Hua Zhou (Stanford University), "Topics on Markov chains with polynomial eigenfunctions"   [abstract]
Monday, January 28, 2008, 4:25pm, Seminar, 116 Old Chemistry Bldg

Chris Paciorek (Harvard University), "Mapping Ancient Forests: Bayesian Inference for Spatio-temporal Trends in Forest Composition Using the Fossil Pollen Proxy Record"   [abstract]
Friday, February 1, 2008, 3:30pm, Seminar, 116 Old Chemistry Bldg

Cari Kaufman (Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) and National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)), "Models for Models: Statistical Methods for Climate Model Output and Other Massive Datasets"   [abstract]
Monday, February 4, 2008, 4:25pm, Seminar, 116 Old Chemistry Bldg

Fan Li (Harvard University), "Bayesian Variable Selection in Structured High-Dimensional Covariate Spaces with Applications in Genomics"   [abstract]
Friday, February 8, 2008, 3:30pm, Seminar, 116 Old Chemistry Bldg

Edoardo Airoldi (Princeton University), "Bayesian analysis of complex biological and social systems"   [abstract]
Monday, February 11, 2008, 4:25pm, Seminar, 116 Old Chem Building

Dale Purves (Duke University Neuroscience), "Solving the Aperture Problem"   [abstract]
Friday, February 15, 2008, 3:30pm, Seminar, 116 Old Chem Building

Yimin Xiao (Michigan State University), "Gaussian Random Fields: Anisotropy, Long Range Dependence and Fractal Properties"   [abstract]
Friday, February 22, 2008, 3:30pm, Seminar, 116 Old Chemistry Bldg

Eitan Greenshtein (Duke University), "Asymptotic efficiency of simple decisions for the compound decision problem"   [abstract]
Friday, February 29, 2008, 3:30pm, Seminar, 116 Old Chem Building

Dr. Lexin Li (Department of Statistics, NCSU), "Sufficient Dimension Reduction with Application to Microarray Data Analysis"   [abstract]
Friday, March 7, 2008, 3:30pm, Seminar, 116 Old Chem Building

Sid Resnick (Professor, Cornell University), "Heave Tail Analysis and Network Modeling"   [abstract]
Friday, March 21, 2008, 3:30pm, Seminar, 116 Old Chem Building

Rob Kass, Professor, Department of Statistics (Carnegie Mellon University), "Some Statistical Methods for Analyzing Neural Spike Trains"   [abstract]
Friday, March 28, 2008, 3:30pm, Seminar, 116 Old Chemistry Bldg

Joshua Socolar (Duke University, Associate Professor of Physics), "Boolean and Continuous Dynamics on Random Networks"   [abstract]
Friday, April 4, 2008, 3:30pm, Statistical Science Seminar, 116 Old Chemistry Bldg

Gillian Sanders, PhD (Duke University, DCRI, Associate Professor of Medicine), "Use of Bayesian Techniques in Randomized Clinical Trials: A Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Case Study"   [abstract]
Friday, April 11, 2008, 3:30pm, Statistical Science Seminar, 116 Old Chem Building

Jayanta Ghosh (Purdue University, Indian Statistical Institute), "Motivation and Convergence of Two "New" Fast Algorithms for Estimating the Mixing Distribution in Mixture Models"   [abstract]
Friday, April 18, 2008, 3:30pm, Seminar, 116 Old Chem Building