Reinhard Furrer's Talks, Presentations and other Insignificant Contributions

[ 2018 | 2014 | 2012 | 2010 | 2008 | 2006 | pre 2004 ]

For simplicity, I gather all my presentations in a chronological order. The explicit entry specifies the type of `performance' and the title links to the slides (only for the newer entries).

2019

Interpolation for huge spatial datasets: theory, implementations and ideas. Department of Statistics, University of Uppsala, Sweden, Jan. 30th. Invited seminar talk.

2018

The Power and Limits of Statistics. Contribution to 2-day Molecular Life Sciences PhD Programme Course "Different perspectives on Responsible Research and Good Scientific Practice".

Imputing missing values in satellite data: From parametric to non-parametric approaches. Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Münster, Nov. 13th. Invited seminar talk.

Imputing missing values in satellite data: From parametric to non-parametric approaches. Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Public University of Navarre, Spain, Sept. 26th. Invited seminar talk.

Predicting missing values in spatio-temporal satellite data, ISNPS 2018, Salerno, Contribution in Invited Session.

Some missing years...

2014

An asymptotic framework for multivariate tapering, April. Department of Statistics, Kansas State University, USA. Invited seminar talk

Extending tapering to multivariate spatial processes: concepts and illustrations, March. Spatial Statistics for Environmental and Energy Challenges, KAUST, Saudi Arabia.

2013

Using R to statistically solve an engineering problem, Nov. 2013. Lunchveranstaltungen HS13, Informatikdienste, UZH. Invited seminar talk.

Statistical modeling of a former Arctic Ocean ice shelf complex using Antarctic analogies, Sept. 2013. Presentation at IAMG 2013, Madrid, Spain.

Multivariate modelling and efficient estimation of Gaussian random fields with application to roller data. June 4--7. Presentation at Spatial Statistics 2013, Ohio, USA.

2012

Hierarchical framework for multivariate multi-model climate projections, May 2012. Climate and Environmental Physics, University of Bern. Invited seminar talk.

Toward robust bias correction of regional precipitation simulations for hydrological modeling. Poster presentation joint with N. Addor and J. Seibert, 11th International NCCR Climate Summer School 9--14 September 2012, Centro Stefano Franscini, Monte Verita, Ticino, CH.

Dimension reduction for multivariate lattice data. Presentation at The Second Workshop on Bayesian Inference for Latent Gaussian Models with Applications, May 30--June 1, 2012, Trondheim, Norway.

2011

Multivariate spatial modeling for large datasets, Oct. 2011. Fall meeting 2011 of the Swiss Mathematical Society, ETHZ.

A spatial analysis of multivariate output from regional climate models, Oct. 2011. Econometrics Department, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

A spatial analysis of multivariate output from regional climate models, Oct. 2011. Colloquium in Honor of Hans Rudolf Künsch on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday, ETHZ.

Exploring and Visualizing Uncertainty in Multidimensional Spatial Random Fields. Aug. 2011, Invited presentation at the JSM 2011, Miami Beach, USA.

A spatial analysis of multivariate output from regional climate models, June. 2011. Research Group on Stochastic Analysis Methods for COdes and NUMerical treatments, AgroParisTech, Paris, France.

Hierarchical Framework for Multi-model Climate Projections, Jan. 2011. Atelier Méthodes statistiques en météorologie et en changement climatique. CRM, Université de Montréal, Canada.

2010

Ice Shelf Modeling: A Cross-Polar Bayesian Statistical Approach Poster presentation joint with N. Kirchner, M. Jakobsson and H. J. Zwally at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, USA.  -   Dec.. 16.

Bayesian Hierarchical Models for Climate Model Data. Jan. 2010, Université Paris-Sud 11, France.

2009

Spatial Model Fitting for Large Datasets with Illustrations in Climate and Microarray Problems. Dec. 2009, IES, UZH.

Hierarchical Framework for Multi-model Climate Projections. Nov. 2009, ZüKoSt: Seminar on applied Statistics, UZH/ETHZ.

Climate change: the uncertainty of certainty. Oct. 30, 2009, Swiss Statistics Meeting, Geneva.

Combining Ensembles of Regional Climate Model Output. Aug. 3, Presentation at the JSM 2009 (invited), Washington DC, USA.

Aggregation-Cokriging: Prediction for Large Multivariate Spatial Datasets. Feb. 18, IAMCS-KAUST, Texas A&M, USA.

2008

The Golden Guide to Spatial Prediction. Nov. 14. Mathematical and Computer Sciences Departmental Colloquia, CSM, Golden, USA.

