Clifford Conference

-----------------------------------------------------------------------提案编号：DMS 9803801 PI：任建健机构：杜兰大学项目：克利福德会议摘要：1998年克利福德演讲和会议，将于1998年10月在杜兰大学举行。1998年Clifford的讲师是加州大学伯克利分校的Peter Bickel教授，他将给3位讲师讲授“非参数和半参数统计中的筛子方法”。在会议期间，将有10-15名受邀演讲者发表与比克尔教授的主要讲座有关的演讲。这些讲座和讲座将：(A)通过实例比较和对比领域，讨论Bootstrap方法如何适合这个框架，介绍筛子方法；(B)讨论和回顾筛子方法在函数估计、基于Haar小波的测试、AR筛子Bootstrap的各种应用，以及在密度估计和其他背景下基于正交化或碱基或原子族的更广泛的使用；(C)讨论筛子方法与模型选择的关系和巨大的挑战：选择调谐参数。1998年的Clifford演讲和会议将为研究人员提供一个独特的机会，让他们见面并讨论统计理论和实践中的当前问题。这对路易斯安那州或附近的南方大学的初级研究人员、研究生和教职员工尤其有益。

----------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal Number: DMS 9803801 PI: Jian-Jian Ren Institution: Tulane University Project: The Clifford Conference Abstract: The 1998 Clifford Lecture and Conference, which will take place in October of 1998 at Tulane University. The 1998 Clifford Lecturer is Professor Peter Bickel of University of California - Berkeley, who will give a series of 3 lecturers on "The Method of Sieves in Non- and Semiparametric Statistics". During the conference, there will be 10-15 invited speakers giving talks related to Professor Bickel's main lectures. These lectures and talks will: (a) compare and contrast the fields by examples, discuss how bootstrap methodology fits into this framework, introduce the method of sieves; (b) discuss and review various applications of the method of sieves to function estimation, Haar wavelet based tests, AR sieve bootstrap, and more general use of orthonormal based or families of bases or atoms in density estimation and other contexts; (c) discuss the relation of the method of sieves to model selection and the great challenge: Selecting Tuning Parameters. The 1998 Clifford Lecture and Conference will provide a unique opportunity for researchers to meet and discuss the current issues in statistical theory and practice. This is particularly beneficial to junior researchers, graduate students and faculty from southern universities in or near Louisiana.