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Legend: = Applied Session, = Theme Session, = Presenter
Colorado Convention Center = “CC”, Hyatt = “HY”

432 Wed, 8/6/08, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-704
Student Paper Competition: Bayesian Computational Statistics - Topic Contributed - Papers
Section on Bayesian Statistical Science
Organizer(s): David A. van Dyk, University of California, Irvine
Chair(s): Ronald Christensen, University of New Mexico
    2:05 PM   Stochastic Approximation and Newton's Estimate of a Mixing DistributionRyan Martin, Purdue University; Jayanta K. Ghosh, Purdue University and Indian Statistical Institute
    2:25 PM   Default Priors and Efficient Posterior Computation in Bayesian Factor AnalysisJoyee Ghosh, Duke University; David Dunson, Duke University
    2:45 PM   Objective Bayesian Model Selection in Gaussian Graphical ModelsJames G. Scott, Duke University; Carlos M. Carvalho, The University of Chicago
    3:05 PM   Density Estimation for Bivariate Angular Data Using a von Mises Distribution and Bayesian NonparametricsKristin P. Lennox, Texas A&M University; David B. Dahl, Texas A&M University; Marina Vannucci, Rice University; Jerry Tsai, Texas A&M University
     3:25 PM   Floor Discussion
 

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