Functional Data Analysis: Abstract
Statistical Engineering Division
Seminar Series
Functional Data Analysis: Statistics for Curves and Images
James Ramsey
McGill University, Canada
We see more and more data in the form of relatively complete
records of something changing with time, with space, or both.
Examples are heights of growing children, changes in weather,
brain images, pollution levels, and etc. This is a fascinating
new area for statisticians, who must adapt traditional modeling
and hypothesis testing technology to samples of curves and
images. This talk will provide a snapshot of some functional
data analysis problems and solutions, and illustrate
the area with some results on human growth and handwriting.
