CSI/Statistics Colloquium Series
Fall 1998
Except as noted, seminars are generally held on Fridays at
10:45 in Assembly Room E
of the Johnson Learning Center on the Fairfax Campus of George
Mason
University.
Coffee and refreshments are served at 10:30.
Directions to the Fairfax Campus and a
campus map are available.
Visitors should use the visitor's parking area in the
Parking Deck (near the middle of the map).
Signs on campus point the way to the Parking Deck.
September 11, 1998
Howard Hogan, US Bureau of the Census
Statistical Methodologies for Census 2000--Decisions, Issues, and
Preliminary Results
Abstract
September 18, 1998
Edward J. Wegman, George Mason University
Mining the Sands of Time
The seminar will begin at 11:00a.m.
Abstract
September 25, 1998
Elizabeth Nichols, US Bureau of the Census
Economic Data Collection via the Web: A Census Bureau Case Study
Abstract
October 2, 1998
James H. Beall, St. John's College, Annapolis, and George Mason
University
Visualization and Understanding
Abstract
October 9, 1998
Sally Howe, National Coordination Office for Computing, Information,
and Communications
An Update on the Federal Computing, Information, and Communications
(CIC)
R&D Programs and the President's Information Technology Advisory
Committee's (PITAC) Interim Report
Abstract
The seminar will be in Assembly Room G
October 16, 1998
John Greenlees, US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Current Issues in Construction of
the Consumer Price Index
Abstract
October 23, 1998
Menas Kafatos, George Mason University
Prototyping Data Access, Querying and Analysis in a Distributed
Framework for Earth System Science Support
Abstract
October 30, 1998
Benjamin Kedem, University of Maryland
A Semiparametric Approach to the One-Way Layout
Abstract
November 6, 1998
Subhash Narula, Virginia Commonwealth University
The Minimum Sum of Absolute Errors Regression: Some Recent Results
Abstract
The seminar will be in Assembly Room G
November 13, 1998
Clifton D. Sutton, George Mason University
Recent Research in Robust Regression:
Part 1 --- Hypothesis Testing
Abstract
November 20, 1998
Dean Inman, Oregon Research Institute
The Practical Application of Virtual Reality
in Education and Rehabilitation
Abstract
November 27, 1998
*** No Seminar ***
December 4, 1998
John N. Weinstein, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, National
Cancer Institute
A Gene Expression Database for Cancer Drug Discovery: Omics and Informatics
Abstract
December 11, 1998
Daniel B. Carr,
George Mason University
Solving Graphical Design Puzzles:
New Graphical Templates for Diverse Applications
Abstract
The seminar will be in Student Union Building (SUB)
II, in rooms 5 and 6.
Past schedules are also available.
Jim Gentle, jgentle@gmu.edu