Centre for Statistical and Survey Methodology (CSSM)

Seminars 2013

 

DatePresenterTopic
Wednesday 9 January, 3.30-4.30, room 15.113Dr Pavel Krivitsky, Penn State University,  USAModeling Dynamic Networks in Changing Populations based on Static Egocentrically-Sampled Data
Thursday 17 January, 11.30- 12.30, room 15.113A/Prof Olivier Thas, Ghent University, BelguimSemiparametric 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.G01A/Prof Robert Tanton, NATSEM University of CanberraSmall area estimation using spatial microsimulation: Methods, Validation and Results
Thursday 28 February, 11.30-12.30, room 35.G20Distinguished Professor Noel Cressie, University of WollongongSixty-year climate-change projections over North America
Thursday 7 March, 11.30-12.30, room 1.G03Dr Mark Fielding, DHI Water and EnvironmentExtreme Value Analysis for Worldwide Rainfalls
Thursday 14 March, 11.30-12.30, room 4.G31Maman Fathurrohman, PhD candidate, University of WollongongMeta-development of Resources and Learning Designs: Providing ICT-based Tools for Use by Mathematics Teachers
Thursday 19 March, 11.30-12.30, room 35.G45Prof. David Balding, Institute of Genetics, University College LondonAnalysis of Low-Copy Number Forensic DNA Profiles
Thursday 4 April, 11.30-12.30, room 35.G45Prof. Pascal Perez, University of WollongongTransMob: 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 HealthEfficient penalised likelihood estimation for the Cox model
Thursday 9 May, 11.30-12.30, room 24.201Dr James Chipperfield, Australian Bureau of Statistics and UoWDisclosure-Protected Inference with Linked Micro-data using a Remote Analysis Server
Thursday 16 May, 11.30-12.30, room 24.G02Dr Lawrence Murray, CSIROEnvironmental applications of particle Markov chain Monte Carlo methods
Thursday 23 May, 11.30-12.30, room 24.G02Prof. Ray Chambers, University of WollongongUsing Social Network Information for Survey Estimation
Tuesday 4 June, 10.30-11.30, room 24.102A/Prof. Eric Beh, University of Newcastle 
Thursday 13 June, 11.30-12.30, room 24.G01Prof. Matthias Schonlau, University of Waterloo, CanadaTBA

If you would like more information or would like to contact us concerning a seminar, please send us an email.

 

 

Last reviewed: 23 May, 2013

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