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