VIGRE Statistics Seminar
Fall Semester 2003


Time:
4-5:00 pm Thursdays
Place: 1011 Evans Hall

September 4: An Introduction to Non-clinical Biostatistics in the Biotech Industry
Michael Ostland, Senior Biostatistican, Department of Biostatistics, Genentech, Inc.

September 11: How I became an environmental consultant: A cautionary tale
Peter Baker, Consultant, Stillwater Sciences.

September 18: Statistics and Security Prices
Lisa Goldberg, Vice President, Credit Research, Barra, Inc.

September 25: Life as a SAS programmer - a career option for a master's level statistician
Cecilie Birner, Program Specialist, CA Department of Health Services, Immunization Branch

October 2: Are genes responsible for addiction?
David Speca,PhD, Scientist, Ernest Gallo Research Center on Addiction and Recovery

October 9: Considering graduate school!
Colette E. Patt, Ph.D., Director, Science Student Diversity Programs, UC Berkeley

October 16: Comparing Genomes: Statistics and Computation
Jon McAuliffe, Department of Statistics, UC Berkeley

October 23: .
Ken Wachter, Professor, Departments of Statistics and Demography, UC Berkeley

October 30: Challenges and Opportunities in Scientific Data Mining
Imola Fodor Center for Applied Scientific Computing, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

November 6: Problems in mass data analysis: Examples in genetics and education
Juliet Shaffer, Professor Emeritus, Department of Statistics, UC Berkeley

November 13: Statistics in Atmospheric Sciences
Thomas Bengtsson,PhD, Neyman Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, UC Berkeley

November 20: Statistics in Transportation Sciences
John Rice, Professor, Department of Statistics, UC Berkeley

December 4: Fish, Elk and Fires: A day in the life of a forest statistician
Haiganoush Preisler,PhD, Statistician, USDA Forest Service