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*6–11—65th Annual Deming
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Conference on Applied Statistics,
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Atlantic City, New Jersey
Aadrit Kashyap, The Corenthum, 23420;
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The purpose of this conference and the
CS-14, Lobe no.-2, 7th Floor, A-41,
following two-day short courses is to
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15–16—University of Florida Twelfth
discuss recent developments in statistical
India; 1800 102 3003; network@
Annual Winter Workshop: Categorical
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Data Analysis, Gainesville, Florida
posed of 12 three-hour tutorials on current This workshop will focus on recent devel-
statistical topics of interest. Recognized 18–20—Benchmark Six Sigma Black opments in methodology for categorical
experts in the field will give the lectures Belt Training: Part II, Hyderabad, India data analysis, including high-dimensional
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ideas and solutions to help manufac-
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Conference, Houston, Texas
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to market. For more information, visit experts in the field for a three-day con-
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14–16—Subjective Bayes 2009,
technical sessions, as well as poster ses-
Coventry, United Kingdom
sions. For details, visit http://triennial.
This workshop is one of a series of CRiSM
calcuttastatisticalassociation.org/ February
workshops on developing areas of sta-
sympBrochure.php or contact Gaurangadeb
tistical inference. It will draw together
Chattopadhyay, 35, Ballygunge Circular
››1–4—Statistical Modelling and
researchers active in the philosophy,
Road, Kolkata, International 700019,
Inference Conference to Celebrate
practice, and psychology of subjective
India; +91-33-24615445; caltri7@
Murray Aitkin’s 70th Birthday, Brisbane,
probabilistic inference. Financial support
gmail.com.
Australia
is available for PhD students and post-
The purpose of this conference is to dis-
doctoral fellows. For more information,
cuss the current and future state of statisti-
visit
www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/statistics/ 2010
cal modeling and inference. It is also to
crism/workshops/subjective_bayes or contact
celebrate Murray’s involvement in these
John Aston, Dept. of Statistics, University
January
fields. All contributions are welcome, as
of Warwick, Coventry, International CV4
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7AL, UK;
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tations in the final open session. Preference
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may be given to historical surveys of the
Association Joint Statistical Meetings
development of modeling and/or infer-
16–19—Benchmark Six Sigma Green
and International Conference on
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Belt Training, New Delhi, India
Statistics, Probability, and Related Areas,
advantages and limitations; reports of
This training is for people who want to
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