Bayesian Multiscale Analysis of Images and Random Fields. Poster presentation joint with L. Pasanen, L. Holmstrom and S. R. Sain at the Workshop on Environmetrics, 2008, Boulder, USA.   -   Oct. 23.

Workshop/Short Course: Analysis of spatially correlated environmental data. Sponsored by ENVR, Boulder, USA.   -   Oct. 22. Prediction for large multivariate spatial datasets. Oct. 22nd. Presentation at the Workshop on Environmetrics, 2008 (invited), Boulder, USA.    (Abstract, Transparencies pdf)

Workshop/Short Course: The International Graduate Summer School on Statistics and Climate Modeling. Sponsored by PIMS/NCAR, Boulder, USA.   -   Aug. 9--13.

Estimation of high-dimensional prior and posterior covariance matrices in Kalman filter variants. Aug. 4th. Presentation at the JSM 2008 (invited), Denver, USA.

A Bayesian view of climate change: assessing uncertainties of general circulation model projections. July 16. 7th World Congress in Probability and Statistics (invited), Singapore.

Spatial Patterns of Probabilistic Temperature Change Projections from a Multivariate Bayesian Analysis. 2nd Workshop on Climate Risk Assessment, JAMSTEC/FRCGC, Yokohama, Japan.

2007

Spatial Model Fitting for Large Datasets with Illustrations in Climate and Microarray Problems. October 26, Department of Statistics, University of Wyoming at Laramie, USA.    (Abstract, Transparencies pdf)

Experiments on the Earth: Smoothing and spatial statistics for geophysical applications using fields. Poster presentation joint with S. R. Sain and D. Nychka for Joint Statistical Meetings, July 29-August 2. Salt Lake City, UT, USA.   -   July 30. (invited)

Spatial patterns of probabilistic temperature change projections. May 7, Workshop on the Application of Random Matrices Theory and Methods, SAMSI/IMAGe, NCAR, Boulder, USA.   

Probabilistic projections of climate change fields from a multivariate Bayesian analysis of climate model data. Poster presentation joint with R. Knutti at the CAD, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, USA.   -   April 19-20.

2006

An Efficient Cokriging Approach Based on Canonical Correlation Analysis and Tapering. Poster presentations joint with M. G. Genton at the conference Multivariate Methods in Environmetrics, Chicago, USA.   -   October 26 - 28

Estimation of High-dimensional Prior and Posterior Covariance Matrices in Kalman Filter Variants. Poster presentations joint with T. Bengtsson at the conference Multivariate Methods in Environmetrics, Chicago, USA.  -   October 26 - 28

Spatial Patterns of Global Climate Change Fields.   Joint Statistical Meeting, August 6-10. Seattle, USA.   -   August 8.    (Transparencies pdf)

Probabilistic projections of climate change fields from a multivariate Bayesian analysis of climate model data. Poster presentation joint with R. Knutti at the EGU General Assembly 2006, Vienna, Austria.   -   April 4.

Covariance tapering for Interpolation of Large Spatial Datasets. In contributed session `Advances in Spatial and Temporal Modeling'.  2006 ENAR Spring Meeting, March 26-29, Tampa, FL, USA.   -   March 27.

Sparse Matrix Techniques for Interpolation of Large Environmental and Biological Datasets. Feb. 8, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado at Denver, USA.    (Abstract, Transparencies pdf)

2005

Optimal Estimation of Cloud Drop Effective Radius.  Special Symposium: Combining Multiple Data Sources and Models to Create an Accurate, Global Scale Aerosol Picture at the "24th Annual AAAR Conference", Austin, USA.   -    October 18.    (Transparencies pdf)

A small statistical contribution towards a global picture. Sept. 23, Mathematical and Computer Sciences Departmental Colloquia, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, USA.     (Abstract, Transparencies pdf)

Correlated Errors in Geophysical Applications. Workshop on Computational and Mathematical Geoscience, June 15-17, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, USA.     (Abstract, Transparencies pdf)

Overview of Two GSP Projects: `Multivariate Bayesian Analysis of Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Models' and `KriSp: a Package for Interpolation of Large Datasets Using Covariance Tapering'   GSP/NCAR, external advisory panel meeting, Boulder, USA.   -    May 2.    (Transparencies pdf)

Covariance Tapering for Interpolation of Large Spatial Datasets.    (Abstract)

