0100,0100,0100Courier NewDepartment of Probability and Statistics,
University of Sheffield
Seminar Programme 1999/2000
First Semester
Thursday 21 October, 6.00 pm (Tea at 5.30 pm)0100,0100,0100
Lecture Theatre 7138, Stoddart Building,
Sheffield Hallam University
Royal Statistical Society Local Group Meeting0100,0100,0100
Phillip Scarf0100,0100,0100 (University of Salford)0100,0100,0100
"Orienteering and fell walking"
David Wishart (University of St Andrews)
"Classifying single malt whiskies using
cluster analysis"
Thursday 28 October, 2.00pm
Robert Griffiths (University of Oxford)
"The age of a mutation in a general
coalescent tree"
Thursday 4 November, 2.00pm
John Porrill (University of Sheffield)
"Regularised weak models for
spatio-temporal image analysis"
Thursday 11 November, 2.00pm
Delil Gomez Portugal Aguilar (University of
Sheffield)
"Bayesian modelling of the radiocarbon
calibration curve"
Alexandra Schmidt (University of Sheffield)
"Bayesian spatial interpolation of
pollution monitoring sites"
Thursday 18 November, 4.30pm (Tea at 4.00pm)
South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service,
Wellington Street
Royal Statistical Society Local Group Meeting
0100,0100,0100Station Officer M Eccles and Temporary Assistant
Chief Officer C Webster0100,0100,0100
"Fire risk cover methodology"
Thursday 25 November, 2.00pm
Jon Forster 0100,0100,0100(University of Southampton)
"Bayesian estimation of small population
frequencies"
Thursday 2 December, 2.00pm
Trevor Sweeting (University of Surrey)
"On Bayesian inference and coverage
probability bias"
Thursday 9 December, 4.30pm (Tea at 4.00pm)
Lecture Theatre A
Royal Statistical Society Local Group Meeting
0100,0100,0100Ed Redfearn (University of Leeds)
"Weaving the web into learning and
teaching statistics"
Peter Holmes (RSS Centre for Statistical
Education)
"Coming changes in the content of
school courses"
Thursday 16 December, 2.00pm
David Laws (University of Sheffield)
"Nonparametric models in auditing"
Unless otherwise stated, all seminars will be
held in Lecture Theatre F,
which is on the ground floor of the Hicks
Building, and followed by tea in
Room I15.
All those interested are welcome to attend and
further information can be
obtained from David Laws, the Departmental
Office (telephone (0114) 222
3751/2), or the web page:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~st1djl/seminars.htm
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David Laws
Lecturer, Department of Probability and Statistics,
University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH
Email: [log in to unmask]
URL : http://www.shef.ac.uk/~st1djl/
Phone: +44 (0)114 222 3720
Fax: +44 (0)114 222 3759
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