Student Talk Series: Tracy Sweet, University of Maryland, January 22nd, Olin 268 @ noon

Sweet

Title: Hierarchical Social Network Models with Applications in the Social Sciences

Abstract: The term “social network analysis” includes most quantitative methods for analyzing relational data and these methods are both exploratory and inferential. For inference, there are a variety of social network statistical models to represent the stochastic nature of network relationships.  In this talk, I will present social network models that are written as Hierarchical Bayes models and describe how these generative models can be used in the social sciences which often involve multiple partially exchangeable networks.

Research opportunities

Bucknell Program for Undergraduate Research: see campus www.bucknell.edu/x1713.xml proposals due in early February

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs): see www.ams.org/programs/students/undergrad/emp-reu deadlines February – March

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: see http://cs.lbl.gov/careers/summer-student-program/rising-seniors

MIT Lincoln Laboratory: see www.ll.mit.edu/college/summerprogram.html rising seniors; must be U.S. citizen

National Security Agency: Director’s Summer Program, Mathematics Summer Employment Program; must be U.S. citizen; applications accepted September 7 – October 15 of each year; see http://www.nsa.gov/careers/opportunities_4_u/students/undergraduate/

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): see www.nist.gov/surfgaithersburg/ deadline February 15.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Research Participant Program: must be U.S. citizen or permanent resident; rising juniors and above; see www.nrel.gov/rpp/student_internships.html

U.S. Department of Energy Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI); applications due January 10, 2012; see science.energy.gov/wdts/suli

Oak Ridge National Laboratory: see http://www.orau.org/ornl/undergraduates/default.htm

Sandia National Laboratory: see www.sandia.gov/careers/students_postdocs/

Dordt College in Sioux City, Iowa summer research program in statistical genetics and biostatistics; undergraduate students with prior coursework in statistics are invited to apply; application deadline; January 31, 2012; see http://www.dordt.edu/academics/programs/math/statgen/

 

Statistics and Biostatistics Opportunities:

Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics (http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/research/training/summer-institute-biostatistics-t15)

Mayo Clinic: http://www.mayoclinic.org/jobs/internships.html

Census bureau: http://www.census.gov/hrd/www/jobs/stu_temp.html

U.S. Government: http://www.usajobs.gov

Dordt College in Sioux City, Iowa: summer research program in statistical genetics and biostatistics; undergraduate students with prior coursework in statistics are invited to apply; application deadline; January 31, 2012; see http://www.dordt.edu/academics/programs/math/statgen/