7–9—LASR 2009: Statistical Tools for 13–15—International Conference on 20–22—International Symposium
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Challenges in Bioinformatics, Leeds, the Interface Between Statistics and in Statistics on GLLMM, St. John’s,
United Kingdom Engineering, Beijing, China Newfoundland
OF E The 2009 Leeds Annual Statistical This conference will focus on innova- The objective of this symposium is to bring
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Research Workshop will focus on develop- tive research on the interface between together a set of speakers and discussants
ments in interdisciplinary statistics and the statistics and engineering for the support to describe the latest research in GLLMM
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interface between statistical methodology of complex system design and opera- with applications to biostatistics, econo-
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and bioinformatics. For more informa- tion, quality and reliability engineering, metrics, and ecological and environmental
tion, visit
www.maths.leeds.ac.uk/lasr2009 and optimal decisionmaking. Authors studies, among others. For more informa-
or contact Arief Gusnanto, Department are invited to submit abstracts. For tion, visit
www.iss-2009-stjohns.ca or
of Statistics, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, more information, visit http://icise.bjut. contact Brajendra Sutradhar, Department
International LS2 9JT, United Kingdom;
edu.cn/index.htm or contact Kwok Tsui, of Mathematics and Statistics, St. John’s,
+44 113 3435135;
workshop@maths.leeds. Industrial and Systems Engineering, 765 Newfoundland A1C 5S7, Canada; (709)
ac.uk. Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332; (404) 737-8731;
bsutradh@math.mun.ca.
894-2311;
ktsui@isye.gatech.edu.
7–17—SAMSI Summer ’09 Program on 20–28—IMSM 2009, Raleigh,
Psychometrics, Research Triangle Park, 15–16—Seminar on Innovative North Carolina
North Carolina Approaches to Turn Statistics into The objective of this workshop is to
Much of current psychometric research Knowledge, Washington, DC expose graduate students in mathematics,
involves the development of novel statisti- The OECD and U.S. Census Bureau engineering, and statistics to challenging
cal methodology to model educational and are jointly organizing this seminar to and exciting real-world problems arising
psychological processes, and a wide variety contribute to the development of tools in industrial and government laboratory
of new psychometric models have appeared that help people transform statistics into research. Students will get experience in the
over the last quarter century. The develop- knowledge and decisions. The seminar will team approach to problemsolving. They
ment of several of these models has been include the use of videos, as explored by will be divided into six-member teams to
spearheaded by quantitative psychologists. GapMinder and others, and participative collaborate on industrial projects presented
During the same period, similar models approaches, as seen in some web 2.0 initia- by experienced scientists and engineers.
and methodologies were developed by tives. The focus of the seminar will be on During the workshop, each group is men-
academic statisticians in mathematics and innovative applications of tools. For more tored by both the problem presenter and a
statistics departments. The goal of this pro- information, visit
www.oecd.org/progress/ faculty adviser. For more information, visit
gram is to bring researchers from both areas ict/statknowledge or contact Lars Thygesen,
www.ncsu.edu/crsc/events/imsm09 or contact
together to explore possible avenues for +33145248402;
lars.thygesen@oecd.org. Ilse Ipsen, Dept. of Mathematics, NCSU,
mutual collaboration. For more informa- Raleigh, NC 27695; (919) 515-5289;
tion, visit
www.samsi.info/programs/ imsm_09@ncsu.edu.
››15–17—Workshop on Statistical
2009psychometricsprogram.shtml or
Inference for Lévy Processes with
contact Terri Nida, 19 T.W. Alexander
Applications to Finance, Eindhoven,
August
Drive, RTP, NC 27709; (919) 685-9350;
The Netherlands
info@samsi.info.
This workshop aims to bring together
*1–6—2009 Joint Statistical Meetings,
leading researchers in the field. They will
Washington, DC
13–14—ARS’09 Social Network discuss recent progress achieved in infer-
JSM (Joint Statistical Meetings) is the
Analysis: Models and Methods for ence methods for Lévy processes, identify
largest gathering of statisticians held in
Relational Data, Salerno, Italy problems of interest, and outline future
North America. It is held jointly with
The aim of this workshop is to pres- research directions. Register at www.
the American Statistical Association, the
ent the most relevant results and recent
eurandom.tue.nl/events/workshops/2009/
International Biometric Society (ENAR
developments in social network analysis. Levy_processes/index.htm. There is no clos-
and WNAR), the Institute of Mathematical
Conference topics include block model- ing date for registration, but the number
Statistics, the Statistical Society of Canada,
ing, collaboration networks, dynamic of places is limited. There is no registration
the International Indian Statistical
networks, large networks, network appli- fee for academia. Participants will be given
Association, and the International Chinese
cations, and new methodologies for rela- the opportunity to present short talks on
Statistical Association. Attended by more
tional data. For more information, visit their own research. For more informa-
than 5,500 people, activities include oral
www.ars2009.unisa.it or contact Maria tion, visit
www.eurandom.tue.nl/events/
presentations, panel sessions, poster pre-
Prosperina Vitale, Via Ponte Don Melillo, workshops/2009/Levy_processes/index.htm
sentations, continuing education courses,
Fisciano (Salerno), International 84084, or contact Shota Gugushvili, Den Dolech
an exhibit hall, a placement service, society
Italy; +39089962211;
mvitale@unisa.it. 2, Eindhoven, International 5612 AZ, The
and section business meetings, committee
Netherlands, +31 40 2478113; gugushvili@
meetings, social activities, and network-
eurandom.tue.nl.
ing opportunities. For more information,
visit
www.amstat.org/meetings or contact
ASA Meetings Department, 732 North
Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314;
(888) 231-3473;
jsm@amstat.org.
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