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Forensics: Evidence evaluation,
Probabilistic modelling, Quality assessment, Sampling |
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Food and Environment: Statistical
modelling and Sampling |
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Bayesian modelling, Resampling, Bayesian
hypothesis testing, Bayesian networks |
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Current projects: |
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“Field-deployable Analytical Methods to
Assess the Authenticity, Safety and Quality of Food” CRP
D5.20.40. Joint FAO/IAEA Division on Nuclear Techniques in
Food and Agriculture. |
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“A fitted work tool for analytical data
interpretation in forensic chemistry by Multivariate Analysis (Chemometrics)” ENFSI Monopoly 2016 |
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Recent contributions to conferences and
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Dec 15, 2016, Örebro,
Sweden |
Seminar at the Department of
Statistics, Örebro
University |
“Statistical
modelling for forensic purposes” |
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Sep 12-15, 2016, Krakow, Poland |
FORSTAT 2016. 9th workshop on forensic
evidence and statistical evaluation |
Lectures:
“DNA evidence at activity level propositions”, “Blame-the-brother syndrome”
and “Case assessment and interpretation (slides
by Graham Jackson)” |
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June 27-30, 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark |
26th Nordic Conference in Mathematical
Statistics (Nordstat 2016) |
Invited
talk: “Prediction of the distribution of the
percentages of narcotic substances in drug seizures” (with Colin Aitken) Invited session organised by A. Nordgaard |
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June 13-17, 2016, Sardinia, Italy |
ISBA 2016 World Meeting (International
Society for Bayesian Analysis) |
Contributed
talk: “Prediction of the distribution of the
percentages of narcotic substances in drug seizures” (with Colin Aitken) |
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List of publications: |
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Malmborg J., Nordgaard A. (2016). Forensic
characterization of mid-range petroleum distillates using light biomarkers. Environmental Forensics 17 (3): 244-252. |
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Nordgaard
A. (2016). Om sannolikheter. Kriminalteknik
1, 2016. Polismyndigheten-Nationellt Forensiskt Centrum, Sweden. |
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Nordgaard A. (2016). Comment
on ‘Dismissal of the illusion of uncertainty on the assessment of a
likelihood ratio’ by Taroni F., Bozza S., Biederman A. and Aitken C. Law, Probability & Risk 15
(1): 17-22. [doi:
https://doi.org/10.1093/lpr/mgv006] |
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Sydsjö
G., Kvist U. Bladh M., Nordgaard A. (2015).
The optimal number of offspring per
gamete donor. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica 94 (9): 1022-1026. [doi: 10.1111/aogs.12678] |
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Ahlinder
J., Nordgaard A., Lindström S.W. (2015). Chemometrics comes to court: evidence evaluation of chem-bio threat agent attacks. Journal of Chemometrics 29 (4): 267-276. [doi:10.1002/cem.2699] |
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Nordgaard
A., Rasmusson B. (2014). Värdering av forensiska resultat som del i
bevisvärderingen. Kriminalteknik 4,
2014. Statens Kriminaltekniska
Laboratorium, Sweden. |
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Nordgaard
A., Wiklund Lindström S., Åstot C. (2014). Klassificering av ricin. Kriminalteknik 3, 2014. Statens
Kriminaltekniska Labooratorium, Sweden |
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Nordgaard
A. (2014). Olika modeller för resultatvärdering – Är de olika? Kriminalteknik 2, 2014. Statens Kriminaltekniska
Laboratorium, Sweden. |
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Nordgaard
A. (2013). I kölvattnet av RvT. Kriminalteknik 3, 2013. Statens
Kriminaltekniska Laboratorium, Sweden. |
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Nordgaard A: (2013). Värdering på brottsplats. Kriminalteknik 3, 2013. Statens Kriminaltekniska Laboratorium, Sweden. |
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Nordgaard
A., Ansell R. (2013). Statistikens roll i forensiken. Kriminalteknik
2, 2013. Statens Kriminaltekniska Laboratorium, Sweden |
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Nordgaard
A. (2013). Forensisk resultatvärdering – statistikämnets roll på ett kriminaltekniskt
laboratorium. Quintensen
1, 2013. Svenska Statistikfrämjandet, Sweden. |
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Nordgaard
A., Drotz W. (2013). Värdering av fynd på brottsplats. Kriminalteknik 1,
2013. Statens Kriminaltekniska
Laboratorium, Linköping, Sweden. |
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Nordgaard A., Rasmusson B. (2012). The
likelihood ratio as value of evidence – more than a question of numbers. Law, Probability and Risk 11(4): 303-315. [doi:10.1093/lpr/mgs016] |
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Nordgaard
A., Hedell R., Ansell R. (2012). Assessment of forensic findings when alternative explanations have
different likelihoods – “Blame-the-brother”-syndrome. Science and Justice 52
(4): 226-236..
