May
the National Institute of Standards and
session with talks by graduate students. For
Technology (NIST). The goal of the con-
VENTS
more information, visit www.linstat2010.
19–22—Conference on Nonparametric
ference is to stimulate interdisciplinary
ipt.pt or contact Francisco Carvalho,
OF E
Statistics and Statistical Learning,
research among statisticians, engineers,
Estrada da Serra - Quinta do Contador,
AR
Columbus, Ohio
and physical scientists in quality and pro-
Tomar, International 2300-313, Portugal;
This conference will bring together
ductivity, industrial needs, and the physical
+351249328100;
fpcarvalho@ipt.pt.
ALEND
researchers in nonparametrics and statisti-
sciences. The conference will feature pre-
C
cal learning from academia, industry, and
sentations on statistical issues and research
*31–8/5—2010 Joint Statistical
government in an atmosphere focused
approaches drawn from collaborative
Meetings, Vancouver,
on the development of both statistical
research. For more information, contact
British Columbia, Canada
theory and methods. The areas are broadly
Will Guthrie, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop
JSM (Joint Statistical Meetings) is the
defined, with nonparametrics encompass-
8980, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8980;
largest gathering of statisticians held in
ing distribution-free statistics, rank-based
(301) 975-2854;
will.guthrie@nist.gov.
North America. It is held jointly with
and robust statistics, Bayesian nonpara-
the American Statistical Association,
metric methods, permutation-based meth-
the International Biometric Society
ods, nonparametric regression, and density
June
(ENAR and WNAR), the Institute of
estimation. Statistical learning includes
Mathematical Statistics, the Statistical
a range of methods focused on the gen-
29–7/1—International Conference on
Society of Canada, the International
eral goals of discovery, classification, and
Probability Distributions and Related
Indian Statistical Association, and
prediction. Six prominent researchers
Topics in Conjunction with NZSA
the International Chinese Statistical
will present plenary talks relating to both
Conference, Palmerston North,
Association. Attended by more than 5,500
fields. There also will be eight contributed
New Zealand
paper sessions and two contributed poster
This international conference is devoted
people, activities include oral presenta-
sessions where junior investigators and
to all aspects of distribution theory and its
tions, panel sessions, poster presentations,
graduate students are expected to partici-
applications, including discrete, univariate,
continuing education courses, an exhibit
pate. For more information, visit www.
and multivariate continuous distributions;
hall, a placement service, society and
stat.osu.edu/~nssl2010 or contact Steven
copulas; extreme values; skewed distribu-
section business meetings, committee
MacEachern, Department of Statistics,
tions; conditionally specified distributions;
meetings, social activities, and network-
The Ohio State University, 1958 Neil
and life distributions in engineering and
ing opportunities. For more information,
Ave., Cockins Hall, Rm. 404, Columbus,
survival analysis. For more information,
visit
www.amstat.org/meetings or contact
OH 43210-1247; (614) 292-5843;
visit
http://nzsa_cdl_2010.massey.ac.nz or
ASA Meetings Department, 732 North
snm@stat.osu.edu.
contact Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan,
Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314;
Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
(888) 231-3473;
jsm@amstat.org.
Hamilton, International L8S 4K1,
23–26—38th Annual Meeting of the
Canada; (905) 525-9140, Ext. 23420;
Statistical Society of Canada, Québec
bala@mcmaster.ca.
August
City, Québec
This conference will bring together
30–9/3—Prague Stochastics 2010,
academic, government, and industrial
July
Prague, Czech Republic
researchers as well as users of statistics and
Prague Stochastics 2010 is next in a series
probability. Featured will be workshops
of international conferences on stochas-
››4–9—IWSM 2010, Glasgow, United
and invited and contributed sessions
Kingdom
tics organized in Prague since 1956.
on all areas of statistics and probability.
The 25th International Workshop on
The scientific program will be aimed
About 450 statisticians are expected to
Statistical Modeling (IWSM 2010) will
at covering a wide range of stochastics,
participate. For details, contact Thierry
be hosted by the University of Glasgow in
with special emphasis on the topics of
Duchesne, Université Laval, Département
Scotland. For more information, visit or
this lively field that have been pursued in
de mathématiques et de statistique,
contact Claire Ferguson, Department of
Prague. For more information, visit www.
Pavillon Vachon, Québec, Quebec G1K
Statistics, 15 University Gardens, Glasgow,
utia.cas.cz/pragstoch2010 or contact Lucie
7P4, Canada; (418) 656-2131, Ext. 5077;
International G12 8QW, Scotland;
Fajfrova, Pod Vodarenskou vezi 4, Prague
thierry.duchesne@mat.ulaval.ca.
0141 330 5023;
c.ferguson@stats.gla.ac.uk.
8, International 18208, Czech Republic;
pragstoch@utia.cas. cz. ■
25–27—Joint Research Conference
27–31—LinStat 2010, Tomar, Portugal
on Statistics in Quality, Industry, and
The aim of this conference is to bring
Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland
together researchers sharing an interest in a
The Quality and Productivity Research
variety of aspects of statistics and its appli-
Conference and the Spring Research
cations to discuss current developments.
Conference on Statistics in Industry
There will be plenary talks and sessions
and Technology will be held jointly at
with contributed talks, as well as a special
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