[Statlist] Next Talk: Friday, December 10, 2010 with Jan Beran, University of Konstanz

[Susanne Kaiser-Heinzmann]

ETH and University of Zurich

Proff. P. B�hlmann - L. Held - H.R. Kuensch - M. Maathuis - S. van de Geer

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We are glad to announce the following talk

*Friday, December 10,  2010,  15.15h  ETH Zurich HG G 19.1*
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with Jan Beran,******University of Konstanz, Germany

Title:
On bees, splines and fractional integration - an approach to the analysis of calcium imaging data

Abstract:
Olfactory coding is an interesting branch of neurobiology with
challenging statistical problems. In this talk, calcium imaging data
measuring reactions to olfactory stimuli in the antennal lobe of
honeybees is considered. Specific biological questions lead to a
combination of regression splines, fractional processes and
errors-in-variables regression. Asymptotic results for spline
estimators are based on fractional calculus and integration with
respect to fractional Brownian motion or Hermite processes. Test
statistics for examining the effect of neurotransmitters are derived
taking into account errors-in-variables and previously derived limit
theorems.


This is joint work with Arno Weiersh�user (Department of
Mathematics and Statistics, University of Konstanz) and several
colleagues from neurobiology (Giovanni Galizia, Julia Rein, Martin
Strauch, Brian H. Smith).


This abstract is also to be found under the following link:http://stat.ethz.ch/events/research_seminar

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