C
*19–21—21st Annual Kansas State keynote speakers are James O. Berger and
ALEND
››29–30—European Forum for
University Conference on Applied Richard A. Davis. There will be a half- Qualified Person for Pharmacovigilance
Statistics in Agriculture, day short course, “Hierarchical Modeling (QPPV) 2009, Canary Wharf,
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Manhattan, Kansas for Spatially Referenced Data with United Kingdom
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This conference will bring together stat- Applications to Environmental Sciences European legislation requires all marketing
isticians from academia, industry, and and Public Health.” There also will be authorization holders to have one qualified
VENTS
government to discuss ideas and advances several theme and contributed paper ses- person for pharmacovigilance (QPPV).
in the application of statistics to solve agri- sions. Talks on all aspects of statistics and Although acknowledged to be a vital func-
cultural research problems. The three-day probability are invited. The NISS Affiliates tion, there is little practical guidance on
conference will include a keynote speaker, Annual Meeting also will be held in Storrs how QPPV responsibilities should best be
workshop, and series of contributed paper on April 24. For more information, visit conducted. The objectives of this forum
and poster presentations. For more infor-
www.stat.uconn.edu/www or contact are to evaluate the place of a QPPV in the
mation, visit
www.ksu.edu/stats/agstat. Ming-Hui Chen, 215 Glenbrook Road, future strategy for the EU pharmacovigi-
conference or contact John Boyer, Kansas Unit 4120, Storrs, CT 06269-4120; (860) lance system, share experiences, understand
State University, Department of Statistics, 486-6984;
mhchen@stat.uconn.edu. the challenges of being a QPPV for small
101 Dickens Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506; and medium enterprises and contractu-
(785) 532-0518;
jboyer@ksu.edu. ally within CROs, advance understanding
››25–27—2nd International
of the legal aspects for a QPPV, enable
Conference on Computer Science and
QPPVs to articulate their role in the com-
23–24—Recent Developments in Global Communication Technology,
pany, and build on initiatives from the
Applied Probability and Statistics, Kathmandu, Nepal
2008 forum. For more information, visit
Ankara, Turkey Formerly titled the International
www.diahome.org/DIAHOME/Education
The Institute of Applied Mathematics at Conference on Computer Science,
or contact Senior Manager Marketing,
Middle East Technical University and the Its Applications, and Global
Europe, DIA, Postfach, Basel, International
Department of Mathematics at Darmstadt Communications, CSGCT 09 has a sharp-
4002, Switzerland; +41 61 225 51 51;
Technical University are organizing this ened focus in addition to a new name.
talana.bertschi@diaeurope.org.
workshop in memory of Juergen Lehn, CSGCT aims to bring together a commu-
who passed away on September 29, 2008. nity of academics and industry practitio-
For more information, visit www3.iam. ners who are creating innovative applica- *30–5/2—SDM09: The Ninth SIAM
metu.edu.tr/juergenlehn or contact Zeynep tions by integrating advances in computer International Conference on Data
Kalaylioglu, Department of Statistics, science, software engineering, telecom- Mining, Reno, Nevada
Middle East Technical University, munication engineering, database, and This conference provides a venue for
Ankara, International 06531, Turkey; business information technology. For more researchers to present their work in a peer-
zeynepisil@yahoo.com. information, visit
www.iswabs-ads.com or reviewed forum. It is also an ideal setting
contact Reson Shrestha, Nayabazar -16, for graduate students and others new
Kathmandu, International 977, Nepal; to the field to learn about cutting-edge
››24–25—R/Finance 2009: Applied
9779803947827;
chair@iswabs-ads.com. research by hearing talks, attending tutori-
Finance with R, Chicago, Illinois
als (included with conference registration),
Confirmed keynote speakers include
and participating in workshops held on
Patrick Burns (Burns Statistics), Robert ››27—All-Day Symposium in Honor of
the last day of the conference. Conference
Grossman (University of Illinois at Dr. Edmund Gehan, Washington, DC
proceedings from previous years are avail-
Chicago), David Kane (Kane Capital), The Department of Biostatistics,
able at
www.siam.org/proceedings. For more
Roger Koenker (University of Illinois at Bioinformatics, and Biomathematics at
information, visit
www.siam.org/meetings/
Urbana/Champaign), David Ruppert Georgetown University and the Lombardi
sdm09 or contact Chandrika Kamath,
(Cornell), Diethelm Wuertz (ETH Comprehensive Cancer Center invite
7000 East Avenue, L-561, Livermore, CA
Zuerich), and Eric Zivot (University of you to an all-day symposium in honor of
94551; (925) 423-3768;
kamath2@llnl.gov.
Washington). For more information, Edmund Gehan, professor emeritus of
visit
www.rinfinance.com or contact Dale biostatistics. Invited speakers are Dennis
Rosenthal, 601 S. Morgan St. (MC 168), Dixon, Jonas Ellenberg, Susan Ellenberg,
2421 University Hall, Chicago, IL 60607; Emil J. Freireich, Stephen George, J. Jack
May
daler@uic.edu. Lee, Aiyi Liu, Karen Messer, Peter Thall,
and Marvin Zelen. For details, visit
3–8—Statistical Advances in Genome-
http://dbbb.georgetown.edu/News/
Scale Data Analysis, Ascona, Switzerland
25—The 23rd New England Statistics
gehansymposium or contact Caroline Wu,
This interdisciplinary workshop will
Symposium, Storrs, Connecticut
Suite 180, Building D, 4000 Reservoir
address the challenges posed by the enor-
The Department of Statistics of the
Road NW, Washington, DC 20057; (202)
mous need for quantitative data integra-
University of Connecticut will host this
687-4114;
ctw26@georgetown.edu.
tion and modeling in biology. Targeted
symposium to bring together statisti-
areas include emerging technologies, analy-
cians from all over New England. Invited
sis of DNA composition data, machine
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