April 3, 2014 Dr. Yanyuan Ma Professor of Statistics, Texas A&M University Title: Dimension reduction: A semiparameric approach, estimation, inference and efficiency. Abstract: We provide a novel and completely different approach to dimension reduction problems from the existing literature. We cast the dimension reduction problem in a semiparametric estimation framework and derive estimating equations. Viewing this problem from […]
February 25, 2014 Dr. Mathew McLean Postdoc Fellow, Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University Title: Tools for Reproducible Research and Dynamic Documents with R Abstract: This talk will review some tools for authoring reproducible, dynamic content for reports, presentations, software, and web pages. The goal is to provide brief overviews of a number of recently developed tools, mainly in […]
February 18, 2014 Dr. Mathew McLean Postdoc Fellow, Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University Title: Authoring Packages for the R Programming Language Abstract: The talk with cover some intermediate to advanced details of the R programming language with a focus on authoring R extensions (packages). I assume only basic familiarity with writing functions and working with R’s built-in data structures. […]
Date: February 5, 2014 Location: Blocker 612 Speaker: Klemens Katterbauer (KAUST) Title: Synergizing Electromagnetic and Seismic Techniques for Enhanced Reservoir History Matching via Data Assimilation Techniques Authors: Klemens Katterbauer, Ibrahim Hoteit, Shuyu Sun Earth Science & Engineering Program, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia Abstract: Technology has fundamentally changed the oil and gas industry […]
February 4, 2014 Dr. Edward Jones Executive Professor Statistics Texas A&M University Title: Text Analytics Abstract Text Analytics is a new, interdisciplinary area that blends methodology from statistics, computer science, and natural language processing. Computer scientists and linguistic experts are continuing to improve sophisticated algorithms for extracting and compiling complex summaries of text data. Statisticians […]
