Marina Vannucci
Professor
Department of Statistics
Rice University
Houston, TX
USA
Research Group
A research group coordinated by Dr. Vannucci meets weekly during Spring and Fall semesters.
Current main topics of research include:
Statistical methods for brain imaging data
Graphical models
Bayesian models that integrate genomic data
Nonparametric Bayes methods
Approaches for functional data
Current and past schedules are given below.
Spring 2013:
01/15/13: Introduction and planning
01/22/13: Kassie on gBIFM
01/29/13: Reading group
02/05/13: Reading group
02/12/13: No meeting
02/19/13: Reading group
02/26/13: Spring break
03/05/13: Reading group
03/12/13: ENAR, Orlando, FL
03/19/13: Reading group
03/26/13: Reading group
04/02/13: Reading group
04/09/13: No meeting
04/16/13: No meeting
04/23/13: No meeting
04/30/13: Reading group
05/07/13: Reading group
05/14/13: Reading group
05/21/13: End-of-semester lunch
Fall 2012:
08/22/12: Introduction and planning
08/29/12: Kassie on gBIFM
09/05/12: Christine on multiple graphical models
09/12/12: Qiwei on models for non-Gaussian data
09/19/12: No meeting
09/26/12: Duncan on Huff's data
10/03/12: Linlin on functional data
10/10/12: Reading group
10/17/12: HACASA meeting
10/24/12: Sharon on DTI
10/31/12: Alberto on CGH
11/07/12: Individual meetings
11/14/12: No meeting
11/21/12: Thanksgiving holiday
11/28/12: Meeting with Dr. Killian
Spring 2012:
01/25/12: Introduction and planning
02/01/12: No meeting (T32 trainees)
02/08/12: Sharon talks on DTI data
(readings)
02/15/12: Seminar at the MDACC
02/22/12: Seminar at the MDACC
02/29/12: Spring break
03/07/12: Alberto talks on CGH data
(readings)
03/14/12: Christine talks on graphical models (readings)
03/21/12: Kassie talks on gBIFM (readings)
03/28/12: Seminar at MDACC
04/04/12: No meeting - ENAR in D.C.
04/11/12: Qiwei
04/18/12: Duncan & Chen
04/25/12: Seminar at the MDACC
Fall 2011:
No meetings were held this semester.
Spring 2011:
01/25/11: Baylor group
02/08/11: Meeting at NRI
02/22/11: Baylor group
03/01/11: Bayesian meeting
03/08/11: Meeting at NRI
03/22/11: No meeting - ENAR in Miami
03/29/11: Baylor group
04/05/11: Bayes group
04/12/11: Bayes group
04/19/11: Baylor group
04/26/11: Bayes group
05/03/11: Bayes group
05/10/11: Bayes group
05/17/11: Bayes group
05/24/11: Bayes group
05/31/11: Meeting at NRI
Fall 2010:
08/24/10: Introduction and Planning
08/31/10: Guest: Dr. Miriana Savatic's group (Baylor)
09/07/10: Reading group: STOCSY, SRV and CCA
( papers)
09/14/10: Reading group on fMRI data
(papers)
09/21/10: Canceled
09/28/10: Reading group on graphical models
(papers)
10/05/10: Baylor group meeting
10/12/10: no meeting
10/19/10: Reading group on graphical models
(papers)
10/26/10: Baylor group meeting
11/02/10: Reading group on connectivity
(papers)
11/10/10: Baylor group meeting
11/16/10: No meeting
11/23/10: No meeting
11/30/10: Bayor group meeting
12/07/10: Michael Swartz
12/14/10: Francesco's talk
Spring 2010:
No meetings were held this semester.
Fall 2009:
11/12/09: Terrance's practice talk
10/29/09: Keck Center Annual Research Conference
10/07/09: Individual meetings
10/01/09: Francesco talks on gene-pathway selection. Guest: Michael Swartz
09/24/09: Terrance talks on GP models. Guest: Peter Mueller
09/17/09: Guest: Sanghan Lee
09/11/09: Meeting with Patrick Hartigan and
Christopher Johns-Krull
09/03/09: Guest: Michael Swartz
08/27/09: Catch-up meeting and planning
Spring 2009:
05/28/09: Guest: Misha Koshelev
05/21/09: Wavelets mini-course
05/14/09: Guest: Elena Stanghellini
05/07/09: Planning for Fall semester
04/23/09: Meeting with Patrick Hartigan and
Christopher Johns-Krull
04/16/09: Catch-up meeting
04/09/09: Colleen's practice talk
04/02/09: Guest: Misha Koshelev
03/26/09: Guest: Sanghan Lee
03/19/09: Terrance talks on his research on GPM. Guest: Naijun Sha.
03/12/09: Guest: Ricky Flores
03/05/09: Spring break
02/26/09: Work on a DP example.
02/19/09: Alejandro talks on functional data
02/12/09:
Alejandro Cruz-Marcelo talks on his research with Dr. Ensor.
02/05/09:
Reading session: Colleen leads the discussion.
01/29/09:
Beibei gives an update on her research with Dr. Guerra.
01/22/09:
Catch-up meeting with Terrance and Colleen.
01/15/09:
Guests: David Dahl and Kristin Lennox.
01/08/09:
Reading session: paper suggested by Dr. Hartigan.
Fall 2008:
12/11/08:
Colleen talks on her research. Guests:
Patrick Hartigan and Christopher Johns-Krull.
12/03/08: Beibei talks on her project with
Alejandro.
11/26/08: Rodney's data.
11/19/08:
Alejandro speaks on his research.
Guest: Christian Brownlees.
11/14/08:
Francesco speaks on gene-pathway selection.
Guests: Mahlet Tadesse and Ricky Flores.
11/05/08: Introduction and planning.