Red Raider Mini-Symposium 2005: Geometry and Statistics and Image Analysis

Red Raider小型研讨会，2005年11月17日至19日：“几何、统计和图像分析”集中在流形上的非参数统计，分析形状空间、鞍点近似和系统理论，导致医学成像、系统可靠性、生存分析、模式识别和生物信息学的科学前沿。主要演讲者是加州大学戴维斯分校的Rudy Beran，他因其在稳健统计、定向数据分析和自举方面的贡献而享誉国际；亚利桑那大学的Rabindra Bhattacharya，因其在大样本理论、Edgeworth展开和自举、流形统计和随机偏微分方程方面的贡献而国际知名；Ronald Butler，科罗拉多州立大学，因其在鞍点方法、系统理论和随机网络、特殊函数近似、稳健性和可能性推理方面的贡献而国际知名；John Kent，英国利兹大学，因其在蛋白质结构、稳健性、空间统计学和层析方面的多元统计、形状分析和随机模型的贡献而国际闻名；加拿大圭尔夫大学的Peter Kim因其在几何和统计学之间的接口、黎曼流形上的密度估计以及统计学在图像采集中的应用而享誉国际。印第安纳大学Madan Puri教授以其在非参数统计、样条、正态检验、模糊集和测量、随机过程、方向数据统计、随机集和时间序列方面的贡献而闻名国际，以及Anuj Sriastava，他以其对旨在开发与人类在分析图像方面的能力相匹配的自动化系统的贡献而闻名。这次研讨会旨在将几何、统计和图像分析接口领域的杰出研究人员聚集在一起，并由活跃的数学和统计领域的杰出学者的一系列讲座组成。在天文学和地球物理学、国土安全、医学成像、计算机视觉和模式识别等领域有着重要的应用。这些讲座为统计界成员，特别是早期职业研究人员和研究生，包括妇女和代表性不足的少数群体，提供了一个了解新的研究场所的机会。这一小型研讨会为与会者和杰出演讲者之间的互动和合作提供了一个完美的媒介。这将非常有助于塑造未来统计研究的方向，解决具有较高社会影响的问题。

Red Raider Mini-Symposium, November 17-19, 2005 : "Geometry, Statistics and Image Analysis" focuses on nonparametric statistics on manifolds,analyzes on shape spaces, saddlepoint approximations and systemstheory leading to frontiers of science in medical imaging, systemreliability, survival analysis, pattern recognition andbioinformatics. Principal speakers are Rudy Beran, University ofCalifornia Davis, internationally renowned for his contributionsto robust statistics, directional data analysis, andbootstrapping; Rabindra Bhattacharya, University of Arizona,internationally renowned for his contributions to large sampletheory, Edgeworth expansions and bootstrapping, statistics onmanifolds and stochastic partial differential equations; RonaldButler, Colorado State University, internationally renowned forhis contributions to saddlepoint methods, systems theory andstochastic networks, special function approximations, robustnessand likelihood inference; John Kent, University of Leeds, UnitedKingdom, internationally renowned for his contributions tomultivariate statistics, shape analysis and stochastic models forprotein structure, robustness, spatial statistics, tomography;Peter Kim, University of Guelph, Canada, internationally renownedfor his contributions to the interface between geometry andstatistics, density estimation on Riemannian manifolds andapplications of statistics to image acquisition, Madan Puri,Indiana University, internationally renowned for his contributionsto nonparametric statistics, splines, tests of normality, fuzzysets and measures, stochastic processes, statistics of directionaldata, random sets, and time series and Anuj Srivastava, nationallyrenowned for his contributions to "image understanding" which aimsto develop automated systems that can match human abilities inanalyzing images.This symposium is conceived to bring together outstanding researchersworking in the interface of geometry, statistics and imageanalysis and consists of a series of lectures by outstandingscholars in vibrant areas of mathematics and statistics, withimportant applications in astronomy and geophysics, homelandsecurity, medical imaging, computer vision and patternrecognition. These lectures provide an opportunity to learn aboutnew research venues for the members of the statistical community,especially early career researchers and graduate studentsincluding women and under represented minorities. Thismini-symposium provides a perfect medium for interaction andcollaboration between the conference participants and thedistinguished speakers. It will be very helpful for shaping futuredirections of statistical research that address problems of highsocietal impact.