NICDS Workshop “The Analysis of Directional Data with Applications to Biomechanics and Biomedical Imaging”

November 25-27, 2009

Program

 

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

08:30 - 09:00
Registration (Room 5345) and Coffee & Croissants (Room 6245)

Session - Statistics and Biomechanics - I
Meeting room : 6214

09:00 - 10:00
Aurelio Cappozzo
(Università degli Studi di Roma - Foro Italico)
Reconstruction of Human Skeletal Movement in the 3-D Virtual Space
Abstract
10:00 - 10:50
Michael Pierrynowski
(McMaster University)
Using Geometry to Reveal Small Differences in the Kinematics of the Knee During Gait
Abstract
10:50 - 11:10
Coffee break
Room 6245
11:10 - 12:00
Jim Dickey
(University of Western Ontario)
On Application of Statistical Theory to Multi-Axis Kinematic Data
Abstract

12:00 - 13:50
Lunch break

Session - Statistics and Biomechanics - II
Meeting room : 6214

13:50 - 14:40
Jeffrey J. Thomason
(University of Guelph)
The Mechanical Interaction of Hoof and Track Surface in Racehorses
Abstract
14:40 - 15:10
Coffee break
Room 6245
15:10 - 16:00
Louis-Paul Rivest
(Université Laval)
On the Estimation of Rotation Axes
Abstract

 

Thursday, November 26, 2009

08:30 - 09:00
Coffee & Croissants
Room 6245

Session - Statistical Issues in Image Analysis - I
Meeting room : 6214

09:00 - 10:00
Christian Beaulieu
(University of Alberta)
Directional Measurements of Water Diffusion using MRI
Abstract
10:00 - 10:50
Hongtu Zhu
(The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill )
Intrinsic Regression Models for Medial Representation and Diffusion Tensor Data
Abstract
10:50 - 11:10
Coffee break
Room 6245
11:10 - 12:00
Moo K. Chung
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
White Mater Fiber Shape and Brain Network Analysis using Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Abstract

12:00 - 13:50
Lunch
Room 6245

Session - Statistical Issues in Image Analysis - II
Meeting room : 6214

13:50 - 14:40
Hélène Massam
(York University)
Wishart Distributions for Graphical Gaussian Models
Abstract
14:40 - 15:10
Coffee break
Room 6245
15:10 - 16:00
Peter T. Kim
(University of Guelph)
Wishart Mixtures and Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Abstract

 

Friday, November 27, 2009

08:30 - 09:00
Coffee & Croissants
Room 6245

Session - Statistical Methods
Meeting room : 6214

09:00 - 10:00
Peter E. Jupp
(University of St Andrews)
Embeddings, Earthquakes and Orthogonal Axial Frames
Abstract
10:00 - 10:50
Giseon Heo
(University of Alberta)
An Application of Persistent Homology for 3 Dimensional Landmark Data
Abstract
10:50 - 11:10
Coffee break
Room 6245
11:10 - 12:00
James O. Ramsay
(McGill University)
When the Data are Functions
Abstract