{"253431":{"#nid":"253431","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Statistics Seminar","body":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Statistics Seminar Series\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E Thursday, November 14, 2013 at 11:00 AM\u003Cbr \/\u003E Executive classroom, ISyE Main Building\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E Dimensional Analysis and Its Applications in Statistics\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EDennis K. J. Lin\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E University Distinguished Professor\u003Cbr \/\u003E Department of Statistics\u003Cbr \/\u003E The Pennsylvania State University\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E Abstract: Dimensional Analysis (DA) is a fundamental method in the engineering and physical sciences for analytically reducing the number of experimental variables prior to the experimentation.\u0026nbsp; The principle use of dimensional analysis is to reduce from a study of the dimensions of the variables on the form of any possible relationship between those variables.\u0026nbsp; The method is of great generality.\u0026nbsp; In this talk, an overview\/introduction of DA will be first given.\u0026nbsp; A basic guideline for applying DA will be proposed, using examples for illustration.\u0026nbsp; Some initial ideas on using DA for Data Analysis and Data Collection will be discussed.\u0026nbsp; Future research issues will be proposed.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E Short Bio: Dr. Dennis Lin is a University Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain and Statistics at Penn State University.\u0026nbsp; His research interests are quality engineering, industrial statistics, data mining and Statistical Inference.\u0026nbsp; He has published near 200 professional (SCI\/SSCI) papers in a wide variety of prestigious journals (such as, Technometrics, Annals of Statistics, Biometrika, Statistica Sinica, etc).\u0026nbsp; He has served as a co-editor for ASMBI as well as an associate editor for various (about 10) top journals.\u0026nbsp; Dr. Lin is an elected fellow of ASA, IMS and ASQ, an elected member of ISI, a fellow of RSS, and a lifetime member of ICSA.\u0026nbsp; He is the recipient of the 2004 Faculty Scholar Medal Award at Penn State University.\u0026nbsp; He is also an honorary chair professor for various universities, including a Chang-Jiang Scholar at Renmin University of China.\u0026nbsp; His recent awards include Don Owen Award (ASA), Youden Address (ASQ) and Loutit Lecturer (SSC).\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Statistics Seminar"}],"uid":"27187","created_gmt":"2013-11-11 12:10:45","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:23:53","author":"Anita Race","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2013-11-14T10:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2013-11-14T11:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2013-11-14T11:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2013-11-14 15:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2013-11-14 16:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2013-11-14 16:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHost: Dr. Jeff Wu (\u003Ca class=\u0022moz-txt-link-abbreviated\u0022 href=\u0022mailto:jeffwu@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejeffwu@isye.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}