School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney
University of Sydney

Statistics Seminar


1999 Seminars

Semester 1

  • May 28th
    Mr Rungao Jin
    Saddlepoint approximations near the endpoint of the support
  • May 14th
    Dr Helge Blaker
    Minimax estimation in regression
  • April 30th
    Dr Peter Cooke
    Estimation of the tail of a
    distribution using extreme order statistics
  • April 23rd
    Professor Donald Fraser
    Directions in likelihood asymptotics:
    from accurate approximations to
    foundational methodology
  • April 22nd
    Dr David Harte
    Multifractals:theory
    and applications
  • March 29th
    Dr Owen Jones
    Estimating crystal growth rates
    using computed tomography
  • March 26th
    Professor Chris Heyde
    Minimal description risky asset models
    with heavy tails and strong dependence
  • March 22nd
    Professor Tom Britton
    Stochastic Epidemics in Dynamic Populations:
    Quasi-stationarity and Extinction
  • March 19th
    Professor G.S. Tsitsiashvili
    Topic: Cooperative Effects in Queueing Systems
  • March 12th
    Professor Satish Iyengar
    Topic: Diffusion Models for Neural Activity:
    Inference and Computation

Semester 2

  • Decmeber 17th
    Prof Dominiq Szynal
    Characterizations by moments of order statistics
    and record values and their
    applications in goodness-of-fit tests
  • October 29th
    Prof Richard Cowan
    Stochastic models for Molecular
    Mechanisms in DNA Replication
  • October 22nd
    Mathematical Statistics 4 Seminar
  • October 15th
    Prof Alan Welsh
    Robust fitting of the
    binomial model
  • September 17th
    Dr Marc Raimondo
    On approximations of smooth boundaries
    using gridded data
  • September 3rd
    Prof Iain Johnstone
    Chi-squared oracle inequalties
  • August 27th
    Mr Michael Stewart
    Asymptotic distribution of the
    supremum of a non-stationary
    Gaussian process
  • August 20th
    Dr Michael Kelly
    Determining the probability distribution
    of financial derivatives
    using linear inverse theory
  • July 30th
    Prof Azaria Paz
    Chaotic behaviour in multidimensional Markov chains

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