Case Studies in Bayesian Statistics

Workshop 7 - 2003
Draft Agenda
Friday, September 12
12:00 - 2:00 pm Registration - outside Connan Room
12:00-1:00 pm Poster presenters should assemble presentations in Ballroom 1 (second floor, University Center).
1:00 - 4:00 pm

Invited Case Study I
McConomy Auditorium
"Modeling Species Diversity Through Species Level Hierarchical Modeling"
Authors: Alan E. Gelfand, John A. Silander, Jr., Shanshan Wu, Andrew Latimer and Paul Lewis
Discussants: Jennifer Hoeting, Jay VerHoef
. 1:00-2:00 Presentation on background, description of problem, and role of statistical methods
2:00-2:15 Discussion
2:15-2:45 Presentation of statistical work
2:45-3:00 Break -- Connan Room
3:00-3:30 Prepared discussion
3:30-4:00 Floor discussion and rejoinder
4:15-5:30 pm Seventh Morris H. DeGroot Memorial Lecture, McConomy Auditorium
Guest Lecturer: Stephen M. Stigler
University of Chicago
5:30-6:30 pm DeGroot Lecture Reception - McKenna/Peter/Wright Rooms
5:30-6:00 pm Poster presenters should use this time to assemble their posters in Ballroom 1.
6:00-7:30 pm Contributed Paper Poster Session
Ballroom 1 (cash bar)
7:30-9:00 pm Conference Dinner - Ballroom 2 and 3
9:00-10:30 pm Contributed Paper Poster Session
Ballroom 1 (cash bar)
Saturday, September 13
8:00 -- 8:30 am Continental Breakfast - Connan Room
8:30-11:30 am

Invited Case Study II
McConomy Auditorium
"Highly Structured Models for Spectral and Image Analysis in High Energy Astrophysics"
Authors: David A. van Dyk, David N. Esch, Yaming Yu, Margarita Karovska, Vinay L. Kashyap, Peter Freeman, Aneta Siemiginowska and Alanna Connors
Discussants: Chris Genovese and Larry Wasserman, Ji-Meng Loh and Andrew Gelman
. 8:30-9:30 Presentation on background, description of problem, and role of statistical methods
9:30-9:45 Discussion
9:45-10:15 Presentation of statistical work
10:15-10:30 Break -- Connan Room
10:30-11:00 Prepared discussion
11:00-11:30 Floor discussion and rejoinder
11:30-12:30 pm Lunch - Ballrooms 2 and 3
11:45-1:00 pm Contributed Paper Poster Session
Ballroom 1
1:00-2:45 pm

Panel discussion on Bioinformatics
McConomy Auditorium
Panel: Giovanni Parmigiani, John Storey, Mike West
2:45-3:00 pm Break -- Connan Room
3:00-4:45 pm

Panel discussion on Neuroinformatics
McConomy Auditorium
Panel: Emery Brown, Michael Black, Anthony Brockwell, Valerie Ventura and Paul Marriott
5:00-6:15 pm Closing Discussion - refreshments and cash bar -- Connan Room

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