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Today from BIRS

Workshop: Non-Gaussian Multivariate Statistical Models and their Applications Press Release   May 19 - May 24, 2013 • 13w5146
Yesterday at 17:01:
Video: María Dolores Jiménez-Gamero, University of Sevilla: Testing for Skew-Symmetric Models
Yesterday at 14:32:
Video: Lei Hua, Northern Illinois Univerity: Strength of Tail Dependence based on Conditional Tail Expectation
Yesterday at 14:03:
Video: Emanuele Giorgi, University of Padova: Moment-Free Measures for the Multivariate Skew-t Distribution
Yesterday at 13:01:
Video: Kjersti Aas, Norwegian Computing Center: Pair-copula constructions – even more flexible than copulas
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Recently at BIRS

Workshop: Impact of climate change on biological invasions and population distributions Press Release   May 12 - May 17, 2013 • 13w5095
Friday at 11:01:
Video: Mark Lewis, University of Alberta: Mathematical challenges for modelling range boundaries and invasions in the context of climate change
Thursday at 20:33:
Video: Ying Zhou, University of Washington: Niche deficits in varying climate warming scenarios: will the deficit go through the roof?
Thursday at 20:05:
Video: Rebecca Tyson, University of British Columbia Okanagan: The Effect of Extreme Temperature Events on Developmental Dynamics
Thursday at 19:34:
Video: Jimmy Garnier, INRA Avignon: Effect of climate niche shifting on the genetic diversity
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Upcoming Events

Workshop: Mathematical tools for evolutionary systems biology Press Release   May 26 - May 31, 2013 • 13w5080
Workshop: Refined invariants in geometry, topology and string theory Press Release   Jun 02 - Jun 07, 2013 • 13w5134
Focused Research Group: Cerebral Blood Flow, Neurovascular Coupling, and Cortical Spreading Depression Press Release   Jun 09 - Jun 16, 2013 • 13frg160
Workshop: Nonlinear Conservation Laws and Related Models Press Release   Jun 09 - Jun 14, 2013 • 13w5061

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