

Location

Sondheim Hall : 105

Date & Time

October 23, 2015, 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Description

Speaker: Dr. Tatiyana V. Apanasovich Associate Professor Department of Statistics George Washington University Title:  Cross-Covariance Functions for Multivariate Random Fields...

Oct
16

Statistics Colloquium

Stat Talk at UMBC

Location

Sondheim Hall : 105

Date & Time

October 16, 2015, 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Description

Speaker:  Prof. Mohammad Jafari Jozani Department of Statistics University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB, Canada Title:  Age Groups of Fish from Length-Frequency Data Using Partially rank...

Oct
9

Statistics Colloquium

Stat Talk at UMBC

Location

Sondheim Hall : 105

Date & Time

October 9, 2015, 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Description

Speaker: Dr. Martina Mincheva Assistant Professor Department of Statistics Temple University Title:   Hypothesis testing of the human microbiome decomposition using evolutionary trees...