Tilastotieteen jatkokoulutusseminaari / Research seminar in statistics
The seminar offers a discussion forum for researchers and post-graduate students in statistics and related disciplines.
The program consists of presentations of invited speakers. The seminar is open to all interested people.
Program
From Fall 2017 onwards, see the new page!
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PAST SEMINARS
SPRING 2017
Wed 08.02. at 16-18 Seppo Laaksonen (HY) Happiness research methodology focusing on age, with empirical examples of three surveys
Wed 22.02. at 16-18 Jari Metsämuuronen (Karvi) Measuring Reliability - Reliabiliteetin mittaamisesta
Wed 22.03. at 16-18 Antti Honkela (Helsinki) Differentially private statistical inference
Wed 29.03. at 16-18 Jarno Vanhatalo (Helsinki) Bayesian semiparametric models for species distribution modeling and spatial planning
Wed 12.04. at 16-18 Matti Pirinen (Helsinki) Efficient variable selection from summary statistics
Wed 26.04. at 16-18 Michael Greenacre (Pompeu Fabra)
FALL 2016
Whither Statistics? A special theme in the Seminar Series During the Fall 2016,
by three Professors Emeriti.
Wed. 28.09. at 16-18 Whither Statistics? Risto Lehtonen (HY) Paradigm shift in survey statistics?
Wed. 12.10. at 16-18 Brajendra C. Sutradhar (Memorial University and Carleton University):
Weighted generalized quasi-likelihood estimation in a survey population setup for longitudinal count data
Wed. 19.10. at 16-18 Whither Statistics? Jukka Nyblom (Jyväskylä) Some thoughts on correlation and causation in the past and present
Wed. 02.11. at 16-18 Whither Statistics? Antti Penttinen (Jyväskylä) The future buoyancy of statistics
Wed. 09.11. at 16-18 Mikko Myrskylä (HY) Cohort fertility forecasts and their accuracy
Wed. 23.11. at 16-18 Lasse Koskinen (Tampere) Hedging inflation risk
Wed. 30.11. at 16-18 Seppo Mustonen (HY) SURVOn idea
http://www.survo.fi/english/idea2016.html
Wed. 7.12. at 16-18 Jouni Kuha (London School of Economics) The effect of interviewer probing on item nonresponse and measurement error in cross-national surveys: A latent variable analysis
SPRING 2016
Wed. 27.1. at 15-17 Tapio Nummi (U. Tampere) A semiparametric mixture regression model for longitudinal data
Wed 10.2. at 15-17 Tuomas Ylä-Anttila & Teemu T. Kemppainen (HY) Voting Advice Applications: A Unique Opportunity for Big Data Collection on Political Parties and Voters
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Wed 24.2. at 15-17 CANCELED/PERUUTETTU! (Faiz Alsuhail (StatFin) Current and Future Methodological Challenges at Statistics Finland)
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Wed 9.3. at 15-17 Elja Arjas (HY) Probabilistic preference learning with the Mallows rank model
Wed 23.3. at 15-17 Markus Jäntti (HY) Variance estimation in variance component models - examples from sibling correlations
Wed 27.4. at 16-18 (Note time change!) Joel E. Cohen (Rockefeller U.) Taylor's law of population variability: can anything be new after 50 years?
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FALL 2015
Tue. 1.9. at 14-16 Partha Lahiri (U. Maryland): The role of adjusted maximum likelihood estimation in small area estimation
Wed. 23.9. (note time change!) at 16-18 Risto Lehtonen (HY): Developments in generalized regression and calibration estimation for small areas
Wed 7.10. at 16-18 Jukka Jokinen (THL): Data collection for narcolepsy and pandemic vaccinations
Wed. 4.11. at 16-18 Juha Karvanen (Jyväskylä) Study design in causal models
Wed 18.11. at 16-18 Pekka Tiainen (TEM) Assessment of future demand for occupational qualifications
Wed 02.12. at 16-18 Juha Alho (HY): Weak ergodicity in population change with implications to follow-up studies
Credit points
For seminar presentation, post-graduate student earns 2 ECTS credit points.
Post-graduate students are encouraged to registrate.
Contact
Prof. Juha Alho
Prof. Risto Lehtonen