The Statistics Colloquium Series is sponsored by
the Department of Computational and Data Sciences,
the Center for Computational Data Sciences, and
the Department of Statistics,
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 Department of Computational and Data Sciences.
Students may also learn about employment or intern opportunities from speakers in informal discussions before or after the presentations.
The colloquia are open to all.
Colloquia are generally held on Fridays at 10:45 am
Coffee and refreshments are served at 10:30 in the same room as the colloquia.
Directions to the Fairfax Campus and a
campus map are available.
For Spring of 2008, most seminars are held in Research 1, Room 301
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.
January 17, 2008
Learning in Networks: Complex-valued Neurons, Pruning, Data Compression and Rule Extraction
Jacek M. Zurada
Computational Intelligence Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Louisville
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: Research 1, Room 301
February 8, 2008
Estimating Missing Links and Nodes in a Graph Using
Covariate Information and Examining Evolutionary Social Networks
Walid K. Sharabati
Department of Computational and Data Sciences, College of Science, George Mason University
and Department of Mathematics and Statistics, American University
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: Research 1, Room 201
February 15, 2008
Methods for Visualizing High-Dimensional Data
Edward J. Wegman (Virtual Lecture)
Department of Computational and Data Sciences, College of Science, George Mason University
and Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge University, UK
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: Research 1, Room 302
February 29, 2008
Knowledge Mining in Health Care
Janusz Wojtusiak
Machine Learning and Inference Laboratory and
Center for Discovery Science and Health Informatics,
George Mason University
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: Research 1, Room 302
March 21, 2008
Breakdown Point of Model Selection when the Number of Variables Exceeds the Number
of Observations
David Donoho (Virtual Lecture)
Department of Statistics,
Stanford University
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: Research 1, Room 301
March 28, 2008
Regularized Estimation of High-Dimensional Covariance Matrices
Peter Bickel (Virtual Lecture)
Department of Statistics,
University of California, Berkeley
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: Research 1, Room 301
April 4, 2008
Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity
Lisa Porter
Director, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: Research 1, Room 153
April 11, 2008
Model-based Sufficient Dimension Reduction for Regression
R. Dennis Cook (Virtual Lecture)
Department of Statistics,
University of Minnesota
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: Research 1, Room 301
April 18, 2008
Statistical Risk-Throughput Modeling of Aircraft Landing Process
Babak G. Jeddi
Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research,
George Mason University
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: Research 1, Room 301
April 25, 2008
Text Mining, Social Networks, and High Dimensional Analysis
Edward J. Wegman
Department of Computational and Data Sciences
and Department of Statistics
George Mason University
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: Research 1, Room 301
May 2, 2008
Some Issues Raised by High Dimensions in Statistics
D.M. Titterington (Virtual Lecture)
Department of Statistics
University of Glasgow
Abstract
Slides from Talk
Location: Research 1, Room 301
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.