Annual Report 2005 - Fields Institute - University of Toronto

C. Green (Manitoba Health)
Spatial statistics for epidemiological research
D.K. Ghosh (Saurashtra U.)
Diallel crosses and incomplete block designs
A. Gumel (Manitoba)
To vaccinate or not to vaccinate: the case for imperfect vaccines
C.-L. Huynh (Manitoba)
A mixed model approach for fitting semiparametric regression
models with longitudinal data
L.M. Lix (Manitoba)
Step-down tests for multivariate independent group designs
R. Ma (Canadian Research Institute for Social Policy &
UNB)
Longitudinal, multi-level and spatial analyses of non-normal
health outcomes
A. Melnikov (Alberta)
On valuation of life insurance contracts with equity-linked
maturity guarantees
P. Pahwa (Saskatchewan)
Modeling the longitudinal changes in prevalence of respiratory
symptoms among Canadian grain elevator workers
B.K. Sinha (Maryland)
On some aspects of Berkson’s bioassay problem
IMS NRC participants
G e n e r a l S c i e n t i f i c A c t i v i t i e s
A. Thavaneswaran (Manitoba)
Inference for random coefficient GARCH models
L. Wang (Manitoba)
Estimation of nonlinear regression models with Berkson measurement
errors
X. Wang (Manitoba)
The use of bandit processes in mathematical finance and
economics
IMS New Researchers Conference
August 4–7, 2004
Held at York University
Organizers: Peter Song, Steven Wang, Xin Gao and Cindy
Fu (York)
This year, the 7th North American IMS New Researchers
Conference (NRC), invited 54 young researchers from
US, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, and Iran
for regular 15-minute talks and poster presentations. Of
the 54 invited young researchers, there were 9 Canadian
participants including 6 tenure-track assistant professors, 2
senior statisticians in health research organizations, and 1
postdoc. This was the largest Canadian participation in the
NRC ever! Fields was one of the eight organizations supporting
the event.
On August 4, Terry Speed (UC-Berkeley) gave the IMS
President Address on How to Do Statistical Research. The
Banquet Speech on August 5 was delivered by Jeff Wu
(Georgia Tech) on Statistics and Statisticians: An Amateur’s
Tour Guide. On August 6, Xihong Lin (Michigan) gave the
Special Luncheon Speech on Exploring Roads to a Successful
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