STATISTICS COLLOQUIUM Fall 2009 SCHEDULE

Title: Predicting False Discovery Proportion Using Mixture Models

Dr. Anindya Roy, UMBC Details...
Fri, Sep.11 2009, 11:00pm - noon @ MP 401

Title: Fully Nonparametric Mixed Effects Models: Testing for the Fixed Main Effect

Dr. Michael Akritas, Penn State Univ. Details...
Fri, Sep. 18 2009, 11:00pm - noon @ MP 401

Title: Adaptive Confidence Intervals of Desired Length and Power for Normal Means

Dr. Guido Knapp, Dortmund University of Technology, Germany Details...
Fri, Sep. 25 2009, 11:00pm - noon @ MP 401

Title: Practical issues in the use of propensity score matching methods for estimating causal effects

Dr. Elizabeth Stuart , Johns Hopkins University Details...
Fri, Oct. 02 2009, 11:00pm - noon @ MP 401

Title: Estimation and inference for case-control studies with multiple non-gold standard exposure assessments: with an occupational health application

Dr. Haitao Chu, UNC, Chapel Hill Details...
Fri, Oct. 09 2009, 11:00pm - noon @ MP 401

Title: Large Sample Properties of Semiparametric Estimators in Random Censorship Models

Dr. Jugal K Ghorai, Univ of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Details...
Fri, Oct. 16 2009, 11:00pm - noon @ MP 401

Title: Bootstrap in some Non-standard Problems

Dr. Bodhisattva Sen, Columbia University, Details...
Fri, Oct.23, 2009 @ MP 401

Title: Estimation and Model-Checking Methods for Recurrent Gap Time Data

Dr. Chiung-yu Huang, NIH/NIAID Details...
Fri, Oct. 30 2009, @ MP 401

Analysis of populations of images

Dr.Ciprian Crainiceanu, Johns Hopkins University Details...
Fri, Nov. 6 2009 @ MP 401

An EM Solution for Mixed Measurement Error Models Applied to A-Bomb Dosimetry

Dr. Austin Miller, Department of Biostatistics, Univ. of Buffalo, Details...
Fri, Nov. 13 2009, 11:00pm - noon @ MP 401

TBD

Dr. Frauke Kreuter, UM, College Park Details...
Fri, Nov. 20, 2009, @ MP 401

TBD

Dr. Subhashis Ghosal, NC State University Details...
Fri, Dec. 4, 2009 @ MP 401

No colloquium Details...
Fri, Dec. 11, 2009, @ MP 401