Invited Speakers

S. Ejaz Ahmed (Canada)
Title: Sparse Estimation Strategies in Linear Mixed Effect Models for High-Dimensional Data Application
undefinedS. Ejaz Ahmed

Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Mathematics & Science
Brock University
Ontario
Canada

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Research interests: Statistical inference, asymptotic theory, statistical education and consulting.

Carlos A. Coelho (Portugal)
Title: A high-performance Likelihood Ratio Test for high-dimensional MANOVA
Carlos A. Coelho

Mathematics Department, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon
CMA-NOVA Math – Center for Applied Mathematics and its Applications, NOVA University of Lisbon

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Research interests: Multivariate Analysis (development of likelihood ratio tests for elaborate covariance structures and for MANOVA models with elaborate covariance structures), exact distribution and the development of near-exact distributions for the associated test statistics; tests for high-dimensionality; application of multivariate analysis techniques to Statistical Disclosure Control.

Stanislav Katina (Czech Republic)
Title: Functional data analysis of three-dimensional surface data
Stanislav Katina

Institute of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science
Masaryk univerzity
Czech Republic

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Research interests: Statistical modelling of multivariate functional data; Statistical shape and image analysis; Multivariate spline smoothing. Survival analysis; Multivariate and omics data analysis; Design, analysis and reporting of clinical trials. .

Célia Nunes (Portugal)
Title: ANOVA with Random Sample Sizes: An Overview and Applications
 Célia Nunes

Department of Mathematics and Center of Mathematics and Applications
University of Beira Interior
Covilhã
Portugal

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Research interests:Statistical inference, Linear mixed models, Asymptotic distributions, Random sample sizes.

Han Lin Shang (Australia)
Title: Functional Capital Asset Pricing Model
 Han Lin Shang

Department of Actuarial Studies and Business Analytics
Macquarie University
Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
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Research interests: Functional data analysis, Nonparametric and semiparametric statistics, Bayesian econometrics, Computational statistics, Demographic forecasting.

Douglas Wiens (Canada)
Title: Robustness of Design: A Survey
 Douglas Wiens

Department of Mathematics and Statistical Sciences
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB T6G 2G1
Canada
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Research interests: Robust regression design, General robustness, Applied probability, Applied statistics, (and in an earlier life) Mathematical logic.


Young Scientists Awards - LinStat´2020

Efthymia Derezea (UK)
Title: Frequency estimation of astronomical light curves with red noise
 Efthymia Derezea

School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science
University of Kent
UK

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Research interests: Astrostatistics, Irregularly sampled time series, Hypothesis testing, Non parametric statistics, Clustering.

Malwina Janiszewska (Poland)
Title: Estimation of a linearly structured block covariance matrix
 Malwina Janiszewsk

Poznań University of Life Sciences
Poznań
Poland

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Research interests: Estimation and regularization of block covariance matrices.

Denise Uwamariya (Sweden)
Title: Large deviations of extremal eigenvalues of sample covariance matrices
 Denise Uwamariya

Linköping University
SE-581 83 Linköping
Sweden

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Research interests: Large Deviation, Statistical inference and Probability theory.