Pfizer Colloquium
The Pfizer Colloquium at UConn invites a guest of honor to present a lecture to the University community. Each lecture is followed by a conversation with the guest of honor and two other distinguished statisticians.
Event History
The Pfizer Colloquium began in 1978, and has been continually supported by funding from Pfizer Inc., the UConn Department of Statistics, and the American Statistical Association (ASA). This joint initiative was started under the leadership of Professor Harry O. Posten (UConn) and Dr. David S. Salsburg (Pfizer Global Research and Development). After Professor Posten’s death in March 2002 and Dr. Salsburg’s retirement from Pfizer, Professor Nitis Mukhopadhyay (UConn) and Dr. Naitee Ting (then with Pfizer) served as program leaders for the respective organizations. Dr. William T. Duggan of Pfizer succeeded Dr. Ting in August 2009.
The current steering committee members include Dr. Demissie Alemayehu (Pfizer), Professor Dipak Dey (UConn), and Dr. Ron Wasserstein (ASA).
The Pfizer Colloquium by Distinguished Statistician was established in honor of alumnus David S. Salzburg ’66 Ph.D. The Conversation with a Distinguished Statistician was established in memory of Professor Harry O. Posten.
Upcoming Colloqium
2022
Pfizer Colloquium #28
“Some Glimpses of Small Area Estimation”
Presented by Malay Ghosh, Distinguished Professor of the Department of Statistics at the University of Florida
Past Colloquia
2021
Pfizer Colloquium #27
Speaker: Mary Gray, American University
Recording of presentation
Pfizer Colloquium #26
Speaker: Peter J. Bickel, University of California, Berkeley
Recording of presentation
Conversation with Dr. Bickel
2020
Pfizer Colloquium #25
Speaker: Nan Laird, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Recording of presentation
2018
Pfizer Colloquium #24
Speaker: Grace Wahba, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Recording of presentation
Conversation with Dr. Wahba
2012
Pfizer Colloquium #23
Speaker: Pranab K. Sen, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Recording of presentation
2009
Pfizer Colloquium #22
Speaker: Stephen E. Fienberg, Carnegie Mellon University
Recording of presentation
Conversation with Dr. Fienberg
2007
Pfizer Colloquium #21
Speaker: Barbara A. Bailar, Statistical Consultant
Recording of presentation
Conversation with Dr. Bailar
2006
Pfizer Colloquium #20
Speaker: Emanuel Parzen, Texas A&M University
Recording of presentation
Conversation with Dr. Parzen
2005
Pfizer Colloquium #19
Speaker: C.C. Heyde, Columbia University
Recording of presentation
2004
Pfizer Colloquium #18
Speaker: David R. Brillinger, University of California, Berkeley
Recording of presentation
Conversation with Dr. Brillinger
2001
Pfizer Colloquium #17
Speaker: Bradley Efron, Stanford University
Recording of presentation
Conversation with Dr. Efron
2000
Pfizer Colloquium #16
Speaker: Janet Norwood, The Urban Institute
Conversation with Dr. Norwood
1998
Pfizer Colloquium #15
Speaker: Robert V. Hogg, University of Iowa
Recording of presentation
Conversation with Dr. Hogg
1997
Pfizer Colloquium #14
Speaker: Ingram Olkin, Stanford University
Recording of presentation
Conversation with Dr. Olkin
1995
Pfizer Colloquium #13
Speaker: Theodore W. Anderson, Stanford University
Recording of presentation
Conversation with Dr. Anderson
1994
Pfizer Colloquium #12
Speaker: David R. Cox, University of Oxford
Recording of presentation
Conversation with Dr. Cox
1992
Pfizer Colloquium #11
Speaker: Erich Lehmann, University of California, Berkeley
Recording of presentation
Conversation with Dr. Lehmann
1990
Pfizer Colloquium #10
Speaker: Herbert Robbins, Rutgers University
Recording of presentation
Conversation with Dr. Robbins
1989
Pfizer Colloquium #9
Speaker: Herman Chernoff, Harvard University
Recording of presentation
Conversation with Dr. Chernoff
1987
Pfizer Colloquium #8
Speaker: Frederick Mosteller, Harvard University
Recording of presentation
1985
Pfizer Colloquium #7
Speaker: Morris H. Hansen, Westat, Inc.
Recording of presentations: Censuses and Surveys, 50 Years and Some History and Reminiscences on Survey Sampling
1984
Pfizer Colloquium #6
Speaker: Churchill Eisenhart, National Bureau of Standards
1983
Pfizer Colloquium #5
Speaker: Gottfried Noether, University of Connecticut
Recording of presentation
1981
Pfizer Colloquium #4
Speaker: C.R. Rao, University of Pittsburgh and Indian Statistical Institute
Recording of presentation
Conversation with Dr. Rao
1980
Pfizer Colloquium #3
Speaker: Harold Cramér, Stockholm University
Recording of presentation
1979
Pfizer Colloquium #2
Speaker: Jerzy Neyman, University of California, Berkeley
Recording of presentation
1978
Pfizer Colloquium #1
Speaker: C.R. Rao, Indian Statistical Institute