Tutorials for a broad audience were given by internationally recognized researchers, and attendees contributed research presentations to a poster session. Experts from Miami's Research Computing Support group and from the Ohio Supercomputer Center were also be on hand to provide information about their services and research activities.
Principal theme: State-of-the-Art Statistical Computing and Methods for Social Science, Behavioral Science, and Business
Location: Marcum Conference Center, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Sponsor: Miami University Office for the Advancement of Research and Scholarship
90-minute Tutorials (click below for presentation slides):
- Bayesian methods (David Dunson, NIEHS)
- Hierarchical models (Garrett Fitzmaurice, Harvard U)
- Latent variable models (Ken Bollen, U North Carolina)
- Data mining (David Dickey, North Carolina State U)
Featured Speakers
William Thompson
Center for Computational Molecular Biology
Dept of Applied Mathematics
Brown University
"Inference in Bioinformatics for Gene Regulation and Sequence Analysis"
Stephen P. Ellner
Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Cornell University
"Rapid Evolution and the Convergence of Ecological and Evolutionary Dynamics"
Location: Multipurpose Rooms, Shriver Center, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Sponsor: Miami University Office for the Advancement of Research and Scholarship
| Schedule for Friday, March 24, 2006: | |
|---|---|
| 9:15 | Opening remarks (Dean of the Graduate School) |
| 9:20 | Invited speaker on Bioinformatics (William Thompson, Brown U) |
| 10:15 | Contributed poster session, with coffee |
| 11:00 | Ohio Supercomputer Center presentation (Eric Stahlberg) |
| 11:20 | MU Research Computing Support presentation (Jaime Combariza) |
| 11:45 | Buffet Lunch |
| 1:15 | Invited speaker on Math Ecology (Stephen Ellner, Cornell U) |
| 2:10 | NSF Programs supporting Computational Research (Almadena Chtchelkanova; PowerPoint file) |