You are invited to the following talk, sponsored by the Penn State Harrisburg Math Club.
Speaker: Dr Oclay Akman
Professor of Mathematics, Illinois State University
Date and Time: Tuesday, 19 February 2013 at 6 pm
Location: 257E Olmsted Building at 6pm
About the Talk:
For eons, biologists have used statistics to analyze the data they collected through field
studies or lab experiments. Now it is time to turn the tables and see how biology can contribute
to the advancement of statistics. In this talk, I will show how a common regression model
selection can be improved by leaps and bounds by implementing the principles of natural
selection and evolution.
Biography:
Dr. Akman received his B.Sc. (1983) and M.Sc. (1986) in Statistics from Middle East
Technical University and his M.S. from the University of Connecticut in 1986. He received his
Ph.D. from the University of Maine. He is currently a Math professor at Illinois State
University. Before Dr. Akman taught at Illinois State he was a professor at College of
Charleston, Cornell University, Utah State University, and Coastal Carolina. Dr. Akman’s
research includes modeling for lifetime data, weighted distributions, selection models, and
statistical computing. He is also an Associate Editor for Frontier in Systems Biology, Advanced
and Applications in Statistics and Journal of Applied Statistical Science.
FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED!
If you have any questions please contact Viplav Patel at vnp5004 (at) psu (dot) edu or Dr. Boman at ecb5 (at) psu (dot) edu.
Speaker: Dr Oclay Akman
Professor of Mathematics, Illinois State University
Date and Time: Tuesday, 19 February 2013 at 6 pm
Location: 257E Olmsted Building at 6pm
About the Talk:
For eons, biologists have used statistics to analyze the data they collected through field
studies or lab experiments. Now it is time to turn the tables and see how biology can contribute
to the advancement of statistics. In this talk, I will show how a common regression model
selection can be improved by leaps and bounds by implementing the principles of natural
selection and evolution.
Biography:
Dr. Akman received his B.Sc. (1983) and M.Sc. (1986) in Statistics from Middle East
Technical University and his M.S. from the University of Connecticut in 1986. He received his
Ph.D. from the University of Maine. He is currently a Math professor at Illinois State
University. Before Dr. Akman taught at Illinois State he was a professor at College of
Charleston, Cornell University, Utah State University, and Coastal Carolina. Dr. Akman’s
research includes modeling for lifetime data, weighted distributions, selection models, and
statistical computing. He is also an Associate Editor for Frontier in Systems Biology, Advanced
and Applications in Statistics and Journal of Applied Statistical Science.
FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED!
If you have any questions please contact Viplav Patel at vnp5004 (at) psu (dot) edu or Dr. Boman at ecb5 (at) psu (dot) edu.