[doi:10.1016/j.scijus.2011.12.001] |
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Nordgaard A., Hedberg
K., Widén C, Ansell R. (2012).Comments on ”The
database search problem” with respect to a recent publication in Forensic
Science International. Letter to the editor. Forensic Science International 217: e32-e33.
[doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.11.023] |
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Nordgaard A., Ansell R., Drotz W., Jaeger L. (2012) Scale of conclusions for the
value of evidence. Law, Probability and
Risk 11(1): 1-24. [doi:10.1093/lpr/mgr020] |
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Nordgaard
A. (2011). Resultatvärdering med Bayesianska
nätverk. Kriminalteknik 4, 2011.
Statens Kriminaltekniska Laboratorium, Linköping, Sweden. |
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Lundquist
P., Nordgaard A. (2011). Statistisk analys av narkotikahalter i material från
polisbeslag analyserade på SKL. SKL Rapport 2011:12. Statens Kriminaltekniska Laboratorium, Linköping, Sweden. |
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Digréus P., Andersson A-C., Nilsson J., Dufva C., Nordgaard A., Ansell R. (2011). Contamination
monitoring in the forensic DNA laboratory and a simple graphical model for
unbiased EPG classification. Forensic
Science International: Genetics, Supplement Series, 2011;3:e299-e300 |
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Hedell
R., Nordgaard A., Ansell R. (2011). Discrepancies between forensic DNA databases. Forensic Science International: Genetics, Supplement Series, 2011;3:e135-e136 |
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Nordgaard
A. (2011) SKL:s utlåtandeskala. Kriminalteknik
2,2011. Statens
Kriminaltekniska Laboratorium, Linköping, Sweden. |
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Nordgaard A. & Höglund
T. (2011). Assessment of Approximate Likelihood Ratios from Continuous
Distributions: A Case Study of Digital Camera Identification. Journal of Forensic
Sciences 56(2): 390-402. |
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Hedman
J., Ansell R., Nordgaard A. (2010). A ranking index for quality assessment of forensic DNA profiles. BMC Research Notes 2010 3:290. |
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Nordgaard A., Wistedt
I., Drotz W., Elmqvist
J., Höglund T., Jaeger L., Torbjörnsson
M., Palmborg J., Sullivan S., Wigilius
I. (2010). Uppfattning
av värdeord i sakkunnigutlåtanden – En studie genomförd bland olika aktörer i
rättsprocessen i Sverige. SKL Rapport 2010:01. Statens
Kriminaltekniska Laboratorium,
Linköping, Sweden. |
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Hedman
J., Nordgaard A., Dufva C., Rasmusson B., Ansell R.
