*************************************** Research Workshop in Applied Statistics *************************************** Please join us this Wednesday @ noon at CBRSS, the Center for Basic Research in the Social Sciences, 34 Kirkland Street, Rm 22, for "Health Surveillance and Bio-Tracking", presented by Marcello Pagano, Professor of Statistical Computing in the Department of Biostatistics. -- Much of Professor Pagano's research in biostatistics involves computer- intensive methods, including time series methods, methods for calculating permutation distributions, and clustering methods, especially those dealing with statistics based on distances. These distance-based methods are now finding applications in genetic studies and syndromic surveillance. Professor Pagano is also interested in surveillance methods involving screening and associated laboratory tests. The accuracy of these tests is important, for example, to maintain the integrity of the nation's blood supply. He is involved in more accurate testing methodologies, using existing technologies, that are doubly beneficial because they are also cheaper to implement, which means that more testing may be done. -- As always, lunch will be provided. Contact information, the current schedule, and previous presentations may be found at the course web site: http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~gov3009/ ****************************************** The Research Workshop in Applied Statistics is a forum for graduate students, faculty, and visiting scholars to present and discuss work in progress and exchange ideas. It is intended as a tour of Harvard's statistical innovations and applications with weekly stops in different disciplines such as economics, epidemiology, medicine, political science, psychology, public policy, public health, sociology and statistics. The topics of papers presented in previous years included missing data, survey analysis, Bayesian simulation, sample selection, and models for election and portfolio choice. Faculty and student participants in the workshop present their current projects, and guest speakers also give occasional presentations. The workshop provides an excellent opportunity for informal interaction between graduate students and faculty from a variety of disciplines. Course credit is available for students as either an upper-level Government or Sociology class. Lunch is provided. If you are interested, note that all events are held at noon, in Room 22, Center for Basic Research in Social Sciences (CBRSS, 34 Kirkland St., this is the yellow building across the street from William James Hall). Contact information and previous presentations may be found at the course web site: http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~gov3009/ To join the gov3009 mailing list, send e-mail to gov3009-l-request(a)fas.harvard.edu with the following text message: subscribe end Questions? Please contact the workshop coordinator, Alexis Diamond, at <adiamond(a)fas.harvard.edu>