Richard F. Barry Mathematics & Statistics Colloquium
for 2002

• 9 December 2002 - Alvaro Islas, Old Dominion University
  "Multi-Symplectic Integrators for Nonlinear Wave Equations"
  Abstract

• 26 November 2002 - Narong Punnim, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand
  "On Interpolation Theorems for Graph Parameters"
  Abstract

• 22 November 2002 - Genming Shi, Old Dominion University
  "Estimation of Parameters in Replicated Time Series Regression Models"
  Abstract

• 15 November 2002 - Natalie Hutchinson, Old Dominion University
  "Tessellations Using Geometer's Sketchpad (Version 4)"
  Abstract

• 25 October 2002 - Dr. Ramesh Korwar, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  "Stochastic orders for the lifetime of a k out of n system"
  Abstract

• 11 October 2002 - Dr. Harry Joe, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
  "Count Data Time Series Modelling Based on Binomial Thinning and Other Extended Thinnning Operators"
  Abstract

• 4 September 2002 - Vivien Mallet, Ecole Centrale de Lyon & Old Dominion University
  "Level Set Methods in Wildland Firespread Modeling"
  Abstract

• 6 May 2002 - Dr. Henry Tufo, Argonne National Laboratory/University of Chicago
  "Terascale Spectral Element Algorithms and Implementations"
  Abstract

• 3 May 2002 - Dr. Panayotis Panayotaros, The University of Colorado at Boulder
  "Non-linear Rayleigh Waves"
  Abstract

• 29 April 2002 - Dr. Glenn Williams, Stanford University
  "Numerical Methods and Algorithm Development for Interdisciplinary Applications"
  Abstract

• 26 April 2002 - Dr. Nail Yamaleev, National Research Council, USA
  "Insight into the Accuracy of Adaptive Grid Methods for Captured Shocks"
  Abstract

• 19 April 2002 - Dr. Paul Staneski, UBS Warburg
  "The Black-Scholes PDE"
  Abstract

• 12 April 2002 - Dr. Przemyslaw Bogacki, Old Dominion University
  "Using Blackboard when Teaching a Mathematics or Statistics Class"
  Abstract

• 8 March 2002 - Dr. Gregor Kovacic, Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute
  "The Rise and Fall of Chaotic Dynamics"
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• Distinguished Visitors Lecture Series
  7 March 2002 - Dr. Gregor Kovacic, Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute
  "Truncated Burgers-Hopf Equation: a Testbed for Statistical Mechanics and Chaotic Dynamics"
  Abstract

• 4 March 2002 - Dr. Daniel Walsh, Pennsylvania State University
  "Accurate and Efficient Curve Detection in Images: The Importance Sampling Hough Transform"
  Abstract

• 1 March 2002 - Dr. Beatrix Jones, Pennsylvania State University
  "Using Genetic Marker Data to Look at Mating and Dispersal patterns: Inference When Nuisance Parameters Live in a Large, Discrete Space"
  Abstract

• 25 February 2002 - Dr. Edward Boone, Virginia Tech
  "Bayesian Methods for Missing Data"
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• 22 February 2002 - Dr. Ren Zhang, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
  "Non-parametric Density Estimation Via Wavelets"
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• 15 February 2002 - Dr. Suzanne Dubnicka, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  "A Model for Response Variable Measurement Error in Poisson Regression"
  Abstract

• 8 February 2002 - Dr. John Kroll, Old Dominion University
  "Fire, Ice, Water, and Dirt: A Simple Climate Model"
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• 25 January 2002 - Mr. Mark Lesley, Old Dominion University
  "Look Hammurabi, No Equations"
  Abstract

• 18 January 2002 - Dr. Do Young Kwak, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
  "Mixed covolume method for linear and nonlinear elliptic problems"
  Abstract