University of Edinburgh
School of Mathematics and BioSS
Date: Friday 13th October, 15:05 Location: JCMB 6206
Speakers: Surajit Ray (15:05)
School of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Glasgow
Xavier Rubio (16:05)
School of History, Classics, and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh
Title: An Integrated framework for analyzing Spatially Correlated Functional Data
Abstract: Datasets observed over space and time have become increasingly important due to
its many applications in different fields such as medicine, public health, biological
sciences, environmental science and image data. Both spatiotemporal methods and
functional data analysis techniques are used to model and analyse these types of data
considering the spatial and temporal aspects. In this talk we will present an integral
framework for modeling and analysing functional which are spatially correlated. In
particular we wish to integrate existing approaches and identify gaps for analyzing
a wide variety of spatially correlated functional data and provide the practitioner
with objective choices to identify the best method to analyze their data.
Title: New quantitative approaches to the past: trade and connectivity within the Roman empire
Abstract: The structure of the Roman economy is one of the longest debates in Classical archaeology. How integrated was the empire? What was the role of private investment? Was it similar to other empires? Unfortunately the lack of adequate evidence and methods inhibited the advances and prolonged the discussion during a century of heated controversy.The last decade has seen a radical change on this situation thanks to a growing collection of datasets. The quantification of the Roman economy has become a priority for the field as scholars try to identify relevant archaeological proxies of economic activity. Despite these advances several questions remain unanswered because of the lack of methods able to tackle the complexities of the field.This presentation will discuss these challenges in the context of the EPNet project and its contributions in two topics: a) the identification of market structures and b) the spatial structure of interprovincial trade.
This seminar is a part of Maxwell Institute seminar series.
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