s
covering a variety of topics. Additional RTP, NC 27709; (919) 685-9350; of similar techniques, so people from oper-
VENT
research and results will be presented via
info@samsi.info. ations, finance, quality, sales, marketing,
poster sessions. For more information, R&D, customer service, administration,
OF E visit
www.statcan.ca/english/conferences/
9–13—Sixteenth Annual
training, HR, design, logistics, purchase,
AR
symposium2009 or contact Symposium
Biopharmaceutical Applied Statistics
materials, maintenance, development,
2009 Team, R.H. Coats Building, Statistics
Symposium, Savannah, Georgia
housekeeping, planning, and strategy have
ALEND
Canada, 100 Tunney’s Pasture Driveway, benefited. For more information, visit
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This symposium provides a forum for
Ottawa, ON K1A OT6, Canada;
pharmaceutical, medical, and regula-
www.benchmarksixsigma.com or contact
symposium2009@statcan.gc.ca.
tory science professionals to share timely
Aadrit Kashyap, The Corenthum, CS-14,
and pertinent information concerning
Lobe no.-2, 7th Floor, A-41, Sec-62, Noida,
International 201301, India; 1800 102
November
the application of biostatistics in bio-
pharmaceutical environments. For details,
3003;
network@benchmarksixsigma.com.
››6–8—Benchmark Six Sigma Black
visit
http://bass.georgiasouthern.edu or
››14—William Cochran Centennial
Belt Training: Part I, New Delhi, India
contact Ruth Whitworth, P.O. Box 8015,
Celebration, Cambridge Massachusetts
This is a program for people who have
Statesboro, GA 30460-8015; (912)
An afternoon of talks organized by the
already attended Green Belt training and
478-7904;
bass@georgiasouthern.edu.
Department of Statistics of Harvard
want to initiate cross-functional projects
University celebrating the 100th anni-
with benefits verifiable in monetary terms.
››11–13—Human Genetic Variation,
versary of the birth of William Gemmell
In addition to techniques, Black Belt
Health, and Disease: New Knowledge,
Cochran. Sessions will include talks on
training teaches how to guide and involve
New Quantitative Challenges,
causal inference, experiments, observation-
others. For more information, visit www.
Boston, Massachusetts
al studies, sample surveys, and Cochran as
benchmarksixsigma.com or contact Aadrit
The goal of this conference is to bring
mentor and colleague. Confirmed speakers
Kashyap, The Corenthum, CS-14, Lobe
together researchers from multiple disci-
include Sir David Cox. For more informa-
no.-2, 7th Floor, A-41, Sec-62, Noida,
plines to discuss genome-wide association
tion, visit
www.stat.harvard.edu or contact
International 201301, India; 1800 102
studies and emerging techniques for study-
Cochran Symposium Team, Department
3003;
network@benchmarksixsigma.com.
ing different types of genetic variation.
The conference will focus on copy number
of Statistics, Harvard University, Cam-
bridge, MA 02138; symposia@stat.
››8–10—Current Topic Workshop:
variants, genome-wide association studies,
harvard.edu.
Mathematical Developments Arising
and next-generation sequencing in medical
from Biology, Columbus, Ohio
genetics. For more information, visit
14–16—GEOMED/SAMSI 2009,
This workshop will feature theorems,
www.hsph.harvard.edu/research/
Charleston, South Carolina
theories, and algorithms that have been
pqg-conference-2009/index.html or con-
GEOMED 2009 is the sixth international,
inspired by biology. Examples from alge-
tact Shaina Andelman, 77 Avenue Louis
interdisciplinary conference on geomedical
braic geometry, combinatorics, dynamical
Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115; (617)
systems. The program will consist of invit-
systems, partial differential equations,
432-7449;
sandelma@hsph.harvard.edu.
ed speaker sessions covering clustering and
probability, statistics, and topology will be
surveillance, GIS health science, misaligned
included. The workshop goals are to bring
11–14—American Evaluation
data, ecological analysis and infection, and
new, deep, and interesting mathematical
Association (AEA) Annual Conference,
disease mapping. There will also be a con-
questions to the attention of the math-
Orlando, Florida
ematical sciences community and to attract
This year’s conference, themed “Context
tributed poster session. For more informa-
mathematical scientists who have had little
and Evaluation,” is broken down into 41
tion, visit
www.musc.edu/dbbe/geomed2009
contact with the biosciences. For more
topical strands that include more than
or contact Andrew Lawson, 135 Cannon
information, visit
www.mbi.osu.edu/2009/
500 presentations. Content will span the
Street, Charleston, SC 29425; (843)
mdbdescription.html or contact Stella
breadth and depth of evaluation, from
876-1865;
lawsonab@musc.edu.
Cornett, 1735 Neil Ave., 364 Jennings
exploring traditional and emerging meth-
Hall, Columbus, OH 43210; (614)
odologies to addressing issues related to
››18–21—Benchmark Six Sigma Green
292-9870;
stella@mbi.osu.edu.
working internationally and cross-cultural-
Belt Training, Hyderabad, India
ly to delving into applications of evaluation
This training is for people who want to
››9–10—SAMSI: Sequential Monte
to a range of disciplines. For more infor-
carry out improvement projects (that have
Carlo Methods Transition Workshop,
mation, visit
www.eval.org/eval2009 or
verifiable benefits) with a high success rate.
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
contact Membership Director Heidi Nye
This program assumes no prior knowledge
This workshop will address fundamen-
at
info@eval.org or (888) 232-2275.
of similar techniques, so people from oper-
ations, finance, quality, sales, marketing,
tal challenges in developing effective
sequential and adaptive simulation
››11–14—Benchmark Six Sigma Green
R&D, customer service, administration,
methods for computations underly-
Belt Training, Chennai, India
training, HR, design, logistics, purchase,
ing inference and decision analysis. For
This training is for people who want to
materials, maintenance, development,
more information, visit
www.samsi.info/
carry out improvement projects (that have
housekeeping, planning, and strategy have
programs/2008SMCprogram.shtml or con-
verifiable benefits) with a high success rate.
benefited. For more information, visit
tact Terri Nida, 19 TW Alexander Drive,
This program assumes no prior knowledge
www.benchmarksixsigma.com or contact
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