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                Department of Mathematical Sciences
                   The Johns Hopkins University

                             SEMINAR

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J.S. Marron                                            April 11, 2002
Department of Statistics                               304 Whitehall Hall 
University of North Carolina                           Refreshments: 3:30 PM 
Chapel Hill, North Carolina                            Seminar: 4:00 PM 

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          A STATISTICIAN'S ADVENTURES IN INTERNET-LAND

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                               ABSTRACT

The analysis and modelling of Internet traffic is an area with a strong 
need for a wide range of new statistical methodologies.  The challenges 
are particularly acute because the area abounds in non-standard pitfalls 
such as heavy tailed distributions and long range dependence, which 
render many standard techniques useless.  Even time honored classical 
notions such as random sampling need re-examination.  These problems 
motivate some non-standard statistical analyses, some fun visualizations, 
and some new probability theory.