Statistics and the Environment
Section Prepares for Summer Conferences
Jun Zhu, Section Publications Chair
JSM 2009
The section is sponsoring several invit-
ed sessions and two roundtables this
year during JSM in Washington, DC.
Following is a list of topics and organiz-
ers. For details, visit
www.amstat.org/
meetings/jsm/2009.
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• Assessing and Modeling Spatial
Variability and Uncertainty,
organized by Ron McRoberts of the
U.S. Forest Service
T
IES 2009 will be two confer- International environmental
ences in one: The 20th Annual statistics
• From Climate to Weather:
Conference of The International
Regionalizing Climate Models,
Environmetrics Society, a section of the
Monitoring, modeling, and
organized by Mark Kaiser of Iowa
ISI, and the GRASPA Conference 2009.
managing environmental systems
State University
GRASPA is the final meeting of two
Italian Relevant National Research
National environmental statistics
• Random Effect Specification/
Projects (PRIN-MIUR-2006) on envi-
Soil quality monitoring and
Misspecification in Spatial/
ronmental statistics and will focus on
assessment
Spatio-Temporal Health Modeling,
relevant scientific issues within the com-
organized by Andrew Lawson of
munity of attendees. Space-time modeling
the Medical University of South
The TIES conference, themed
Carolina
“Handling Complexity and Uncertainty
Water quality monitoring and
in Environmental Studies,” will be held
assessment
• New Developments for the Analysis
in Bologna, Italy, July 5–9. Conference
of Spatial and Temporal Systems
technical topics include the following:
For more information, visit www2.
in Ecology, organized by Mevin
stat.unibo.it/ties2009.
Hooten of Utah State University
Air quality monitoring and assessment
TIES North American • From Data to Decisionmaking:
Chemometrics Regional Meeting
Applied Statisticians Protecting the
Registration is now open for the TIES
Environment, organized by Jenise
Ecological monitoring
North American Regional Meeting,
Swall of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
Energy and Environment
which will be held June 15–17, 2009,
in Corvallis, Oregon. Visit https://secure.
• Geography, Space, and Time in
Environmental human
oregonstate.edu/ocs/register.php?event=353
Ecology and Health, roundtable
health statistics
to register. The theme of this meeting is
“Measuring, Monitoring, and Modeling
organized by Lance Waller of Emory
Environmental monitoring
Environmental Resources.” Registration
University
includes a reception on June 15, refresh-
Environmental reporting
• If Scientists Agreed to Collect Data
ments for breaks, and lunch on June 16
and indicators
However We Wanted, Would We
and 17. Also included is dinner on June
Know What to Tell Them?,
Environmental standards
16 at Tyee Wine Cellars (www.tyeewine.
roundtable organized by Mark
com). Housing information is available
Kaiser of Iowa State University
Environmental surveys
on the registration page.
Funds are available to defray travel If you have ideas about topics for
Environmental sustainability expenses for registered graduate stu- invited sessions for JSM 2010, contact the
dents who are presenting a paper and do section’s program chair, Petrutza Caragea,
Environmetrics in meteorology
not have travel funds. Requests can be at
pcaragea@iastate.edu. JSM 2010 will
and climatology
emailed to Don Stevens at stevens@stat. be held July 31–August 5 in Vancouver,
oregonstate.edu. British Columbia, Canada. ■
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