Spring, 1997

Applied Statistics Seminar Series on Cluster Analysis

Sponsored by the UCI Center for Statistical Consulting
and the UCI Program in Social Networks


Friday, May 2, at 2 pm: SSPB 1290
Optimal Partitions and the Theory of Optimal Description
James Macqueen, Management Sciences, UCLA


Wednesday, May 7, at Noon: SSPB 1222/1208
Fast Hierarchical Clustering via Dynamic Closest Pairs
David Eppstein, ICS, UCI


Wednesday, May 14, at Noon: SSPB 1222/1208
Mixture Model Clustering: Principles and Applications
Padhraic Smyth, ICS, UCI


Wednesday, May 21, at Noon: SSPB 1222/1208
Cluster Analysis of Bacterial Communities from Chemically Stressed Turf Grass Soils
Stephen Lyon, Social Ecology, UCI


Wednesday, May 28, at Noon: SSPB 1222/1208
Applications of Simulated Annnealing to Clustering
John Boyd, Anthropology, UCI


Wednesday, June 4, at Noon: SSPB 1222/1208
Clustering When There Are Economic Consequences of Classification
David Stewart, Marketing, USC