JSM Activity #26

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Activity ID:  26
Title
Theoretical Aspects of MCMC: A Memorial to Richard Tweedie
Date / Time / Room Sponsor Type
08/11/2002
4:00 PM - 5:50 PM
Room: H-Concourse B 		IMS Invited
Organizer: Bradley P. Carlin, University of Minnesota
Chair: Bradley P. Carlin, University of Minnesota
Discussant:  
Floor Discussion 5:45 PM
Description

Markov chain Monte Carlo has had enormous impact on the practice of both Bayesian and likelihood-based statistics in the past 15 years. Richard Tweedie, former head of the Department of Statistics at Colorado State U and the Division of Biostatistics at the University of Minnesota, made many and fundamental contributions to this area -- most notably his award-winning textbook on the subject, coauthored with Sean Meyn. In this session, 3 speakers who knew and worked with Richard will discuss their current research and its relation to Prof Tweedie's contributions to the field.
  300414  By:  Sean  Meyn 4:10 PM 08/11/2002
Theory & Application of Geometric Ergodicity since the Big Red Book

  300413  By:  Osnat  Stramer 5:10 PM 08/11/2002
Self-Targeting Candidates for MCMC Algorithms

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