<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr"><br><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Probability Webinar - IM-UFRJ </span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Dear colleagues,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Our next
online seminar will be held on Monday, <b>December
6, </b> from <b>3 p.m. to 4 p.m</b>. (Rio
de Janeiro local time)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">The Zoom link for the seminar is </span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83698166702?pwd=ejFxYmh3dVk5b3J3SG0wMWxEVnVrUT09" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,"sans-serif";color:rgb(17,85,204);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83698166702?pwd=ejFxYmh3dVk5b3J3SG0wMWxEVnVrUT09</span></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Speaker: <b>Nancy
Lopes Garcia (IME-Unicamp)</b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Title: <b> </b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Helvetica,"sans-serif";color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Interacting cluster point process model for epidermal
nerve fibers (ENF)</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Helvetica,"sans-serif";color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Abstract: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">We propose an interacting cluster model for the
spatial distribution </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">of epidermal nerve fibers (ENF). The model consists
of a spatial</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"> process of parent points modeling the base
points of nerve fiber</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"> bundles. To
each base point there is an offspring point process of fibers end points
associated. The parent process is, possibly, inhibited by fiber
endings that belong to different base</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">bundles. The fibers
themselves have random length and spatial orientation. We consider a
non-orphan process where we</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">can connect each
offspring to a parent. Cluster processes with repulsion are</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">rare in the literature. In this work we propose a
model based on birth and death processes for which we can approximate the
likelihood function. Coefficient estimation can</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">be performed under
the Bayesian paradigm via Markov chain Monte Carlo methods.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Joint work with
Peter Guttorp and Guilherme Ludwig.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">All the talks
are held in English. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">The videos of
the online seminars are available:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">2020 - <a href="http://www.dme.ufrj.br/?page_id=2885" target="_blank">http://www.dme.ufrj.br/?page_id=2885</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">2021-1 - <a href="http://www.dme.ufrj.br/?page_id=3027" target="_blank">http://www.dme.ufrj.br/?page_id=3027</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">For the second semester, a few days after each meeting
the video should be available at <a href="http://www.dme.ufrj.br/?page_id=3178" target="_blank">http://www.dme.ufrj.br/?page_id=3178</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Thanks for circulating this information. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Sincerely, <br>
Organizers: Guilherme Ost and Maria Eulalia Vares</span></p>
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