Statistical models for studies of health effects of air pollution December 16, 2009 - 1:06pm Full Title: Statistical models for studies of health effects of air pollution Speaker: Sati Mazumdar, PhD Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, USA Date/Time: Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 12:00pm Venue: ISRT Seminar Room   ABSTRACT Generalized Additive Models (GAMs) with natural

Bayesian variable selection for parametric AFT models January 12, 2010 - 1:07pm Full Title: Bayesian variable selection for parametric accelerated failure time models in high dimensions Speaker: Md Hasinur Rahaman Khan, MSc Department of Statistics, University of Warwick, United Kingdom and Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Date/Time: Saturday, January 16,

Bayesian adjustment methods for measurement error/misclassification in covariates January 27, 2010 - 6:41pm Full Title: Bayesian Adjustment Methods for Measurement error/Misclassification in Covariates Speaker: Md. Shahadut Hossain, PhD Department of Statistics, United Arab Emirates University, UAE Date/Time: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 12:00PM Venue: ISRT Seminar Room   ABSTRACT In most epidemiological investigations, the study units are

Capacity Planning of a Perinatal Network: A Loss Network Framework February 14, 2010 - 3:01pm Full Title: Capacity Planning of a Perinatal Network: A Loss Network Framework Speaker: Md Asaduzzaman Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and University of Westminster, United Kingdom Date/Time: Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 3:00 pm Venue: ISRT Seminar

Modified weights based generalized quasilikelihood inferences March 4, 2010 - 12:08pm Full Title: Modified weights based generalized quasilikelihood inferences in incomplete longitudinal binary models Speaker: Taslim S. Mallick, PhD Department of Statistics, Biostatistics & Informatics University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Date/Time: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 3:00 pm Venue: ISRT Seminar Room   ABSTRACT In an incomplete longitudinal

Generalized linear models with crossed nonparametric random effects July 25, 2010 - 4:55am Full Title: Generalized linear models with crossed nonparametric random effects Speaker: M Tariqul Hasan, PhD Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of New Brunswick Fredericton, NB, Canada Date/Time: Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 1500 Venue: ISRT Seminar Room   ABSTRACT In social, health and

Public Hurricane Loss Evaluation Models: Predicting Losses of Residential Structures in the State of Florida December 21, 2010 - 11:09pm Full Title: Public Hurricane Loss Evaluation Models: Predicting Losses of Residential Structures in the State of Florida Speaker: B. M. Golam Kibria, PhD Department of Mathematics and Statistics Florida International University Miami, FL 33199, USA

Mortality modeling of white spruce and black spruce December 21, 2010 - 11:13pm Full Title: Mortality modeling of white spruce and black spruce using combine estimators Speaker: Suborna Ahmed, MSc Department of Forest Resources Management University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada Date/Time: Thursday, December 23, 2010, 0930 Venue: ISRT Seminar Room   ABSTRACT Using combined

Simultaneous confidence intervals for multinomial proportions December 21, 2010 - 11:16pm Full Title: Simultaneous confidence intervals for multinomial proportions, their differences and ratios Speaker: Azaz Bin Sharif, MSc Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics University of Western Ontario London, ON, Canada Date/Time: Thursday, December 23, 2010, 1015 Venue: ISRT Seminar Room   ABSTRACT Estimation of simultaneous confidence

Variable selection technique for AFT models December 21, 2010 - 11:19pm Full Title: Variable selection technique for AFT models with regularized weighted least squares when p > n Speaker: Md Hasinur Rahaman Khan, MSc Department of Statistics University of Warwick Coventry, UK Date/Time: Thursday, December 23, 2010, 1130 Venue: ISRT Seminar Room   ABSTRACT Variable selection