Dr. Michael Ochs and Dr. David McGee, TCNJ

October 28, 2014
12:30 – 1:30pm
SCP-101

Dr. Michael Ochs, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

“Bayesian Statistics for Biomedical Data”

Abstract: Our ability to measure biological systems at a molecular level is accelerating rapidly, providing hope for progress in cancer treatment. The difficulty lies with how to interpret this data, which is generated by complex biological systems and is high dimensional at the molecular level but low dimensional in terms of numbers of observations. My talk will focus on how biological knowledge can guide statistical inference, reducing the “curse of dimensionality” by incorporating biological knowledge into the design of the analysis.

Dr. David McGee, Department of Physics

“Rewards, Opportunities, and Challenges: Teaching and Research in Germany with TCNJ Students”

Abstract: During the spring-summer 2014 term I was a visiting faculty member at the Beuth Hochschule für Technik Berlin (University of Applied Sciences – Berlin, Germany). While there I continued my research in photonics and also instructed a laboratory course in holography. Two TCNJ students participated in the course and also completed additional biomedical physics courses. I will discuss the rewards, opportunities, and challenges associated with developing and maintaining an international teaching and research collaboration.