Statistics Can Change Your Life: Cure Cancer, Decode Facebook, and Beat the Stock Market

Friday, October 12, 2012: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
602 (WSCC)
Chair:
Daniela Witten, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Washington

Description: What do medical researchers, Wall Street analysts, and Silicon Valley engineers have in common? They rely on sophisticated statistical tools in order to convert vast amounts of data into useful knowledge. The speakers will discuss statistical approaches to understanding cancer, social networks, and the stock market.



8:30 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:35 AM
Cure cancer from your laptop
Su-In Lee, PhD , Assistant Professor , University of Washington
8:55 AM
Decoding Your Social Network
Tyler McCormick, PhD , Assistant Professor , University of Washington
9:15 AM
Statistics and clinical trials: Using math to save lives
Megan Othus, PhD , Assistant Member , Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
9:35 AM
Beat The Stock Market With Statistics
Ali Shojaie, PhD , Assistant Professor , University of Washington