Northern Illinois University
Division of Statistics
Colloquium Schedule
Spring 1996
"Smoothing the Bootstrap"
Dr. Alan Polansky
Northern Illinois University, Division of Statistics
Friday, January 26, 1996
4:00pm to 5:00pm, DU 222C
"Smart Monte Carlo Methods for Exact Inference"
Dr. Cyrus Mehta
President, Cytel Software Corporation
Harvard University, Department of Biostatistics
Thursday, February 9, 1996
2:30pm to 3:30pm, DU 306D
"Transformation of Data: Black Magic or Handy Tool?"
Dr. Sue Leurgans
Division of Biostatistics
Rush University Medical Center, Department of Preventive Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
Friday, February 9, 1996
4:00pm to 5:00pm, DU 222C
Dr. D. Simpson
Friday, February 16, 1996
4:00pm to 5:00pm, DU 222C
"Bootstrap Tests for Some One-sided Multivariate Problems"
Dr. Bill Schucany
Southern Methodist University, Department of Statistical Science
Friday, March 1, 1996
4:00pm to 5:00pm, DU222C
"Is CLT Still Alive? An Overview of Finite-Sample Perspectives"
Dr. Munsup Seoh
Wright State University
Friday, March 22, 1996
4:00pm to 5:00pm, DU222C
"Testing Hypotheses About the Power Law Process Using Intrinsic
Bayes Factors"
Dr. Rama T. Lingham
Northern Illinois University, Division of Statistics
Friday, April 5, 1996
4:00pm to 5:00pm, DU222C
An Overview of Bayesian Robustness
Dr. Siva Sivaganesan
University of Cincinnati, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Friday, April 12, 1996
4:00pm to 5:00pm, DU 222C
Dr. Alan Gelfand
Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut
"Basics of Markov Chain Monte Carlo"
Thursday, April 18, 1996: 10:00am, DU 305
"Implementation Issues"
Thursday, April 18, 1996: 2:00pm, DU 409
"Modeling Structures Where MCMC is Helpful"
Friday, April 19, 1996: 9:00am, Graham 435
"Challenging Applications"
Friday, April 19, 1996: 4:00pm, DU 222C
Coffee will be served 30 minutes prior to the talk in DU 333
Dr. L. J. Wei
Harvard University
Play the Winners for Clinical Trials
Thursday, April 25, 1996: 4:00pm to 5:00pm, DU306D
Survival Analysis with Transformation Models
Friday, April 26, 1996: 4:00pm to 5:00pm, DU222C