Yale University
Department of Statistics
Seminar list for 1998-99 
FALL 1998,   SPRING 1999
The Department of Statistics & Biostatistics Joint Seminars occur weekly
on Mondays at 4:15 in the Room 107 at 24 Hillhouse Avenue or at Rm. 101,
LEPH, 60 College Street. If you would like to add your name to our seminar
mailing list, send your e-mail address to Corky.
Seminars held at 24 Hillhouse are preceded by tea at 3:45 in the common room.
FALL SEMINARS
Monday, September 7, 1998
Yazhen Wang
Associate Professor
Department of Statistics
University of Connecticut
Wavelets and Statistics
[Abstract]
Seminar to be held in Room 107, 24
Hillhouse Ave
Monday, September 21, 1998
Peter Gilbert
Harvard School of Public Health
Empirical processes and semiparametric biased sampling models
[Abstract]
Seminar to be held in Room 107,
Department of Statistics, 24 Hillhouse Ave
Monday, September 28, 1998
Marianthi Markatou
Department of Statistics
Columbia University
Weighted Likelihood Estimating Equations and Mixture Models
[Abstract]
Seminar to be held in Room 107,
Department of Statistics, 24 Hillhouse Ave
Friday, October 2, 1998
Lunchtime Seminar
Luc Devroye
School of Computer Science
McGill University
A new data-based method for selecting nonparametric density estimates
[Abstract]
Seminar to be held in Room 107,
Department of Statistics, 24 Hillhouse Ave @ 12 noon
Monday, October 12, 1998
Kenneth Kidd, Professor
Department of Genetics & Psychiatry
Yale University
Seminar to be held in Room 107,
Department of Statistics, 24 Hillhouse Ave @ 12 noon
Monday, November 2, 1998
Jon Kettenring
Bellcore
At & T Bell Labs
Statistics in Industry: Experiences and Examples
Seminar to be held in Room 107,
Department of Statistics, 24 Hillhouse Ave
Monday, November 16, 1998
Stephen Stigler
Department of Statistics
University of Chicago
[Abstract]
Seminar to be held in Room 107,
Department of Statistics, 24 Hillhouse Ave
SPRING SEMINARS
Monday, January 18, 1999
Christopher Sims
Henry Ford II Professor of Economics
Department of Economics, Yale University
Bayesian Time Series Analysis for Monetary Policy
[Abstract]
Seminar to be held in Room 107,
Department of Statistics, 24 Hillhouse Ave @ 4 pm
Wednesday, January 20, 1999
Michael Nussbaum
Weierstrass Institute
Mohrenstr. 39
D-10117 Berlin, Germany
ASYMPTOTIC EQUIVALENCE OF EXPERIMENTS I
[Abstract]
Seminar to be held in Room 107,
Department of Statistics, 24 Hillhouse Ave @ 4pm
Thursday, January 21, 1999
Michael Nussbaum
Weierstrass Institute
Mohrenstr. 39
D-10117 Berlin, Germany
ASYMPTOTIC EQUIVALENCE OF EXPERIMENTS II
[Abstract]
Seminar to be held in Room 107,
Department of Statistics, 24 Hillhouse Ave @ noon
Monday, January 25, 1999
Timothy Gregoire
J P Weyerhaeuser Professor of Forestry
Department of Forestry, Yale University
Statistical properties of a prediction of bole volume from an
integrated taper equation.
[Abstract]
Seminar to be held in Room 107,
Department of Statistics, 24 Hillhouse Ave @ 4pm
Monday, February 1, 1999
Donald Andrews
William K. Lanman Jr Professor of Economics
Department of Economics and Cowles Foundation, Yale University
Testing When a Parameter is on the Boundary of the Maintained
Hypothesis
[Abstract]
Seminar to be held in Room 107,
Department of Statistics, 24 Hillhouse Ave @ 4pm
Monday, February 15, 1999
Bin Yu
Department of Statistics,
University of California at Berkeley
and
Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
Codes and Models
[Abstract]
Seminar to be held in Room 107,
Department of Statistics, 24 Hillhouse Ave @ 4pm
Monday, March 1, 1999
Richard Bass
Department of Statistics
University of Connecticut
Diffusions on Fractals
[Abstract]
Seminar to be held in Room 107,
Department of Statistics, 24 Hillhouse Ave @ 4pm
Monday, March 5, 1999
Emmanuel Candes
Department of Statistics
Stanford University
Ridgelets, nerual networks and Statistics
[Abstract]
Seminar to be held in Room 107,
Department of Statistics, 24 Hillhouse Ave @ 2pm
Monday, March 22, 1999
Linda Zhao
Department of Statistics
Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
Bayesian Aspects of Nonparametric Estimation Problems
[Abstract]
Seminar to be held in Room 107,
Department of Statistics, 24 Hillhouse Ave @ 4pm
Monday, March 29, 1999
Nalini Ravishankar
Department of Statistics
University of Connecticut
Multivariate Survival Models with a Mixture of Positive Stable Frailties
[Abstract]
Seminar to be held in Room 107,
Department of Statistics, 24 Hillhouse Ave @ 4pm
Monday, April 5, 1999
Guenther Walther
Department of Statistics
Stanford University
On Mixtures and Penalized Maximum Likelihood
[Abstract]
Seminar to be held in Room 107,
Department of Statistics, 24 Hillhouse Ave @ 4pm
Monday, April 12, 1999
Thomas Stoker
Department of Economics
Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Interpreting Movements in Aggregate Wages:
The Role of Labor Market Participation
[Abstract]
Seminar to be held in Room 107,
Department of Statistics, 24 Hillhouse Ave @ 4pm
Monday, April 19, 1999
Pamela Hartigan
Ajunct Associate Professor in Biostatistics
Yale University
Trials and Tribulations
or The History of COURAGE
(Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive Drug
Evaluation).
[Abstract]
Seminar to be held in Room 107,
Department of Statistics, 24 Hillhouse Ave @ 4pm
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