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 generally 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.
For Fall of 2005, most seminars are held in Innovation Hall, Room 203
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 9, 2005
Actor Allegiance and Blockmodel Strength
John Thomas Rigsby
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: Innovation Hall, Room 203
September 16, 2005
The Thrill of Discovery: Information Visualization for High-Dimensional Spaces
Ben Shneiderman
University of Maryland, Computer Science Department
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: Innovation Hall, Room 205
Please Note: This seminar will convene at 1:00 p.m.
September 23, 2005
The L_1-L_2 Plot: A New Fast and Efficient Method for Exploring Massive Sized Multivariate Data
Rida E. A. Moustafa
Director of KDD Group at AALCPAs
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: Innovation Hall, Room 203
September 30, 2005
Talk 1: Towards a Generalized Theory of Uncertainty
Professor Lotfi Zadeh
Division of Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
Talk 2: Hierarchical Structure in Vision and Language
Professor Stuart Geman
Department of Applied Mathematics, Brown University
Talk 3: Numerical Range, and Applications of Anti-Eigen/Anti-Singular Values in Statistics and Physics
Professor C. R. Rao
Department of Statistics, Pennsylvania State University
Talk 4: Conditional Distributions, Reference Measures, and Nonlinear Filtering
Professor Thomas Kurtz
Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin
Talk 5: Inference when Current Data Restrict the Range of Future Data
Professor Jayaram Sethuraman
Department of Statistics, Florida State University/Indian Institute of Technology
Talk 6: The Mathematics of Financial Risk Management
Professor Steven Shreve
Department of Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University
Miniconference Announcement
Slides from Talk
Location: Room Number 113, Elliott School
The George Washington University
1957 E Street NW
Washington, DC
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
October 7, 2005
The Quest for Automated Serendipity Continues
Jeffrey L. Solka
Code B10, Naval Surface Warfare Center and
Bioinformatics Program, School of Computational Sciences, George Mason University
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: Innovation Hall, Room 203
October 21, 2005
Designing Visual Analytics for Discovery, Hypothesis Generation and Decision Making
in the Presence of Uncertainty
Daniel B. Carr
Center for Computational Statistics and Department of Applied and Engineering Statistics
George Mason University
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: Innovation Hall, Room 203
October 28, 2005
Target Localization in a Field of Sensors in the Presence of False Targets and Serial Correlation
W. Charles Mylander
Mathematics Department
U.S. Naval Academy
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: Innovation Hall, Room 203
November 4, 2005
Exploring MARS: a Tutorial on Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines
Clifton D. Sutton
Department of Applied and Engineering Statistics
George Mason University
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: Innovation Hall, Room 203
November 11, 2005
A Simple Model for Time Series of Graphs
David J. Marchette
B10
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: Innovation Hall, Room 203
November 18, 2005
Bayesian Cramer-Rao Bound for Tracking a Moving Target
Kristine Bell
Department of Applied and Engineering Statistics
George Mason University
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: Innovation Hall, Room 203
December 2, 2005
Reliability and Survival in Financial Risk
Nozer Singpurwalla
Department of Statistics
George Washington University
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: Innovation Hall, Room 203
December 2, 2005
Bayesian Social Network Models with Acute Outcomes
Yasmin H. Said
Center for Computational Statistics
George Mason University
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: George Washington University
Rome Hall (801 22bd Street NW), Room 351
Washington, DC
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.