Student Organized Seminars

Spring 2006 Series

The purpose of the Student Organized Seminars (S.O.S.) is to provide current graduate students with talks from various people in the statistics community. Such speakers include graduate students and faculty in the department, alumni, and statisticians from industry and the government. The talks are always held in 327 Thomas at the time and on the date specified. Lunch will also be provided at the talks, so come and enjoy a good talk and good food!

For the fall 2005 series, click here.

Currently, our speakers for the spring 2006 semester include:

Bing Han (Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Statistics, Penn State University)

Date/Time: Friday, January 20^th, 2006 @ 12:20 p.m.

Title of Talk: The Intern Experience in Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

Dr. Dennis K. J. Lin (Distinguished Professor of Statistics and Supply Chain Management, Penn State University)

Date/Time: Friday, February 3^rd, 2006 @ 12:20 p.m.

Title of Talk: BIG Statistics

Dr. David R. Hunter (Associate Professor of Statistics, Penn State University)

Date/Time: Friday, March 17^th, 2006 @ 1:30 p.m.

Title of Talk: TBA

Dr. John Eltinge (Senior Mathematical Statistician, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Date/Time: Wednesday, April 5^th, 2006 @ 12:30 p.m.

Title of Talk: Statistical Careers in the Federal Government

Joseph D. Y. Kang (Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Statistics, Penn State University)

Date/Time: Friday, April 14^th, 2006 @ 12:20 p.m.

Title of Talk: Demystifying Double Robustness: A Comparison of Alternative Strategies for Estimating Population Means from Incomplete Data

Last updated:  07 April 2006  Derek S. Young