Association in partnership with the mathématiques et de statistique, Pavillon variety of aspects of statistics and its appli-
VENTS
American Statistical Association and sta- Vachon, Québec, Quebec G1K 7P4, cations to discuss current developments.
tistical associations in India, will be held at Canada; (418) 656-2131, Ext. 5077; There will be plenary talks and sessions
OF E Andhra University. For more information,
thierry.duchesne@mat.ulaval.ca. with contributed talks, as well as a special
AR
visit www.stat.osu.edu/~hnn/IISA.html or session with talks by graduate students. For
contact Naranyanswamy Balakrishnan, more information, visit www.linstat2010.
25–27—Joint Research Conference
ALEND
Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
ipt.pt or contact Francisco Carvalho,
C
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
on Statistics in Quality, Industry, and
Estrada da Serra - Quinta do Contador,
L85 4K1, Canada; (905) 525-9140, Ext.
Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Tomar, International 2300-313, Portugal;
23420;
bala@mcmaster.ca.
The Quality and Productivity Research
+351249328100;
fpcarvalho@ipt.pt.
Conference and the Spring Research
Conference on Statistics in Industry
and Technology will be held jointly at *31–8/5—2010 Joint Statistical
May
the National Institute of Standards and Meetings, Vancouver, British
Technology (NIST). The goal of the con- Columbia, Canada
19–22—Conference on Nonparametric
ference is to stimulate interdisciplinary JSM (Joint Statistical Meetings) is the
Statistics and Statistical Learning,
research among statisticians, engineers, and largest gathering of statisticians held in
Columbus, Ohio
physical scientists in quality and produc- North America. It is held jointly with
This conference will bring together
tivity, industrial needs, and the physical the American Statistical Association,
researchers in nonparametrics and statisti-
sciences. The conference will feature pre- the International Biometric Society
cal learning from academia, industry, and
sentations on statistical issues and research (ENAR and WNAR), the Institute of
government in an atmosphere focused
approaches drawn from collaborative Mathematical Statistics, the Statistical
on the development of both statistical
research. For more information, contact Society of Canada, the International
theory and methods. The areas are broadly
Will Guthrie, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop Indian Statistical Association, and
defined, with nonparametrics encompass-
8980, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8980; the International Chinese Statistical
ing distribution-free statistics, rank-based
(301) 975-2854;
will.guthrie@nist.gov. Association. Attended by more than 5,500
and robust statistics, Bayesian nonparamet-
people, activities include oral presenta-
ric methods, permutation-based methods,
tions, panel sessions, poster presentations,
nonparametric regression, and density esti-
continuing education courses, an exhibit
mation. Statistical learning includes a range June
hall, a placement service, society and sec-
of methods focused on the general goals of
tion business meetings, committee meet-
discovery, classification, and prediction. Six
29–7/1—International Conference on
ings, social activities, and networking
prominent researchers will present plenary
Probability Distributions and Related
opportunities. For more information, visit
talks relating to both fields. There also
Topics in Conjunction with NZSA
www.amstat.org/meetings or contact Elaine
will be eight contributed paper sessions
Conference, Palmerston North, New
Powell, 732 North Washington Street,
and two contributed poster sessions where
Zealand
Alexandria, VA 22314; (888) 231-3473;
junior investigators and graduate students
This international conference is devoted
jsm@amstat.org.
are expected to participate. For more infor-
to all aspects of distribution theory and its
mation, visit www.stat.osu.edu/~nssl2010 or
applications, including discrete, univariate,
contact Steven MacEachern, Department
and multivariate continuous distributions;
of Statistics, The Ohio State University,
copulas; extreme values; skewed distribu-
August
1958 Neil Ave., Cockins Hall, Rm. 404,
tions; conditionally specified distributions;
Columbus, OH 43210-1247; (614)
and life distributions in engineering and ››30–9/3—Prague Stochastics 2010,
292-5843;
snm@stat.osu.edu.
survival analysis. For more information, Prague, Czech Republic
visit
http://nzsa_cdl_2010.massey.ac.nz or Prague Stochastics 2010 is next in a series
contact Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan, of international conferences on stochas-
23–26—38th Annual Meeting of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, tics organized in Prague since 1956.
Statistical Society of Canada, Québec Hamilton, International L8S 4K1, The scientific program will be aimed
City, Québec Canada; (905) 525-9140, Ext. 23420; at covering a wide range of stochastics,
This conference will bring together
bala@mcmaster.ca. with special emphasis on the topics of
academic, government, and industrial this lively field that have been pursued in
researchers as well as users of statistics and Prague. For more information, visit www.
probability. Featured will be workshops
utia.cas.cz/pragstoch2010 or contact Lucie
and invited and contributed sessions on
July
Fajfrova, Pod Vodarenskou vezi 4, Prague
all areas of statistics and probability. About 8, International 18208, Czech Republic;
450 statisticians are expected to participate.
27–31—LinStat 2010, Tomar, Portugal
pragstoch@utia.cas.cz. ■
For details, contact Thierry Duchesne,
The aim of this conference is to bring
Université Laval, Département de
together researchers sharing an interest in a
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