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29/06/2000, 17:00 — 18:00 — Amphitheatre Va1, Civil Engineering Building
, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Mathematical Perspectives in the Statistical Sciences, and the Current Trends

In modern interdisciplinary research encompassing a wider field of socio-economic, agricultural, biological, industrial, biomedical, environmental and public health disciplines, statistical planning, modeling and analysis are indispensible. Statistical science reflects this composite field where mathematical perspectives dominate the theory and methodology developments. Yet, the advent of modern computer science has opened the doors for highly computation-intensive statistical tools; in bioinformatics, for example, computational statistics plays the key role. In view of this apparent discordence between mathematical and computational approaches to statistical resolutions, a critical appraisal of statistical innovations is made with due respect to its mathematical heritage. Illustrations from diverse fields of application are included in the same vein.

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The Mathematics Colloquium is a series of monthly talks organized by the Department of Mathematics of IST, aiming to be a forum for the presentation of mathematical ideas or ideas about Mathematics. The Colloquium welcomes the participation of faculty, researchers and undergraduate or graduate students, of IST or other institutions, and is seen as an opportunity of bringing together and fostering the building up of ideas in an informal atmosphere.

Organizers: Conceição Amado, Lina Oliveira e Maria João Borges.