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TALKS AT VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS
BEFORE AND AFTER CONFERENCE
Please contact Departments directly for
more detail (on the links page)
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SEMINAR PROGRAM: FIRST SEMESTER 2012
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Stellenbosch University
Department of Statistics and Actuarial
Science
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17 February |
Makarand Ratnaparkhi (Department of
Mathematics and Statistics, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio)
Certain properties of weighted lognormal
distributions and related applications in statistical inference |
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2 March |
James Allison (School of Computer Science,
Statistics and Mathematics, North-West University)
On the joint distribution of the ranks associated
with bivariate data with application to the empirical copula estimator |
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16 March |
Lizanne Raubenheimer (Department of
Statistics, Rhodes University)
Bayesian estimation for linear functions of
Poisson rates |
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30 March |
Roelof Coetzer (SASOL)
Design and analysis of mixture experiments:
physical and computer experiments |
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20 April |
Monique Zaahl (Department of Genetics,
Stellenbosch University)
Statistics in biology: challenges and
opportunities |
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11 May |
Chris Muller (Department of Statistics,
Stellenbosch University)
Bayesian multi-state modelling |
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Lectures
start at 13:00 and are held in room 2021 of the Statistics and Accounting
Building, c/o Victoria and Bosman Streets, Stellenbosch.
Enquires: Danie Uys (Statistics and Accounting Building, room 2015d)
Telephone: 021 808 3879
Fax:
021 808 3830
e-mail:
dwu@sun.ac.za
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School of Statistics and
Actuarial Science, Wits University |
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Seminar schedule (Thursdays 12h15, Central Block room 248) |
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Date |
Speaker |
Title |
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16-Feb |
Moses Cho and Pravesh Debba (CSIR) |
Hyperspectral remote sensing and the curse of dimensionality |
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01-Mar |
Patrick Kelly (Statistics SA) |
Consumer Price Index: concepts and misconceptions |
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15-Mar |
Chris Prins (Anglo) |
A photo overview of Geology, Statistics, Mathematics and Technology used in
diamond mining |
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29-Mar |
Hermi Borraine (Presidency) |
Monitoring and evaluation in government: the role of data and statistical
skills in measuring progress at municipal level |
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19-Apr |
George Damianov (Standard Bank) |
Reasoning under uncertainty |
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03-May |
Peliwe Lolwana (Education Policy Unit, Wits) |
Education and the Labour Market |
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17-May |
Vince Micali (Eskom) |
Electrical energy forecasting: a complicated business |
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19-Jul |
Stephen Porter (Public and Development Management, Wits) |
Current status of the African Regional Center for Learning on Evaluation And
Results (CLEAR Africa), challenges and the way forward. |
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For further information please contact Mrs Linda McRae-Samuel on
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Linda.McRae-Samuel@wits.ac.za or 011-717-6266.
or go to the school website at
http://www.wits.ac.za/academic/science/stats/home.htm/5701/home.html
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