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events to chronicle the advances in plant
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or more information about these events, visit
www.amstat.org/dateline. molecular biology. Topics will include
Announcements are accepted from educational and not-for-profit agricultural productivity, phytotherapy for
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organizations only. Commercial enterprises should contact the ASA human health, generating biofuels, and
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Advertising Department at
advertise@amstat.org. the future of biodiversity, further reinforc-
ing the need to find solutions for today’s
VENT
* Indicates events sponsored by the American Statistical Association or one of global challenges. For more information, s
its sections, chapters, or committees visit
www.ipmb2009.org or contact Sandi
Strother, University of Missouri-Columbia,
›› Indicates events posted since the previous issue 344 Hearnes Center, Columbia, MO
65211; (573) 882-9558; ipmb2009@
missouri.edu.
2009
International Association of Engineers,
››26–28—SAMSI: Self-Organization
a nonprofit international association
and Multi-Scale Mathematical Modeling
for engineers and computer scientists.
October
of Active Biological Systems, Research
All submitted papers will be under peer
Triangle Park, North Carolina
review, and accepted papers will be pub-
This workshop will address homogeni-
15–17—Case Studies in Bayesian
lished in the conference proceedings. For
zation and upscaling in active systems
Statistics and Machine Learning,
more information, visit
www.iaeng.org/
(suspensions of swimmers, cytoskeletal
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
WCECS2009/ICMSC2009.html or contact
networks, biological tissue), analysis of
This workshop will focus on applications
IAENG Secretariat, Unit 1, 1/F, 37-39
mathematical models of self-organization
of Bayesian statistics and machine learn-
Hung To Road, Hong Kong, International
in biological systems, and novel com-
ing to problems in science and technology,
HK, Hong Kong; (852) 3169-3427;
putational algorithms for simulations of
featuring contributed presentations and
wcecs@iaeng.org.
biological processes. For more information,
discussions of substantial research, shorter
visit
www.samsi.info/workshops/
presentations by young researchers, and
21–23—2009 Nonclinical Biostatistics
2009stodyn-self-org200910.shtml or
poster presentations. The workshop builds
Conference, Boston, Massachusetts
contact Terri Nida, 19 TW Alexander
on the Case Studies in Bayesian Statistics
The first conference in the United States
Drive, RTP, NC 27709; (919) 685-9350;
Workshop. For more information, visit
to be completely devoted to nonclinical
info@samsi.info.
http://bayesml1.stat.cmu.edu or contact Ziv
biostatistics will provide opportunities
Bar-Joseph, Wean Hall 4107, Machine
to present and discuss current scientific
Learning Department, Pittsburgh, PA
››26–29—Health Policy Orientation,
issues relevant to nonclinical biostatistics.
15213; (412) 268-8595;
zivbj@cs.cmu.edu.
Washington, DC
Registration and a call for abstracts opened
AcademyHealth’s Health Policy
February 2, 2009. For more information,
››
Orientation offers an in-depth under-
19–21—DIA 3rd Annual Clinical
visit
www.ncb2009.org or contact Mathis
standing of policymaking processes and
Forum, Nice, France
Thoma, 655 Huntington Ave., Boston,
the players who shape health policy in
The clinical forum provides access to ses-
MA 02115;
info@ncb2009.org.
Washington. The program content is
sions in statistics, clinical data manage-
intended for health policy fellows and ana-
ment, eClinical, clinical operations, clinical
››22–23—Benchmark Six Sigma Lean
lysts, government employees, private sector
research, post-marketing development
Management Training, Mumbai, India
health care employees, clinicians, and con-
drug safety, quality assurance, validation,
Benchmark Six Sigma Lean Management
sultants. For more information, visit www.
medical information and communica-
Certification (LMC) is for people (from
academyhealth.org/orientation or contact
tions, and medical writing. In addition to
the manufacturing and service sectors)
Anna LaFayette, 1150 17th Street NW,
sessions and tutorials, there will be work-
who wish to speed up their processes by
Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036; (202)
shops that present operations topics from
removing wasteful steps and activities.
292-6700;
orientation@academyhealth.org.
different perspectives. For more informa-
For more information, visit www.
tion, visit
www.diahome.org/diahome/
benchmarksixsigma.com or contact Aadrit
FlagshipMeetings/home.aspx?meetingid=
27–30—25th International
Kashyap, The Corenthum, CS-14, Lobe
18576 or contact Talana Bertschi,
Methodology Symposium,
no.-2, 7th Floor, A-41, Sec-62, Noida,
Elisabethenanlage 25, Basel, International
Gatineau, Québec
International 201301, India; 1800 102
4002, Switzerland; +41 61 225 51 51;
This anniversary symposium, titled
3003;
network@benchmarksixsigma.com.
diaeurope@diaeurope.org.
“Longitudinal surveys: From Design to
Analysis,” is for researchers with private
25–30—9th International Congress on
research organizations, governments, and
20–22—International Conference on
Plant Molecular Biology,
universities who are interested in statistical
Modeling, Simulation, and Control
St. Louis, Missouri
or methodological issues specific to longi-
2009, San Francisco, California
The congress will feature more than 50
tudinal surveys. The first day will consist
This conference is held under the World
forums, abstract poster displays and pre-
of workshops, while the following days
Congress on engineering and Computer
sentations, evening workshops, and other
will consist of plenary and parallel sessions
Science WCECS 2009, organized by the
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