The International Symposium on Statistical Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Data

Date: Nov 13th(Mon)-Nov. 15th(Wed), 2006
Place: Sanjo Conference Hall of University of Tokyo(Hongo Campus).
Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo JAPAN 113-0033 URL
Sponsors:
The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture,
Science and Technology Scientific Research Grant (A) No. 15200021
The 21st Century Center of Excellence(COE) Program
"Research Center for the Relationship between Market Economy and Nonmarket Institution "
Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo

The Commemoration Enterprise of the 75th Anniversary of Japan Statistical Society

Invited Speakers:
N.A.C.Cressie (Ohio State University)
V.De Oliveira(University of Texas)
W.T.M.Dunsmuir(University of New South Wales)
L.Gobillon(Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques)
P.M.Robinson(London School of Economics)
M.L.Stein (University of Chicago)
D.Tjostheim(University of Bergen)
J.Zidek(University of British Columbia)

Banquet:
Date: Nov.14th(Tue) 6:00P.M.-8:00P.M.
Place: Capo PELLICANO(Education and Reserach Building 13F,
Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo)
Application: To YAJIMA(yajima@e.u-tokyo.ac.jp) by Nov. 1st(Wed)
(We already received the application from the Grant members, Speakers, and Co-authors.)

Further Information:
Yoshihiro YAJIMA(yajima@e.u-tokyo.ac.jp) for general matters
Tatsuya KUBOKAWA(tatsuya@e.u-tokyo.ac.jp)for the programme

Organizers:
Yoshihiro Yajima(University of Tokyo)
Tatsuya Kubokawa(University of Tokyo)
Yasumasa Matsuda(Tohoku University)
Yuzo Maruyama(University of Tokyo)

Program

------------ November 13th (Mon) ------------

9:30- Registration
9:50- Opening Address

Session 1 10:00-11:40
Chair: K. Shimizu (Keio University)

10:00-10:40
N.A.C Cressie ( Ohio State University)
"Spatio-Temporal Satellite Data Processing"
10:40-11:10
U. Tanaka (Graduate University for Advanced Studies and Institute of Statistical Mathematics)
Y. Ogata (Institute of Statistical Mathematics)
"Model Selection and Parameter Estimation of the Neyman-Scott Type Spatial Cluster Models"
11:10-11:40
S. Mase (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Y. Honma (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
"Fitting Variogram Models Using the Cross Validation Method"

Lunch: 11:40-13:10

Session 2 13:10-14:50
Chair: Y. Ogata (Institute of Statistical Mathematics)

13:10-13:50
Y. Dou (University of British Columbia)
N. Le (British Columbia Cancer Agency)
J. Zidek (University of British Columbia)
"Pre-Filtering vs Dynamic-Linear-Modeling of Environmental Space Time Processes"
13:50-14:20
K. Kurihara (Okayama University)
"Spatial Clustering for Lattice Data based on their Hierarchical Structure"
14:20-14:50
S. Kawaguchi (Kyushu University)
R. Nishii (Kyushu University)
"Contextual Classification of Geospatial Data by Bootstrap Boosting with Random Stumps"

Coffee Break: 14:50-15:10

Session 3 15:10-16:50
Chair: Y. Maruyama (University of Tokyo)

15:10-15:50
W.T.M. Dunsmuir (University of New South Wales)
"Approximating Large Dimensional Integrals for Inference in Generalized Response Mixed Models"
15:50-16:20
M.Asai (Soka University)
M. McAleer (University of Western Australia)
"The Structure of Dynamic Correlations in Multivariate Stochastic Volatility Models"
16:20-16:50
K. Nakamura (Institute of Statistical Mathematics)
T. Tsuchiya (Institute of Statistical Mathematics)
"A Recursive Recomputation Approach for Smoothing in Nonlinear State Modeling:An Attempt for Reducing Space Complexity"

------------ November 14th (Tue) ------------

Session 4 10:00-11:40
Chair: R. Nishii (Kyushu University)

10:00-10:40
Z. Lu (Curtin University),
A. Lundervold (University of Bergen)
D. Steinskog (University of Bergen)
D. Tjostheim (University of Bergen)
Q. Yao (London School of Economics)
"Nonlinear Models for Spatio-Temporal Data"
10:40-11:10
Y. Chikuse (Kagawa University)
"State Space Models on Special Manifolds"
11:10-11:40
T. Sei (University of Tokyo)
"A Stable-Convergence Theorem for Multiparameter Martingales"

Lunch: 11:40-13:10

Session 5 13:10-14:50
Chair: S. Mase (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

13:10-13:50
M.L. Stein (University of Chicago)
"Spatial Variation of Total Column Ozone on a Global Scale"
13:50-14:20
M. Ohtaki (Hiroshima University)
"A Nonparametric Smoothing Method for Estimating
Spatial-Time Distribution of Cancer Mortality in Japan"
14:20-14:50
Y. Matsuda (Tohoku University)
Y. Yajima (University of Tokyo)
"Fourier Analysis of Irregularly Spaced Data on R^d"

Coffee Break: 14:50-15:10

Session 6 15:10-16:50
Chair: Y. Matsuda (Tohoku University)

15:10-15:50
P.M. Robinson(London School of Economics)
"Efficient Estimation of the Semiparametric Spatial Autoregressive Model" 15:50-16:20
Y. Nishiyama (Kyoto University)
"Least Squares Methods in Rank-Size Rule Regression"
16:20-16:50
K. Hitomi (Kyoto Institute of Technology)
K. Nagai (Yokohama National University)
Y. Nishiyama (Kyoto University)
"Sequential Unit Root Test"

------------ November 15th (Wed) ------------

Session 7 9:30-12:10
Chair: Y. Nishiyama (Kyoto University)

9:30-10:10
L. Gobillon(Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques),
T. Magnac (Universite de Toulouse)
H. Selod (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique)
"The Effect of Location on Finding a Job in the Greater Paris Area"
10:10-10:40
A. Yoshida (University of Tsukuba)
A. Kawamura (University of Tsukuba)
"Competition and Physician Induced Demand: Evidence from Dental Service Market in Japan"
10:50-11:30
V. De Oliveira (University of Texas)
"Bayesian Reference Analysis for Gaussian Markov Random Fields"
11:30-12:00
M. Tsutsumi (University of Tsukuba)
Y. Yoshida (Chiba University of Commerce)
H. Seya (University of Tsukuba)
Y. Kawaguchi (Waseda University)
"Bayesian Spatial Modeling for Apartment Rent in Tokyo"

Closing Address