Modern Applied Statistics

A seminar in the honour of Erik Bølviken at his 70’th birthday.

Photo: bridge.no

Registration

Registration form. Deadline 30 May.

Programme

 

Introduction

09.15-09.55

Professor Erik Bølviken, University of Oslo 
Past and future directions of statistics.

Basic method

10.00-10.30

Professor Geir Storvik, University of Oslo
Statistics and computing

10.35-11.05

Research Director Andre Teigland, Norwegian Computing Centre
From statistics to machine learning and artificial intelligence - how the commercial market for data analytics has changed.

Coffee break

Complex modelling

11.40-12.10

Professor Henning Omre, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Bayesian spatial inversion - with conjugate prior models.

12.15-12.45

Professor Torfinn Taxt, University of Bergen
Modelling brain perfusion Magnetic Resonance (MR) time sequences.

Lunch

Medicine/biology

14.00-14.30

Professor Eva Skovlund, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Resultatory statistics - assessment of drug efficacy

14.35-15.05

Professor Thore Egeland, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Statistics, genetics and the law.

Insurance

15.10-15.40

Professor Montserrat Guillen, University of Barcelona
Uncertainty advantage: Insurers should face technological innovations.

15.45-16.15 Chairman Jostein Sørvoll, Protector Insurance
Actuarial challenges: Changes observed during 48 years in insurance.

Summary

16.20-16.30 Professor Arne Bang Huseby, University of Oslo
Published Apr. 27, 2018 2:08 PM - Last modified Feb. 7, 2020 3:49 PM