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of workshops, while the following days ››19–21—Challenges for Analysis of L85 4K1, Canada; (905) 525-9140, Ext.
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will consist of plenary and parallel sessions the Economy, the Businesses, and Social 23420;
bala@mcmaster.ca.
covering a variety of topics. Additional Progress, Szeged, Hungary
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research and results will be presented via This conference is organized by the
March
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poster sessions. For more information, visit University of Szeged, Faculty of Economics
www.statcan.ca/english/conferences/ and Business Administration, and the
VENT
17–20—Conference on Frontier of
symposium2009 or contact Caroline Hungarian Central Statistical Office for the
Statistical Decisionmaking and
s
Rondeau, 150 Tunney’s Pasture Driveway, 10th anniversary of the foundation of the
Bayesian Analysis
R.H. Coats Building, Ottawa, Québec faculty. Selected papers will be published
This conference consists of plenary, invit-
K1A OT6, Canada; caroline.rondeau@ in reviewed conference proceedings. Papers
ed, and poster sessions. Plenary speakers
statcan.ca. from all areas of statistics, social science,
include Donald Berry, Lawrence Brown,
and economic science are appreciated. For
Persi Diaconis, Stephen Fienberg, and Alan
more information, visit www.eco.u-szeged.
November
Gelfand. The conference will provide an
hu/conference or contact Peter Kovács,
overview of the past, present, and future
9–13—Sixteenth Annual
Kalvaria sgt 1., Szeged, International
developments of statistical decisionmaking
Biopharmaceutical Applied Statistics
H-6722, Hungary; conference@
and Bayesian analysis. Prior to the confer-
Symposium, Savannah, Georgia
eco.u-szeged.hu.
ence, short courses on various statistical
This symposium provides a forum for topics will be offered. For more informa-
pharmaceutical, medical, and regula- tion, visit http://bergerconference2010.
tory science professionals to share timely
December
utsa.edu or contact Keying Ye at
and pertinent information concerning *6–11—65th Annual Deming
Keying.Ye@utsa.edu.
the application of biostatistics in bio- Conference on Applied Statistics,
pharmaceutical environments. For details, Atlantic City, New Jersey
23–26—DAGStat2010: Statistics Under
visit
http://bass.georgiasouthern.edu or The purpose of this conference and the fol-
One Umbrella, Dortmund, Germany
contact Ruth Whitworth, P.O. Box 8015, lowing two-day short courses is to discuss
DAGStat is a network of scientific and
Statesboro, GA 30460-8015; (912) recent developments in statistical meth-
professional organizations that develop
478-7904;
bass@georgiasouthern.edu. odologies. The conference is composed
and promote statistical theory and meth-
of 12 three-hour tutorials on current
odology. The aim of the working group
11–14—American Evaluation
statistical topics of interest. Recognized
is to offer a panel for shared activities
Association (AEA) Annual Conference,
experts in the field will give the lectures
and public relations to reach a stronger
Orlando, Florida
and short courses based on their recently
cognition of statistics. Lectures will cover
This year’s conference, themed “Context
published books. For more information,
aspects of theoretical and applied statistics.
and Evaluation,” is broken down into 41
visit
www.demingconference.com or contact
For more information, visit www.statistik.
topical strands that include more than
Walter Young, 16 Harrow Circle, Wayne,
tu-dortmund.de/DAGStat2010/en or con-
500 presentations. Content will span the
PA 19087; (610)989-1622; demingchair@
tact Jörg Rahnenführer, Vogelpothsweg
breadth and depth of evaluation, from
gmail.com.
87, Dortmund, International 44227,
exploring traditional and emerging meth- Germany; +49 231 755 3121;
odologies to addressing issues related to
rahnenfuehrer@statistik.tu-dortmund.de.
working internationally and cross-cultural-
ly to delving into applications of evaluation
to a range of disciplines. For more infor-
2010
May
mation, visit
www.eval.org/eval2009 or
19–22—Conference on Nonparametric
contact Membership Director Heidi Nye January
Statistics and Statistical Learning,
at
info@eval.org or (888) 232-2275.
*4–8—International Indian Statistical
Columbus, Ohio
››14–16—GEOMED/SAMSI 2009,
Association Joint Statistical Meetings
This conference will bring together
Charleston, South Carolina
and International Conference on
researchers in nonparametrics and statisti-
GEOMED 2009 is the sixth international,
Statistics, Probability, and Related Areas,
cal learning from academia, industry, and
interdisciplinary conference on geomedical
Visakhapatnam, India
government in an atmosphere focused
systems. The program will consist of invit-
The Joint Statistical Meetings, organized
on the development of both statistical
ed speaker sessions covering clustering and
by the International Indian Statistical
theory and methods. The areas are broadly
surveillance, GIS health science, misaligned
Association in partnership with the
defined, with nonparametrics encompass-
data, ecological analysis and infection, and
American Statistical Association and sta-
ing distribution-free statistics, rank-based
disease mapping. There will also be a con-
tistical associations in India, will be held at
and robust statistics, Bayesian nonparamet-
tributed poster session. For more informa-
Andhra University. For more information,
ric methods, permutation-based methods,
tion, visit
www.musc.edu/dbbe/geomed2009
visit www.stat.osu.edu/~hnn/IISA.html or
nonparametric regression, and density esti-
or contact Andrew Lawson, 135 Cannon
contact Naranyanswamy Balakrishnan,
mation. Statistical learning includes a range
Street, Charleston, SC 29425; (843)
Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
of methods focused on the general goals of
876-1865;
lawsonab@musc.edu.
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
discovery, classification, and prediction. Six
prominent researchers will present plenary
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