Colloquia - Spring 1999


Date Speaker Title
Thurs, May 6 Charles H. Whiteman
University of Iowa
An Application of Bayesian Option Pricing to the Soybean Market
Thurs, April 29 Alicia L Carriquir
Iowa State University
Estimation Of Usual Nutrient Intake Distributions
Thurs, April 22 Joe Gallian
University of Minnesota - Duluth
Weird Dice
Thurs, April 15 Jeffrey S. Rosenthal
University of Toronto
Convergence of Gibbs samplers for uniform distributions
Monday, April 12

3:30 pm in W151 PBAB
James C. Hickman
University of Wisconsin
The Aging of the Developed World: The Actuarial Challenge
Friday, April 9
Viewing Times
8:30, 10:30, 1:30, and 3:30 Location: 241B SH
Bob Hogg
(video)
A Perspective on the History of Statistical Education in the U.S.
Thurs, April 8 Bob Hogg
U. of Iowa
Dept. of Statistics and Actuarial Science
A Conversation with Bob Hogg

* One-hour video
Thurs, April 1 Edward J. Wegman
George Mason University
Some Thoughts on Graphical Methods for Data Mining
Tues, Mar. 23 Kerchau Li
U.C.L.A.
High dimensional data analysis via the SIR/PHD approach
Mar. 18
Spring Break
Mar. 11
No colloquium this week.
Mar. 4
No colloquium this week.
Feb. 24
No colloquium this week.
Thurs, Feb. 18 John Geweke
University of Minnesota
An Empirical Analysis of Income Dynamics Among Men in the PSID: 1968-1989
Thurs, Feb. 11 George Woodworth
U. of Iowa
Dept. of Statistics and Actuarial Science
Bayesian Analysis of Smooth and Order-Restricted Models
Thurs, Feb. 4 John Massa
U. of Iowa
Associate Director, Sponsored Programs
Research Funding Resources on the WEB
Thurs, Jan. 28 Christopher Carolan
U. of Iowa
Dept. of Statistics and Actuarial Science
Asymptotic Behavior in the Monotone Density and Related Problems
Thurs, Jan. 21 Brian Harvey
U. of Iowa
Sponsored Programs
Opportunities for Sponsored Research