The Statistics Colloquium Series is sponsored by the
Department of Applied and Engineering Statistics,
the Center for Computational Statistics,
the School of Computational Sciences and particularly by
the Data Sciences Program at George Mason University.
This seminar series can be used to satisfy one of the requirements in the PhD program in
Computational Statistics
in the School of Computational Sciences.
Students may also learn about employment or intern opportunities from speakers in informal discussions before or after the presentations.
The seminars are open to all.
Seminars are held on Fridays at 10:45 am
Coffee and refreshments are served at 10:30 in the same room as the seminar.
Directions to the Fairfax Campus and a
campus map are available.
Most seminars are held in the George W. Johnson Center (Johnson Center).
If driving, visitors should use the visitor's parking area in the Parking Deck (near the middle of the map). Signs on campus point the way to the Parking Deck. Visitors using Metro can take a bus from the Vienna Metro Station.
Seminars are canceled whenever classes at GMU are canceled for snow or other reasons. Announcements of cancellations are made in local media, as well as at the main GMU webpage.
September 10, 2004
Detecting Computer Masqueraders Using Online Monitoring
David J. Marchette
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: Science-Technology I, Room 206
September 17, 2004
Knowledge Mining and Inductive Databases: An Emerging New Research Direction
Ryszard Michalski
School of Computational Sciences, George Mason University
Abstract
Location: Johnson Center, Meeting Room C
September 24, 2004
Symposium on the Frontiers of Statistical, Mathematical, and Computational Sciences
Professor James Glimm, (2004 Medal of Science winner, member NAS) SUNY at Stony Brook, Large-scale computing, and mathematical modeling of multi-physics
Professor David Mumford, (Fields Medalist, MacArthur Fellow, member NAS.) Brown University, Stochasticity, pattern theory, and Mathematics of perception
Professor S. R. S. Varadhan, (FRS, member NAS) Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University. Extreme events and the large deviation theory
Professor Bin Yu, (Fellow of IMS and Fellow of IEEE) University of California at Berkeley, Remote sensing, Statistical theory/Machine learning and Bio-Informatics
Symposium Description
Location: Marvin Center, George Washington University , 800 21st Street NW, Washington, DC
October 1, 2004
Visual Data Mining for Quantized Spatial Data
Amy Braverman
Jet Propulsion Lab
Abstract
Location: Johnson Center, Meeting Room C
October 8, 2004
Allegiance, Blockmodels, and Computer Networks
John T. Rigsby
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: Johnson Center, Meeting Room D
October 15, 2004
Recursive Bipartite Spectral Clustering for Document Categorization
Jeffrey L. Solka
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: Science Technology 1, Room 206
October 29, 2004
The Role of Distance Geometry in Data Visualization
Michael W. Trosset
Department of Mathematics, College of William and Mary
Abstract
Location: Science and Technology 1, Room 206
November 5, 2004
Drinking and Public Health: Opportunities for Quantum Leaps Forward
William F. Wieczorek
Director and Professor, Center for Health and Social Research
Buffalo State, State University of New York
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: Johnson Center, Meeting Room D
November 12, 2004
Spectral Decomposition Approaches to Analyzing Text Data
Elizabeth Leeds
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: Johnson Center, Meeting Room D
November 19, 2004
Using Graphical Displays to Monitor Internet Traffic Data for Potential Cyberattacks
Karen Kafadar
Department of Mathematics
University of Colorado, Denver
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: Johnson Center, Meeting Room D
December 3, 2004
Weighting the Text Proximity Matrix
Wendy L. Martinez
Mathematical and Computer Sciences Division
Office of Naval Research
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: Johnson Center, Meeting Room D
Past schedules are also available.
The Statistics Colloquium Series constitutes a George Mason course for
academic credit of one hour. The course is CSI 898. The course
requirements are
- attending a minimum of ten colloquia
- preparing brief written reviews/summaries
(approximately one page each) of five colloquia during the semester in
which the course is taken
- asking a question in at least one seminar, and preparing a one-page summary
of the question and the discussion.