Seminars 2013
| Date | Presenter | Topic |
| Wednesday 9 January, 3.30-4.30, room 15.113 | Dr Pavel Krivitsky, Penn State University, USA | Modeling Dynamic Networks in Changing Populations based on Static Egocentrically-Sampled Data |
| Thursday 17 January, 11.30- 12.30, room 15.113 | A/Prof Olivier Thas, Ghent University, Belguim | Semiparametric rank tests: a new perspective on an old class of tests and a gateway to new rank tests |
| Thursday 21 February, 11.30-12.30, room 32.G01 | A/Prof Robert Tanton, NATSEM University of Canberra | Small area estimation using spatial microsimulation: Methods, Validation and Results |
| Thursday 28 February, 11.30-12.30, room 35.G20 | Distinguished Professor Noel Cressie, University of Wollongong | Sixty-year climate-change projections over North America |
| Thursday 7 March, 11.30-12.30, room 1.G03 | Dr Mark Fielding, DHI Water and Environment | Extreme Value Analysis for Worldwide Rainfalls |
| Thursday 14 March, 11.30-12.30, room 4.G31 | Maman Fathurrohman, PhD candidate, University of Wollongong | Meta-development of Resources and Learning Designs: Providing ICT-based Tools for Use by Mathematics Teachers |
| Thursday 19 March, 11.30-12.30, room 35.G45 | Prof. David Balding, Institute of Genetics, University College London | Analysis of Low-Copy Number Forensic DNA Profiles |
| Thursday 4 April, 11.30-12.30, room 35.G45 | Prof. Pascal Perez, University of Wollongong | TransMob: A micro-simulation model for integrated transport and urban planning |
| Thursday 2 May, 2.30-3.30, room 6.210 (TBC) | A/Prof. Stephane Heritier, The George Institute for Global Health | Efficient penalised likelihood estimation for the Cox model |
| Thursday 9 May, 11.30-12.30, room 24.201 | Dr James Chipperfield, Australian Bureau of Statistics and UoW | Disclosure-Protected Inference with Linked Micro-data using a Remote Analysis Server |
| Thursday 16 May, 11.30-12.30, room 24.G02 | Dr Lawrence Murray, CSIRO | Environmental applications of particle Markov chain Monte Carlo methods |
| Thursday 23 May, 11.30-12.30, room 24.G02 | Prof. Ray Chambers, University of Wollongong | Using Social Network Information for Survey Estimation |
| Tuesday 4 June, 10.30-11.30, room 24.102 | A/Prof. Eric Beh, University of Newcastle | |
| Thursday 13 June, 11.30-12.30, room 24.G01 | Prof. Matthias Schonlau, University of Waterloo, Canada | TBA |
If you would like more information or would like to contact us concerning a seminar, please send us an email.
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Bulletin Board
COURSES AVAILABLE IN 2013
Short course -Sampling Methods for Small or Hard-to-Reach Populations
Graduate certificate in Survey and Market Research Methods
Master of Survey and Market Research Methods
Instrument Design and Testing (26 - 27 September)
Statistics Conference
First Asian International Statistical Institute Satellite Meeting on Small Area Estimation, Bangkok, Thailand, September 1-4, 2013.
Australian Rain Technologies
Prof. Ray Chambers talks about his statistical research work with the Australian Rain Technologies here.
A day in the life ...
Ever thought how statistics impacts on your daily life? Look at an interesting video here.
Do you have an interest in Baseball statistics?
If you do, you would be interested in the first episode of Stats and Stories (“Baseball and Statistics”) now available on-line here.

