Seminar Series 2010-2011
Unless noted otherwise, all seminars take place in Donald Bren Hall sixth floor conference room (DBH 6011) from 4 to 5 p.m.
For additional information, please contact Seminar Administrative Coordinator: Lisa Stieler at lstieler@uci.edu or (949) 824-3806.
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Date
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Speaker
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Title
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November 15, 2010 (DBH 6011) |
Bradley Efron
Stanford University |
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November 22, 2010 3 – 4 p.m. |
Wesley Johnson
University of California, Irvine |
On the Value of Incorporating Scientific Input in Modeling and Data Analysis, and How To Do It Without Too Much Pain
Abstract (PDF) |
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November 22, 2010 4 – 5 p.m. |
Pierre Baldi
University of California, Irvine |
Some Final Thoughts on Foundations |
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November 29, 2010 4 – 5 p.m. |
Ingeborg Waernbaum
Umea University, Sweden
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Robust Estimation in Causal Inference: Comparing Matching on a Covariate Score with Inverse Probability Weighting and Doubly Robust Estimation |
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December 6, 2010 4 – 5 p.m. |
Ken Lange
University of California, Los Angeles
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Optimization in High-Dimensions: MM Algorithims, Acceleration and GPUs |
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January 14, 2011 10 – 11 a.m. |
Roee Gutman
Harvard University
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An Efficient, Outcome-Free Procedure for Interval Estimation of Causal Effect
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January 21, 2011 4 – 5 p.m. |
Mike Daniels University of Florida |
Bayesian Methods for Model Selection for Incomplete Data |
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January 25, 2011 10 – 11 a.m. |
Hernando Ombao Brown University |
Modeling Dependence in a Network of Brain Signals |
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January 27, 2011 10 – 11 a.m. |
Hedibert Lopes University of Chicago |
Parsimonious Bayesian Factor Analysis When the Number of Factors is Unknown |
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January 31, 2011 10 – 11 a.m. |
Tyler McCormick Columbia University |
Latent Space Models for Networks Using Aggregated Relational Data |
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February 2, 2011 10 – 11 a.m. |
Ying Sun Texas A&M University |
Nonparametric Estimation of a Periodic Sequence |
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February 4, 2011 10 – 11 a.m. |
Ryan Tibshirani Stanford University |
The Solution Path of the Generalized Lasso |
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March 4, 2011 10 – 11 a.m. |
Don Rubin Harvard University |
For Objective Causal Inference, Design Trumps Analysis |
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April 4, 2011 11 – noon |
Jennifer Tom UCLA |
Bayesian Hierarchical Modeling For Massive Sequencing Datasets |
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April 6, 2011 4 -5 p.m. |
Oliver Johnson Bristol University, UK |
Efficient Entropy-Based Detection of Change-Points in Streaming Data |
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April 25, 2011 4 – 5 p.m. |
David Banks Duke University |
Adversarial Risk Analysis |
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April 26, 2011 11:30 – 12:30 |
Li Zhang The Cleveland Clinic |
Modeling Haplotype-Haplotype Interactions in Case-Control Genetic Association Studies |
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April 27, 2011 11:30 – 12:30 |
Yan Yuan Alberta Health Services-Cancer Care |
How Well Does the Model Predict? Measuring Prediction Performance of Survival Models |
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April 28, 2011 4 – 5 p.m. |
Vinh Nguyen University of California, Irvine |
Robust Inference in Discrete Hazard Models |
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May 4, 2011 4 – 5 p.m. |
Kosuke Imai Princeton University |
Statistical Analysis of the Item Count Technique |
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May 9, 2011 4 – 5 p.m.
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Janet Sinsheimer UCLA |
Why Have Genome-Wide Association Studies Accounted for So Little Trait Variation? Ask Mom. |
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May 20, 2011 4 – 5 p.m. |
Carlos Carvalho University of Texas |
On the Long Run Volatility of Stocks |
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May 23, 2011 4 – 5 p.m. |
Shane Jensen University of Pennsylvania |
Spatial Modeling of Fielding in Major League Baseball |
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June 8, 2011 2 – 3 p.m. |
Ingram Olkin Stanford University |
Meta-Analysis: History and Statistical Issues for Combining |