{"62132":{"#nid":"62132","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ISyE Distinguished Lecture:  Dr. Bradley Efron\u2019s Lecture Now Available Online","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBradley\nEfron, the Max H. Stein Professor of Statistics and Biostatistics at Stanford\nUniversity\u2019s School of Humanities and Sciences and the Department of Health\nResearch and Policy with the School of Medicine, was the third distinguished\nlecturer in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems\nEngineering\u2019s Distinguished Lecture Series. Efron presented his talk, titled\n\u201cLearning from the Experience of Others,\u201d to a standing-room-only audience on\nSeptember 23, 2010. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIf\nyou were not able to attend the lecture or would like to listen to the lecture\nagain, Dr. Efron\u2019s lecture can be viewed at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\/handle\/1853\/35125\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\/handle\/1853\/35125\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EStating\nthat some statistical estimates are obtained by direct observation, Efron said\nthat sometimes we learn from the experience of others. Efron used several\nexamples, including the likelihood of having identical twins, to show how this\nworks in practice, indicating some of the surprising theoretical ideas involved.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EStarted\nin 2008, the annual Distinguished Lecture Series brings in highly prominent\nspeakers who have made a significant contribution to society through research\nareas of interest to ISyE faculty and students and to provide a forum for the\nstudents, faculty, staff, and alumni from the Georgia Tech community to\ninteract with the distinguished lecturer. The two previous distinguished\nlecturers were Dr. William \u0022Bill\u0022 Pulleyblank, vice president of the Center for Business\nOptimization at IBM Global Business Services, and Dr. Lawrence\n\u0022Larry\u0022 Wein, professor at the Graduate School of Business at\nStanford University and a Philip McCord Morse Lecturer. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more\ninformation, visit: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/news-events\/dls\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/news-events\/dls\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBradley\nEfron, the Max H. Stein Professor of Statistics and Biostatistics at Stanford\nUniversity\u2019s School of Humanities and Sciences and the Department of Health\nResearch and Policy with the School of Medicine, was the third distinguished\nlecturer in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems\nEngineering\u2019s Distinguished Lecture Series. Efron presented his talk, titled\n\u201cLearning from the Experience of Others,\u201d to a standing-room-only audience on\nSeptember 23, 2010.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ISyE Distinguished Lecture:  Dr. Bradley Efron\u2019s Lecture Now Available Online"}],"uid":"27328","created_gmt":"2010-10-13 12:55:39","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:34","author":"Edie Cohen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-10-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-10-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"62131":{"id":"62131","type":"image","title":"Dr. Bradley Efron","body":null,"created":"1449176355","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:59:15","changed":"1475894539","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:19","alt":"Dr. Bradley Efron","file":{"fid":"191408","name":"Efron_colorized.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Efron_colorized_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Efron_colorized_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":340012,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Efron_colorized_0.jpg?itok=78aBBFmf"}}},"media_ids":["62131"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara \nChristopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}