2004

Spatial Hierarchical Bayes Model for AOGCM Climate Projections.   Joint Statistical Meeting, August 8-12. Toronto, Canada.   -   August 12.    (Transparencies pdf)

Spatial Hierarchical Bayes Model for AOGCM Climate Projections.   Graybill Conference, CSU, Fort Collins, USA.   -   June 18.    (Transparencies pdf)

Covariance Tapering for Interpolation of Large Spatial Datasets.    (Abstract)

`Ensembles' in Numerical Weather Prediction and the Ensemble Kalman Filter.  June 22, Eau, Terre & Environnement, INRS, Université du Québec, Québec, Canada.     (Abstract, Transparencies pdf)

The Kalman Filter and its Application in Numerical Weather Prediction.  April 21, Climatology and Meterology, Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland.

2003

Off-line transport models and the carbon cycle.  Department of Statistics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA.  -   November 17.     (Transparencies pdf)

Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluation of Covariance Tapering in Large Kriging Problems.   GSP/NCAR, external advisory panel meeting, Boulder, USA.   -    September.    (Transparencies pdf)

Inverse problems for sources and sinks of CO₂: Sensitivity analysis of the transport model.   GSP/NCAR, external advisory panel meeting, Boulder, USA.   -    September.    (Transparencies pdf)

Approximation of Forecast Covariances in the Ensemble Kalman Filter.  GSP/NCAR, informal Seminar, Boulder, USA.   - April.     (Transparencies pdf gz)

U-Statistics and PWM in Modeling Extremes.  Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA.   - April.     (Transparencies pdf gz)

Ensemble Kalman Filter - Tapering and Kriging - Estimating CO₂ Fluxes.  GSP/NCAR, for NSF visit, Boulder, USA.   - March.     (Transparencies pdf gz) Data Assimilation and the Ensemble Kalman Filter.  July 8, Chairs of Statistics, Institute of Mathematics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland.     (Transparencies pdf.gz)

State-Space Decomposition of Geostatistical Processes.  Jan. 29, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA.     (Transparencies pdf)

2002

State-Space Decomposition of Geostatistical Processes.  Nov. 4, Department of Statistics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA.    (Transparencies pdf)

Covariance Functions and Nonstationary Processes.  Oct. 30, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA.

Covariance Estimation of Geostatistical Data. Feb. 28, GSP, NCAR, Boulder, USA.     (Transparencies pdf)

Nonstationarity in Geostatistical Modeling. Feb. 26, GSP, NCAR, Boulder, USA.    (Transparencies pdf)

Aspekte moderner Geostatistik: Nichtstationarität, Kovarianzschätzung und Zustandsraumzerlegungen/Aspects of Modern Geostatistics: Nonstationarity, Covariance Estimation and State-Space Decompositions. Public thesis defense, IMA-SB, EPFL.   - Mai 1.

Aspects of Modern Geostatistics: Nonstationarity, Covariance Estimation and State-Space Decompositions, Private thesis defense, IMA-SB, EPFL (thèse no 2562, faculté SB section de mathématiques). Supervisor Prof. Stephan Morgenthaler, Ph.D. Jury members: Prof. Anthony C. Davison, Ph.D., EPFL, Prof. Dr. Jürg Hüsler, Universität Bern, Dr. Richard Webster, Rothamsted Experimental Station.   - April.

Aspects of Modern Geostatistics: Nonstationarity, Covariance Estimation and State-Space Decompositions. 3e cycle romand de statistique et probabilités appliquées, Champéry, Switzerland.   - March 4.

2001

Représentation espace-état des processus spatiaux non stationnaires. Oct., INRA, Avignon, France.    ( Abstract in English, Transparencies in French pdf)

Observation-State Representation of Non Stationary Spatial Processes. Presentation at 12th European Young Statisticians Meeting, Jánska Dolina, Slovakia. September 4.

Non Parametric Estimation within Decomposed Spatial Processes. Presentation at International Conference of the RSS, Glasgow, Scotland.    - July 5.

1998-2000

Principal Component Analysis of Lake Geveva Sediments. Swiss Research Students Meeting, Bern, Switzerland.   - November 3 2000.

On the Decomposition of Spatial Processes. Presentation at the Interface 2000, New Orleans, USA.    - April 6 2000.

Covariance Estimation under Spatial Dependence. Poster presentation at the 18th LASR Workshop, Leeds, England.    - July 1999.

Principal Component Analysis of Lake Geneva Sediments. Poster presentation at the Fourth Annual Conference of the International Association for Mathematical Geology, Ischia, Italy.    - October 1998.