& Rådström P. (2010). Synergy between DNA polymerases increases
polymerase chain reaction inhibitor tolerance in forensic DNA analysis. Analytical
Biochemistry 405: 192-200. |
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Hedman
J,. Nordgaard A., Rasmusson B., Ansell
R. & Rådström P. (2009). Improved forensic DNA analysis through the
use of alternative DNA polymerases and statistical modeling
of DNA profiles. Biotechniques 47
(5): 951-958. |
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Nordgaard A. & Grimvall
A. (2006). A resampling technique for estimating the power of non-parametric
trend tests. Environmetrics 17 (3): 257-267 |
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Nordgaard A. (2005). Quantifying
experience in sample size determination for drug analysis of seized drugs. Law,
Probability and Risk 4: 217-225. |
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Nordgaard A. (2003) Impact of Sampling Frequency
on the Power of Nonparametric Tests for Water Quality Trends. In: The
Information Society and Enlargement of the European Union, part 2 (A. Gnauck, R. Heindrich, eds.). Metropolis-Verlag,
Marburg. |
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Libiseller C. & Nordgaard A. (2002). Variance Reduction for Trend Analysis
of Hydrochemical Data in Brackish Waters. In: Environmental
Communication in the Information Society, part 1 (W. Pillmann,
K. Tochtermann, eds.) ISEP, Vienna. |
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Nordgaard A. (1996). Computer-intensive
methods for dependent observations. PhD thesis. Linköping Studies in
Science and Technology. Dissertations No. 209. |
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Nordgaard A. & Hjorth
U. (1993). Statistical extrapolation of nutrient concentrations in the Baltic
Sea. Environmetrics 4 (3): 279-309. |
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Nordgaard A. (1992). Resampling
Stochastic Processes using a Bootstrap Approach. In: Bootstrapping and
Related Techniques (K.H. Jöckel, G. Rothe, W. Sendler, eds.) Lecture notes in Econometrics and
Mathematical Systems 376. SpringerVerlag, Berlin. |
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Olsson
T., Christiansen J.V., Ljung A., Levander B., Lövgren H., Nordgaard A. (1988).
Stenoses of
intervertebral foramina in the cervical spine--do they have any significance?
Läkartidningen
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Contributions to conferences and meetings
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Date and place |
Conference/meeting |
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Dec 15, 2016, Örebro,
Sweden |
Seminar at the Department of
Statistics, Örebro
University |
“Statistical modelling for forensic purposes” |
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Sep 12-15, 2016, Krakow, Poland |
FORSTAT 2016. 9th workshop on forensic
evidence and statistical evaluation |
Lectures: “DNA evidence at activity level propositions”,
“Blame-the-brother syndrome” and “Case assessment and interpretation (slides
by Graham Jackson)” |
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June 27-30, 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark |
26th Nordic Conference in Mathematical
Statistics (Nordstat 2016) |
Invited talk: “Prediction of the distribution of the percentages of
narcotic substances in drug seizures” (with Colin Aitken) Invited session organised by A. Nordgaard |
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June 13-17, 2016, Sardinia, Italy |
ISBA 2016 World Meeting (International
Society for Bayesian Analysis) |
Contributed talk: “Prediction of the distribution of the percentages
of narcotic substances in drug seizures” (with Colin Aitken) |
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Dec 8, 2015, Umeå,
Sweden |
Seminar at FOI- Swedish Defence Research
Agency |
“Klassificering
och jämförelser av omstridda material med hjälp av multivariata
sannolikhetsfördelningar” |
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Sep 22-24, 2015, Brussels, Belgium |
Annual meeting of ENFSI Fire and
Explosion Investigating working group |
Invited talk: “Swedish framework for evidence interpretation and
evaluation” |
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Sep 7-11, 2015, Prague, Czech Republic |
EAFS2015. 6th European Academy of
Forensic Science Conference |
Contributed talk: “Evaluating findings at the crime scene” (with G Carlsson and W Drotz) |
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June 10, 2015, Stockholm, Sweden |
NFCM/NAFT 2015. 19th Nordic Conference on
Forensic Medicine/1st Meeting of the Nordic Association of Forensic
Toxicologists |
Invited presentation within Workshop on Reporting evidence: “Forensic
interpretation and evaluation using the likelihood ratio approach” |
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Apr 15, 2015, Madrid, Spain |
Seminar at The Spanish Open University (UNED) |
“Evidence evaluation from a Swedish perspective” |
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Feb 4, 2015, Umeå,
Sweden |
Seminar at FOI- Swedish Defence Research Agency |
“Bevisvärdering,
resultatvärdering, Bayesfaktorer och NFC:s skala” |
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Nov 14, 2014, Lund, Sweden |
MiniWorkshop in Forensic Statistics, Mathematical Sciences, Lund
University |
Invited Talk: “Probabilistic
interpretation of forensic findings as part of the full evaluation of
evidence” |
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Nov 13-14, 2014, Lund, Sweden |
Symposium om bevisvärdering,
Faculty of Law, Lund University |
Invited Talk: ”Värdering av forensiska resultat
som del av bevisvärderingen” (with B. Rasmusson) |
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Oct 28-29, 2014 |
Seminars at School of Mathematics and
Statistics, University of Glasgow, and at School of Mathematics, University
of Edinburgh, UK |
“The Bayes factor in environmental
forensic inference - with an application to ashes in dispute” |
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Oct 23-24, 2014, Tromsø,
Norway |
DNA.bevis og Statistikk, Universitetet i
Tromsø |
Invited Talk: ”Värdering och rapportering av
forensiska resultat vid SKL” |
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Aug 19-22, 2014, Leiden, The Netherlands |
9th International Conference
on Forensic Inference and Statistics (ICFIS2014) |
Contributed Talk: “The
Multivariate Kernel Likelihood Ratio Method Applied on Comparison of
Amphetamine Seizures” (co-authors: K. Andersson & C. Högberg) Co-author on Keynote Talk: “Bayes Factor Evidence of a Ricin Preparation Method” (Corresp.
