Málstofa í stærðfræði Fyrirlesari: Sigrún Helga Lund, Háskóli Íslands Titill: Multiple spots with the same probe on tiled RNA expression microarrays Staðsetning: V-157, VRII Tími: Mánudagur 10. nóvember, frá 15:00 til 16:00. Ágrip: Tiled microarrays are a technology to target non-coding RNAs. In this thesis, custom arrays are designed with the same probe at multiple […]
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Málstofa í tölfræði Fyrirlesari: Daníel F. Guðbjartsson, Department of Statistics, deCODE genetics Titill: Estimating the effect of a sequence variant on correlated phenotypes Staðsetning: Lögberg, 201 Tími: Föstudagur 3. október , frá 12:00 til 13:00. Ágrip: Some variations in the human genome associate with multiple correlated phenotypes. This leads naturally to questions about conditional independence.
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Málstofa í stærðfræði Fyrirlesari: Anna Helga Jónsdóttir, University of Iceland Titill: The performance of first year students on a diagnostic test of basic mathematical skills Staðsetning: V-157, VRII Tími: Mánudagur 29. september, frá 15:00 til 16:00. Ágrip: Dropout-rates and poor performance of students in first year courses in calculus in the School of Engineering and
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Málstofa í tölfræði Fyrirlesari: Douglas P. Wiens, Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta Titill: Robustness of Design: A Survey Staðsetning: V-147, VRII Tími: Föstudagur 12. september, frá 12:00 til 13:00 Ágrip: When an experiment is conducted for purposes which include fitting a particular model to the data, then the ‘optimal’ experimental design
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Meistaraprófsfyrirlestur Fyrirlesari: Guðmundur Einarsson Titill: Competetive Coevolution in Problem Design and Metaheuristical Parameter Tuning Staðsetning: VR-II, 158. Tímasetning: Mánudagur 26. maí, klukkan 14:00. Ágrip: Hafrannsóknarstofnun hefur á síðustu 20 árum staðið að hönnun og notkun stofnmatsforritsins Gadget. Þetta forrit útfærir vistfræðileg tölfræðilíkön og notar stofnunin það við gerð líkana fyrir sjávarlífið á grennd um Ísland.
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Vikan 22. – 25. apríl 2014 verður tölfræðivika. Þessa daga verða fjórir tölfræðiviðburðir. Allir fyrirlestrarnir verða í V-157 í VR-II. 22. apríl kl. 14:00. Emtiyaz Khan frá École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne: Machine Learning 23. apríl kl. 12:00. R-Ísland: Stofnfundur félags R-notenda á Íslandi 23. apríl kl. 13:00. Andrew Gelman frá Columbia University: Tölfræðipakkinn Stan
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Málstofa í tölfræði Fyrirlesari: Philippe Crochet, Research Specialist at the Icelandic Meterological Office Titill: Estimating the flood frequency distribution at ungauged catchments using a regional flood frequency analysis Staðsetning: V-157, VRII Tími: Fimmtudaginn 10. apríl, frá 12:00 til 13:00. Ágrip: Extreme events such as floods may have serious societal and environmental consequences. It is therefore
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Málstofa í tölfræði Fyrirlesari: Guðmundur Einarsson, M.S. student of Statistics, University of Iceland Titill: Discussion on evolutionary algorithms in optimization Staðsetning: Room V-157 in building VR-II on the UI campus Tími: Thursday, April 3rd 2014, at 12:00 to 13:00. Abstract: Two papers will be discussed. First, a paper entitled „Metaheuristics-the metaphor exposed“ by K. Sörensen.
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Málstofa í stærðfræði Speaker: Óli Páll Geirsson Title: Weak solution to stochastic partial differential equations and applications in spatial statistics Location: Room V-147 in building VR-II on the UI campus Time: Friday March 21, 2014, at 12:00 to 13:00. Abstract: The literature on spatial statistics is rich and recognized, where Gaussian fields play a dominant role
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Málstofa í tölfræði Speaker: Óli Páll Geirsson, Doctoral student, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Iceland. Title: Modelling annual maximum 24 hour precipitation in Iceland using the SPDE approach and split sampling MCMC strategy Location: Room V-157 in building VR-II on the UI campus Time: Thursday, March 20th 2014, at 12:00 to
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