must be submitted by April 20, 2009.
Students may submit posters for the
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Data Mining Conference
Charlie Sampson Award. For details,
OF E
The 2009 SIAM International Conference on Data Mining (SDM09) will
visit
www.mbswonline.com or contact
AR Melvin Munsaka, One Takeda Parkway,
be held at John Ascuaga’s Nugget, Sparks, Nevada, April 30 – May 2,
Deerfield, IL 60015; (847) 582-3533;
2009. This conference, held in cooperation with the ASA, brings together
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data mining, statistical, and mathematical researchers from academic,
government and industrial institutions. SDM09 is a venue for researchers
25–29—41st Annual Conference of
to present their work on data mining in a peer-reviewed forum. It also
the French Statistical Society,
provides an ideal setting for graduate students and others new to the
Bordeaux, France
field to learn about cutting-edge research by hearing outstanding
For information, visit
www.sm.
invited speakers and attending tutorials (included with conference
u-bordeaux2.fr/JDS2009/index.html or
registration). A set of focused workshops is held on the last day of the
contact Marta Avalos, 146 rue Leo Saignat,
conference. The proceedings of the conference are published in archival
Bordeaux, International 33076, France;
form and also made available at
www.siam.org/meetings/sdm09.
33 557 5715 34; Marta.Avalos@isped.
u-bordeaux2.fr.
*27–29—2009 Spring Research
Conference on Statistics in Industry
learning with genome-scale biomolecular 15–17—Innovation and Inventiveness
and Technology, Vancouver,
data, pharmacogenomics, and systems in Statistics Methodologies, New Haven,
British Columbia
approaches with heterogeneous data types. Connecticut
This conference aims to promote research
We strongly encourage pre-registration; This workshop will emphasize areas of
in statistical methods that address prob-
in previous years, places have filled up statistical research offering innovative
lems in industry and technology and to
quickly. For details, visit
stat.ethz.ch/talks/ approaches to problems arising in vari-
stimulate interaction among statisticians,
Ascona_09 or contact Cecilia Rey, Seminar ous branches of the sciences. At the same
researchers in the application areas, and
für Statistik, ETH Zentrum, LEO D11, time, the workshop will cover topics of
industrial practitioners. It also strives to
Zürich, International 8092, Switzerland; fundamental statistical theory having
encourage graduate students to pursue
sekretariat@stat.math.ethz.ch. broad applicability. In addition to the core
careers in industry and technology; stu-
invited talks, the workshop will feature
dents are charged a reduced registration
poster sessions and discussion sessions, pro-
fee, and scholarships are given to selected
››14–17—American Association for
viding a forum for participants to interact
Public Opinion Research Annual
graduate students who present contrib-
and exchange ideas. For more informa-
Conference, Hollywood, Florida
uted papers. For details, visit www.stat.sfu.
tion, visit
www.stat.yale.edu/Stats2009 or
This year’s conference will bring together
ca/~boxint/src2009 or contact Boxin Tang,
contact Harrison Zhou, 24 Hillhouse Ave.,
almost 1,000 of the country’s leading pub-
Department of Statistics and Actuarial
New Haven, CT 06511; (203) 432-0643;
lic opinion research scientists to discuss
Science, Burnaby, British Columbia
huibin.zhou@yale.edu.
and analyze the latest research on public
V5A 1S6, Canada, (778) 782-4898,
opinion and survey methodology, theory,
boxint@stat.sfu.ca.
and results. The theme—Public Choices *18–20—32nd Annual Midwest
in Changing Times—highlights the tec- Biopharmaceutical Statistics Workshop
31–6/3—37th Annual Meeting of
tonic shifts in media technology that have (MBSW), Muncie, Indiana
the Statistical Society of Canada,
brought unprecedented variety in enter- Cosponsored by Ball State University and
Vancouver, Canada
tainment and information options, even the Biopharmaceutical Section of the ASA,
This conference will bring together aca-
as they have spawned entirely new means this workshop will be held at the Alumni
demic, governmental, and industrial
of reaching and cultivating audiences and Center of Ball State University. Michael
researchers, as well as users of statistics and
public and placed traditional methods of O’Connell (Tibco) will present a half-day
probability. It will present workshops and
public opinion research in a state of flux. short course, titled “Integrating Graphics
invited and contributed sessions. The SSC
The conference will feature papers, posters, and Statistics Across Pharmaceutical
features sections in biostatistics, survey
methodological panels, and demonstra- Research and Development.” Plenary
methods, business and industrial statistics,
tions. For details, visit
www.aapor.org or speakers include Scott Evans (Harvard)
and probability. Consequently, the pro-
contact Monica Evans-Lombe, P.O. Box and Paul Stang (J&J). Invited talks will be
gram will include papers in all areas of sta-
14263, Lenexa, KS 66285-4263; (913) presented in four parallel tracks: clinical,
tistics and probability. About 450 statisti-
895-4601;
mevanslombe@goamp.com. discovery/pre-clinical, nonclinical, and
cians are expected to participate. For more
post-marketing. There will also be a con-
information, visit
www.ssc.ca or contact
tributed poster session. Poster abstracts
Christian Léger, University of Montréal,
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