DATE

TITLE

SPEAKER

9/27/95

Maximum Likelihood Estimation in Generalized Linear Mixed Models

Charles McCulloch
Biometrics Unit
Cornell University

l0/5/95

Estimation of Savings in Electric Power Due to Daylight Savings Time in Israel

Ayala Cohen
Faculty of Industrial Engineering & Management
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

10/12/95

The Geometry of Random Images in Medicine and Astrophysics
(Joint Seminar with the Johns Hopkins Dept of Mathematical Sciences)

Keith Worsley
Dept of Mathematics & Statistics
McGill University

11/1/95

OSWALD: Object-Oriented Software for the Analysis of Longitudinal Data

David M. Smith
Dept of Mathematics & Statistics
Lancaster University

11/8/95

Regression Analysis of Correlated Binary Data

George Bonney
Dept of Biostatistics
Fox Chase Cancer Center

11/14/95

Statistical Theory and Computational Algorithms

George Casella
Biometrics Unit
Cornell University

11/29/95

Statistics of Tectonic Plate Reconstructions

Ted Chang
Div of Statistics
University of Virginia

12/7/95

Using Linkage Disequilibrium to Find Disease Genes

Bruce Weir
Dept of Statistics
North Carolina State University

12/18/96

A Meta-Analysis of Limb Defects Associated with CVS Sampling: Preliminary Data and Statistical Issues

Louise Ryan
Dept of Biostatistics
Harvard University School of Public Health

1/24/96

Kernel Smoothing Methods for Investigating the Spatial Distribution of Disease Incidence

Julia Kelsall
Dept of Mathematics & Statistics
Lancaster University

2/7/96

Logistic Regression Variants of Rain Rate Time Series

Benjamin Kedem
Dept of Mathematics
University of Maryland-College Park

3/15/96

The Bayesian Modeling of Covariates for Population Pharmacokinetic Models

Jon Wakefield
Dept of Statistics
Imperial College School of Medicine

3/27/96

Latent Variable Models for Teratogenesis Using Multiple Binary Outcomes

Julie Legler

3/29/96

Bayes and Empirical Bayes for Health Policy
(Joint Seminar with the Johns Hopkins University Dept of Epidemiology

Thomas Louis
Div of Biostatistics
University of Minnesota School of Public Health

4/12/96

Meta-Analysis of Bioassay Data

Daniel Krewski
Environmental Health Ctr
Health and Welfare Canada

4/17/96

Stochastic Optimization via the Simultaneous Perturbation Algorithm

James Spall
Applied Physics Laboratory
Johns Hopkins University

4/24/96

The Use of Non-Euclidean Distances Geostatistics

Frank Curriero
Dept of Statistics
Kansas State University

5/1/96

Merging Statistical and Econometric Approach to Causal Inference in Randomized Trials with Noncompliance
(Joint Seminar with the Johns Hopkins Dept of Mathematical Sciences)

Donald Rubin
Dept of Statistics
Harvard University

5/13/96

Regression Analysis for Correlated Data

Scott Zeger
Dept of Biostatistics
Johns Hopkins University

5/15/96

Implementing the Bayesian Paradigm: Reporting Research Results over the World Wide Web

Harold Lehmann
Medical Informatics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

5/17/96

The Teaching of Biostatistics to Public Health Scientists and Professionals: Honoring Dr. Helen Abbey

George Comstock
Dept of Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins University Bernard Guyer
Dept of Maternal & Child Health
Johns Hopkins University Steven Piantadosi
Depts of Oncology & Biostatistics
Johns Hopkins University Charles Rohde
Dept of Biostatistics
Johns Hopkins University

5/30/96

How Should We Frame Our Questions?

John Tukey
Princeton University

6/26/96

Nonlinear Fourier Time Series Analysis for Human Brain Mapping by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Nicholas Lange
Brain Imaging Ctr
McLean Hospital