The CSSS seminar series

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 Savery 409 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.

For information or questions about the CSSS Seminars, please contact our CSSS Seminar Director, Peter Hoff.


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Winter 2010

Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Peter Hoff, Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Washington
"Hierarchical Modeling of Longitudinal Trade Networks"
Savery 409, 12:30 P.M. - 1:20 P.M.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Jon Wakefield, Professor, Departments of Statistics and Biostatistics, University of Washington
"The Combination of Ecological and Individual Level Data"
Savery 409, 12:30 P.M. - 1:20 P.M.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Rebecca Nugent, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
"Mixture Model Component Trees as an Alternative to High-Dimensional
Cognitive Diagnosis Models"
Savery 409, 12:30 P.M. - 1:20 P.M.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Becky Pettit, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Washington
"Invisible Men: Prison Growth and the Construction of Social Statistics"
Savery 409, 12:30 P.M. - 1:20 P.M.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Eric Zivot, Professor of Economics and Gary Waterman Distinguished Scholar, University of Washington
"Evaluating the Impact of Environmental Policy on the Trend Behavior of U.S. Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides and Volatile Organic Compounds"
Savery 409, 12:30 P.M. - 1:20 P.M.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010
S. McKay Curtis, Post-Doc Researcher, Department of Statistics, University of Washington
"Bayesian approaches to factor analysis models for cognitive outcomes with multiple nuisance dimensions"
Savery 409, 12:30 P.M. - 1:20 P.M.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Teddy Seidenfeld, H.A. Simon Professor of Philosophy and Statistics, Departments of Philosophy and Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
"Forecasting with Imprecise Probabilities [IP] - some preliminary findings"
Savery 409, 12:30 P.M. - 1:20 P.M.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Jennifer Hill, Associate Professor of Applied Statistics, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, New York University(NYU) -Steinhardt
"Addressing lack of common support in causal inference using Bayesian non-parametrics"
Savery 409, 12:30 P.M. - 1:20 P.M.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010
John Bongaarts, Vice President, Policy Research Division, The Population Council, New York
"The Quantum and Tempo of Life-Cycle Events"
Savery 409, 12:30 P.M. - 1:20 P.M.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Allan Stam, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan
"A New Understanding of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide"
Savery 409, 12:30 P.M. - 1:20 P.M.