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Seminars

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

Seminars are held on Wednesdays from 12:30–1:30 pm. Seminars are available to anyone interested and are being presented in a hybrid format.

To attend a seminar virtually, please register here.  An email with login information will be sent to you upon registration. 

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

Questions? Contact CSSS (csss@uw.edu).

 

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Future Seminars

Title Speaker Time
Very Long-Term Probabilistic Population Projections for Assessing the Social Cost of Carbon Adrian Raftery
Exploring the Effects of Item-Specific Factors in Tree-Based Item Response Models Weicong Lyu
Estimating Global and Country-Specific Excess Mortality by Age and Sex During the COVID-19 Pandemic Jon Wakefield
Cartoons, Captions, and Confidence Intervals Lalit Jain
Using Electronic Health Records to Document Racial and Ethnic Disparities: Strengths and Weaknesses Barbara Entwisle
Potential Impacts of Mass Nutritional Supplementation on Measles Dynamics: A Simulation Study Navideh Noori
What if I only care about L1 X-Y relations? Clustered data analytic options Elizabeth Sanders

Past Seminars

Title Speaker Date
Environmental Standards from a Statistical Point of View Peter Guttorp, Statistics, University of Washington
Representation, Information, and Public Policy Bryan Jones, Political Science, University of Washington
Perspectives on Causal Inference and Longitudinal Interventions Babette Brumback, Biostatistics, University of Washington
Inference in Case-Control Studies with Limited Auxilliary Information Gary King, Government and Center for Basic Research in the Social Sciences, Harvard University
Geographical Analysis and Ethical Dilemmas in the Study of Childhood Leukemias in Great Britain Julian Besag, Statistics, University of Washington
Looking for Effects of Group Characteristics on Outcomes in Group-Based Prevention Programs Jerald R Herting, Sociology and Psychosocial & Community Health, University of Washington
Improved Inference for the Instrumental Variable Estimator or You Can't Get Something for Nothing Dick Startz, Economics, University of Washington
Problems in Sampling and Defining the Unit of Analysis in the Study of Policy Change" Paul Burstein, Sociology, University of Washington
Socio-economics of Screening for Ovarian Cancer Martin McIntosh, Biostatistics, University of Washington
Mergers and Mobility: Occupational Implications of Organizational Growth at Lloyds Bank, 1885-1940 Katherine Stovel, Sociology, University of Washington
Why Do Model Ensembles Work? Pedro Domingos, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington
Classification by Opinion-Changing Behavior: A Mixture Model Approach" Jennifer Hill, Statistics, Harvard University
Modern Prediction Methods: Bagging and Boosting Greg Ridgeway, Statistics, University of Washington
Linking Trajectories of Childhood and Adolescent Physical Aggression: The Search for Late Onset Violence Daniel Nagin, Heinz School of Public Policy and Management,, Carnegie Mellon University
The Nature of Structural Break in the U.S. Stock Market Chang-Jin Kim, Economics, University of Washington
Crack Markets and the Diffusion of Guns Among Youth Daniel Cork, Statistics and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
NY School Choice: An example of the link between observational studies and randomized experiments Jennifer Hill, Statistics, Harvard University
The Evolution of Fertility in India in Time and Space Fadoua Balabdoui, Centre de Géostatistique, Ecoles des Mines
Bayesian Model Selection and Model Averaging for Social Research: Recent Results" Adrian Raftery, Statistics and Sociology, University of Washington
The Marriage Model: A Two Sided Model of Opportunity and Choice Peter Hoff, Statistics, University of Washington
An Empirically Accurate Computation Model of Multiparty Electoral Competition Kevin Quinn, Center for Basic Research Social Science, Harvard University
Socioeconomic Status and Pregnancy Outcomes: Evidence from Washington State Rob Warren, Sociology, University of Washington
Socioeconomic Status and Pregnancy Outcomes: Evidence from Washington State Irving Emmanuel, Epidemiology, University of Washington
Age-Specific Total Fecundability and Fetal Loss in Bangladeshi Women Darryl Holman, Anthropology, University of Washington
Estimating the Size of Populations Stephen Fienberg, Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
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

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

Seminars are held on Wednesdays from 12:30–1:30 pm. Seminars are available to anyone interested and are presented in a hybrid format.

To attend a seminar virtually, please register here.  An email with login information will be sent to you upon registration. 

To join in-person in Savery 409, please register here prior to attending. 

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

Questions? Contact CSSS (csss@uw.edu).