Colóquio 

29/06/2000, 17:00 — 18:00 — Anfiteatro Va1, Pavilhão de Eng. Civil
Pranab K. Sen, 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.