Joint Meetings of the Iowa MAA, ASA, and IMATYC

Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa
April 14 and 15, 2000

Program Changes and Updates
Joint Meetings of the Iowa MAA, ASA, and IMATYC
Simpson College, Iowa
April 14 and 15, 2000

Amended title for Michael O'Fallon's talk on Saturday morning:

                      "The Breast Implant Controversy: Statisticians and
                            Epidemiologists meet the Media and the Legal Profession"

Update April 8, 2000:

The ASA Dinner scheduled for Friday evening has been cancelled.

Updates April 6, 2000:

ASA contributed paper session speakers and titles:

Carver Science Hall, Room 340 Friday, April 14

3:30 - 3:50    O.Kubilay Gursel, Iowa State University
                   Tests for Persistence in Volatility: A Monte-Carlo Investigation

3:55 - 4:15    Sandip Sinharay, Iowa State University
                   Variance Component Testing in Generalized Linear Mixed Models
                                  with an Application to Natural Selection Studies

4:20 - 4:40    Brian J.Smith, University of Iowa
                   Bayesian Spatial Analysis of Radon Exposure Data from the Iowa
                                     Radon Lung Cancer Study
                                     ( Joint Paper with Mary Kathryn Cowles, University of Iowa)

4:45 - 5:05    Marcus Saegrove, Professor,Viterbo College,Wisconsin
                   The Quartile Uniform Plot: An added dimension to the boxplot
 

ASA Session Invited Papers Speakers:

Invited Papers on Bayesian Computations

Carver Science Hall, Room 340

Organizer: Mark Ecker, UNI

1:00 - 1:25   Kate Cowles, University of Iowa

1:30 - 1:55   Alicia L.Carriquiry, Iowa State University

2:00 - 2:25   Osnat Stramer (University of Iowa)

2:30 - 2:55   Mark Ecker (University of Northern Iowa)

For additional information about the ASA program please contact Syed  Kirmani (kirmani@math.uni.edu) or Ann Cannon (acannon@cornell-iowa.edu).
 

March 29, 2000:

Additional information on the ASA sessions has been added to the schedule.

Friday, April 14

2:00 - 3:00    ASA Student Papers in Carver 340

3:30 - 5:10    ASA Contributed Papers in Carver 340

Saturday, April 15

11:00 - 12:00  Meeting of the Iowa Chapter of the ASA - Election of Officers

1:00 - 3:30    Invited Papers on Bayesian Computations in Carver 340
                     Organizer: Mark Ecker, University of Northern Iowa