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Frontiers in Applied Statistics
(Leader: Professor G. S. Ladde)

Friday, October 9, 2009

Title Acquisition of Clinical Data
Speaker Sara Sambandham
Albany Medical Center
Albany, NY
Time 3:00pm-4:00pm
Place PHY 108
Abstract An informal discussion of how one might acquire relevant data to support one's research. We will start off with defining clinical trial, then discuss on where to go to gather data and followed by designing a study. This will lead us into an example of an ongoing trial. We will also review how any research will be used in everyday clinical practice. Finally, how can clinicians and statisticians co-exist?

Friday, September 25, 2009

Title Mathematician and Statistician Working for Insurance Companies — New York Life
Speaker Monique Hacker
Time 3:00pm-4:00pm
Place PHY 108
Abstract A presentation on the various professional activities that Mathematicians and Statisticians perform for insurance companies from policy formulation to investment strategies and opportunities for internships and permanent positions.

Friday, September 18, 2009

Title A dose-response trend test in long-term animal carcinogenicity experiments
Speaker Wonkuk Kim
Time 3:00pm-4:00pm
Place PHY 108
Abstract This talk will cover the existing statistical methods of estimations and hypothesis testing in long-term animal carcinogenicity experiments. Especially I will focus on the poly-k test and its modifications for survival/sacrifice experiments or single sacrifice experiments. The poly-k test is a modified Cochran-Armitage trend test on tumor onset probabilities obtained by adjusting mortality of animals, where k must be selected a priori to perform the test.

Friday, September 11, 2009

Title Synchronization of stochastically coupled oscillators: dynamical phase transitions and large deviations theory (or birds and frogs)
Speaker Razvan Teodorescu
Time 3:00pm-4:00pm
Place PHY 108
Abstract Systems of oscillators coupled non-linearly (stochastically or not) are ubiquitous in nature and can explain many complex phenomena: coupled Josephson junction arrays, cardiac pacemaker cells, swarms or flocks of insects and birds, etc. They are known to have a non-trivial phase diagram, which includes chaotic, partially synchronized, and fully synchronized phases. A traditional model for this class of problems is the Kuramoto system of oscillators, which has been studied extensively for the last three decades.