CSI/Statistics Colloquium Series
Spring 1993
February 1
Vesna Luzar, University of Zagreb
``On Some Importance Sampling Functions for the
Estimation of the Ordered Characteristic Roots of a
Random Covariance Matrix''
February 8
Paul McNelis, Georgetown University
``A Macrodynamic Simulation Analysis of
Monetary Control and Asset Price Volatility in Japan''
February 15
Douglas A. Samuelson, Memphis State University
``New Developments in Forecasting Methods''
February 22
Phillip S. Kott, National Agricultural Statistics Service
``A Theoretical Overview of Reweighting for
Unit Nonresponse in Sample Surveys''
March 1
No seminar
March 8
Ji Shen, George Mason University
``Visualization of Functions in Higher Dimensions Using
Orthogonal Subspaces and Conditioning''
March 15
No seminar
March 22
Kathleen Perez-Lopez, George Mason University
``Optimal Subband Trees Applied to the
Management of Scientific Image Databases''
March 29
Geoffrey C. Orsak, George Mason University
``Relation of Statistical Distance Measures
to Suboptimal Detection Strategies''
April 5
P.A.W. Lewis, Naval Postgraduate School
``Statistical Simulation. Illustration Using the
APL2/AGSS Computing Environment''
April 12
Barry Haack, George Mason University
``Geographic Information Systems: An Application and a
Discussion of these Spatial Data Tools''
April 19
Wray Smith, Synectics Management Decisions, Inc.
``Getting a Handle on Data Quality in Periodic
Surveys of Educational Institutions''
April 26
Guido Deboeck, World Bank
``Neural Networks in Economics and Finance''
May 3
Informal group discussion
The State of the Statistical
Sciences: Big Topics and Small