Author and presenter: Susanne Wiklund Lindström, co-author: C. Åstot) Contributed Posters: “Indirect
Evaluation by Simulation of a Bayesian Network” (with A. Emanuelson, S. Mannerskog, U. Svensson, K.
Ekberg, L. Jonasson, M. Lövby,
K. Brorsson-Läthen, E. Leitet);
“Interpretation of DNA Evidence: Implications of Thresholds Used in the
Forensic Laboratory” (with R. Ansell
& Ronny Hedell) |
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June 4-6, 2014, Riga, Latvia |
Annual meeting of ENFSI Scene of Crime
working group |
Invited Talk: “Interpreting
findings – evaluation and conclusions about what happened at the crime scene”
(with G. Carlsson) |
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Dec 5, 2013, Oslo, Norway |
Fagdag, Nasjonalt ID-senter, Oslo |
Invited Talk: ”Grundläggande resultatvärdering” |
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May 31, Lund, Sweden |
Seminar at Mathematical Sciences, Lund
University |
“Statistical Models for Evidence
Evaluation” |
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July 1-4, 2013, Krakow, Poland |
FORSTAT 2013. 7th workshop on forensic
evidence and statistical evaluation |
Lecture: “Activity
level and evaluative reports on forensic science evidence” |
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Sep 28-29, 2012, Vienna, Austria |
Short course on Sampling, Joint FAO/IAEA
Division on Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture: Train-the-trainers
workshop |
Lectures and tutorials (with R. Correll) |
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Aug 20-23, 2012, The Hague, Netherlands |
5th European Academy of Forensic Science
Conference |
Co-organiser and contributor, Mini-Workshop on “Interdisciplinary
casework” |
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June 10-14, 2012, Umeå,
Sweden |
24th Nordic Conference in
Mathematical Statistics (Nordstat 2012) |
Contributed Talk:
“Challenges in forensic evidence evaluation” |
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Sep 7-9, 2011, Lausanne, Switzerland |
SPTM2011. Ninth annual
meeting of the ENFSI marks working group |
Contributed Talk: “Construction of a scale of conclusions and its use for all types of
forensic evidence” |
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Aug 30 – Sep 3, 2011, Vienna, Austria |
ISFG2011. 24th World Congress
of the International Society for Forensic Genetics |
Contributed poster: “’Blame
the brother’-Assessment of forensic DNA evidence when alternative
explanations have different likelihoods” (with R. Hedell
and R. Ansell) Contributed poster: “’Discrepancies
between forensic DNA databases” (with R. Hedell and
R. Ansell) |
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June 15-17, 2011, Krakow, Poland |
FORSTAT 2011. Fifth workshop on forensic evidence and
statistical evaluation |
Invited talk: Scales of
reporting the value of evidence |
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Sep 8-11, 2010, Stockholm, Sweden |
ESWG 2010 (English-Speaking
Working Group of the International Society of Forensic Genetics) |
Invited
talk: "The forensic DNA profile index - a
tool for comparison of electropherograms"
(with J. Hedman and R. Ansell) |
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June 25, 2010, Universidad de Margarita,
Venezuela |
Short course on Sampling
(in association with TIES2010, see below) |
Lectures
(with R. Correll) |
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June 21-24, 2010, Isla Margarita,
Venezuela |
The 21st Annual Conference
of The International Environmetrics Society |
Invited
talk: "Change-point detection in
environmental time series –A Bayesian approach" (with Du Yang) |
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Sep 8-11, 2009, Glasgow, UK |
5th European Academy of
Forensic Science Conference |
Invited
talk: "Ordinal scales of conclusions for
the value of evidence" (with R. Ansell, L. Jaeger and W. Drotz) |
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Aug 20-23, 2008, Lausanne, Switzerland |
The 7th International
Conference on Forensic Inference and Statistics |
Contributed
talk: "The use of likelihood ratios in
digital camera identification" (with T. Höglund) |
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Feb 4, 2008, Stockholm, Sweden |
Statistisk metod & analys - Skarpsynt utredning
