Statistics Department 2006 Alumni Workshop

March 23-24, 2006

Place : Eisenhower Auditorium Conference Room

This schedule is subject to any change - Last Updated 03-21-2006

March 23, 2006

8:30                             Coffee

9:00 - 9:05                   Welcome

                                  Dr. Jim Rosenberger

                      Department Head,

                                  Penn State University

9:05 - 10:05                 Keynote Address

          Dr. Subhash Lele

          University of Alberta

                                  "How Not To Be a Statistician!”

10:05 - 10:30               Morning Break

10:30 -  11:00              Dr. John Fricks

          Assistant Professor of Statistics,

          Penn State University

          "Stochastic Biodynamics”

11:00 - 11:30               Wang Yang

                                  Ph.D. Candidate, Penn State University

                                  Internship Experience with GlaxoSmithKline

11:30 - 12:00               Makhtar Sarr

                                  Ph.D. Candidate, Penn State University

                                  "Data Depth Measure: Trimming & Winsorizing"

12:00 -  1:00                Lunch

 1:00 - 1:30                  Dr. Damla Sentürk

          Assistant Professor of Statistics,

          Penn State University

          "Covariate Adjusted Modeling”

1:30 - 2:00                   Barbara Scheffler

                                  The Scheffler Group, Inc.

                                  “Barriers and Challenges for the

          Efficient Development of Cancer Therapeutics:  The Statistician’s Responsibility”

2:00 - 2:30                   Veronica Bressler

                                  Master of Applied Statistics Candidate,

          “Minitab, A Brief History of the Company and Overview of the Support Department”

                                  Penn State University/Minitab

2:30 - 3:30                   Afternoon Break and Art Gallery Tour

3:15 - 4:00                   Student Poster Competition

Thomas Building 201

4:00 - 5:00                    Colloquium

                                   Dr. Raymond Carroll

                                   Distinguished Professor of Statistics, Texas A&M.

           “Semiparametric Methods for Gene-Environment Case-Control Studies”

Life Science Bridge (3^rd and 4^th floors)

6:00 - 7:30                    Reception

Friday, March 24, 2006

Life Science Building, Room 009

12:20                            Research Lecture: 

                                    Subhash Lele

            University of Alberta

            "On using expert opinion in ecological analyses: A frequentist approach"

Job Interviews:

Harland Shoemaker, Supervisory Mathematical Statistician, U.S. Census Bureau

Invitation Letter    Response Form 

Poster Competition    Housing Information    Campus Maps

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