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10 October 2005

Applied Statistics - Rima Izem

This week’s Applied Statistics Workshop presentation will be given by Rima Izem of the Harvard Statistics Department. After receiving her Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Professor Izem joined the Harvard Statistics Department in 2004. Her research interests include statistical methodology in functional data analysis, spatial statistics, and non-parametric statistics. She has presented her work at conferences across North America and Europe. Her 2004 paper, "Analyzing nonlinear variation of thermal performance curves," won the Best Student Paper award from the Graphics and Computing Section of the American Statistical Association.

Professor Izem will present a talk on "Boundary Analysis of Unemployment Rates in Germany." The presentation will be at noon on Wednesday, October 12 in Room N354, CGIS North, 1737 Cambridge St. Lunch will be provided.

Posted by Mike Kellermann at October 10, 2005 11:19 AM