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Statistics Divisions of ASQ, this conference 25–30—9th International Congress 11–14—American Evaluation
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will be held at the Hilton Indianapolis. For on Plant Molecular Biology, St. Louis, Association (AEA) Annual Conference,
more information, visit www.amstat-online. Missouri Orlando, Florida
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org/sections/qp/2009-ftc-call-for-papers.pdf The congress will feature more than 50 This year’s conference, themed “Context
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or contact Donald McCormack, 2901 forums, abstract poster displays and pre- and Evaluation,” is broken down into 41
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Oakhaven Drive, Austin, TX 78704; sentations, evening workshops, and other topical strands that include more than
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don.mccomack@jmp.com. events to chronicle the advances in plant 500 presentations. Content will span the
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molecular biology. Topics will include breadth and depth of evaluation, from
15–17—Case Studies in Bayesian
agricultural productivity, phytotherapy for exploring traditional and emerging meth-
Statistics and Machine Learning,
human health, generating biofuels, and odologies to addressing issues related to
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
the future of biodiversity, further reinforc- working internationally and cross-cultural-
This workshop will focus on applications
ing the need to find solutions for today’s ly to delving into applications of evaluation
of Bayesian statistics and machine learn-
global challenges. For more information, to a range of disciplines. For more infor-
ing to problems in science and technology,
visit
www.ipmb2009.org or contact Sandi mation, visit
www.eval.org/eval2009 or
featuring contributed presentations and
Strother, University of Missouri-Columbia, contact Membership Director Heidi Nye
discussions of substantial research, shorter
344 Hearnes Center, Columbia, MO at
info@eval.org or (888) 232-2275.
presentations by young researchers, and
65211; (573) 882-9558; ipmb2009@
poster presentations. The workshop builds
missouri.edu.
14–16—GEOMED/SAMSI 2009,
on the Case Studies in Bayesian Statistics Charleston, South Carolina
Workshop. For more information, visit 27–30—25th International GEOMED 2009 is the sixth international,
http://bayesml1.stat.cmu.edu or contact Ziv Methodology Symposium, interdisciplinary conference on geomedi-
Bar-Joseph, Wean Hall 4107, Machine Gatineau, Ontario cal systems. The program will consist of
Learning Department, Pittsburgh, PA This anniversary symposium, titled invited speaker sessions covering cluster-
15213; (412) 268-8595;
zivbj@cs.cmu.edu. “Longitudinal Surveys: From Design to ing and surveillance, GIS health science,
Analysis,” is for researchers with private misaligned data, ecological analysis and
20–22—International Conference on
research organizations, governments, and infection, and disease mapping. There
Modeling, Simulation, and Control
universities who are interested in statistical will also be a contributed poster session.
2009, San Francisco, California
or methodological issues specific to longi- For more information, visit www.musc.
This conference is held under the World
tudinal surveys. The first day will consist edu/dbbe/geomed2009 or contact Andrew
Congress on Engineering and Computer
of workshops, while the following days Lawson, 135 Cannon Street, Charleston,
Science WCECS 2009, organized by the
will consist of plenary and parallel sessions SC 29425; (843) 876-1865; lawsonab@
International Association of Engineers,
covering a variety of topics. Additional
musc.edu.
a nonprofit international association
research and results will be presented via
for engineers and computer scientists.
poster sessions. For more information, visit
19–21—Challenges for Analysis of the
All submitted papers will be under peer
www.statcan.ca/english/conferences/
Economy, the Businesses, and Social
review, and accepted papers will be pub-
symposium2009 or contact Symposium
Progress, Szeged, Hungary
lished in the conference proceedings. For
2009 Team, R.H. Coats Building, Statistics
This conference is organized by the
more information, visit
www.iaeng.org/
Canada, 100 Tunney’s Pasture Driveway,
University of Szeged, Faculty of Economics
WCECS2009/ICMSC2009.html or contact
Ottawa, ON K1A OT6, Canada;
and Business Administration, and the
IAENG Secretariat, Unit 1, 1/F, 37-39
symposium2009@statcan.gc.ca.
Hungarian Central Statistical Office for the
Hung To Road, Hong Kong, International 10th anniversary of the foundation of the
HK, Hong Kong; (852) 3169-3427; faculty. Selected papers will be published
wcecs@iaeng.org.
November
in reviewed conference proceedings. Papers
9–13—Sixteenth Annual from all areas of statistics, social science,
21–23—2009 Nonclinical Biostatistics
Biopharmaceutical Applied Statistics and economic science are appreciated. For
Conference, Boston, Massachusetts
Symposium, Savannah, Georgia more information, visit www.eco.u-szeged.
The first conference in the United States
This symposium provides a forum for hu/conference or contact Peter Kovács,
to be completely devoted to nonclinical
pharmaceutical, medical, and regula- Kalvaria sgt 1., Szeged, International
biostatistics will provide opportunities
tory science professionals to share timely H-6722, Hungary; conference@eco.
to present and discuss current scientific
and pertinent information concerning
u-szeged.hu.
issues relevant to nonclinical biostatistics.
the application of biostatistics in biop-
Registration and a call for abstracts opened
harmaceutical environments. For details,
February 2, 2009. For more information,
visit
http://bass.georgiasouthern.edu or December
visit
www.ncb2009.org or contact Mathis
contact Ruth Whitworth, P.O. Box 8015,
*6–11—65th Annual Deming
Thoma, 655 Huntington Ave., Boston,
Statesboro, GA 30460-8015; (912)
Conference on Applied Statistics,
MA 02115;
info@ncb2009.org.
478-7904;
bass@georgiasouthern.edu.
Atlantic City, New Jersey
The purpose of this conference and the
following two-day short courses is to
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