Statistics of Networks
13 November 2007
The Royal Statistical Society
12 Errol Street, London EC1Y 8LX
The study of networks is a hot topic in many branches of science. Large
networks proliferate in molecular biology, sociology, computer science,
etc. However, statistical methods and models to summarise and compare
large networks are still in their infancy. Small-world properties,
recurrence of motifs, degree distributions and simple stochastic models
capture some features, but much awaits discovery. This one-day joint
meeting of the General Applications Section of RSS and the British and
Irish Region of the International Biometric Society, will introduce the
topic, and cover network inference, modelling and applications.
10.30 tea/coffee
11.00 Introduction to networks from a statistical point of view
- Jean-Jacques Daudin
11.45 Inference of molecular networks - Michael Stumpf
12.30 lunch (+BIR-IBS AGM + GAS-RSS committee meeting)
14.00 Reconstructing regulatory networks by nonparametric methods -
Lorenz Wernisch
14.45 Uncovering latent structure in valued graphs: a variational approach
- Stephane Robin
15.30 tea/coffee
16.00 Statistical modelling of networks in the social sciences - Tom Snijders
16.45 Sexual networks and the evolution of sexually-transmitted
pathogens: N. gonorrhoeae as an example - Azra Ghani
17.30 end
For further details, including registration, see
http://www.rss.org.uk/main.asp?group=&page=1321&event=434&month=11&year=2007&date=13%2F11%2F2007
Organised by Chris Glasbey (BIR-IBS) and John Whittaker (GAS-RSS)
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