genom träffsäker datainsamling, IQPC |
Invited talk:
"Hållbar utveckling - aktuella statistiska utmaningar och problem i
arbetet med miljöfrågor och utvecklingsövervakning" |
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Aug 22-29, 2007, Lisbon, Portugal |
56th Session of The
International Statistical Institute |
Invited
talk: "Resampling species-wise collected
abundance data for flexible assessment of changes in biodiversity" Special contributed
talk: "Uncertainty in water quality data
and its implications for trend detection" (with K. Wahlin and A. Grimvall) |
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June 18-22, 2006, Kalmar, Sweden |
The 17th Annual Conference
of The International Environmetrics Society |
Invited
talk: "Resampling species-wise abundance
data" |
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March, 2005, Tempe AZ, USA |
The 6th International
Conference on Forensic Statistics |
Contributed
talk: "Sample-size Determination for
Analysis of Ecstasy Pills" |
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Aug, 2004, Prague, Czech Republic |
COMPSTAT 2004 |
Contributed
talk: "A resampling technique for
estimating the power of non-parametric trend tests" |
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Nov 2003, Johannesburg, South Africa |
The 14th Annual Conference
of The International Environmetrics Society |
Contributed
talk: "Power of non-parametric trend tests
-- a semi-parametric approach" |
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Sep 2003, Cottbus, Germany |
17th International
Conference, Informatics for Environmental Protection |
Contributed
talk: "Impact of sampling frequencies on
the power of nonparametric tests for water quality trends" |
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Apr 29, Umeå,
Sweden |
Seminar at Department of Statistics, Umeå University, Sweden |
“Estimation of
power in trends of water quality data” |
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June 2003, Lund, Sweden |
SPRUCE VI, International
conference |
Contributed
talk: "Impact of sampling frequency on
the power of nonparametric tests for water quality trends" |
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Sep 2002, Vienna, Austria |
16th International
Conference, Informatics for Environmental Protection |
Contributed
talk: "Variance Reduction for Trend
Analysis of Hydrochemical Data in Brackish
Waters" (with C. Libiseller) |
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June 2002, Genova, Italy |
Short course on Estimation
of human impact on the environment (in association with TIES2002) |
Tutorials |
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June 2002, Stockholm, Sweden |
NORDSTAT 2002 |
Contributed
talk: "Variance reduction for trend
analysis" (with C. Libiseller) |
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Aug 2001, Portland OR, USA |
The 12th Annual Conference
of The International Environmetrics Society |
Contributed
talk: "Geostatistical normalisation of
nutrient concentrations in marine environments" (with A. Grimvall) |
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March 2001, Lüneburg,
Germany |
8th International Meeting
on Statistical Climatology |
Contributed
talk: "Simulating meteorological data by
block resampling" (with Å. Forsman and A. Grimvall) |
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Sep 2000, Sheffield, UK |
The 11th Annual Conference
of The International Environmetrics Society
(jointly with SPRUCE) |
Contributed
talk: "Trends in depth profiles of
marine hydro-chemical data" (with A. Grimvall) |
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Aug 1995, Aarhus, Denmark |
21st European Meeting of Statisticians |
Contributed
talk: "Resampling the empirical spectral
measure" |
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Aug 1992, Helsinki, Finland |
The 4th Annual Conference
of The International Environmetrics Society |
Contributed
talk: "Statistical extrapolation of
nutrient concentrations in the Baltic Sea" (with U. Hjorth) |
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June 1990, Trier, Germany |
International conference on
Bootstrapping and Related Techniques |
Contributed
talk: "Resampling Stochastic Processes
using a Bootstrap Approach" |
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