C
*1–6—2009 Joint Statistical Meetings, visit
http://wiki.stat.ucla.edu/socr/index.
30–9/2/10—SAMSI 2009–2010
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Washington, DC php/SOCR_Events_Aug2009 or contact
Opening Workshop on Stochastic
JSM (Joint Statistical Meetings) is the
Ivo Dinov, 8125 Math Sciences Bldg.,
Dynamics, Research Triangle Park,
AR
largest gathering of statisticians held in
Los Angeles, CA 90095; (310) 825-8430;
North Carolina
OF E
North America. It is held jointly with
dinov@stat.ucla.edu.
This 12-month SAMSI program is cen-
the American Statistical Association,
VENTS
tered on the broad topic of stochastic
the International Biometric Society
16–22—International Statistical
dynamics, with particular focus on analy-
(ENAR and WNAR), the Institute of
Institute 57th Biennial Session, Durban,
sis, computational methods, and applica-
Mathematical Statistics, the Statistical
South Africa
tions of systems governed by stochastic
Society of Canada, the International
This session will include meetings of
differential equations. Two application
Indian Statistical Association, and
the Bernoulli Society, the International
areas to be emphasized are problems in
the International Chinese Statistical
Association for Statistical Computing,
biological sciences and dynamics of net-
Association. Attended by more than 5,500
the International Association of Survey
works. Researchers from statistics, applied
people, activities include oral presenta-
Statisticians, the International Association
mathematics, mathematical biology, and
tions, panel sessions, poster presentations,
for Official Statistics, and the International
engineering will be involved, and the
continuing education courses, an exhibit
Association for Statistical Education. For
program will promote the opportunity
hall, a placement service, society and
more information, visit
www.cbs.nl/isi
for interdisciplinary, methodological, and
section business meetings, committee
or contact Shabani Mehta, 428 Prinses
theoretical research. For details, visit www.
meetings, social activities, and network-
Beatrixlaan, P.O. Box 950, Voorburg,
samsi.info/programs/2009stochdynprogram.
ing opportunities. For more information,
International 2270 AZ, The Netherlands;
shtml or contact Terri Nida, P.O. Box
visit
www.amstat.org/meetings or contact
+31-70-3375737;
isi@cbs.nl.
14006, RTP, NC 27709; (919) 685-9324;
ASA Meetings Department, 732 North
tnida@samsi.info.
Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314;
(888) 231-3473;
jsm@amstat.org.
17–19—Measurement, Design, and
Analysis Methods for Health Outcomes
Research, Boston, Massachusetts
6–8—15th ISSAT International
September
Conference on Reliability and Quality
Taught in an interactive classroom setting,
in Design, San Francisco, California
this program is geared toward introduc-
1–3—New Zealand Statistical
tory to intermediate learning levels to
Association 2009 Conference,
This conference is an international
help participants design, implement, and
Wellington, New Zealand
forum for the presentation of new results,
analyze outcomes studies and critically The School of Mathematics, Statistics, and
research development, and applications in
review and use outcomes data for clinical Operations Research at Victoria University
all aspects of reliability, quality in design,
decisionmaking, health-care planning, of Wellington will host the conference.
and statistics. The conference is typically
and technology development. For more An optional one-day workshop on semi-
attended by international participants
information, visit www.hsph.harvard. parametric regression, to be given by Matt
and is characterized by an intimate cul-
edu/ccpe/programs/MDA.html or contact Wand of the University of Wollongong,
ture. For more information, visit www.
Continuing Education, 677 Huntington will precede the conference on September
issatconferences.org or contact ISSAT RQD
Ave., Boston, MA 02115; (617) 384- 1. Submitted talks and conference and
Conference, P.O. Box 1504, Piscataway,
8692;
contedu@hsph.harvard.edu. workshop registration are welcome at msor.
CA 08855;
rqd@issatconferences.org.
victoria.ac.nz/Events/NZSA2009. For more
23–25—Salford Data Mining
information, contact John Haywood,
10–12—It’s Online, Therefore It Exists!
Conference, San Diego, California
School of Mathematics, Statistics, and
A Workshop on Technology-Enhanced
Probability and Statistics Education
This conference is oriented to real-world
Operations Research, P.O. Box 600,
Using SOCR Resources, Los Angeles,
applications, and all attendees will get
Wellington, International 6140, New
California
a sense of notable uses of data mining.
Zealand; +64 4 463 5673; John.Haywood@
Keynotes will discuss the role of data min-
vuw.ac.nz.
The 2009 SOCR aims to demonstrate
ing in advertising, credit card crunch,
the functionality, use, and assessment of
privacy and human rights concerns,
3–5—Workshop on Integer-Valued
current SOCR resources in probability
combating terrorism, venture capital,
Time Series Modelling (WINTS09),
and statistics curricula at different levels.
video games, politics, drug discovery, and
Aveiro, Portugal
The SOCR tools, activities, and materi-
telecommunications. For more informa- This workshop will feature the latest sci-
als are openly and anonymously available
tion, visit
salforddatamining.com or contact entific developments in modeling time
over the Internet to the entire community.
Aaron Adams, 4740 Murphy Canyon series of counts and their applications. The
This workshop will be of most value to
Road, #200, San Diego, CA 92123; (619) program will cover a range of topics and
AP teachers and college instructors of
543-880;
aadams@salford-systems.com. include five keynote lectures presented by
probability and statistics classes who have
leading specialists. In addition, there will
an interest in exploring novel technology-
be contributed paper and poster sessions
enhanced approaches for improving sta-
tistics education. For more information,
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