Unless noted otherwise, all seminars take place in Donald Bren Hall 2nd floor conference room (DBH 2011) from 4 to 5 p.m.
For additional information, please contact Seminar Administrative Coordinator: Lisa Stieler at lstieler@uci.edu or (949) 824-3806.
Date Speaker TitleNovember 15, 2010
(DBH 6011)
Bradley Efron
Stanford UniversityNovember 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)November 22, 2010
4 - 5 p.m.
Pierre Baldi
University of California, IrvineSome Final Thoughts on Foundations
Abstract (PDF)November 29, 2010
4 - 5 p.m.
Ingeborg WaernbaumUmea University, SwedenRobust Estimation in Causal Inference: Comparing Matching on a Covariate Score with Inverse Probability Weighting and Doubly Robust Estimation
December 6, 2010
4 - 5 p.m.
Ken LangeUniversity of California, Los AngelesOptimization in High-Dimensions: MM Algorithims, Acceleration and GPUs
January 14, 2011
10 - 11 a.m.
Roee GutmanHarvard University An Efficient, Outcome-Free Procedure for Interval Estimation of Causal EffectJanuary 21, 2011
4 - 5 p.m.
Mike Daniels
University of Florida
Bayesian Methods for Model Selection for Incomplete Data
January 25, 2011
10 - 11 a.m.
Hernando Ombao
Brown University
Modeling Dependence in a Network of Brain Signals
January 27, 2011
10 - 11 a.m.
Hedibert Lopes
University of Chicago
Parsimonious Bayesian Factor Analysis When the Number of Factors is Unknown
January 31, 2011
10 - 11 a.m.
Tyler McCormick
Columbia University
Latent Space Models for Networks Using Aggregated Relational Data
February 2, 2011
10 - 11 a.m.
Ying Sun
Texas A&M University
Nonparametric Estimation of a Periodic Sequence
February 4, 2011
10 - 11 a.m.
Ryan Tibshirani
Stanford University
The Solution Path of the Generalized Lasso
March 4, 2011
10 - 11 a.m.
Don Rubin
Harvard University
For Objective Causal Inference, Design Trumps Analysis
April 4, 2011
11 - noon
Jennifer Tom
UCLA
Bayesian Hierarchical Modeling For Massive Sequencing Datasets
April 6, 2011
4 -5 p.m.
Oliver Johnson
Bristol University, UK
Efficient Entropy-Based Detection of Change-Points in Streaming Data
April 25, 2011
4 - 5 p.m.
David Banks
Duke University
Adversarial Risk Analysis
April 26, 2011
11:30 - 12:30
Li Zhang
The Cleveland Clinic
Modeling Haplotype-Haplotype Interactions in Case-Control Genetic Association Studies
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
April 28, 2011
4 - 5 p.m.
Vinh Nguyen
University of California, Irvine
Robust Inference in Discrete Hazard Models
May 4, 2011
4 - 5 p.m.
Kosuke Imai
Princeton University
Statistical Analysis of the Item Count Technique
May 9, 2011
4 - 5 p.m.
Janet Sinsheimer
UCLA
Why Have Genome-Wide Association Studies Accounted for So Little Trait Variation? Ask Mom.
May 20, 2011
4 - 5 p.m.
Carlos Carvalho
University of Texas
On the Long Run Volatility of Stocks
May 23, 2011
4 - 5 p.m.
Shane Jensen
University of Pennsylvania
Spatial Modeling of Fielding in Major League Baseball
June 8, 2011
2 - 3 p.m.
Ingram Olkin
Stanford University
Meta-Analysis: History and Statistical Issues for Combining the Results of Independent Studies