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21–24—ICSA 2009 Applied Statistics 25–27—United States Conference on
July
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Symposium, San Francisco, California Teaching Statistics ’09, Columbus, Ohio
Short courses will be offered on June The target audience for this conference
››1–4—European Workshop on AR
21, with more than 50 scientific sessions is teachers of undergraduate and AP sta-
Challenges in Modern Massive Data Sets
OF E
taking place from June 22–24. Keynote tistics. Teachers of statistics at two-year
(EMMDS 2009), Copenhagen
speakers include Wing Hung Wong, colleges and those planning a career in sta-
VENTS
This workshop will address algorithmic,
Nicholas Jewell, and Ronald Wasserstein. tistics education are especially encouraged
mathematical, and statistical challenges
For more information, visit http://icsa2. to attend. USCOTS is a ‘working confer-
in modern statistical data analysis. The
org/2009 or contact Ying Lu, 185 Berry ence,’ with many opportunities for hands-
goals of EMMDS 2009 are to explore
Street, Suite 350, San Francisco, CA on activities, demonstrations, networking,
novel techniques for modeling and
94143-0946;
ying.lu@radiology.ucsf.edu. and idea sharing. Leaders in statistics
analyzing massive, high-dimensional,
education and assessment will give plenary
and nonlinearly structured scien-
21–25—7th Workshop on Bayesian
talks, including Dani Ben-Zvi, George
tific and Internet data sets and bring
Nonparametrics, Moncalieri
Cobb, Peter Ewell, Ronald Wasserstein,
together computer scientists, statisti-
(Turin), Italy
and Chris Wild. For more information,
cians, mathematicians, and data analysis
The aim of this workshop is to highlight
visit
www.causeweb.org/uscots or contact
practitioners. For details, visit mmds.
the latest developments in Bayesian non-
Deb Rumsey at
rumsey@stat.ohio-state.edu.
imm.dtu.dk or contact Morten Mørup,
parametrics, covering a variety of theoret-
Richard Petersens Plads, bld 321/118,
ical and applied topics. For more infor-
Lyngby, International 2800, Denmark;
››26–28—International Workshop on
mation, visit
bnpworkshop.carloalberto.org Probability Theory, Statistics, and Their
004545253900; mmds-organizers@imm.
or contact Pierpaolo De Blasi, via Real Applications to Biology, Beijing, China
dtu.dk.
Collegio 30, Moncalieri, International This workshop, in honor of Minping
10024, Italy; +39 0116705282; bnp@ Qian’s 70th anniversary, will concentrate
1—6th EudraVigilance Information
carloalberto.org. on recent developments in probability the-
Day, London, United Kingdom
ory and statistics and their applications to
EudraVigilance Information Day will
22–26—6th International Conference
biology. The applications to biology range
provide a forum for marketing authori-
on Extreme Value Analysis/Graybill
from next-generation sequencing, gene
zation holders and sponsors of clinical
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expression, molecular regulatory and inter-
trials to gain a better understanding of
The 2009 EVA meeting will feature
action networks, pathways, statistical genet-
the key activities of the EudraVigilance
presentations on all aspects of risk and
ics, and metagenomics to system biology
Expert Working Group and their work
extreme value theory and their applica-
and clinical trials. For more information,
2009 program (see http://eudravigilance.
tions. Emphasis will be on probabilistic
visit
www.math.pku.edu.cn/Workshop09/
emea.europa.eu). The main areas to be
modeling; statistical analyses; and applica-
index.htm or contact Fengzhu Sun, 1050
addressed are implementation aspects
tions in climate and atmospheric science,
Childs Way, RRI201, Los Angeles, 90089;
related to electronic reporting of ICSRs,
geosciences, hydrology, finance, economics
(213) 740-2413;
fsun@usc.edu.
key pharmacovigilance activities in some
and insurance, biosciences, physics, tele-
of the EU member states, and practi-
communications, and stochastic networks. 28–7/1—IMS Asia Pacific Rim
cal implementation questions raised by
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stakeholders. For more information, visit
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www.diahome.org/DIAHOME/Education/
tact Dan Cooley, 1877 Campus an excellent forum for scientific com-
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Route, Dept. of Statistics, Fort Collins, munication and collaboration among
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CO 80523-1877; (970) 491-5269; researchers in Asia and the Pacific Rim.
Senior Manager Marketing, Europe,
GraybillConference@stat.colostate.edu. It also will promote communication
DIA, Postfach, Basel, International 4002,
and collaboration between researchers
Switzerland; +41 61 225 51 51;
23–27—18th International Workshop
in this area and those from other parts
talana.bertschi@diaeurope.org.
on Matrices and Statistics, IWMS ’09,
of the world. The program covers topics
Smolenice Castle, Slovakia
in statistics and probability, presenting
1–3—International Conference of
This workshop will stimulate the exchange
recent developments and the state of the
Computational Statistics and Data
of ideas and research at the interfaces of
art in a variety of modern research topics
Engineering 2009, London,
matrix theory, statistics, and stochastic
and applications. For more information,
United Kingdom
processes. It includes invited and
visit
http://ims-aprm.org or contact Runze
Held under the World Congress on
contributed talks and posters. For
Li, Department of Statistics, Penn State
Engineering and organized by the
further information, visit
www.um.sav.
University, University Park, PA 16802-
International Association of Engineers, this
sk/en/iwms2009.html or contact Viktor
2111; (814) 965-1555;
ril4@stat.psu.edu.
meeting serves as a good platform for the
Witkovsky, Institute of Measurement
research community to meet and exchange
Science, Slovak Academy of Sciences,
ideas. For more information, visit www.
Dubravska cesta 9, Bratislava,
iaeng.org/WCE2009/ICCSDE2009.html or
International 84104, Slovakia; +421 2
contact William Young at
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