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discuss the challenges and potential solu-
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or more information about these events, visit www.amstat.org/dateline. tions for effective interaction with mobile
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Announcements are accepted from educational and not-for-profit multimedia and ubiquitous computing. It VENTS
organizations only. Commercial enterprises should contact the ASA covers the design, evaluation, and appli-
Advertising Department at advertise@amstat.org. cation of techniques for all mobile and
wearable computing devices and services.
* Indicates events sponsored by the American Statistical Association or one of For more information, visit www.hcimmuc.
its sections, chapters, or committees com or contact Mahesh Koirala, New
Baneshwor -10, Kathmandu, International
›› Indicates events posted since the previous issue 23707, Nepal; 9779803974098; chair@
hcimmuc.com.
*27–29—2009 Spring Research
2009
››20–21—Atlantic Causal Modeling
Conference on Statistics in
Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Industry and Technology,
This two-day conference is intended to
May
Vancouver, British Columbia
provide a forum for researchers inter-
This conference aims to promote research
ested in causal modeling and inference
15–17—Innovation and Inventiveness
in statistical methods that address prob-
to exchange ideas. Talks covering match-
in Statistics Methodologies,
lems in industry and technology and to
ing methods, automated algorithms for
New Haven, Connecticut
stimulate interaction among statisticians,
discovering causal structure, and recent
This workshop will emphasize areas of
researchers in the application areas, and
advances in causal inference are planned.
statistical research that offer innovative
industrial practitioners. It also strives to
Two named lectures will be given by
approaches to problems arising in various
encourage graduate students to pursue
James Robins and Donald Rubin. PhD
branches of the sciences. At the same time,
careers in industry and technology; stu-
and research master’s students are invited
the workshop will cover topics of fun-
dents are charged a reduced registration
to submit proposed talks for the graduate
damental statistical theory having broad
fee, and scholarships are given to selected
student session. A poster session is open
applicability. In addition to the core invit-
graduate students who present contrib-
to all interested participants. For more
ed talks, the workshop will feature poster
uted papers. For details, visit www.stat.sfu.
information, visit http://stat.wharton.upenn.
sessions and discussion sessions, providing
ca/~boxint/src2009 or contact Boxin Tang,
edu/~fby/acc or contact Dylan Small, 400
a forum for participants to interact and
Department of Statistics and Actuarial
JMHH, 3730 Walnut St., Philadelphia,
exchange ideas. For more information,
Science, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A
PA 19104; (215) 898-8222;
visit www.stat.yale.edu/Stats2009 or con-
1S6, Canada, 778-782-4898, boxint@stat.
dsmall@wharton.upenn.edu.
tact Harrison Zhou, 24 Hillhouse Ave.,
sfu.ca.
New Haven, CT 06511; (203) 432-0643;
huibin.zhou@yale.edu.
22—Rao Prize Conference at Penn
31–6/3—37th Annual Meeting of
State University, University Park,
the Statistical Society of Canada,
Pennsylvania
*18–20—32nd Annual Midwest
Vancouver, Canada
For more information, visit www.stat.psu.
Biopharmaceutical Statistics Workshop
This conference will bring together aca-
edu/~richards/raoprize/2009.html.
(MBSW), Muncie, Indiana
demic, governmental, and industrial
Cosponsored by Ball State University and
researchers, as well as users of statistics and
the Biopharmaceutical Section of the ASA,
25–29—41st Annual Conference of probability. It will present workshops and
this workshop will be held at the Alumni
the French Statistical Society, invited and contributed sessions. The SSC
Center of Ball State University. Michael
Bordeaux, France features sections in biostatistics, survey
O’Connell (Tibco) will present a half-day
For information, visit www.sm. methods, business and industrial statistics,
short course, titled “Integrating Graphics
u-bordeaux2.fr/JDS2009/index.html and probability. Consequently, the pro-
and Statistics Across Pharmaceutical
or contact Marta Avalos, 146 rue Leo gram will include papers in all areas of sta-
Research and Development.” Plenary
Saignat, Bordeaux, International 33076, tistics and probability. About 450 statisti-
speakers include Scott Evans (Harvard)
France; 33 557 5715 34; Marta.Avalos@ cians are expected to participate. For more
and Paul Stang (J&J). Invited talks will be
isped.u-bordeaux2.fr. information, visit www.ssc.ca or contact
presented in four parallel tracks: clinical,
Christian Léger, University of Montréal,
discovery/pre-clinical, nonclinical, and
Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
››27–29—International Conference
post-marketing. There will also be a con-
on Human Computer Interaction with
CP 6128 Succursale Centreville, Montréal,
tributed poster session. For details, visit
Mobile Multimedia and Ubiquitous
Quebec H3C 3J7, Canada; (514) 343-
www.mbswonline.com or contact Melvin
Computing (HCIMMUC ’09),
7824; leger@dms.umontreal.ca.
Munsaka, One Takeda Parkway, Deerfield,
Kathmandu, Nepal
IL 60015; (847) 582-3533;
This conference will provide a forum for
mmunsaka@tgrd.com.
researchers, academics, and practitioners to
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