Population Program Conferences, Short Courses, Workshops

Upcoming

Workshop: Tuesday and Thursday, May 14 and 16, 2013, 10:00-12:00 AM and 1:00-3:00 PM, IBS Computing Lab, Room 150: GIS Basics; Frank Witmer, Research Associate, Institutions Program, IBS; Registration and Workshop Materials; Workshop sponsored by CUPC and Computing and Research Services.

Short Course: Environmental Demography: June 13-14, 2013; Instructors: Lori Hunter, CU Boulder, Sociology & CUPC; Leiwen Jiang, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Elisabeth Root, CU Boulder, Geography; Liam Downey, CU Boulder, Sociology; Dan Runfola, National Center for Atmospheric Research & CU Boulder; Stefan Leyk, CU Boulder, Geography; This course will provide an overview of the sub-discipline of Environmental Demography, showcasing central areas of scholarship, and describing boundary-pushing methodologies.; Class Website; Short Course sponsored by CUPC.

Short Course: Introduction to Multilevel Modeling: June 27-28, 2013; This 2-day course will provide an introduction to multilevel modeling, also called hierarchical linear modeling. The intended audience for this course is anyone who has completed an introductory course on regression, and wishes to become familiar with the concepts and procedures of multilevel models, possibly as preparation for more advanced study.; Class Website; Short Course sponsored by CUPC.

Conference: Integrating Genetics and the Social Sciences ~ CU Population Center: October 10-12, 2013; The Integrating Genetics and the Social Sciences conference showcases behavioral and molecular genetic studies that enhance demographic and social scientific inquiry and integrate genetics and the social sciences. Researchers from any of the biological or social sciences are encouraged to participate.; Supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development and the Population Association of America, with additional funds provided by the NICHD funded CU Population Center, the Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research, and the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder.; IGSS 2013 Conference Website

Wednesday and Thursday, January 9 and 10, 2013, 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM, IBS Computer Lab, Room 150: Introduction to R; Frank Witmer, Research Associate, Institutions Program, IBS; Registration and Workshop Materials; Workshop sponsored by CUPC and Computing and Research Services.

Workshop: Saturday, May 4, 9:30 to 11:30 AM, 1:00 to 3:00 PM, IBS Computing Lab Rm 150: Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy Sets (fsQCA); Prof. Charles C. Ragin, Chancellor's Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine; Registration and Workshop Materials; Workshop sponsored by CUPC and Computing and Research Services.

Thursday, Nov 8, 12:00 to 1:00 PM, IBS Room 155B: Propensity Score Matching from a Potential Outcomes Framework; Liz Lawrence; Propensity score matching can indicate causality in observational studies where selection is a problem. This talk will review what propensity score matching is and its advantages, as well as the assumptions that limit the approach. I will also discuss packages in R that perform matching, going through command options and resulting output.; Presentation slides (pdf); Sponsored by CUPC and Computing and Research Services.

Friday & Saturday, Oct 5 & 6, 12:00 to 1:00 PM, IBS Room 155: Measuring People in Place; Seth Spielman; Workshop agenda and materials; Sponsored by CUPC.

Tuesday, Oct 2, 12:00 to 1:00 PM, IBS Room 155B: An Introduction to Bayesian Estimation: Illustrations Using the General Linear Model; Ben Domingue; This talk will be a basic introduction to Bayesian estimation through a series of illustrations with a linear modelling problem. In particular, a little of the mathematics and a lot of the estimation behind the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm and Gibbs sampling (the two most common Bayesian estimation methodologies) will be compared to OLS and maximum likelihood (two common frequentist approaches).; Presentation slides (pdf) and Source (R); Sponsored by CUPC and Computing and Research Services.

Conference: Integrating Genetics and the Social Sciences ~ CU Population Center: August 15-16, 2012; Supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development and the Population Association of America, with additional funds provided by the NICHD funded CU Population Center, the Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research, and the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder.; IGSS 2012 Conference Website

Short Course: Introduction to Spatial Demography: Geospatial Data and Spatial Regression ~ CU Population Center: May 23-25, 2012; Instructors: Paul Voss, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Seth Spielman, Elisabeth Root, University of Colorado Boulder; This course will provide an overview of spatial analysis in population and health, with an emphasis on spatial statistics and regression.; Class Website; Flyer

Workshop: CUPC-NCAR Workshop on Migration, Urbanization and Climate Change ~ CU Population Center: May 7-8, 2012; Boulder, Colorado; Lori Hunter and Patricia Romero-Lankao - Organizers; Workshop Website

Thursday, Feb 9, 2012, 12:00 to 1:00 PM, IBS Room 155B: Supercomputing in the Social Sciences: The When, Where, and How; Ben Domingue; Workshop Materials; Workshop sponsored by CUPC and Computing and Research Services.

Wednesday January 11, 2012, 9:30 AM to 3:15 PM, IBS Computer Lab, Room 150: Introduction to R; Matt Keller, Assistant Professor of Psychology at UCB and a fellow at the Institute for Behavioral Genetics & Elisabeth Root, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography at UCB and Faculty Research Affiliate, IBS; Registration and Workshop Materials; Workshop sponsored by Computing and Research Services.