November 24, 2009
Statistics and global development
Some of you may find this video presentation interesting. It uses basic statistics and data visualization to explore the variation in development across countries, and the pace at which countries have developed in history:
http://www.gapminder.org/videos/ted-us-state-department/
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November 19, 2009
Statistics articles in NY Times
Here are links to two recent NY Times articles with a lot of statistical
content.
Andy Gelman is a statistician at NYU who has done a lot of work on
statistical models of voter behavior:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/opinion/19silver.html?_r=1
Don Berry is a statistician at the M.D. Anderson cancer center who is well
known for his work quantifying the benefits of new cancer screening and
treatment techniques. There are some very interesting issues in the type
of work described here about correcting for "length biased sampling,"
which basically means that when you sample people with a disease, you are
more likely to get people who have a longer, slower progressing form of
the disease than a more rapidly progressing disease. Unfortunately they
don't get into that in the article at all.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/health/17cancer.html?ref=health
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SAMSI undergraduate workshop
Forwarded message:
As part of its Education and Outreach Program for 2009-2010, the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) will offer a two-day undergraduate workshop on topics of current interest in statistics and applied mathematics. In addition to an overview of current and planned SAMSI Research Programs, the program topic "Stochastic Dynamics" will be covered in some depth.
This workshop will be held on February 26-27, 2010 at SAMSI. The program will begin at 9:30 AM on Friday, February 26, and will be completed by 12 noon on Saturday, February 27. Participants are urged to arrive on Thursday evening and will be able to begin their return home by 12 noon on Saturday. Applications received by Friday, January 22, 2010, will receive full consideration.
SAMSI will reimburse appropriate travel expenses as well as provide food and lodging.
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November 15, 2009
NYT review of Malcolm Gladwell's latest book
There is some interesting statistical content in this book review:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/books/review/Pinker-t.html
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October 26, 2009
Statistics graduate school information session
We will be holding again this year our graduate school information session. It will be held this week, Friday, October 30th at 10AM in 438 West Hall.
The goal of this session is to provide information about graduate programs in statistics and related fields (including biostatistics, operations research, quantitative methodology, and survey research).
The session will be run by me and by Professor George Michailidis, who is the graduate program chair in the UM Statistics Department.
Topics will include:
* how to identify programs, and understand the differences among programs
* application timelines
* preparatory coursework
* financial support
* typical coursework
* tailoring graduate school to your career aims
Bagels and coffee will be provided.
All interested students are welcome, not just graduating seniors. We hope to see many of you there.
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Mathematica seminar
Forwarded message:
To support the Mathematica site license at University of Michigan, Wolfram Research will be on campus to give a technical talk on Mathematica 7 on Wednesday, November 4, from 3-4pm. The talk will be held in West Hall room 335.
This seminar will be given 100% in Mathematica and will show useful teaching and research examples for mathematics, the physical sciences, engineering, and business/economics. Ideas for creating universal examples in Mathematica that can be used by colleagues or students with no prior Mathematica experience will
be a central theme.
The content will help attendees with no prior experience get started with the Mathematica language and workflow. Since there is a large amount of new functionality in Version 7, most intermediate and advanced users who attend these talks report learning quite a bit as well. All attendees will receive an
electronic copy of the examples, which can be adapted to individual projects.
Students are welcome.
Justin Smith
Wolfram Research, Inc.
1-800-965-3726 ext. 3479
fax: 217-398-1108
justin_smith@wolfram.com
http://www.wolfram.com
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http://www.wolfram.com/products
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