New Collaboration, Connections
Established at ISNI2008
Jacobo de Uña-Álvarez
ISNI2008 Scientific
Committee
Ricardo Cao
(Coruña)
Holger Dette
(Bochum)
Wenceslao González-
Manteiga
(Santiago de Compostela)
Gábor Lugosi
(Barcelona)
Geert Molenberghs
(Hasselt)
Jean Opsomer
Attendees from the International Seminar on Nonparametric Inference conference listen during
(Colorado)
one of the many presentations.
Stefan Sperlich
(Gottingen)
Winfried Stute
(Giessen) R
ecent advances in survival analysis, Fernández gave the invited lecture, “New
curve estimation, functional data Perspectives About Error Distribution–
analysis, goodness-of-fit tests, vari- Based Tests in Nonparametric Regression.”
able selection methods, extremes, and regres- The closing ceremony’s invited talk was
Jacobo de Uña-Álvarez
sion under shape constraints were among given by Noel Veraverbeke.
(Vigo)
the many topics discussed during the The goal of this three-day meeting was
Ingrid Van Keilegom
International Seminar on Nonparametric to exchange research ideas and promote new
(Louvain-la-Neuve)
Inference conference (ISNI2008). The collaboration among researchers in nonpara-
event took place November 5–7 and was metric statistical inference. Local organizer,
Noel Veraverbeke hosted by the Faculty of Economics and Jacobo de Uña-Álvarez, noted during the
(Hasselt) Business from the University of Vigo, closing ceremony that, through the seminar,
Spain. The Statistical Inference, Decision, there were many connections among people
Philippe Vieu
and Operations Research group organized interested in nonparametrics and efficient
(Tolouse)
the meeting. solutions to real-life problems in medicine,
Seventeen plenary invited talks and biology, finance, and economics.
up to 31 contributed papers were pre- To download the conference proceed-
sented. Special invited speakers included ings, visit
www.isni2008.com. The Journal
Peter Hall, Hans Müller, Jan Swanepoel, of Nonparametric Statistics will dedicate a
Anthony Davison, Lutz Duembgen, special issue to ISNI2008, with Ricardo
Anestis Antoniadis, Gerda Claeskens, and Cao, Winfried Stute, and Philippe Vieu
Natalie Neumeyer. Juan Carlos Pardo- serving as guest editors. ■
40 AMSTAT NEWS MARCH 2009
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