Please see below for a reminder of the details of the Royal Statistical
Society's Statistical Computing Section half-day meeting on
computational aspects of spatial statistics. The presentations will be
given in the order listed below, which differs from the order advertised
previously.
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Wednesday 24 September 2008, 2-5pm

The Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London, UK

This half-day meeting organised by the Statistical Computing Section of
the Royal Statistical Society will focus on applications of spatial
statistics with illustrations of the statistical software used to
perform the analysis.

Speakers

MONA KANAAN (University of York)

An introduction to spectral analysis of spatial point-lattice processes

Abstract: This talk will explore the relationship between a spatial
point process and a lattice process observed in the same region using
spectral analysis. A number of spatial point-lattice processes will be
introduced. Cross-spectral techniques will be used to study the
association between the two components of the hybrid processes.

PHILIP UMANDE (Imperial College)

Fitting spatial point process models to replicated three-dimensional
promyelocytic leukemia data produced via confocal microscopy

Abstract: The sub-nuclear body promyelocytic leukemia (PML) has
attracted great research interest because of its link to human disorders
such as AIDS. Technological advances have made it possible to capture
images of PML inside the cell nucleus and produce replicated spatial
point process data. We discuss methods that one can use to fit plausible
models to the data.


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NICOLE AUGUSTIN (University of Bath)

Modelling spatio-temporal trends of forest health monitoring data using
the R mgcv package

Abstract: We use a generalized additive mixed model combined with scale
invariant tensor product smooths of the space-time dimension to provide
predicted spatial and temporal trends of forest health. The model
accounts for space-time interaction and random temporal correlation. We
discuss computational aspects of this complex analysis including model
selection and diagnostics.

SUJIT SAHU (University of Southampton)

Fusing point and areal level space-time data with application to wet
deposition

Abstract: This paper develops a framework for joint modelling of point
and grid referenced spatio-temporal data. The hierarchical model is able
to provide accurate spatial interpolation and temporal aggregation by
combining information from observed point referenced monitoring data and
gridded output from a numerical computer simulation model.

Pre-registration is recommended. You can register by email
([log in to unmask]) or by phone (020 7638 8998). The meeting is free
and open to all. Information about getting to Errol Street is available
from http://www.rss.org.uk/main.asp?page=1759
<http://owa.ncc-wch.org.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.rss.org.
uk/main.asp?page=1759>


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NCC-WCH 
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