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SwitzerSeries 2010

2010-10-22

A Seminar Series on the Occasion of the Retirement 
of Paul Switzer

Friday, October 22, 2010 
CIS-X Auditorium

Emceed by Ingram Olkin, Professor of Statistics and of Education, Emeritus

Schedule of Events

2:00 to 2:10pm
Welcome and Introductions

2:15 to 2:45pm
David Siegmund
Stanford University
Paul Switzer, friend and scientist

2:50 to 3:20pm
Michael Stein
University of Chicago
Kriging and the screening effect

3:20 to 3:50pm
Refreshments

3:55 to 4:25pm
James Zidek
University of British Columbia
Mapping pollution fields: Then and now

4:30 to 5:00pm
Richard Smith
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Air pollution and health: An ongoing debate