Meeting 5 (November 29, 2007)

Discussion facilitator -- Dr. Gabriel Huerta

At the next meeting, Professor Huerta in the stat program is leading the discussion! Here is the paper he selected: Hierarchical spatiotemporal matrix models for characterizing invasions. Biometrics 63: 558-567. He also suggested this paper to give you some background in the statistics terminologies and more: Hierarchical Spatial Models. In: Encyclopedia of Geographical Information Science. Springer. In Press.

I hope to see you all there!

Meeting 4 (November 15, 2007)

Discussion Facilitator -- Adam Ringler

Here is the link to the paper Adam selected: Can Biology lead to new theorems? by Sturmfels, published in Clay Biology.
Hope to see you all there!

For anyone wanting some background on phylogenies, here's the link to a pdf file of
Phylogenies: An Overview. (1999).
Holmes S.
IMA series, Statistics and Genetics, 112:81-119 (ed. Halloran and Geisser), Springer Verlag, NY.