Colloquium Fall 2015

Faculty coordinator: Dr. Paul DeBoeck
Venue:
35 Psychology Building
Time:
12:30-1:30pm

August 31, 2015
Introduction

September 7, 2015
Labor Day

September 14, 2015
Speaker: Rick Farouni
Title: Across-subject predictive modeling of fMRI BOLD responses to faces using sparse Bayesian group factor analysis

September 21, 2015
Speaker: Dr. Ting Wang (Postdoctoral Research Fellow)
Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University
Title: Score-based Tests for Detecting DIF

September 28, 2015
Research Ethics seminar

October 5, 2015
Speaker: Alex Sinayev
Title: Testing a quantitative dual-system model of decision making

October 12, 2015
Speaker: Ty Henkaline
Columbus Collaboratory
Title: Tips and tricks for entering the applied world, and a bit about what you will see on the other side

October 19, 2015
Speaker: Saemi Park

October 27, 2015 (Wherry Lecture)
Speaker: Dr. Drew Purves
Computational Science Lab Microsoft Research Cambridge
Title: Virtual Plants, virtual biosphere, virtual people: the Bayesian approach to saving the world

November 2, 2015
Speaker: Dr. Kristopher Preacher
Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University
Title: Analysis of moderation and mediation in multilevel data

November 9, 2015
Speaker: Dr. Jeff Vancouver
Department of Psychology, Ohio University at Athens
Title: Searching for the Holy Grail: Computational models based on an invariant structure

November 16, 2015
Speaker: Dr. Woo-Young Ahn
Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University
Title: Utility of machine learning approaches for developing accurate and affordable behavioral markers of drug addiction

November 23, 2015
Speaker: Dr. Steve Petrill
Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University
Title: Genetically-sensitive approaches to the study of reading and math development

November 30, 2015
Speaker: Hairong Gu
Title: Adaptive design optimization without knowing the model

December 7, 2015
Brief presentations on external talks