DEFINITIVE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
International Workshop on Spatio-Temporal Modelling (METMA4)
Tuesday, 23rd September
17:00 - 20:00 Registration
Wednesday, 24th September
08:00 - 09:00 Registration
09:15 - 09:30 Opening
09:30 - 10:15   OPENING CONFERENCE
    Abdel El-Shaarawi. Monitoring toxic contaminants in large ecosystem: PCB in the Great Lakes abstract
    Contributed talks
10:15 - 10:35   O. Bodnar and W. Schmid. Nonlinear locally weighted kriging prediction for spatio-temporal environmental processes  abstract
10:35 - 10:55   M.J. Brewer, D. Tetzlaff, I.A. Malcolm and C. Soulsby. A temporal compositional analysis of water quality monitoring data abstract
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
    Contributed talks
11:30 - 11:50   C. Comas, P. Delicado and J. Mateu. Analysing spatial point patterns with associated functional data abstract
11:50 - 12:10   J.B. Illian. Modelling replicated Gibbs point process models with fixed and random effects abstract
12:10 - 12:30    C. Comas, J. Mateu and P. Delicado. Shape of sample plots for homogeneous spatial point processes abstract
12:30 - 13:00   Invited talk
    Eric Renshaw. Spatial-temporal marked point processes: a spectrum of stochastic models abstract
13:30 - 16:00 Lunch
16:00 - 16:30   Invited talk
    George Christakos. Spatiotemporal statistics in real world problem-solving: should we migrate to Mongolia abstract
     to raise chickens?
    Contributed talks
16:30 - 16:50   R. Fernández-Casal and R.M. Crujeiras. Goodness-of-fit tests for the covariogram based on the FFT  abstract
    of biased covariances
16:50 - 17:10   C. Ferrari, A. Gelfand, G.J. Lasinio and D. Cocchi. Space-time modeling for circular data using wrapped distributions abstract
17:10 - 17:30   R. Menezes. Clustering and preferential sampling, two distinct issues in geostatistics abstract
17:30 - 18:00 Coffee break
18:00 - 18:30   Invited talk
    Pedro Delicado. Spatial statistics for functional data abstract
    Contributed talks
18:30 - 18:50   M.D. Ruiz-Medina and R. Fernández-Pascual. Spatiotemporal filtering from fractal spatial functional data sequence abstract
18:50 - 19:20   Invited talk
    Wenceslao González-Manteiga. Testing separability in spatial-temporal processes abstract
20:15 Welcome party
Thursday, 25th September
08:30 - 09:00   Invited talk
    Werner G. Muller. D-Optimal spatial designs for estimating trend and covariance parameters abstract
09:00 - 09:30   Invited talk
    José M. Angulo. Structural analysis of spatio-temporal threshold exceedances abstract
    Contributed talks
09:30 - 09:50   S. Bartoletti and N. Loperfido. Modelling air pollution data using the skew-normal distribution  abstract
09:50 - 10:10   V. Lapolla, A. Petrucci and F. Giovannini. Modeling air quality in the Tuscany region: the NO-NO2 case abstract
10:10 - 10:30   L. Ippoliti, P. Valentini, L. Fontanella and D. Gamerman. Space-time modelling of coupled environmental variables abstract
10:30 - 11:00   Invited talk
    Marc Genton. Powering up with space-time wind forecasting abstract
11:00 - 11:40 Coffee break
    Contributed talks
11:40 - 12:00   M. Corduas. Classifying daily streamflow time series by AR metric   abstract
12:00 - 12:20   C. Dimitriou-Fakalou. Statistical inference for spatial auto-linear processes  abstract
12:20 - 12:40   R. Gutiérrez, C. Roldán, R. Gutiérrez-Sánchez and J.M. Angulo. Data on nested grids for parameter estimation of a  abstract
    spatial Gompertz diffusion
12:40 - 13:00   H. Mouriño and M.I.Barao. A comparison between the linear regression model with autocorrelated errors and  abstract
    the partial adjustment model
13:00 - 13:30   Invited talk
    Annibale Biggeri. Covariates selection in multivariate spatial analysis of ovine  parasitic infections abstract
13:30 - 15:30 Lunch
15:30 - 20:00 EXCURSION TO PARCO NATURALE DI PORTO CONTE 
21:00 Workshop dinner
Friday, 26th September
10:00 - 10:30   Invited talk
    Hao Zhang. Analysis of massive spatial data abstract
10:30 - 11:00   Invited talk
    Hsin-Cheng Huang. Variable selection for geostatistical models abstract
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 - 12:00   Invited talk
    Alan Gelfand. Fusing point and areal level space-time data with application to wet deposition abstract
    Contributed talks
12:00 - 12:20   F. Lampis. A nonlinear analysis of the Spanish index industrial production abstract
12:20 - 12:40   F. Nathoo. Joint spatial modeling of recurrent infection and growth with processes under intermittent observation abstract
12:40 - 13:00   F. Serinaldi. Modeling rainfall data by copula-based mixed distributions abstract
13:00 - 15:30 Lunch
15:30 - 16:00   Invited talk
    Mª Dolores Ugarte. Flexible spatio-temporal modelling of mortality rates abstract
16:00 - 16:45   CLOSING CONFERENCE
    Daryl Daley. Coping with space in stochastic processes abstract
17:00 - 19:00 VISIT TO SELLA & MOSCA WINE CELLAR (TENTATIVE)
POSTERS
P. Bertaccini, V. Dukic and R. Ignaccolo. Modeling traffic-related air pollution in Torino with generalized additive models abstract
A. Beamonte, P. Gargallo and M. Salvador. Bayesian retrospective analysis of the dwelling price: an application to the real estate abstract
 market of Zaragoza
M.C. Bueso, J.M. Angulo, F.J. Alonso and M.D. Ruiz-Medina. Spatiotemporal sampling design adapted to  heterogeneities   abstract
and real-time observation
H.E. Clough, P.E. Brown, J. Sanderson, A.J.C. Cook, R. Cox and M.J. Woodward. Some applications of spatial and   abstract
spatial-temporal statistics in veterinary public health
M. Costa and T. Alpuim. State space modelling to increase the accuracy of weather radar estimation of mean area precipitation abstract
S. Dabo-Niang, G. Gayraud and Ch. Pouet. Nonparametric hypothesis testing in spatial regression model abstract
S. Dabo-Niang and A.-F. Yao. Application of spatial density estimation when studying a bioturbation problem  abstract
 C. Flecher, P. Naveau and D. Allard. Estimating the closed skew-normal distributions parameters using weighted moments abstract
E. Foscolo, C. Ayyad, E. Porcu and J. Mateu. Some new estimators for copula-based models abstract
R. Giraldo, P. Delicado and J. Mateu. From multivariable to functional cokriging: an alternative for space-time prediction abstract
A.M. Gonçalves and M. Costa. A state-space and clustering approach for analysing the water quality in a river basin abstract
G. Lorenzo, J. Mateu and E. Porcu. Features detection in spatial point processes via cluster and MDS techniques abstract
R. Marcos, F. Montes, P. Moraga and R. Peris. A comparison study of four methods for detecting cancer clusters abstract
F. Martínez, J. Mateu, F. Montes and E. Porcu. Comparing stationary space-time covariance functions for fitting dynamic life tables abstract
O. Nicolis, A. Fassò and G. Mannarini.  AOT calibration by spatio-temporal model in Northern Italy abstract