The CSSS seminar series is centered around intellectual exchange and interaction, and the audience is encouraged to ask questions during presentations. The goal is a seminar that looks less like a lecture and more like a spirited discussion of issues raised in a relatively brief presentation of a statistical issue or a research project.

All seminars will be held at 12:30 on Wednesdays in Denny 401 unless otherwise noted, and we will aim to conclude by 1:30. Coffee and treats will be provided after the seminar; attendees are also welcome to bring their lunch.

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Spring 2008

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Chris Hans, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, The Ohio State University

"Bayesian Aspects of Lasso Regression"

Denny 401, 12:30 P.M. - 1:20 P.M.

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Dan Nagin, Teresa and H. John Heinz III Professor of Public Policy and Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University

"The Relationship Between First Imprisonment and Criminal Career Development: A Matched Samples Comparison"

Denny 401, 12:30 P.M. - 1:20 P.M.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Charles F. Manski, Department of Economics and Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University

"Adaptive Partial Innovation: Coping With Ambiguity Through Diversification"

Denny 401, 12:30 P.M. - 1:20 P.M.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

(No seminar is scheduled for this week.)

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Sam Clark, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Washington

"Population Projection in the Context of HIV/AIDS: Application of Bayesian Melding to a Cohort Component Projection Model with HIV"

Denny 401, 12:30 P.M. - 1:20 P.M.

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Paul D. Allison, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania

"Issues in Multiple Imputation of Missing Data"

Denny 401, 12:30 P.M. - 1:20 P.M.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Mara Tableman, Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Portland State University

"Analysis of Employment Termination Time Data with Competing Risks"

Denny 401, 12:30 P.M. - 1:20 P.M.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Tamas Rudas, Professor of Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest

"How much do you want to avoid Simpson's paradox?"

Denny 401, 12:30 P.M. - 1:20 P.M.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

CSSS Faculty

"Presentation of CSSS courses for 2008-2009 academic year"

Denny 401, 12:30 P.M. - 1:20 P.M.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Patrick Doreian, Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh

"Partitioning Signed Networks"

Denny 401, 12:30 P.M. - 1:20 P.M.