Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 23:36:00 EST
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From: Rob Tibshirani <tibs@UTSTAT.TORONTO.EDU>
Subject: Modern Regression and Classification - Washington
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+++ Widely applicable statistical methods +++
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+++ Washington DC: April 6-7, 1998. +++
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+++ Trevor Hastie, Stanford University +++
+++ Rob Tibshirani, University of Toronto +++
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This two-day course will give a detailed overview of statistical models
for regression and classification. Known as machine-learning in
computer science and artificial intelligence, and pattern recognition
in engineering, this is a hot field with powerful applications in
finance, science and industry.
This course covers a wide range of models from linear regression
through various classes of more flexible models to fully nonparametric
regression models, both for the regression problem and for
classification.
Although a firm theoretical motivation will be presented, the emphasis
will be on practical applications and implementations. The course will
include many examples and case studies, and participants should leave
the course well-armed to tackle real problems with realistic tools. The
instructors are at the forefront in research in this area.
After a brief overview of linear regression tools, methods for
one-dimensional and multi-dimensional smoothing are presented, as well
as techniques that assume a specific structure for the regression
function. These include splines, wavelets, additive models, MARS
(multivariate adaptive regression splines), projection pursuit
regression, neural networks and regression trees. All of these can be
adapted to the time-series framework for predicting future trends from
the past.
The same hierarchy of techniques is available for classification
problems. Classical tools such as linear discriminant analysis and
logistic regression can be enriched to account for nonlinearities and
interactions. Generalized additive models and flexible discriminant
analysis, neural networks and radial basis functions, classification
trees and kernel estimates are all such generalizations. Other
specialized techniques for classification including nearest- neighbor
rules and learning vector quantization will also be covered.
Apart from describing these techniques and their applications to a wide
range of problems, the course will also cover model selection
techniques, such as cross-validation and the bootstrap, and diagnostic
techniques for model assessment.
Software for these techniques will be illustrated, and a comprehensive
set of course notes will be provided to each attendee.
Additional information is available at the Website:
http://stat.stanford.edu/~trevor/mrc.general.html
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Some quotes from past attendees:
"... the best presentation by professional statisticians I have
ever had the pleasure of attending"
"Superior to most courses in all aspects"
"I really liked how you emphasized concepts rather than
mathematical expressions"
"Your 2-day course has saved me months of research"
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COURSE OUTLINE
DAY ONE:
Overview of regression methods: Linear regression models and least
squares. Ridge regression and the ``lasso''. Flexible linear models and
basis function methods. linear and nonlinear smoothers; kernels,
splines, and wavelets. Bias/variance tradeoff- cross-validation and
bootstrap. Smoothing parameters and effective number of parameters.
Non-linear and adaptive time series methods. Surface smoothers.
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Structured Nonparametric Regression: Problems with high dimensional
smoothing. Structured high-dimensional regression: additive models.
project pursuit regression. CART, MARS. radial basis functions. neural
networks. applications to time series forecasting.
DAY TWO:
Classification: Statistical decision theory and classification rules. Linear procedures: Discriminant
Analysis. Logistics regression. Quadratic discriminant analysis, parametric models. Nearest neighbor
classification, K-means and LVQ. Adaptive nearest neighbor methods.
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The Discrete choice model. Nonparametric classification: Classification
trees: CART. Flexible/penalized discriminant analysis. Multiple
logistic regression models and neural networks. Kernel methods.
THE INSTRUCTORS
Professor Trevor Hastie of the Statistics and Biostatistics
Departments at Stanford University was formerly a member of the
Statistics and Data Analysis Research group AT & T Bell
Laboratories. He co-authored with Tibshirani the monograph Generalized
Additive Models (1990) published by Chapman and Hall, and has many
research articles in the area of nonparametric regression and
classification. He also co-edited the Wadsworth book Statistical
Models in S (1991) with John Chambers.
Professor Robert Tibshirani of the Statistics and Biostatistics
departments at University of Toronto is the most recent recipient of
the COPSS award - an award given jointly by all the leading
statistical societies to the most outstanding statistician under the
age of 40. He also has many research articles on nonparametric
regression and classification. With Bradley Efron he co-authored the
best-selling text An Introduction to the Bootstrap in 1993, and has
been an active researcher on bootstrap technology for the past 12
years.
Both Prof. Hastie and Prof. Tibshirani are actively involved in
research in modern regression and classification and are well-known
not only in the statistics community but in the machine-learning and
neural network fields as well. The have given many short courses
together on classification and regression procedures to a wide variety
of academic, government and industrial audiences. These include the
American Statistical Association and Interface meetings, NATO ASI
Neural Networks and Statistics workshop, AI and Statistics, and the
Canadian Statistical Society meetings.
April 6-7, 1998
Georgetown University Marriott Conference Center
3800 Reservoir Road N.W
Washington D.C 20057
Phone (202) 687 3242
FAX (202) 687 3310
To make room reservations, call the hotel directly. Some rooms have
been blocked off at a special rate for this function.
PRICE: $1200 per attendee. Discounted price of $950- for academic and
non-profit organizations. Cancellation policy: if notification
received by March 4, full refund will be given; March 4 to March 23 - a 20% administration fee will be charged. After March 23-
at the discretion of the instructors. A substitute delegate
is always welcome at no extra charge. Attendance
is limited to the first 60 applicants, so sign up soon! These courses
fill up quickly.
TO REGISTER:
Please print this form, and fill in the hard copy to return by postal
mail or FAX.
Registration by March 4 recommended to ensure a spot.
Modern Regression and Classification:
Widely applicable statistical methods
for modeling and prediction
Monday, April 6 and Tuesday, April 7, 1998.
Georgetown University Marriott Conference Center
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Registration fee includes Course Materials, coffee breaks,
and lunch both days.
If you have further questions, email to trevor@stat.stanford.edu
or tibs@utstat.toronto.edu
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Rob Tibshirani, Dept of Public Health Sciences, and Dept of Statistics
Univ of Toronto, Toronto, Canada M5S 1A8.
Phone: 416-978-4642 (PMB), 416-978-0673 (stats). FAX: 416 978-8299
computer fax 416-978-1525 (please call or email me to inform)
tibs@utstat.toronto.edu. ftp: //utstat.toronto.edu/pub/tibs
http://www.utstat.toronto.edu/~tibs
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