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The CSSS Seminar features local and visiting scholars presenting current research at the intersection of statistics and the social sciences.

Seminars are held in Savery 409 on Wednesdays from 12:30-1:30 pm during the academic year. Seminars are available to anyone interested and are presented in a hybrid format.
To attend a seminar virtually, please join here.

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Graduate students pursuing a CSSS track may receive credit by enrolling in CSSS 590.

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Future Seminars

Title Speaker Time
Almost Magic: The Promise and Pitfalls of AI-Assisted Coding Joseph L Hellerstein, Senior Fellow, eScience Institute, Affiliate professor, Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, Affiliate professor, Department of Bioengineering, UW
One Model, Many Methods: NIMBLE for Hierarchical Statistical Modeling in Social and Other Sciences Perry de Valpine, Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley
Addressing Measurement Error Bias in Grouped Continuous Data for Causal Inferences Ramses Llobet, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, UW

Past Seminars

Title Speaker Date
Space and Time in War and Peace During the Last 200 years: Ongoing Investigations of Spatial Connections in a Changing Topology Kristian Gleditsch, Political Science, University of Glasgow
Space and Time in War and Peace During the Last 200 years: Ongoing Investigations of Spatial Connections in a Changing Topology Mike Ward, Political Science, University of Washington
Does "High" Equal "High Risk?" The Relationship Between Drinking and Sexual Risk Taking Mary Gilmore, Social Work, University of Washington
Why Alternative Trend-Cycle Decompositions of GDP Disagree Charles Nelson, Economics, University of Washington
The Use of Socioeconomic Measures in Spatial Epidemiology Jon Wakefield, Statistics and Biostatistics, University of Washington
Methodological Problems in Defining Comparable Data Across National Data Sets and Field Research Elaine Thompson, School of Nursing, University of Washington
Statistical Issues with Network Analysis: Applications and Problems in AIDS Tony Rossini, Biostatistics, University of Washington